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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-04

len, Harry Schurz. Bert Sutton and Earl
Johnston, gave a number of selections at
the Santa Fe hospital.
Brakeman Robert Finnie. who has lost
about a, week because of the sickness and
street fiagman has had his name hung up
among those working.
Thomas Hairsine, helper in the boiler
making department, who was struck in the
eye by a piece of metal about two weeks
ago, reported for duty Monday. So far
known the member is uninjured.
Three Gates excursions are scheduled
to move westward over the Santa Fe this
month-the first arriving in Chicago from
18th, and the third, February e.
George whitney e who has been on the
signed to the trick worked by Mark With
ers, who was killed in the Fourth street
crossing accident Saturday night.
John Pritchard painter who severely
strained himself a week or more ago
Befter and win be abe to Be ou
long. provided there is no turn for the
worse.
John A Wilson, who is enrolled with
Floyd Jones worker on Pintsch gas
as nothing has been heard from him it is
duty
Innes' band will arrive by special train
this evening from Atchison, where a mat
inee is given. Sunday it was in Kansas
over from St Joseph to Atchison on the
regular train this morning.
Tuesday evening the membership com;
hold meeting at the rooms. Wednesday
night the board of directors will also hold
served to them at o'clock both days.
Thomas Libby, a brakeman running on
the local between Topeka and Atchison, is
the father of a baby boy, born Sunday
night. Libby is a brother of John r. Lib
by the cutoff conductor, who received IA
tai injuries at Emporia Sunday evening.
William Beeson night fireman at the
mill, has been out of service a short time
of his right hand He is enough better
so that his return is expected any time.
Emil Quednow has been taking his place.
r. v. Wells of the cab department cell
ebrated recently the 21st anniversary of
his connection with the Santa Fe- Wells
began his service in the yards here, but
after working four five years entered
Henry Martins gang, where he has been
since then
/. David, Cliff and w. P. Beeler all con-
nected with the Santa Fe way and
another, have taken lay off which is
good until April TO- and will go to Rush
claim which they drew in the land con-
test of last summer, habitable.
Charles Ost, who. while running drill
press in the boiler shop three weeks ago
machine, and the first of the right
hand so badly injured that amputation of
a portion of it was necessary, came in
Monday. He took charge of the same place
which he had before
Locomotives 564 and 565, the two new
tandem compounds of the Prairie type,
been in process of erection since. are al
most ready to have a fire put in them
They have six driving wheels. pair Of
do service out of Topeka
Water service men have been busy load
ing the parts of the new engine hoist
which will go into service at AlbuQuer-
que. shops 1t is being taken inside the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-04

tary of the local board of examiners at
least ten days prior to the date of the
examinat ton in each instance.
Those passing the examination and
securing positions as assistant either in
pathology or physiology, in the bureau
of plant industry department of agri-
culture, viii receive a salary OF Sl,OOO
per year. The examination will be held
here at the federal building on February
%
The examinations for applicants as
meat inspector in the bureau of animal
industry, department of agriculture,
will be held on February 81. The salary
is from $1,000 to 81, 400 per annum The
commission has experienced considera-
BILE difficulty in securing a sufficient
number of eligibleS to fill existing va
cancies.
Examination for applicants as seed
laboratory assistant in the bureau of
plant industry, department of agricul
ture will be held on March 4. Salary
$720 per year.
Applicants for the position of train
master in the quartermaster's depart
ment at large will have their exanlina-
ton on March 4. The appointees will
report for duty at the Preside, San
Francisco, at a salary of $500 per year.
Applicants should be thoroughly familiar
with the care of horses and wagons, and
competent to stake charge of and man
age a train of army wagons and the
teamsters driving them. They should
also possess knowledge of loading such
wagons properly.
Applicants for appointment as local
or assistant inspector of hulls in the
steamboat inspection service will be ex-
amined on March and 5. Appointee5
will receive a salary of 81, 500.
Examinations for applicants for the
position of steam engineer in the quar-
termaster'S department at large will be
held on March As. Appointees report
for duty at Fort Baker, California, at a
salary Of 1850 per year. Applicants for
this examination will be required to
show a knowledge of plumbing.
The position of machine designer in
the United States mint at Philadelphia
at $3.50 per day, is the best position
open now. Examinations will be held on
March 4-5. Applicants for this position
must have had three years experience
in a first class machine shop.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-04
DOES NOT D1sowN TOPEKA
A. A. Robinson Still Registers From
athe Pretty City of Kansas"

