The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-18
RAILROAD NEWS.
Santa Fe and Colorado & South
ern In a Contract
Of Great Importance to Both
Roads In the West.
ONEGALVESTON TRACK
Santa Fe Gains Money and Use
of Denver Shops.
G. & 8. Gains Time and Other
Desirable Points.
May Effect the Work Hours In
Topeka Shops.
ONEGALVESTON TRACK

General passenger Agent w. j. BLACK
of the Santa Fe and General Superin-
tendent Nudge left Sunday night in
special car on a special mission to Den
yer. They were Joined at Pueblo by
Division superintendent Dyer.
At Denver yesterday they held a
conference with President Trumbau of
the Colorado & Southern and details
were arranged for an important move.
Beginning August 1, the Colorado &
Southern trains will run over AtchisOn,
Topeka & Santa Fe tracks between
Denver and Pueblo and to the south.
In other words the Santa F'e will oper-
ate all Colorado & Southern trains on a
through piece of joint track between
Denver and Galveston.
1t of larger and more important ma
ture than would be judged at a casual
glance. The Colorado & Southern goes
halves" if the expression is alloWabI
Division Superintendent. Dyer assumes
charge Of all the joint track and his Of
fee will manage the trains. The Santa
Fe can handle Colorado & Southern
trains much more cheaply than the Col
OradO & Southern can handle its own
trains and there is now no doubt in the
world in regard to the consolidation of
traffic interests. Both roads secure an
advantage.
The Santa Fe shares in all the excel
lent terminal facilities of the Southern
in Denver, and, most important of ALL
in the Union Pacific shops now held by
the Southern under a lease. 1t is stated
the arrangement Will be a satisfactory
one, and even if so minded, the Union
Pacific can have no recourse under the
lease. 1t has been suggested that the
Union Pacific does not look with kindly
eyes on the advantages being gained in
Denver by its transcOntinental rival and
is jealousy watching every move. Be
this as it may, counsel for the Colorado
& Southern have given the deal a clean
n If sal frfarr 7r111 fr
The shops viii be retained with the
same force as al present, if the increas-
ed work does not necessitate extra men.
The Santa E'e rolling stock will be kept
in repair not only at Pueblo but at Den
Yer and instead of Topeka shops being
crowded with work Denver, as a repair
ing point, VIII be raised TO more 1rnpor-
tance- Charges for such work will be
assessed against the Santa Fe and
charged up to its account
Denver's Importance as a. railroad
center will also be increased. Since the
Santa Fe will operate all Colorado &
Southern trains on the main line it
will be necessary to remove a portion
of the Pueblo force to Denver in addi-
ton to keeping much of the motive pow
er here. 1t has not been definitely de-
cided whether the management of trains
will be from Denver or Pueblo.
The Santa Fe viii have nothin to do
with the Colorado Central, or Clear
Greek canon branch of the Southern, or
tie trains north of Denver, nor the old
Denver, Leadville & GunnisOn division
to Leadville and GunnisOn- The Office
of General Superintendent Dunaway
will operate both lines from Denver.
Between Denver and Pueblo the San
ia Fe has one Of the best broad gauge
tracks in the state heavily ballasted
and laid with heavy rail. Between
those two points alone As minutes in the
time of trains viii be saved when the
Santa Fe track is used.
From Trinidad to Fort Worth, the
Santa Fe will use the Southern tracks
to Fort Worth, and then its own rails
TO Galveston Thus, it gains from Fort
Worth to Trinidad a track that is al
most a Decline to Colorado and which,
heretofore, has been under the exclu-
sive control of the Denver, Texas &
Fort Worth, the Texas branch of the
Colorado & Southern system. on the
other hand, the Colorado road gets a
piece of track to Galveston. For some
time freight traffic relations from Gal
weston to Trinidad have been in effect
between the two roads.
On the Colorado & Southern tracks
are several important towns, such as
Ebert, Elizabeth and Parker. It goes
through a rich agricultural country and
brings produce and milk to the early
morning markets of Denver An early
morning train, in all probability will
be run to the city and an afternoon
train will leave the Union depot for
Colorado Springs.
The new, speedy locomotives of the
Santa Fe will haul some of the hand
soonest trains in the west to Galveston.
The Southern has spent thousands of
dollars recently in improving its rolling
stock. In addition to new Pullmans,
built especially for it, each through
train carries out Of Denver cafe cars
and chair coaches that are the most
comfortable on any of the prairie lines.
The smaller locomotives of the Color
ado road will be placed on the local
traffic.
The alliance is a move in the great
ambition of the Colorado & Southern
to hold the monopoly on Gulf Rocky
mountain business. on the Santa Fe's
part it is significant also, as it saves
many hundreds of miles, and gives it a
system parallelirg its great rival, the
Southern Pacific, from the Gulf of
Mexico to the Golden Gate