The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-10
OUR new Line.
The Policies of New Street Rail-
way Company
Today Are Along
Broad, Liberal Lines.
EVERYTHING TOBEN NEW
Track, Cars, Power, ROadbed
and Equipment.
Nearly Half Million Dollars to
Be Spent for Renewals.

The reorganized City Railway COM
pany announced its policies TODAY. III
general they are upon broad and liberal
lines. The new company proposes TO
entirely rebuild and re-equip the track,
the cars, the power house and the car
barns. 1t recognizes that practically ev-
erything about the present system is
out of date. and nearly out of service,
so far as the mechanical and physical
conditions are concerned. 1t is super
huous to remark that the public has
recognized these facts for some time and
is greatly pleased that the property is
now in the hands of owners who recog-
nize it and viii Immediately proceed TO
give Topeka a modern street railway.
The first thing which the new COM
pany Will do. and work on this Will
begin next Monday, is to put the Fifth
The next thing viii be to repave East
Fifth street at the entire expense OF the
company. This will cure an eye-sore
which has been a blot on the face of
that part OF town. This viii be an IL
lustration Of the policy of the new COM
pany. The Fourth street line viii be
maintained and the loop operated along
the west side of the Santa Fe depot 10
Fifth street, thence west on Fifth to
Jefferson and north on Jefferson back
to Fourth.
All the tracks in the city will be TAX
en- UP, the heaviest and best iron laid
upon the best of oak ties. Under the
tracks Will be broken stone ballast.
There is no ballast now Two crushers
will be put to work in QuintOn Heights
for this purpose.
The new company is syndicate
which has organized and acquired the
securities of the Topeka Railway com
pany. The Topeka. Railway company
has secured the NinewOod track and
physical property, exclusive of its farms
and landed interests but including
VineWood park. The NineWo0d COM
pany does not control the city railway
company. and the city railway company
does not control the Vinewood inter-
ests in either sense but new organi-
zatiOn has acquired the rights ana
properties Of each necessary to make
one road. one fare and one system. and
that the best The general policy of
the road Will be to please the public in
so far as possible with consistent rules
for the operation of the property. A sys-
TEN of universal transfers so far as the
city lines are concerned. will be i'll
force.
The charter of the Topeka. railway
company viii be continued and the
charter of the misunderstanding prob
ably discontinued In discussing the
varied interests which are now united
! Mr.. Myers said today:
We are a happy family and are
working in harmony. We expect to
spend, according to estimates in giving
/ Topeka a first class line, $4,000 This,
! together with the money put in to ac-
quire the Topeka railway and Vinewood
interests and securities viii represent
about one million dollars, and we trust
4 that the system when completed will
compel a patronage which viii give us
suitable returns for our investment"
The financing of the road, including the
reconstruction, rebuilding and re-equip-
ment is in the hands of a reorganization
committee Of three-E. W. Wilson. L. E.
Myers and B. e. Sunny The former east
/ ern owners of the road are entirely out OF
1 control. The directors of the syndicate
are E w. Wilson. chairman f. Wilder
Joab Mulvane. B. E. Sunny and L. f, Ny
ers, who is also vice president: c. c. Ba-
ker president. C J. DeV1fn. John r. Null
vane, NJ A Low, c. S. Gleed and w. H
Holmes.
The first five constitute the executive
committee. Of the eleven directors seven
are from Topeka one, Mr.. Holmes, from
/ Kansas City, Mr.. Sunny and Mr.. Myers
live in Chicago and Mr.. Wilson in Pekin
Ill. T. J. Kennedy is secretary of the
! board and F. G.. Kelley treasurer. c. c.
Baker viii be president in charge of the
operation of the road.
The car barns will be rebuilt at an ex-
pense of about $4,000 The power house
| will be reconstructed and modern ma
| chinery installed