The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-15
LIE is A BUSY NAN
SUPERINTENDENT NUDGE AND Els
PLANS OF IMPROVEMENT.

Double Track Between Florence aud
Emporia Mr. Spencer Gives Some
Points About Creameries and Skim
ming Stations.
General Superintendent H u. Nudge
Of the Santa Fe railway system arrived
n Wichita last night, accompanied by
Assistant General Superintendent Avery
Turner. They remained in the city all
night and after being joined in the morn
ing by General Manager j. J. Fry, ne
party will go south as far as Purcell on
tour Of inspection. Mr.. Nudge is not
fond Of office life and there is where his
Of one Of the greatest railway systems III
the world asserts itself As the good
soldier is fond Of the field, so is the good
railroad man fond of the road, and the
systems that now have men at the head
Of them who spend more time on the
road than they 90 in their clubs and the
seaside are the systems that will keep
out Of the hands of receivers. Mr..
Nudge is one OF the school of railway
men who worked their way upward
through hardships, and it is no reflection
on the other distinguished railroad men
10 say that he graduated at the head Of
his class. General Superin tendent Nick
erson of the Mexican Central is another
one Of them. and so are Avery Turner,
George J. Hartman and great many
more whose names cannot now be re-
called. All Of them commenced their Sc
lected career with the Santa Fe when it,
TOO, was young and had difficulties and
hardships 10 encounter. Mr.. Nudge was
a mere boy when he came to Kansas
from Michigan and settled in Rice coun-
" near the end OF the Santa Fe at that
time. He saw buffalo in Rice county
then. He connected himself in a num-
bic capacity with the road, and advanced
step by step, by his own merits until
ne has reached his present exalted posi-
ton in the railroad service-a position
that commands attention wherever the
Santa Fe is known. He climbed every
round Of the great ladder without losing
a friend or turning his back on any of
those old acquaintance that proved
themselves worthy of honest friendship
American manhood-the manhood that
gets to the front honestly by its own
merits. Another type of it is Avery
Turner, the assistant general superin-
tendent. Outside of Mr.. Nudge he is,
perhaps, closer TO the hearts Of the rank
ard file of the workingmen OF the Santa
Fe than any officer on the system.
In converse ton with a reporter for the
Eagle last night he outlined some of the
plans of the Santa Fe looking to i'm
provements along the line He verified
what Division Superintendent Dolan said
few weeks ago concerning the improve
ments south of Arkansas City. He will
be down there today. Something like
sixty miles Of stone ballast wilt be put
In and and the light steel will be substi-
tured for sixly-fve pound steel. Mr..
Nudge says il is the intention of the
company TO ultimately stone ballast the
entire division south to Purcell. He ex-
planned that the composition Of the red
soil Of Oklahoma s such that it cannot
b. considered reliable enough as a road
bed, for future traffic of the division
The company intends 10 have the road |
In Oklahoma, by reason of its steadily |
increasing tonnage, in as good shape as !
any similar portion of the system 4 |
great many improvements will also be /
made near Florence, and among them /
will be the building of seven miles of |
double track. At Florence a great deal /
OF branch line business is concentrated |
and Mr.. Nudge says it is almost impos- |
sble 10 handle il in and out OF that sta
ton on single track. He says that il |
is only a question of time when there /
will be double track between Florence |
and Emporia, at which point the congas- |
ton of traffic is again eased by the Otta- /
wa branch. Some extensive improve |
ments will also be made in the Chicago /
division. In the changes now going on |
and in the ones contemplated Mr.. Nudge |
says that Wichita will not suffer any
thing.
Yesterday morning another Santa Fe |
man came to Wichita who did not come
with bad news. lie was c. V. Spencer !
Of Chicago, VINO is the milk agent of the !,
Santa Fe. This is a railroad office that
few people out in this country know
anything about. and yet it is becoming
one of the most important Offices Of the
seystem. Mr.. Spencer came here with
Mr.. c. II. Pattison of the Kansas Cream
cry company. Mr.. Patterson has rented
the Zenlnger building, lie North Mar
ket street, for the location Of a creamery
plant in this city that VIII be the CEN
trail point of a great many milk OF skim
ming stations that extend as far south
as the Chickasaw Nation. Mr.. Spencer
is thoroughly acquainted with the cream
cry business by reason OF the fact that
he is the railroad officer 10 whose care
that department Of the railroad business
IS entrusted. Swimming stations are the
places selected for the farmers or dairy
men 10 bring their milk. The creamery
has a competent man in charge Of every
skimming station who buys the milk
and separates II from the cream, ship
ping the latter - the creamery and Civ
ng back the milk TO the farmers for
their pigs. The agent in charge Of a
SIX INNING station must be a man of ex-
oeriance. for the success of the cream
cries is practically based on the success
II the skinlming stations. one Of the
iu.ies OF the agent az this station is 10 /
instruct the farmers in scientific dairy
ng. For instance II the pursuit Of sue