The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-13
RAI1RoAp NOTES

Mrs. H. c. Vaughan, wife of Conduc-
tor Harry Vaughan formerly of Empor-
ia is in Newton. Their household goods
are en- route from Emporia to Film
wood where Mr.. Vaughan has accepted
the position of car captain on the M.
& NJ. branch. The change will probably
take Conductor Charles Brown and
family from ElIinwood to Newton
The Hutchinson merchants who went
down the Hutchinson & Southern line
to advertise the first holiday excursion
to Hutchinson were greatly encourage
with the prospects. There is every in
dicatiOn that large crowds of people
will take advantage Of the unusually
cheap rates to visit the Salt City De
cent Der Is.
James Hardie, foreman of the car de
partment and Wrecking crew at FL Do
RADIO has just received a new wrecking
outfit, strictly down-to-date and COM
of four cars-a coach, or living car for
the men, derrick car, a convoy car
and a block car.
The people of Jefferson and vicinity
want the Missouri Pacific to put a tele-
graph office in the depot there. The
people of Jefferson are now compelled
to go to Deering in order to send a tele-
gram.
The Houston & Texas Central, the
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe and the
Fort Worth & Rio Grande railways
have under consideration the plans for
a joint depot at Fort Worth
The Santa Fe on Monday took out SO
cars of oranges from Los Angeles, and
the other roads are doing a big business
in this direction also.
Some months ago Jesse Undertown
an engineer on the Atchison, Topeka &,
Santa Fe, out of Ration, resigned his
position and left for Alaska to try his
fortune in the much exploited gold re-
gions of the Klondike says the Range.
Last Friday he returned Disguised.
A number of engineers, firemen and
shop employees are sick at Las Vegas
from vaccination.
Four engineers and four fremen ar
rived in Ration from Topeka Sunday
and were put to work at once.
The new Player engines, numbers 936
and 937, have arrived at Ration from
the Topeka shops for service on that
division.
1t is given out officially at Ell Paso
that on the first day Of January the Ell
Paso & Northern (the White Oak) road
will begin building at both ends from
La Luz, N. M, to the Salado coal fields
a distance of about SIS miles At the
same time 5000 miners will be put to
work in the coal mines owned by the
railroads.
A large doub1e-headed planer is ex-
pected at Ration for the railroad shops
The Santa Fe railway will shortly
place 6o-foot turntable in the yards
at Trinidad.
Twenty-Five men are employed at the
La Junta Santa Fe ice house at the
present time The capacity OF the La
Junta ice house is 5000 tons
There were 200 loaded cars in the
Santa Fe yards at Ell Paso yesterday
for the smelter. They could not be ia
ken out as the tracks out there were all
filed with cars.
The Santa Fe will build a new depot
at Larned.
Work on the new Santa F'e cut-off at
Los Angeles is being pushed rapidly
ahead. This new track begins just
above First street, and goes in a
straight line to the Southern Pacific
tracks. crossing the river. This does
away with the horseshoe curve.
The Santa Fe will open an uptown
Office in Atchison. D. E. FarnsWortb
will have charge.