The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-09
ORIENT ENGINE
IN WICHITA
More Equipment for Port
StiIIWeIl Route.
10 WICHITA BY MAY 1
Company Wants One Division
Completed on That Date.

| Engine 10 Of the Kansas City. Mex
/ leo and orient railway passed through
/ the city yesterday On the way to Anthony
whore it win be USED on the completed
section of the road, between Harper,
KANSAS ard byron. .. T. The engine
Is an eight wheel type passenger loco
motive bait by the Schnectady Locomo-
tive works Of Schenectady, y. ]. IT has
been used some and was overhauied and
repainted at the Frisco shops in St
Louis. It is an engine Of very recent
date and every part Of its machinery
is up-to-date. It was deadheaded through
fron Kansas City 70 anthony over the
Missouri Pacific. The connecting rods
have not been put on. The engine was
IL charge OF George Cornell, who VIII
operate it when the new train viii be
put on.
IS soon as the engine is coupled up
new mixed train win be started on the
completed section Of the road from
Harper. Kansas. to Byron, 0. T, and
two trains each day VIII be operated.
1his has been found necessary on ac-
count Of the increased traffic Of the past
few weeks. The company is loading cars
of wheat and stock at points along its
lire and at nearly every station the de-
pots have been completed and an eleva-
tor Is being built at Byron.
Ar. Cornell yesterday stated to the
Eagle that the great aim OF the con-
struction gangs of the officers of the
company is to have the track completed
So Wichita and to Fairview. 0. r. by
the first OF Nay of next year. This is
AZ
tute division of the road The rails
have been laid two miles south Of Byron.
0. T.. ana this week the first Install
ncnt Of forty miles Of rails viii arrive
ct Harper and Wi be laid north from
that point. The right Of way has been
secured through Kingman, Sumner and
Sodgwick counties as fer as the Cow
skin creek and the graders are worr<
ing this way as fast as possible. They
vll reach TINS city before the first of
March
The new engine IS one Of the smaller
types OF engines TO be used by the com
pany. II can only be used BY light pas
senger services. Tire company viii re-
coive ten engines, eight fIeight and two
passenger engines on the hrst<of March.
Every part of these locomotives viii be
now and the, latest ard best equipment
viii be ued in each. They are all heavy
engines.
Tile engine in Wichita yesterday is
painted in the same general style CT All
Orient locomotives. On the dies of the
cab are the initials Of the road, K. c.
FL. & O. On each side Of the tender
ARE tho Mexican and American flags in
tertwined and the words Port SGllwen
Route. This is the emblem Of the com
rany and tho corners Of the two flags
arc followed at the top of the tender
are the initials Of the company.
Last Thursday the annual meeting Of
the directors of the company was held
il Kansas City ard the following Off
GERS were elected: y. z. Stnlwen pres
ident; p. C. Creel. first vice president;
X. ". Sylvester. second vice president;
y. Dickinson third vice president; Neal
s Dorian. secretary W. a. Rule. treas
urer. J. Med Trimble. general counsel;
z J. Martin. Edward Dickinson, W. S.
woods. w. a Rule, a. z. StiIlwell and
W. T.. Sylvester. executive committee.