Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-29
KANSAS RAILRoADINo.

The Rock Island has announced
rate of one fare plus $2 for the meeting
OF the National Educational association
The Union Pacific estimated the num-
Der Of people brought to Topeka Nov.
10 by their road to be between 1000 and
1900 The largest crowd was on the
AFTERNOON train from the west which had
on several extra coaches.
The mission of A. F. Walker. receive
OF the santa Fe, has been successful
An agreement has been reached between
his road and the Southern Pacific on all
differences that have divided them for
more than year past. This agreement
is immensely satisfactory to the Santa Fe.
The city Of Ottawa, by its mayor and
council, passed an ordinance requiring
the Missouri Pacific to erect gates at
the crossing on Main street. The com
pany neglected to dose. William Hack
ett's team became frightened and ran
into train on that crossing. The horses
were injured and were afterwards shot
The lower court found a verdictfor plain
tiff for $3.50. The supreme court affirmed
the verdict and held that the company
was liable for not complying with the
order Of the city council.
Topeka was full of Rock Island officials
for while on November 8. A party OF
officials from Chicago passed through on
train No. l, bound for Fort Worth over
| the Texas lines on a tour of observation.
The party was compos of Third Vice
President W. H. Truesdale; General
Superintendent O. Dunlap; General Pas
senger Agent John Sebastian; Freight
Auditor W. H. Crosby and Fl. A. Parker,
assistant to the president. The party
were in special car 100 and at Topeka
they were joined by Assistant General
Superintendent A. j. Hit; Superintend.
emit OF Motive Power, Fl. Monkhouse
and w. Il, Lawrence, superintendent at
Horton.
The Rock Island railroad brought
5000 people to Topeka Nov. 10, to at
tend herepublican ratification. The peo-
pie began to arrive on the early morn
ing trains. The train from the west at
5 o'clock q. m. being crowded. When
the noon trains arrived, there were ssv-
eral extra coaches on all of them. The
special train from Horton at $50 p. M
conssted'of ten coaches and all were
loaded to the platform. The depot was
crowded all day long by people who had
come on the early trains and we're wait
ing for friends who were to come later.
The railroads have broken over their
usual custom and have given an open
one fare rate from all points in Kansas
and from Kansas City and st. Joseph
for the irrigation convention to be held
at Hutchinson, November 1924. Tick
cts will be on sale from the Goth to the
23rd. The committee reports that parties
are being made up in various cities all
over the state to go to this convention
and learn of the wonderful results of ir-
rigation. 1t is to be citizens mass
meeting and there will be no creden-
tailed delegates.
Patrons OF the Vandalia and Pennsyl-
vania Lines West of Pittsburgh will be
glad to know that an arrangement has
been made, taking effect November 1st,
by which portions of Mileage Tickets
will be detached and accepted in pay
ment Of excess baggage charges. Com
mercial travellers and others will find
that agents of the Pennsylvania and
Vandalia Lines at all principal stations
have been instructed regarding this con-
cession, which will no doubt become i'm
mediately popular.