The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-28
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Mr.. w. Il. lodges, general purcla sing
for his headquarters yesterday after a
short visit in Topeka.
G. W Kouns, superintendent of trans
portation for the Santa Fe, with head
quarters in Topeka, is in Richmond Va,
on business for the company.
Mr. Harry Shields; travelling passenger
quarters in Kansas City. was in Topeka
Tuesday on business for his company.
Fred White. timekeeper at the. Santa
ter a two weeks vacation. Mr.. White
spent his vacation with friends in St. Joe.
William Sneed of the Santa F'e water
service has returned to work in the shops
after a short absence due to the death of
his father William Sneed, ST. Mr.. Sneed's
father was buried Tuesday.
Mr.. A A Robinson, president of the
Mexican Central railr3ad, is in Topeka.
No. 2 from Old Mexico. He was accom-
panied by his wife and daughter.
ST. S. Calvin, former employee of the
offiee OF the general manager Of The San
sence of several months. Mr.. Calvin has
been working for the Union Pacific at
Omaha.
Rev. s. A Alt pastor of the Oakland
Presbyterian church. will address this
weeks meeting at the coach shop Thurs
der the auspices of the Railroad Y. NJ.
c. A.
Eastbound Santa Fe train No. was
day. This train usually takes supper m
Kansas City, but il was so late that sup
per was served to the passengers in To-
peka.
At the Monday afternoon meeting of the
women's auxiliary of the Railroad Y NJ.
lied This class will meet every Friday
afternoon in the looms of the association
on Fourth and Adams streets.
]. NJ. Gruber, general superintendent of
the Rock Island, is out on the line in
company with H. E. Byram. assistant to
the fourth vice president of the same road
with 1AadOnaTt0r in Chicago Mr.. CRU
Der left Monday afternoon.
The committee that has charge of the
furnish hing of the new Railroad Z NJ: G.
citation rooms on Fourth and Adams
streetss,. Most of the necessary money has
been solicited and arrangements will now
be made for purchasing the furniture
Rev. J. D. Countermine. pastor of the
rangamanfs 70 1--WE a series of serTnons
every Sunday afternoon during the month
of November at the rooms of the Railroad
Y NJ c. A The first; of these sermons
will be delivered next Sunday afternoon
at o'clock.
A party of several Rock Island officials
were in Topeka Tuesday in conference
with local officials. They We're F. ]. Shu-
bert, assistant general freight agent for
headquarters in Chicago; Joel Myers, gen
eraI freight agent for the Chicago, Rock
Island and Mexican, with headquarters in
Dalhart, Tex; A N Brown. general
freight and passenger agent for the Ell
Paso and Northeastern.
I H.
road Y. NJ. c. A. is in receipt of several
handsome pictures from. the Baldwin Lo-
connective works In Philadelphia These
pictures represent the different types of
locomotives now IN use or the Santa ECe
and are to be used to decorate the walls
of the new building. Mr.: Prout has also
received four from the Denver and Rio
Grande. one from the Hotel de Coronado
| in California and the New York Central
| is having five pictures framed for him in
| this city at their expense.
| Mr.. W. ]. Black, general passenger
agent for the Santa Fe, is IN receipt OF
| the following letter which was addressed
! by a western editor to company of
ticket scaipers in Chicago in response TO
a letter received from them. proposing
that they cooperate in a scheme to beat
the railroad companies: Bill Nye Ticket
| Co, $50 So. Clark ST., Chicago, Hl.-Sirs:
I have your letter September 9Th: You
are evidently laboring under misappre-
hension. Time Current Issue is a jour
| ton. 1t does not fake its business nor
does it invite communion with faklrs.
do not understand why you should have
! invited The Current Issue to enter into
partnership with you in an effort to rob
| the railroad companies. For if The Cur
! rent Issue has ever missed an opportunity
to hold your business up to the contempt
! of the honest public, it sincerely regrets
/ having done so. note with some regree
your statement that your past eXperrNj.ee
with editorial mileage and trip tickets has
! been a very successful one II this state
ment be true 1 am forced to the conclu-
sion that there are as big scoundrels in
! the newspaper business as in yours. in
the hope that the above statements are
sufficiently explicit to penetrate your I'M
| derstanding L am, very truly yours.
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