The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-11
ALL Reelected.
No Change Made in Directorate
of Santa Fe.
President Ripley and Howell
Jones ON the Board.
ACTION is RATIFIED.
o. X. Is Placed Upon Purchase
of New Lines.
Mr.. Ripley and Mr.. MOraWetz
Represent Stockholders.

After being delayed three hours be-
tween Chicago and Kansas City, the
special train bearing Edward p. Ripley
and Victor Morawetz, president and
general counsel respectively of the
Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe railway.
arrived in Topeka at lis this afternoon,
and at the annual meeting of STARE
holders held half an hour after their ar
rival, the following directors were re
elected for the ensuing four years:
Edward p. Ripley. of Chicago.
/ Charles Steele. of New York.
Byron l.. Smith, of Chicago.
| Howell Jones, of Topeka.
The purchase of the following lines
which has already been announced by
the directors was ratified; Kansas &
Southwestern, Sunset route, ia short
line in California; California Easter n,
Grand Canyon line. Gulf, eBaumont <
| Great Northern, Santa Fe Pacific, East
ern Oklahoma, Kiowa, Chickasha & 1T.
Smith, Guthrie & Western. and the
Eastern Railway of New Mexico.
Price Waterhouse & Co. were elected
as independent auditors for the COM
Dany.
Oinwg to the fact that Mr. Ripley
Mr.. Morawetz and Chas. S. Gleed of To
peka were the only directors present.
the annual meeting of directors was not
held.
President Ripley and General Counsel
Morawetz returned to their homes at 4
4 o'clock this afternoon.
There was over three-fOurths OF the
entire stock of the Santa Fe represented
at the meeting, which was held in the
directors room on the fourth floor OF
! the Santa Fe general office building.
The meeting was called to order by
President Ripley at 40 o'clock, and the
polls We're declared open. p 1. Bone
brake and John r. Mulvane were present
and they, with w. H. Diehl of New York,
acted as tellers. Edward Wilder. treas
urer of the Santa Fe, acted as secretary
of the meeting.
The polls remained ope for one hour,
according to law, though OF course the
voting was all finished within five min
utes. While waiting for the hour to
expire, President Ripley ada a social
call on General Manager H. u Nudge.
There was not the slightest ripple O:
excitement at the meeting. Nothing de-
veloped which was not on the a--ance
programme Those who are familiar
with the history of the annual meet
ings of the Santa Fe state that this
is the slimmest attended gathering of
the kind that ever was held.
In conversation with a reporter for the
State Journal, President Ripley gave
some interesting comments on matters
concerning the Santa Fe
MAY ADOPT PENSION SYSTEM.
What is the Santa Fe planning to 10
about pensioning old employees was
asked.
I'VE have not taken UP that matter
yet" said Mr.. Ripley, but it may be
adopted in some form by the Santa Fe.
1 am not much in favor of having the
company bear the whole burden of
pension system. It seems to me some
form of cooperation between the en-
ployes and the company might be ar
ranged, similar to the present hospital
system. The company would be willing
to contribute equally to fund with the
employees. 1t would not take long for
large sum of money to be accumulated
in this way, and the burden the en-
ployes would not be felt I don't know
any reason, however. why the company
should establish independently a pension
system any more than why a dry goods
firm should pension its employees. We
pay our men good wages. and that is
supposed to discharge our obligation
OPPOSES IMMIGRATION BILL
What are your views on the antrim
migration bill now before the senate?'-
THE Santa Fe is not in the habit of
| sending anyone to Washington to en-
deavor to influence legislation. Person
ally, 1 am opposed to this plan to re-
strict immigration. / do not believe
that a scholarship test should be ap
piled to immigrants. We need moro
laborers in this country We need men
/ to do the work which Americans will
not do There is a shortage of la Dor
constantly on the Santa Fe. My idea is
/ that the scholarship test should be APP
piled when the man comes up to vote,
not when he wants to come to this
country. A man can swing a pick or
handle shovel just as we'll even if he
| can't read and write our language.
Il would certainly be in favor of amy
| legislation to prevent such classes from
| exercising the right of suffrage, but as
things are now, this country needs more
| laboring men to do the rough, heavy
work
SANTA FEE EARNINGS.
In discussing the recent decrease in the
earnings of the Santa Fe, President Rip
ley said:
The falling off was due to a change in
/ the class of traffic which passed over orr
lines. During the months when the de-
crease occurred. we We're doing an i'm
mense business il live stock That class
of traffic is not nearly so profitable as
some other kinds of freight ] anticipate
that when the earnings of the year are
figured up. we will make good a show