The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-05
SHOPS AT GALVESTON.
The Santa Fe Has Been Making
improvements There.
IT NOW EMPLOYS s25 HEN.

other Railroad News-The Anti Pass
Agreement of the Railroads Has
Big LoODhOIe-
The Santa Fe shops az Galveston have
developed into an important institution,
next in rank to those of Topeka With
the change of management incident to
Mr.. 3. F. Yoakum being elected general
manager of the company a year and
half ago. the shops were placed in charge
of George a. Hancock as master me-
chanic. Mr. Hancock has demonstrated
his progressiveness by securing mum
Der of improvements, notably the Dullo-
ing of a new blacksmith and boiler
chop Previously the work was done IN
an old shack of a building and IN the
open. but by the end of January new
building will have been completed. Inc
building is "a by 200 feet in size. built OF
heavy frame timber and covered with
corrugated galva nized iron. A new coal
hoist and several smaller Improvements
have been completed during the year.
The Santa Fe shops at Galveston are
complete, and an entire locomotive could
be built in them were it the policy OF the
company to do SO. As it is, entire loco
motives and cars are practically built.
The capacity of the shops is capabIllty
Of turning out five or six engines month
that have been sent in for either general
or heavy repairs.
The plant includes machine shop, 100
by $50 feet; paint shop, 4S by $50 feet;
car repairing shop, "A by 229 feet; wood
machine shop, 27 by "a feet; round
house, store department. "A by 19J feet;
brass foundry, tin shop. blacksmith shop,
and boiler shop, and many more auxiliary
buildings. In the freight car work, IN
Guiding painters, $50 men are employed,
and in the iron works and round house
there are 175 workmen. This is exclus-
i've of the twelve crews on the switch
engines The pay roll of the employees
of the shops amounts to $4,000 year,
and firemen viii run the bill up to $780,
600 more.
Copies of the new anti-pass agreement
by which the railroad managers expect
to do away with free transportation ex-
cept in some cases has reached the
local ticket agents.
This agreement provides for the ap-
pointment of committee which shall
pass on all requests for passes but it has
a loophole in the eyes of the local rail-
road men which may be fatal
The most comprehensive paragraph in
the new agreement reads:
in general, the policy shall be to de-
cline the issuance OF annual or time
passes to agents or conductors of con-
Meeting lines, or members of their fami-
les. excepting when requested by the
president, vice president, general mana
ger or general superintendent; to repre-
sentatives of street or cable railway
companies; to representatives of foreign
lines occupying the position of coal
sales agents or coal agents, or those
engaged in other commercial bust
ness; and to representatives. of refrige-
ratOr, tank line and other private car
companies, net owned or controlled by
railroad companies. Business men or
shippers, or those in position to influence
business, shall not be furnished transport
tation as bondsmen or as directors in
local or auxiliary companies; nor shall
shippers of any kind be placed on the
payrolls of either company party hereto,
for the purpose or with the result of fur.
nishing them with transportation"
The so-called weak point in the agree
ment is the clause which reads: SHOULD
the committee decline to authorize
passes which, in the judgment of any
managing officer. ought to be issued, the
latter may issue such passes, giving writ
ten notice to the chairman that he has
done so, which notice shall be promul-
gated -