The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-05
Dies from Injuries at the Shoot
ing of the Chutes.
HIS FUNERAL TUESDAY
A Carload of Topeka Railroad
Men Leave
TOAttend the Obsequies-About
Mr.. Dunlap.

Charles Dunlap. general superintend-
ent of the Rock Island road, died at his
home at Chicago Sunday morning at 2:15
o'clock.
Wednesday evening Mr.. Dunlap was
injured in a cable accident at the
''chutes" at Sixty-third street, where he
had stopped to watch the sport The
cable broke on an incline and the car
shot down three hundred feet, striking a
platform on which Mr.. Dunlap and about
twenty other persons were standing.
Mr.. Dunlap's home was at Englewood,
a suburb of Chicago, and it was there he
died, surrounded by his family.
He was f1fty-one years of age and was
probably the most popular man on the
Rock Island road among the employees,
large numbers of whom will attend his
funeral at Chicago Tuesday afternoon.
A car load of them went this afternoon.
Among those known in Topeka
who will attend the funeral will be As
sistant General Superintendent a. J.
Hit, General Manager w. /. Allen, who
was west. Paymaster VIM. Hodgson,
Assistant Auditor H. F. Morris, Superin-
tendent of Telegraph A r. Lingafelt
General Foreman of Building 6. J.
Bishop, Travelling Freight Agent T. B.
Trader, Assistant General Attorney w.
F. Evans, Superintendent W. NJ. Hobbs
of Horton, Superintendent Harry Fox, of
the southwestern division, S. B. Hovey,
vice president of the Texas lines; Super
intendent r. B. Agnew of Colorado
Springs, J. P. johnson, car service agent,
d. II. Rawson, superintendent of the
United States Express company here,
W. +. Dauchey, superintendent of con-
struction; D. Atwood, general freight
agent; C. W. BANTER, of the general pas
senger Office here, and Fl. B. Coons.
A large number of conductors, engi-
neers and other employees will also at
tend Nearly everyone on the road that
can 60 will
The floral tributes will be very hand
some.
One will be a large clock stopped at
2:15, the hour of his death. Another will
be broken car wheel
Mr.. Dunlap lived in Topeka for three
years from the spring of 1890 to 1898,
during which time he was assistant gem
eral superintendent of the entire system
and then general superintendent of the
western lines
Mr.. Dunlap was considered one of the
bestrailroad officials in the United States.
He knew a larger number of the en-
ployes personally, it was said, than any
other man.
His rise from a position as brakeman
on the Baltimore s. Ohio road in 1869
was rapid.
He was born in Clairmount county,
Ohio, in Jaly of 1914. While yet minor
he joined the union army from Virginia
and before the close of the war had risen
to the rauk of captain, as high as a
minor could go. In 1859 he became a
brakeman on the Baltimore s. Ohio and
then baggageman. Afterward he was
given charge of a freight yard and was
then a division superintendent. He went
to the Rock Island in 1888 and became
superintendent of the terminal at Chi
cagO. He was then made division super
intendent at Trenton, Mo, and was trans
ferred to a similar position at Horton in
1889. In the spring of 1890 he came to
Topeka as assistant superintendent and
then remained here as general superin-
tendent of the lines west of the river.
In April of 1898 he was made general
superintendent of the entire system, with
headquarters at Chicago, and moved to
Englewood with his family.
During his stay in Topeka he made
many friends, and his wife and children
were very popular.
While good taste and affection for the
deceased forbid much speculation as tc
his successor the friends of A. J. Hit OF
Topeka, assistant general superintendent
hope the line of promotion will not be
altered and that he will be chosen. He
is the next in rank and has been faith
full official.