r. r. Jester who writes breezy rail-
road sketches for the Railway Journal,
tells the following story about A. A.
Robinson:
Some men allow their false pride to
get away with them when they become
successful in a worldly way, and they
soon forget their home of former days.
This is not the case of Mr.. A. A Robin
son, president of the Mexican Central.
One day last month I dropped in a St
Louis hotel and read on the register "A.
A Robinson, Topeka, Kan While the
official home of Mr. Robinson is in the
far-famed capital of the Montezumas,
Mexico City, yet he still has a warm
spot in his heart for the home of his
earlier railroad days and proudly regis
tiers the pretty city of Kansas as his
abiding place. 1t was my good fortune
to meet the genial president of Next
cos greatest railway system during his
brief sojourn in St. Louis on this occa-
sion, and found him very friendly and
cordial in his address. He is affable and
to imparting information or opinions
about anti-pass agreements, he was too
foxey for me. He lodged all such in
terrogations very politely by saying that
he guessed 1 knew more about such
things than he did, inaSmuch as he paid
very little attention to them and was
not posted. This is one of his courteous
and magnanimous ways of handling
members of the press. He would make
a good diplomat but 1t would not make
any difference what exalted station he
hearted, lovab1e character and he
would continue to register from Topeka,
Kan, for he told me that is still his
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-04
CONFERRED WITH KENDRIcK
Santa Fe Men Lay Before Him Their
Plea For More Pay.

A conference was held yesterday af-
ternooH in the directors room at the
Santa Fe offices between the Santa Fe
trainmen's grievance committees and
the officials of the road, the subject of
the conference being the increase in
wages which the men are asking. The
meeting was called in order that the
men might present their cause to Third
Vice President J. w. Kendrick, who is
now in tbs city.
Since the demand for more pay was
refused by General Manager Nudge and
General superintendent Resseguie and
Hurley, the men declared their intention
of appealing to Chicago officials for
erhearing In order to accommodate
the men, Vice President Kendrick agreed
to come to Topeka and listen to the
statement of the case
A large number of trainmen were
present at the conference yesterday, as
were also Mr.. Kendrick, Mr.. Nudge, Mr..
Resseguie and Mr.. Hurley. Stenographic
reports were made of all the testimony
and argument. No decision was reach
ed on the case, and none will likely be
announced for some time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-04

also been experimenting along the same
line as MIR. ShoIes, though in my expert
ments-I have used two long distance tel
egraph lines and have had considerable
success. 1 have found that can use the
two lines for telegraphing and have taken
out patents an instrument. The instru-
ment is neither a transmitter nor re-
ceiver for either telephoning or telegraph
ing, but it is an auxiliary instrument to
both, a sort of a divider.
1--WE have about 200 miles of this double
service system in use, A of which is be-
tween Seattle and Tacoma. Wherever we
have used it we have found it a great
success and win adopt it almost over the
entire system. We do not use the tele-
business but only auxiliary tele-
graph line which you know often comes
IN handy
Mr.. Sholes said that he and Mr. Gaunt
had particular business to transact in
this city, but expected to spend the day
looking over FL PaSO and Juarez and
leave for home at night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-04
An Ideal
Medicine.
A New Discovery Which Cures afl
Forms of Catarrh.

