The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-10
ARE DOING BETTER
The Train Service in Topeka Is
Gradually Improving.
Santa Fe Line to Kansas City
Now Open.
TRACKS STILL SOFT.
For This Reason Only Light
Trains Run.
Union Pacific Line to Be Open
Soon.

The Santa Fe's main line to Kansas
City via Lawrence and Holiday, which
has been tied up by the floods for the
past two weeks, has at last been opened
up and the first train was started for
Kansas City over that line at o'clock
this morning. It was thought at first
that it would be three or four days be.
fore this line would be ready for use,
but it seems that the men who have
been working on the repairs to the Kan
sas City main line have made better
progress with the work than was ex-
pected. The Santa F'e has had better
luck than the Rock Island. Although
the damage to the former has been great
it has been such that it has not inter
fered materially with the running of
trains except in Topeka. The Santa Fe
happened to have a south line and
therein lay the cause of her being able
to run trains clear through to Chicago
at time when the Rock Island and the
Union Pacific were tied up completely
Although the Santa Fee got the first
train out of the depot here for St. Jo-
seph, it was through the courtesy of the
Rock Island officials that she was able
to do so. On Sunday night a IL o'clock
when the first train left here the Santa
Fe bridge was not yet ready for use and
the train reached the line across the
river by way of the First street tracks,
the Rock Island bridge and the Union
Pacific tracks in North Topeka. The
Rock Island had maintained trains from
St Joe to the Reform school all through
the flood days and had materially as
sisted in the relief work.
The train which left here for Kansas
City over the regular Santa Fe main
line at o'clock this morning was the
old Santa F'e plug Commencing with
tomorrow morning this train will run
between here and Kansas City on
I schedule l7af &c will 1oax har
for Kansas City at $50 a. m. and will
arrive here from Kansas City at $40
2. m- Three other trains will leave
here for Kansas City this afternoon
and evening No ia left here at 1 So
p m. and Kansas City passengers wilt
also be able to get trains out of here az
4:3O p. M and $50 p m On Thursday
morning No. IS win be put on and will
leave here for Kansas City at 4.30 a. m
On Tuesday the local trains already
mentioned will be run according to the
schedule and the Santa F'e time card
Will again come into use. For tie
present only the lightest trains are to
be run over the Kansas City line. as
the track is especially soft This IS
thought to be the best PLAN as compli-
cations resulted when the big through
trains were sent through over the ST
Joseph line. Some trouble was had
with the track sinking al Mud Lake
and Valley Falls.
Considering the enormous amount of
trouble with which the Rock Island
has had to contend that road is doing
well. Kansas City is not as an inn
portant point on that road as it was
before the flood. Nearly all of the Rock
Islands trains are now brought to
final stop at Topeka except those that
go by way of St. Joe and Chicago pas
sengers are carried by that route but
viii probably do SO soon
The Rock Islands Colorado Flyer.
Nos. and 10. will be started in a few
days and will leave here for the west
at the usual time. $40 p. IN. 1t will ar
rive from the west at 7.45 a. m Topeka
will be its terminal on account of the
Kansas City line being tied up and 1t
will lay over in Topeka until the time
for it to leave in the evening. All of
the other trains including trains to and
from Fort Worth and the Cnlckasha
train are running as was stated several
days ago. The Rock Island now has a
train to Ell Paso in connection with the
other trains that have already been
started 1t left here at 1 o'clock this
morning.
UNION PACIFIC SERVICE.
A Union Pacific man said today that
it was expected that that road would
get a train into Topeka from st. Marys
some time tomorrow. The break in the
line at the Updegraff farm is being IA ,
idly repaired, and it is thought that the
work viii be finished by Thursday
morning 1t was also stated that trains
but the tracks between that point and
st. Marys are in such a deplora Bile con-
dition that it is almost impossible 70
say when that part of the line will b=
open for service
TRAINS ARE LATE.
Santa F'e train service over the main
line is still very uncertain Local train
No 113 which was made UP at Kansas
City this morning to haul passengers to
Topeka, and was scheduled to arrive