The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-23
Office Building Will Be Erected
at Dodge City.
NEWTON TO LA JBNTA.
That viii Be Extent Of New
Passenger Runs.
Mr.. Hurley Appoints w. II. Et-
ter as Chief Clerk.

w. K. Etter, Of Needles. Cal, to be
chief clerk, is the first appointment
which has been announced by J. p.
Hurley, the new general superintend-
ent of the Santa F'e lines between New
ton and Albuquerque. The appoint
ment was made today
Mr. Etter is now employed as chief
clerk in the office Of John Denair. diVi-
sion superintendent Of the Santa H'e,
whose headquarters are at Needles.
Prior to his employment in MI Den
airs Office Mr.. Etter was associated
with Mr.. Hurley as the latter's chief
clerk at division headquarters in Las
Vegas. Through this association Mr.
Hurley became convinced that Mr.. Et-
ter is the kind of a man he wants with
him in his new Office at La Junta No
other appointments of the force to be
in Mr. Hurley's Office have yet been
made.
General Superintendent Hurley also
made the following important an
nouncement this morning:
The division headquarters of the
Santa Fe main line between Newton
and La Junta viii be moved ito Dodge
City. A new Office building viii be
erected at once at Dodge, and as soon
as it is completed the change t1vill be
made.
This change viii transfer from La
Junta the division superintendent and
his force. and from Newton the train
dispatchers, trainmaster, telegraphers.
and all the office employees OF these
officials.
Passenger runs viii be from Newton
to La Junta. instead Of from Dodge
City to La Junta.
The move is made to reconcile the
division points of the road with the
dividing point at Newton made by the
separation Of the main line into two
grand divisions under Resseguie and
Hurley.
Henceforth G. Z. Aver, of La Junta.
vii have his headquarters at Dodge
City instead of at La Junta. His divi-
sion will extend from Newton to La
Junta, instead Of from Dodge city to
Ration.
The s100 miles of line between La
Junta and Ration which is taken out Of
Ayers jurisdiction is added to the juris-
diction of F. G. Fox, who will have
charge of that portion OF the line. in
addition to the line from La Junta TO
Ell Paso
Avery Turner, who has had charge
of the division from EmpOria to Dodge
City, will lose jurisdiction over that
portion of his division from Newton to
Dodge City, this much being given TO
Ayers new teFritOry. Turner viii have
charge of the branch lines between En-
poria and Newton.
General Superintendent Hurley viii
not move to Dodge City, but viii main
tain his headquarters at La Junta-
When questioned in regard to this
change today, Mr.. Hurley said;
This change is to be made because
Dodge City is the central point on this
division, and the division superintend-
ent and other officials connected with
the operation of the division ought to
be located there. I can not say just
when the change viii go into effect. 1t
will first be necessary for us to build
an Office building at Dodge City. AS
soon as that is done. we viii be ready
to make the change"
1t is the policy now of the Santa f'e
to locate all superintendents in the
midst Of the territory which they are
expected to cover. F. T. Dolan, super
intendent of the Chicago division. has
recently had his headquarters moved
from Chicago to Fort Madison. Iowa.
for the same reason that the division
headquarters of the road are moved to
Dodge City.
The change will mean a great deal
to Dodge City, and will be quite a blow
to Newton. Just how many people Will
be added to the population OF Dodge as
q direct result of the move can not be
stated, but it viii certainly be a con-
siderable increase. to say nothing Of the
indirect increase resulting.
The change was decided upon by the
Santa Fe officials here only after a
long conference on Saturday afternoon.
1t is understood that other important
questions are to be settled before the
departure of Mr. Hurley for his head
quarters at La Junta-