Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-20
KANSAS RAILROADING,

Owing to lack of sufficient business
the Santa Fe has pulled off six train
crews from the Chanute division, three
north and three south.
The Rock Island has made rate of
one fare for the round trip to the Re-
publican League meeting in Topeka the
25th of the month. from all points in
Kansas and from Kansas City and ST.
Joseph, Mo.
The prospects for a new building at the
Santa Fe station in lola is good. Su-
perintendent Nudge and Division Su-
perintendent Barnes were there in a
special train and went carefully over
the ground in company with the presi-
dent and secretary of the Commercial
club. Such building as they contem-
plate erecting would cost about So, 800
w. G. fuller has been susperceded as
general purchasing agent of the Santa
Fe by W. G. Nevin, late assistant to Act
ing President Robinson, at Chicago.
The selection has been approved by
the receivers. w. G. Bailey, now chief
clerk in the auditors Office at Chicago,
succeeds Mr.. Nevin as assistant to Pres
ident Robinson.
The Santa Fe operating department
is pressed with demands for baggage
cars to be sent to Texas to aid in the
great movement of strawberries, which
will begin within Il week. From the
indications the officials are led to believe
that the crop of berries is large and
that there will be an immense shipment
from that state The berries will be
shipped by express and the Fargo com
pany is making arran gements to furnish
accommodations to all those who are to
ship via the Santa Fe, as the growers
have said that they will not trust to
freights, but will hurry their crop to
market by express.
On October 20, 1894, Charles S. Fee,
general passenger agent OF the north
ern Pacific railroad, offered prizes
amounting to $500 for the best maya
zine advertisement to be gotten up by
the ticket agents throughout the United
States. The contest was closed on March
80, with the following result, the win
ner of the first prizes only being given:
For a magazine half page advertise
ment, 500 to w. E. Landon, ticket
agent of the West Shore railroad at
Amsterdam, n. Y: for a magazine full
page advertisement, $75, p. j. Leim-
back, passenger agent Missouri Pacific
railroad, Hutchinson, Kan; for a maya
zine quarter page advertisement, $50,
A. c. Zeimer, depot ticket agent, Bur
lington and Missouri River railroad,
Lincoln, Neb.
At Parsons work has commenced on
the new 100000 general Office building
to be erected by the Missouri, Kansas &
Texas Railway company in that city.
The event was made gala one for Par
sons. Public demonstrations were held
on the site of the proposed building and
participated in by thousands of people.
Mayor Gregory introduced General At
torney Sedgewick, of the railroad com
pany, who delivered an address in be-
sponded to by City Attorney Atkinson,
after which Miss Ethel Holmes, a
charming Parsons young lady, had the
honor of turning the first shovel of dirt.
The erection of this building settles
all disputes of the 'Katy" railroad with
the state as regards the maintaining of
general Offices in Kansas according to
thu charter given the roilroad COM
pany. The city was fairly ali*e with
excitement The new structure will be
pushed to completion and will be one of
the handsomest railroad buildings in the
west.