The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-25
RAILROAD NEWS.
Five Rock Island Men Elected to
Frisco Directorate.
COnsummates the Consolidation
of Old and New Interests.
DOUBLE DENVER LINE.
Rock Island Survey For Gulf
Route Nearly Complete.
Block System to Be Installed on
the Rock Island.

New York. Sept. 25.-The following
new directors OF the ST. Louis & San
Francisco road were elected: w. H.
Moore. ]. Fl. Moore. W. B. Leeds, DanI
9. Reid, and Francis l.. Hine. They
take the places of r. c. Kerens. J. S.
Ford. L. c. Henderson. c. W. Hillard.
and H. II. Porter The new directors
are prominently identified with the
Rock Island company. with which the
St Louis & San Francisco road recent
ly entered into close relations.
ROCK ISLANDS DENVER LINE
Rock island interests are to have
second Denver line. The Frisco system
is to be extended to that center by
new line connecting it directly with
New Orleans The new. Denver line is
Is to be an extension of the Arkansas
Valley & Western road the charter of
which has been purchased by the
Frisco. Construction Of this road was
begun some time ago. and 125 miles
have been completed to Perry. Okla.
from Tulsa. where it connects with
the Frisco system. Grading has been
completed to Enid. and is now in prog
ress from that 9Oint to Alva. which
was 20 be the tere-!nal Of the road as
originally planned.
When the Rock Island interests got
HnlQ OF H. however IneN dt once put
corps of SURVEYS in the field, with
the view of extending it in a north
westerly direction to Denver and the
surveyors have now completed their
work to within fifty miles OF Denver.
The object of the extension, as has been
stated already, is to furnish the Rock
Island with a direct line from Denver
to New Orleans The new line north
west srom Tulsa viii oDen I'D a terri
tory Low wholly without railroad serv-
Ice 1t SC rpnDrtpd l1xr a
rich and productive section of country.
and one which the proposed line will
do much in developing quickly. The
work of construction is to be pushed
with the utmost raDidity.
BLOCK SYSTEM TO BE USED.
Chicago. Sept. 25.-The management of
the Rock Island has completed arrange
ments for installing a complete block
tracks Of the company. The work was
decided upon after extensive expert
ments with the various methods of sig
mailing now in use on the American and
European railroads Today the company
received the material and began the
work of blocking" total of S4S miles
Of road, which will be completed as rap
idly as possible.
WOULD RETAIN IT'S FRANCHISE.
Austin. Tex, Sept. 25.-The fact that
the Rock Island has signified it's de-
sire that the franchise which was OBJ
tanned several months ago for building
its line into Houston be continued in
effect is taken here to indicate that it
has not abandoned it's original intention
of building its own line from Fort Worth
to Galveston by way of Houston The
railroad commission is watching every
movement of the Rock Island in Texas
very closely. and, should it obtain evil
dence that the deal for the purchase of
a half interest in the three north and
south lines of the Southern Pacific in
this state has been actually accom-
plished. legal proceedings against the
Rock Island, in behalf of the state, will
be promptly instituted. looking to the
forfeiture of its Texas charter.