The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-29
SEEN ALONG THE LINE.
Notes and Observations of the Big
Parade

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Since Kansas City has been outdone
/ by Topeka in the matter of Fall Festi-
| walls there is arising in the minds of the
people of this state, to some extent at
| least, a doubt as to Kansas City's ex-
| istence-
| A well dressed intelligent looking wo-
man stepped up to the ticket Office
| window at the Santa Fe depot this
morning and said to the ticket clerk,
| T. L. King:
do the Santa Fe trains stop in Kan
sas City?''
! The parade on Kansas avenue was de-
| layed nearly an hour by breakdowns.
| low wires and cumbersome floats which
4 stopped at every turn and had to be
| the first place many of the floats were
! put on wagons which were old and tires
and spolIes broke many times. The
| greatest delay was caused by the Track
| and Yards float breaking twice on Kan
sas avenue. Each time the men thought
<they could repair the damage quickly
/ and so the parade behind was stopped.
But the delays were longer than antic-
| ipated and the column was kept on
Kansas avenue great while.
| When the locomotive stalled on low
er Kansas avenue the column was
| StOpped. Later they pulled around it.
| A gain it stalled at Tenth street and
this caused another delay. At Tenth
! and Jackson streets the floats caught
! in the trolley wires and another delay
! resulted. When all had been cleared up
| the head of the procession was waiting
l.
/ titled to go ahead This took some time.
/ Finally the band started again and the
| procession was moved to it's destina-
| ton.
One of the finest floats in the parade
came the greatest distance-from Dem
! Ver-and is the contribution of the Col
| OradO Fuel and Iron company to the
Topeka Festival. The company was
| formerly under the Santa Fe manage
| ment, but is now an independent con-
Germ and furnished a pleasant surprise
nf.,1e+ .1-tr1r
| in today's parade.
The manager of the company at Den
| yer. Geo. E. Macklin, designed the floats
| and came to Topeka with them. Fred
| willard of Leavenworth, general agent
| of the company, is also here. Mr.. Will
lard is an old time Kansas newspaper
man and says the Topeka Festival is
one of the biggest demonstrations he
| has ever seen.
The parade celebrating the 25th an
niversary of the pioneer railroad of
| Kansas could have no more fitting lead
| than the display planned and carried
out by the station and yard employees
in this city. With Indians and cowboys,
| old freight wagons and ancient stage
| coaches they represented travel over
| Kansas plains it was 25 years ago.
more realistic display of the kind
it would have been impossible to have
arranged. United States regulars
| guarded the stage coaches and freight
| wagons, and cowboys followed in the
rear. One of the freight wagons was
| drawn three span Ol uSdNy OAOI
| hitched to the wagon by means of the
| ancient heavy yokes.
| Following the plains display a corps
| of civil engineers marched, carrying
! their instruments. This represented
the first signs of railroad construction
| in Kansas.
| The track department of the parade
| was a feature of great interest one
| of the banners was especially amusing.
| 1t bore this inscription: whats the
| use of going to Klondike. You can get
al al ;, the diggin' you want on the Santa
The fat s.lady'' who rode in the New
| ton coach and waved a bottle of beer
| defiantly at the gospel wagon, was w.
| B. Roarke of Newton, one of the train
| department and one of the most popu-
lar men on the middle division.
| The Santa Fe employees in tOday's pa
| rade awaited themselves of the compli-
| ment of being first permitted to do hon
or to Miss Edna Whitney, who with
| Governor Leedy, Congressman Jerry
| Simpson, J. F. McMManus, c. H. Holli
day, Senator Ryan of Pittsburg, and
! Frank Edison occupied the balcony eX-
| pressly provided for Miss Whitney, the
| KarniVal Queen at the ThroOp
| The employees from the car shops,
| long line of fine looking men wearing
their blue denim working suits, gave
| Mss whitney the 1test ovation Such
! cheering was never before heard on
| Kansas avenue. The men waved their
| hats While the cheers went down the
| line until one vast "Hurrah Miss Whit
| ney'' swept down Kansas avenue in an
| avalanche of sound.
Miss Whitney, wreathed in smiles,
| bowed graciously WI lie Governor Leedy
| waved his umbrella enthusiastically
| and Jerry Simpson swung a copy of the
| State Journal over his head with much
| vim.
| The Sterling Homing Pigeon club to-
| day released So homing pigeons from
| the Sterling float which are expected to
| arrive at Sterling with letters home"
! before the delegation thinks of return
| ing from the festival.
The pigeons were liberated near the
| state house. All of the birds have rec
i OrdS having flown from all the stations
| 200 miles slant from Sterling which in
cludes Guthrie, Emporia, Topeka.
The commercial interests of today as
compared with those of 1872 were well
illustrated and a forcible comparison
! which was apparent in the old Wells,
Fargo stage coach which was fea-
ture of the historical portion OF the pa
rade.
The coach itself was a faithful repre-
sentation of the slow progress of that
period while inside rode four Kansas
travelling men who represent the bust
Eng business enterprise of the present.
There were:
e. H. Johnson Of Topeka represent
ing the Johnson-Fife Hat company of
ST. Joe; E. A. Mackey, St. Joe. Van
Natta-Lynd Drug company; William
Laupr e'mer. Emporia. l. Newberg &
Co. Cincinnati; and D. w. Calvin Of
Kansas City, Mo-, representing the To-
peka Milling company
The employees of the Santa Fe gen.
eral offices in this city formed a proud
party as they marched in advance of
the four splendid floats arranged by the
general office committee, in the Santa
TTe celebration parade today. They
had every right to feel proud as the
men who made the display -possib'e e.
In artistic arrangement and beauty
of construction the silver float of the
general offices surpassed all OF the 9th
er displays in the parade. The silver
effect was carried out beautifully in the
rays of the sun. Miss Eva Ingersou |
sitting under the silver dome, repre-