The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-23
CAUGHT IN FLOOD.
Topeka Merchants Who Lost
COnsIgnments Of Goods.
None Have Been Especially
Heavy Losers.
SEVERAL DON'T HEAR.
DO Not Know What Has Become
of Shipments.
Nine Hundred Cars Water Soak.
ed Goods at Emporia.

about the condition or location of the
merchandise shipped to them and most
of them are very much in doubt about
their probab Bile loss. OF those who have
been informed of goods damaged in the
water a few accept the situation and
have reconciled themselves to the pro-
spect of paying for the ruined goods.
Others deny that they are responsible
for the articles and will allow the rail-
road company to sell the damaged goods
for what they viii bring. These people
will refuse to pay any bills that may
be sent them for the consignments.
Nine hundred cars containing goods
consigned to merchants all over Kan
sas and Oklahoma have been sent from
Kansas City over the cut off" to EN-
poria to be examined. Just now there is
more room at Emporia than there is at
Kansas City for cars of damaged goods
and these viii be held there to be fol-
lowed up by tracers. For the most part
the railroad companies have lost track
of the place of consignment Of the goods
contained in them. 1t will be weeks be
fore the tai gle in which the railroads
at Kansas City find their freight bust
ness is Strengthened out Merchants
here and elsewhere will have to wait
through that time to find their goods
As fast as railroad determines the
destination of a car they send nOtitica-
ton to the cOnsignee irquiring what
he wants done with the goods. In case
the cOnsignee declines to receive the
damaged goods the railroad Will sell
them to pay freightage and Will hold
the rest of the proceeds till the owner
ship of the freight is determined
Of fifteen or eighteen merchants IN
tervieWed this morning. but one or Two
oh q
unchanged. One of these was mil
liner whose busy season is over one
or two stores whose business is par
TALLY on time payments lost good deal
more in North Topeka, from having
their property and debtors washed
away, than they did on goods in ship
ment. Zanditon had lot of goods, sold
on the installment plan, among the col
Ored people Of west North Topeka. Moss
of these people were entirely washed
out Now neither the goods nor the
people can be found. The Roehr Music
company had sold several pianos on
time payments to North Topeka peo~
pie and expect to lose considera BILE
money upon the instruments that have
been entirely ruined.
3. NJ. Payne the shoe man. was ex.
pecting a consignment of $3.50 worth Of
shoes shipped on May IA. These were
put on the road early enough to have
been gotten through, but they have not
been heard from. In this case the rail-
road company will undoubtedly be re,
similar. case TO his is-fhat Of the Hear
lex Buggy COMPANY Several thousan,
dollars worth Of new bugeies were held
in Kansas City for two days prior 20
bin Of iadipe thar had 0 been "'i Lost o.
misplaced through the carelessness OF
an employe. Mr.. Hearick has received
a claim against the railroad compan.
to recover the damage Sustained mo,
them.
A. De Muth. manager of the Topelza
Cash dry goods store has received 40
tification from the santa Re that ,.ar
load of dry goods that are no longer
dry spent several davs in the water al
Kansas CITY His notifcation stated
that the Goods would he forwarded or
sold ito the best advantage of whom,
it NAV concern, Mr.. De NT1I+h viii
make no reply to the notification. H.
says he ordered the goods routed over
the Rock Island and that had they been
so sent thev might not have gotten 4vef
II an effort is made To collect fo, tbs
CONSIGNMENT he will defend 7in,salf az
that score
The Hall Statiooerx- co,,,,,e,, ~ Sc 1o,1-
ing for $500 vortb ar statione,.11 some
Of which is believed 10 have been d 19ille
aged. at Fmporia in one of the nine
hundred cars thar are side TRACKED
there. Fl r Han said todax- mar bis
comDanv u0l1Id not lose over S5oo a,,d
might NOT lost that much n IT Feo,.bae
is unable to trace a CONSIGNMENT 81
harcIzvare which may he in the water or
may have been STONED somev.tere east
Of Kansas CITY In case Of DAMAGE to
il Mr. Forbes exnecte to s1,stsirl +te
loss
The Palace Clothing cornnan1, Is saia
to have lost IS 0O0 worth Of Goods con
signed to its stores in St Iosenh kan
sas CITY. Topeka and Fnnor1a. # 4
Auerbach was asked for actual figures.
He said:
"Oh. we're in on il but we don't care
to say anything about it,
D. J. GreenwaId is also sin on it" and
would be very glad to know how much.
He is the consignee of load of stuff
which he needs right now for summer
sale and objects to waiting for its de-
livery in damaged condition several
no