The tablet is the ideal form in which to
administer medicine, but until recently no
successful catarrh tablet had ever been at
tempted. There is now, however, an ex-
cellent and palatable remedy for catarrh
in tablet form, known as StuartS Catarrh
Tablets and sold by druggists, composed
of the most recent discoveries in medicine
for cure of catarrh and results from their
use have been highly gratifying.
The old time treatment of catarrh was
in the form of inhalers, washes, dOuches,
sprays. etc. Later on internal remedies
were used with greater success, but being
in liquid or powder form were announcement
to use, and like all medicines in liquid
powder form, lose their medicinal proper
ties when opened or exposed to the air.
Stuart'S Catarrh Tablets contain highly
concentrated antiseptics, Red Gum, Blood
Root, etc, which kill the catarrh germs in
the blood and mucous membrane, and in
this respect are strictly scientific and mod
ern, because all authorities are now agreed
that catarrh is a constitutional blood dis
ease and local applications can have only
q tranSitory effect
The use of inhalers, douches and sprays
is a nuisance and inconvenience and can in
wise compare favorably with the same
antisepticS given in tablet form Internal
ly. where they can reach the stomach and
blood and kill catarh germs right where
they are produced.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-04
NEW sTOREHoUsE.
Albuquerque Will Have Biggest on
System, Except Topeka.

The Albuquerque Journal-Democrat
says: while improvement is the order
of the day in all departments of the
shops, the work going on at the store
house has the newest look The interior
of the large building is being thorough
ly remodeled. Shelving is being put in
around almost the entire wall space, and
admirable arrangements are being
made to permit of the segregation and
classification of different materials. The
ceiling and upper part of the walls are
to be painted white, in order to give the
room a brighter appearance. The store
house men say that when the job has
been completed, the store house will
surpass in comeliness any hardware
store in the city. The work will require
about two weeks. The vast increase of
the business in the store department
here jlstifies most any kind of improve
ments. More than twice much bust
ness has already been handled during
this month than for the corresponding
month last year. The Albuquerque store
department is the largest on the Santa
Fe system, excepting only Topeka"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-04
COME THROUGH TOPEKA.
First of the Mexican Tours Will Pass
Through Topeka.

On Thursday morning about o'clock.
the first of the Gates tours to Mexico
will pass through Topeka. Reports re-
ceived at the Santa Fe passenger de-
partment indicate that there are about
100 people in the excursion, nearly all of
them coming from Chicago and eastern
points. The managers of the tour
charge 1886 from Chicago and 1915 from
New York for each member of the pres
ent tour, which is known as tour Al
This covers all expenses of the trip:
hotels sleepers, sidetrips, etc.
The excursionistS will make their first
stop at San Antonio, where they will
be taken around the city in electric
cars. There are half a dozen other
stops between San Antonio and the City
of Mexico At the City of Mexico, the
excursionists spend an entire week, and
then slowly work their way northward,
visiting various points of interest Some
of the excursionists will return via Las
Vegas. and some via the Grand Canyon
of Arizona, which is the greatest scenic
attraction in the world. in the opinion
of many tourists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-04
sHoLEs AT Ell PAso.
Tells the Texans About His Tele-
phone Experiments.

IFrom Saturdays Ell Paso Times.1
c. ]. Sholes, superintendent of telegraph
of the Santa Fe, whose headquarters are
in Topeka. and c. H. Gaunt. assistant
superintendent of telegraph for the North
ern Pacific, with headquarters in St. Paul.
arrived in Ell Paso yesterday morning and
left for their homes over the Santa Fe
They have been out on an inspection trip
over the entire Santa F'e system and are
now on their way home from their tour of
the western lines.
The Times man having heard some time
ago that Mr.. Sholes of Topeka had dis
covered means by which a single wire
could be used for both telegraphing and
telephoning, asked this Mr.. Sholes if he
was the man..
TT bee Is the world how you fellows get
next t. me wherever l co. said Mr..
Sholes- IS. / am the man who was said
to have invented scheme to use one
wire for both telegraphing and telephon-
ing, but the matter exploited too
much have not invented anything,
but 1 have for some time been expert
menting in hopes of discovering way to
use a single wire for the two purposes
mentioned. So far my experiments have
not proven successful. Mr.. Gaunt may be
able to interest you on that subject bet
ter than / can"
At the mention of his name Mr.. Gaunt
turned around and said: yes, I have
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-04

