The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-10
TRAINS IRE TIED Up
Topeka Has Had Almost No
Service for Ten Days
lat LEAST FOUR MORE
Rock Island and Union Pacific
Are Shut Out

Topeka, Kan, June SIT has been ten
had anything like regular service and it
has been nine days since the Rock Island
and Union Pacific lines have run any
trains at all. And that is not all. 1t will
be two days before trains viii be able to
get over the Rock Island and Santa. Fe
bridges or run into North Topeka over
the Union Pacific. 1t viii be at least
four days and perhaps a week before any
OF the direct lines between Kansas City
and Topeka will be in condition to run
light trains, and it will be two weeks
more before the regular service will be
resumed on the lines through Kansas
City.
Although the Rock Island, Union Pa
cific and StRta Fe lines have had forces
of men numbering into the thousands on
the repair work, having started at the
reconstruction even before the waters
began to recede, and though they have
been working double shift, day and night,
for a week, they have not been able 10
get the roads in running order yet. The
action of the water in wrecking the
roadbeds has been thorough and COM
plete. The destruction of wires and
communication has been as much of
setback IN the construction work as any
thing could have been. Officials have
been unable to communicate intelligently
with one another, and exact conditions
are just now being brought to the surface.
The, Santa Fe had wires to Lawrence yes
terday and one to st. Joseph. Most Of
the wires were attached to any old thing
as It has been impossible to get poles
and other paraphernalia into the flooded
districts.
The Rock Island will have to bridge the
river where it has cut across in North
Topeka in the old channel. A powerful
current runs in the old river course to
a depth of from ten to fifteen feet and a
hundred yards wide. AS soon as this is
operate slowly.
General Passenger Agent ". ]. Black
said today: Commencing Wednesday the
Santa Fe will run plug trains between
Topeka and Kansas City via Lawrence
and Ottawa, leaving Topeka at a. M,
returning arrive at Topeka at p. m.
Thursday they will probably run these
trains via Holiday and Olathe.''
Topeka, Kan, June s.-The Rock Island
train service is now as extensive could be
expected considering the xisting condi-
tons. That road has had a graf many
more misfortunes to contend with in this
vicinity than any other road entering
Topeka Trains are now run into the
Rock Island depot. The work was done
quickly considering the fact that it's
tracks were washed out by the new chan
nels in North Topeka which had to be
bridged before trains could be run. Now
that the line has at last been opened the
trains are being run on schedule time as
near as it is possible to do so.
The Colorado line has not yet been
opened up. but Colorado passengers are
now being handled by way of Horton,
Belleville and Fairbury. Neb. These
trains strike the main line at the latter
point. 1t is stated that the Rock Islands
tracks between Mcfarland and Manhat-
tan are washed out for a distance of
about twenty-five miles. but in spite of
this the officials say that they expect to
have trains running between those points
by Thursday night.