The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-16
RAILROAD NOTES.

The B. of L. F. of Emporia will dance
on January 16, tonight.
In the number of cars of live stock
carried into Chicago last year the Bur-
lington led with 63,072 cars, the North
western was second with so, AIS cars, the
st. Paul third with AZ, 445 cars and the
Rock Island fourth with 26,200 car
loads.
By the incorporation of the Chicago,
Fort Madison & DeS Moines Railroad
company the Santa Fe will get into Des
Moines, Iowa. While the corporation is
independent of the Santa Fe proper it is
believed that the latter as backing the
enterprise.
The firemen and trainmen of yelling
ton will give a ball in the armory the
night of February %. The engineers
will give ball on st. Patrick's even
ing.
1t is learned that A NJ Rice, one of
the oldest passenger conductors on the
Santa Fe. died at Needles on Saturday
from pneumonia.
Mr.. Roberts, the Santa Fe agent at
Hutchinson, who has been very sick
for several weeks, is now believed to be
well on the way to recovery. 1t is be-
lieved now that Mr.. Roberts will be able
to be up and about the house in
weeks time.
Corn and other grains are being ship
ped from eastern points to California in
refrigerator cars. This, it is understood,
makes quite a saving to the consignor
as the road gives a reduction in the
rate. Otherwise these cars would have
to be pulled to California empty.
The Santa F'e company has purchased
the three lots just north of it's Park
street depot at Olathe The company
now owns the ground from Park street
to the second alley north. Mr.. Phillips
says work will probably be commenced
on the new depot early in the spring.
The total Rock Island station bust
ness for Smith Center for the year 1898
was $104 ,S6S.73. For Lebanon, same
year, 91,14S.1S. A difference of over
81, 900 per month in favor of the hub.
The employees of the Santa Fe freight
house in Atchison had 4 tickets in the
Kansas City convention hall drawing
and came within 26 numbers of getting
a bottle of castor oil
The Santa F'e Railroad company
wants 5000 yards of dirt to be used on
the new trackage near the coal chute al
Atchison
The Katy is now charging the en-
ployes of the road 35 cents a meal at
their eating house at Muskogee. This
is at the rate of seven dollars a week
for board, while the old price of 25 cents
a meal was at the rate of five dollars a
week for board, which seemed enough.
There is strong probability that a
fast passenger train will shortly take
the place of the Central Branch mixed
| train now leaving Atchison at II: 80 D.
| m. The mixed train carries a mail car
| and mail agent, but it is so slow that
! there is increasing complaint along the
| line because of the service; there has
| even been talk that hack lines beat it's
! time.
| The Union Pacific has a big project
! under way for the coming year, which
| will give employment to many hands
| from Lawrence. This is the burning of
| clay ballast along the main line a few
| miles north of that city. In the neigh
| borhood of a mile of sidetrack has all
ready been put in, and more will be ad-
| ded as the work progresses, and the
| work will be commenced in earnest
| when the spring season opens.
Two new cabOOSeS have inst haan
finished, Nos. Il, 391 and 1882 and two
| more are nearing completion at the
| Rock Island shops at Horton.
Twenty-fOur "hobO cars have lust
| been completed at the Horton shops and
will be taken to Oklahoma where they
| will be used in construction trains
| These cars are equipped for commits
| sary duties.
| Elevators will be attached to the boil
| ers in the front shops at Horton by
| which ShaVings and sawdust will be ell
| eVated into the boilers, thus saving the
| fireman the trouble of handling it with
| a shovel
The force has been enlarged on the
| rip track at Horton. Fifty new stock
cars will be begun this week and some
| more hobo cars which will be taken
| to the extention of the road below
! Chfckasha. Beside these the shops have
recently turned out seven ''drover'' cars
and Will perhaps build several more at
! once.
The blacksmithing and freight shop
crews of the Rock Island at Horton are
| now working nine hours. 1t was a Gus
tom until of late, that they were given
| shortage in time of ten minutes in
which to pick up their tools, wash and
| clean up, but under the present order
OF things they are given a minute re-
! duction for each hour they work during
the week and on Saturday, they thus
are through work earlier. Last week
they worked As hours.
ROCK ISLAND RUSTNEaa