new blacksmith shop here, and after its
pieces have been fitted together it will be
sent to that place. The job of setting il
up will consume several weeks time.
Train lis, the west bound fast mail,
was tagged at Argentine Monday morning
in order to allow Mrs. John r. Libbey.
wife of the conductor fatally injured at
Emporia the night previous, to reach the
bedside of her dying husband This is
Holiday and Lawrence before reaching
Topeka.
William Amos a member of NeiswinteT's
force of truckers in the shops, and
Milton e. Shaver, who works on the west
side of the sheds, left Monday evening for
Detroit, Mich, where they will inspect GOO
convertible coal cars which the American
Car and Foundry company of that place
are to construct for the Santa Fe. The
last, but will be so built that they can
be turned into coal cars. Amos and Sha-
yer will be gone nearly two months.
F. NJ Ristine whose appointment to the
mechanical superintendency of the eastern
grand division was announced Monday,
will assume charge of the affairs at once
He comes here direct from the Chicago
Great Western, where he has been assist
ant superintendent of motive power, but
with the Northern Pacific, where he was
a locomotive engineer for a time. Later.
he became division master mechanic for
the same company at Fargo, N. d. Mr..
RiStine will have his office in the frame
building where the headquarters of Cen
were. and D. e. Fitzgerald, who was chief
clerk to Mr.. Collinson, will remain with
the newly created department in the same
capacity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-04
SANTA FEE LEADS.
Its Decapod Engines Are the Biggest,
After All

The right of the new Santa F'e decapods
Nos. 9SS and 9S9-to be called the biggest
engines in the world has been challenged;
1t has been stated that a PittSburg road
has engine bigger than the new mon
ster decapods of the Santa Fe.
1t will relieve the minds of all loyal
Santa Fe supporters to know that these
claims are unfounded. The Santa F'e still
can claim the biggest engines ever built.
Here are statistics for the three biggest
engines. ever built taken from the last
Gazette, both of which publications con-
tain lengthy descriptions and copious IL
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, decapod;
total weight, 259,S00 pounds; weight of
drivers, 232 900 pounds.
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, consolida-
ton; total weight. 214,00o pounds; weight
Pittsburg Bessemer & L. E., consolida-
ton; total weight, 10000 pounds; weight
of drivers, 225, 200 pounds.
Illinois Central 12-wheel; total weight,
232, 200 pounds; weight of drivers, 1920
pounds
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-04
MANY PLACES OPEN.
Government Positions In Eight
Branches Are Waiting.

The United States civil service COM
mission announces that examinations
will be held in Topeka for applicants
for positions in the following branches
of government service:
Assistant in pathology.
Assistant in physiology.
Meat inspector.
Seed laboratory assistant
TrainmaSter.
Local and assistant inspector of hulls.
Steam engineer.
Machine designer.
The examinations are open to all who
comply with the requirements. Compe-
titors will be rated without regard to
any consideration other than the quail
ficationS shown in their examination
papers, and eligibles will be certified
strictly in accordance with the civil ser
vice law and rules.
Applications for the examination
should be given to Leroy Powell, secre-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-04
RAILROAD news.
Rock Island Improvements at
Bucklin, Kansas.
Spending Thousands of Dollars
For Terminal Facilities.
NEW CUTOFF RUMORED
To Save Distance and Grades
Between Meade and Tyrone.
May Throw the Town of Liberal
Off the Main Line.

