The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-12
RAILRoAn NorEs

Passenger trains have been a little
late the last two days, presumably on
account of weather conditions
The Rock Island paid yesterday
The railroad r. nj. G. A. gospel SER
vice for Sunday afternoon has been
called Off, they uniting in the meeting
at the First Presbyterian church.
The new Rock Island restaurant at
Wichita will be opened next Monday
". w. Wright of Chicago viii be local
manager and Mr. Attends. formerly of
Kansas City, Will be chef The place
will be open to both travelling and local
trade.
The depot which the Santa Re will
build at Guthrie. Ok will be used by
that company. the Rock Island and the
Oklahoma and Eastern. 1t viii be a two
story structure of pressed brick and cut
stone. with train dispatcher's Office, di-
vision offices and dining hall. 1t will be
completed within sixty days.
1t is rumored that three Cottonwood
engine crews VIII be transferred from
Emporia to Newton to help with the
rush on the west end Of the division.
Charles X. Bannister, who formerly
held q high place in the engineering de-
partment Of the Union Pacific, died re-
Gently at Ogden. Utah.
J. H Jenness. successfully operator
and temporary agent, has been made
agent for the Rock Island at Abilene.
Hugh Leonard has been appointed to
take his place as operator Leonard has
been operator at LonEfOrd.
New steel rail will be laid on the
Hutchinson and Kinsley branch OF the
santa Fe, the work to begin at once.
Robert Hutton viii have charge of the
work, and it IS estimated that it will
consume the entire summer before the
job is completed. The new rail is badly
Bulletins have been posted in some of
the Santa E'e rOundhouses requesting
all Santa Fe- employees to get vaccinated.
The company physicians will do the
work without cost to the men,
A E. StilWell, president of the Kansas
City, Mexico & Orient is in the east look
ing matters pertaining to this new
route The organization Of the. United
States and Mexican Trust company
which is to float the bonds of the new
road has not yet been completed
The Union Pacific will spend over a
million dollars in improving it's road bed
in Kansas Steel bridges will take the
place Of wooden ones, curves straighten-
ed and grades reduced. This is the re-
port from several western roads and this
year VIII see much work done on the
railroads. The Missouri Pacific is i'm
proving its track west of Downs, put
ting in steel bridges. and there is talk
that IT viii make a through line to Den
yer.
The Northwestern road yesterday an
nounced its intention to make a rate Of
I cent per mile for the Grand Army en-
campment in the event it is held in
Denver In taking this action the
Northwestern swings into line with the
Burlington. Rock Island, Union Pacific
and Milwaukee roads While recent
moves on the part Of executive officers
Of the g. A. r. have shown that it was
not their desire to hold tine encampment
in Denver. ii il now believed that the
matter win be reconsidered. The officers
demanded a pledge for the 1-cent fare
from each road, but in face of the five
announcements that have now been
made they can no longer hold that indi-
Vidual pledges are necessary All west
ern roads viii necessarily make the rate
II me encampment is held in Denver
The Wabash viii put on 4 through
passenger train running from Kansas
City to New York for the Pan-American
exposition which opens May l. This
will be the first through train between
these two points