The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-10
BRING ROADS TO TIME.
Complaints Against Rock Island
and Missouri Pacific.

The board of directors OF the CONNER
cial club met last night for the consid-
Grafton of the removal of some of the
Rock Island offices from this city and the
threatened removal of others President
John E. Frost and Secretary T. ]. Ander-
son were instructed to confer with Gener-
al Attorney NJ A. Low in regard to the
matter Mr.. Low is now in St Louis
where he is in charge Of the negotiations
of the Rock Island for new properties
The efforts of the Commercial club seem
useless The changes determined upon by
the Rock Island were made for the i'm
provement in handling the work of the
departments and it seems hardly likely that
any of the changes announced to be made
will be reconsidered- The Rock Island Of
dciaIs claim that the changes made in
bringing an additional force of employees
to this city will recompense for the num-
Der of employees taken away. 1t is an
nounced by the Rock Island that the Of
fees of the officials Of the operating de-
partment and the general attorneys Of
fees are not to be removed from Topeka
The Missouri Pacific road is coming in
for a share Of consideration by the local
shippers
THE merchants of Topeka have begun
to realize more wildly than ever that this
city and this county is deriving no benefit
from the investment of $4,000 which was
made to secure the Missouri Pacific here,
and on the bonds for which investment
this county is at the present time paying
interest said Major Anderson.
One Topeka shipper, A. B. Whiting, in a
letter to the commercial agent of the Mis-
souri, Pacific at Wichita notified that road
that hereafter insofar as he was con-
cerned the Missouri Pacific would be dis
eliminated against in the routing of
freight This action is being followed by
other Topeka shippers
A representative of the Missouri Pacific
has been in conference with Mr.. Whiting
several times since his notification that he
would do no more business with that road
than was absolutely necessary No prom
ises of an Improvement in service were
made however.
Train service between Topeka and Fort
Scott is so bad that it is practically val
ueless to Topeka People living along the
line south of here have to stay in this city
two nights to come here to do their trad
ing
BY the construction of a line of rail-
road to connect Topeka with the Central
Branch of the Missouri Pacific rich ter
ritory would be opened up to Topeka
wholesalers and jobbers that is really trib-
utary to Topeka. but from which at the
present time the local dealers are COM
pletely barred By the construction of
less than twenty miles between WaverIy
and Leroy in Cofrey county a direct line
could be opened up through richer coun-
try that should be tributary to Topeka.
This line would make a direct line from
Topeka and the road north of here to
a portion of the Indian Territory and Ar
kansas and would be valuable line to
the Missouri Pacific railroad
The merchants and wholesalers of To
peka are contemplating taking some ac-
ton to impress the officials of the Missou-
ri Pacific with the Importance of giving
the local shippers and travellers better &C
commodationS-