The construction of the Ell Paso line
of the Rock Island railroad means much
to the little town of Bucklin in Ford
county
Bucklin is a little town of rather an
uncertain population that is variously
estimated at from $50 to $50. And al
though the name of Bucklin appears in
black letters in the railway maps of
the Rock Island, it is for the reason that
it is at this point that the branch line
to Dodge City begins rather than from
the size of the place 1t is practically
a flag station on the main line.
According to the arrangement OF the
train service of the Rock Island since
the completion of the FL Paso line,
Bucklin will be a freight division point,
and work is already in progress on ter
minal and yard facilities at Bucklin
that will cost thousands of dollars.
These improvements will place Buck
lin on a higher footing and will be the
means of increasing the population no
inconSiderable amount.
Persistent rumors are afloat to the
effect that to shorten the distance to Ell
Paso and also avoid some hard grades.
the Rock Island will build a cutoff
from Meade, Kansas, to Tyrone, below
Liberal
The present line between Meade and
Liberal is circuitouS and it is announced
that about 20 miles in distance may be
saved by the construction of the cut
pulls over hard grades.
In event these plans are carried out,
Liberal will be placed on a branch line
and the division points will be at Buck
lin and Da1hart, as at present arranged.
1t has been officially announced that
the old names of FL Paso and North
eastern and White Oaks route are to be
discarded and the road from Ell PaSO
to Santa Rosa will hereafter be known
as the Ell Paso-Rock Island route, eX-
cept for strictly business purposes. All
engines and cars are already being
labeled with the new title.
George s. Good & Co, the contractors
who constructed the Ell Paso-Rock Is
land route, have already commenced the
construction of the Dawson branch of
the road. This branch runs from
Tucumcari on the E. P. r. I. to Dawson,
n. M, in the northern part of the ter
ritory, across the Santa Fe road. r. L.
Sumner assistant engineer of the Z. p
r. l. has charge of the survey work on
the Dawson branch.
G. S. Pentecost has been appointed
passenger agent of the Rock Island, with
office in the Marquette building, Chi
cago.
G. K. Sage. contracting freight agent
of the Rock Island, has resigned to ac-
cept the position of traffic manager for
Fairbanks. Morse & Co.
The Ell Paso-Rock Island road will
establish stations along their line every
fifteen or twenty miles. This will
cause the establishment of three sta
The first one will be called State line,
the second Jarilla Junction and the
third one will be called Dog Canon.
Two men will be stationed at each of
the several new stations and good tele-
graph operators are in demand at the
present.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-04
PASSED CURTIS BILL.
New Territory Road, Said to Be Al
lied With Rock Island.

The house of representatives has
passed the bill introduced by Represen-
tative Charles Curtis, of Kansas, grant
ing right of way to the Enid and An
adarko railway company through Okla
homa and Indian Territory. The bill
its line from a point near Watonga in
an easterly direction to Fort Smith,
Ark. The company has already con-
structed about sixty miles of railway,
and has plans for an additional 100
miles. The extension to Fort Smith will
open a rich field in the new country and
furnish an additional outlet for the
Enid and Anadarko company is closely
allied to the Rock Island.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-04
JAMES KURN PROMOTED.
Another Santa Fe Telegrapher Be-
comes Chief DISPATCHER in Colorado.

James Kurn has been appointed chief
dispatcher of the Colorado division of
the Santa F'e, to succeed c. NJ. Payn,
who has been assigned to another de-
partment. Mr.. Kurn's headquarters are
at Pueblo.
For some years Mr.. Kurn has been
dispatcher at Pueblo, doing a trick"
and acting as head dispatcher. His pro-
patcher of the Colorado division is well
earned.
This is the second important promo
ton in the Santa F'e telegraph depart
ment within few days. The appoint
ment of w. E. Merrifield to be chief
dispatcher of the Western division, with
headquarters at Dodge City, was an
nOunced in Mondays State Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-04

Rock Island win hardly be running
their trains before the FL Paso & South
western will be running into Ell Paso
also. The operation of the, E. p. & S.
w. over the Santa F,e lines will have the
same effect on business as if the road
was running in here over its own pro-
posed line from here to Dening. This
arrangement opens up the rich mining
country to the south of the s. P. many
months earlier than was expected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-04
working on the Pintsch Plant.

Ell Paso Tex. Feb. 4.-Excavation
work on the Pintsch gas factory has
started and the work will be pushed to
completion. The material for which the
contractor has waited so long has at
last arrived and the work started. The
site of the building is below the Santa
Fe tracks and will have to be built up
to that. 1t will take at least six weeks
to complete the building, when the APP
paratus for manufacturing the gas will
he mt in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-04

London, Feb. IA meeting today of the
stockholders of the NattlefoldS company,
screw wire manufacturers of Birmingham,
ratified the anal gamation of that concern
with Guest, Keen & Co. of Dowlais and
Cardiff, who recently absorbed the Cy-
fartha iron works and Golfers, the steel
works of Grawshay brothers at Merthy-
vile and other properties.