The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-15

D. Criley was in charge Of building, and
built over mile day. In the same
alarmed me So many people have been
reported cured by using MOrrow's Kid
ne-oids. that 1 concluded to give them
d trial. 1 used a package and obtained
such relief that 1 will continue to use
them until 1 am satisfied of COM
pIete CLre."
AIorrow's Kid-ne-oids are not pills.
but Yellow Tablets and sell at fifty
cents a box at all drug stores and at
Swift & Holidays drug store.
Mailed on receipt of price. Manufac-
tured by John Morrow & Co, Chemists,
Springfield, Ohio.
year a branch was built from Newton
to Wichita. and in the next year d
branch was built from Florence to FL
Dorado. In the spring Of 1875 the San
ia Fe directors held their annual meet
ing at Topeka and then made a trip
over the line to Granada. At Granada
they held a meeting and ratified actions
taken at Topeka towards building the
Pueblo and Arkansas valley division,
from Granda to Pueblo. The engine
that pulled the special train was let
tered Pueblo and a reporter for the
Pueblo Chieftain was on the ground
wearing a cowboy hat and smoking
cob pipe. He wired to his paper as fol-
lows: The directors have just arrived
here; their engine is branded 'PueblO;'
everything is lovely and the goose
hangs high. They have decided to
build to Pueblo at once
Several years later w b Strong
took charge of the line, which then ex-
tended from AtchiSOn to Pueblo, from
Newton to Wichita from Florence to
FL Dorado and a branch from Topeka
to Kansas City, known as the Midland
Mr.. Strong then commenced building
from La Junta west, and the old men
in charge mostly dropped out and new
ones took their places. The Kansas
Midland was built from Kansas City
to Topeka by a man by the name of
Chapman. He came to Topeka with his
trunk and no money, but plenty of
brass. He had bonds voted all along
the line and built a very poor road. He
pOcketed as much money as he could,
paying for nothing that he was not
compelled to pay for, left the city with
over 100000 Joe Waters, in the in
trOductCTy OF the next city directory,
said: Topeka is the only city in the
United States that could boast of a
Chapman who came here with his
trunk only as security for his board and
lodging and was able to leave in a very
short period with over 500 coo in his
pockets Dad Griffith was engineer on
the Midland train, and it was a common
occurrence for the sheriff to chain his
engine to the track in Douglas county
TO satisfy some execution that some
farmer had levied to satisfy bill due
him for ties or wood furnished to the
new road. If Hiram Diggins, the con-
ductOr had taken in cash fares enough
he would put up to satisfy the bill in
order to get Dad and the train re-
leased and If he did not have the funds
he was compelled to wire Bill Pagan,
the superintendent in Topeka for help.
Later on the Santa F'e took the Midland
equipment and used it on its line, and
still later, took in the road and operated
it.
TT was the opening Of new era of
prosperity when the Santa F'e acquired
the line into Kansas City. The writer
was agent at Reading in 1871 Sam CAT
ferty, now rOadmaster of the eastern
division, was a section hand near Read
ing and was a very muscular young
man. He was considered the fighting
man on the division and passengers on
trains would point out Sam to their
friends and would say: There is that
man Cafferty we were talking about /
The writer was operator at Grass Hop !
per Falls, now Valley Falls, when the /
road was just built in there, and later I
was transferred to Granada. the west
ern terminus of the line. Dodge City 1
was the first station east, 130 miles. /
The Indians were so bad between Dodge /
City and Granada that every train was /
supplied with arms and ammunition, /
and afterwards with soldiers. SUperin- |
tendent Wellington issued orders to all 1
conductors that they must not allow |
tramps to perish between those points, I
but take them to one terminus or the |
other