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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28
RAILROAD NEWS.
w. A. NettIetOn, Formerly of
Topeka, Gets q Big Job.
Superintendent of Motive Power
for the Frisco.
HE is A RICH MAN
Left the Santa Fe to Manage a
100000 Estate.
FriscO-Rock Island Meeting in
Progress at ST Louis.

st. Louis, April 2S.-Nfr. w. A. Net
Teton has been appointed general sup
erintendent of motive power of the
Frisco system, with headquarters in
st. Louis Mr.. Nettleton comes from
the Santa Fe. and he was formerly con-
nected with the Memphis route.
President Davidson. OF the Frisco.
has been elected vice president, direc-
tor and member of the executive COM
mittee of the Kansas City belt line.
L. F. Loree, chairman of the execu-
tive committee of the Rock Island
Frisco and president of the Rock Is
land holding company of New Jersey,
arrived here last evening from New
York. Apartments were reserved fer
him at the Jefferson, and he viii Ie
main in the city for several days. To-
morrow President Winchen of the
Rock Island and other executive Off
GERS of that system will confer at the
Frisco general Offices with the eXecu-
tive officers and heads of departments
of the FsicO system on matters of joint
interest. These conferences are to be
held each month in Chicago and St.
Louis, and questions relating to the
operating and traffic departments will
be discussed among other things. Mr..
3. F. Yoakum, chairman of the Frisco
board, will return here tomorrow from
Texas. 1t is understood that Mr.. To-
rec, after leaving st. Louis. viii MAKE
a tour of inspection OF the Rock Island
lines. He will also look into the prog
ress of work on the St. Louis-Kansas
City line. which is to be ready for
traffic in June.
President Davidson of the Frisco yes
terday issued a circular announcing
that the jurisdiction of the Frisco Off
Gals has been extended over the St.
Louis, Memphis & Southeastern line.
The st. Louis end of this line will
shortly be opened for traffic. The work
has been delayed by the heavy rains
President Davidson has been elected
president of the St. Louis, Memphis &
Southeastern, and Vice President Ham
mond has been elected vice president.
W. A. Nettleton was assistant super
intendent of motive power for the San
ia Fe here at Topeka under G. H.
Henderson piror to A. Lowell. When be
left the Santa Fe it was announced
that he would retire from active rail-
road work, and manage a $4,000 ess-
tate in the east of which he is the
owner He was regarded by Santa Fe
men here as a remarkably able man,
and had he remained with the Santa
Fe he no doubt would have advanced
to high position in the service
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28
OIathe TeIephone saIe.

OIathe. Kan. April 2S.-The Olathe Citi-
zens' Telephone company has been sold
to Oscar Ayers of Gardner. this county,.
for $4,000. Ayers is the owner of the Card
liner Telephone company. but he viii re-
move to this city and manage his new
company of which he is president and
general mana ger. F. r. Ogg has been
elected vice president of the new com
pany: NJ. G. Miller. treasurer, and H. G..
Idvermore one of the directors. The sale
includes all OF the Citizens company s
lines throughout the county
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28
AFTER THE PREACHERS.
Santa Fe Gives Testimony to Convict
Ministerial Frauds.

Chicago, April 2s.-The grand jury
Yesterday heard testimony from rep
resentatives of the Wisconsin Central,
Northwestern, and Santa Fe roads
that, on his fraudulent representa-
tions that he was a clergyman. they
sold tickets at half rates to w. H.
Dewing and afterward found the tick
cts. in most cases, had been sold to
other persons by Chicago ticket
scalpers.
1t was announced yesterday that
the grand jury will take up Wednes-
day or Thursday the case of Michael
Curran, a former priest, who is ac-
cused of getting half rate tickets by
fraudulent representations and dis
posing of the tickets to scalpers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28

Trace every disease, blood
trouble or pain to the TRUE
CAUSE Pain is only the sign or
symptom. IT is idle to treat the
pain itself. The only true cure
for blood impurity or suffering is
the cure that CURES THE TRUE
CAUSE--WeaInes of the INNER
Nerves.
PROF. Edward z. Phelps. NJ D..
Ii. D. Of Dartmouth University
Famous Discoverer OF Paine's
Celery Compound
The blood and all the organs
Of the body depend on the INNER
NERVES, and Paine's Celery Com
pound gives the blood and the
nerve system the strength TO
MAKE all the organs work I'm
health and harmony.
BE NELL THIS SPRING.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28
stock Sold WeII I'D Ncwton.

Newton. Kas.. April 2s.-The Har-
vey County Breeders association held
its first annual combination sale of
horses, cattle and hogs in this city on
Wednesday. Farmers and stock rails
ers from various parts of central Kan
sas were here, and the pure bred
enty-five Harvey county breeders con-
tributed to the sale.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28

Wichita, Kas.. April 2S.-Word was
received here last night that J. G.
Redfield had died in Cincinnati We'd
nesday afternoon Mr. Redfeld was a
Kansas pioneer He came to the ter
ritory in 1853 For three years after
it became a state ne was sheriff Of
Allen county. In 1872 he came here.
where he had charge of the land
Office Later he held various Offices
until the fall Of 1901. when he was
elected county commissioner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28
ORDERING MORE CARS.
Railroads Not to Be Caught Short of
Equipment Next Fail.

While the roads now have much
idle equipment and probably will have
for several months, they are taking
precautions against such a shortage
of cars as they had last fall and sum-
mer. The Burlington, Rock Island,
Northwestern, Santa Fe, and other
lines have recently given large orders
for freight cars. Some of them will
take the place of cars destroyed or re-
tired because of small CAPACITY. but
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28
MAY BREAK OUT AFREsH.
Western Grain Rate War Still Agitat-
ing the officials.

There is danger of the western grain
rate war breaking out afresh. Tn
able to settle the difficulty, executive
officers met again yesterday and
found it necessary to send for a rep
resentative of the Great Western and
meet again today, when he will arrive
It appears that the Northwestern is
insisting that the grain rates from
Kansas City to Chicago shall be the
same as from Omaha to Chicago.
This injects a new proposition into the
grain situation and necessitates the
attendance of the Great Western.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28
BUYS IN COLORADO.

Santa Fe Said to Have Placed Big
Order for IS Pound Rails.
A large amount of s5-Dound steel
rails is said to have been ordered by
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe and
the Missouri Pacific from the Mime
qua plant of the Colorado Fuel & Iron
company, at Pueblo Colo, for replac-
ing the 7O-pound rails now in use.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28

Handsomely engraved invitations to
the Semi-centenniaI celebration COM
mencing May 80 are now ready to
mail. Parties having friends to whom
they desire to send invitations and
business men who would like to send
to their customers and business con-
nections in the state are requested to
leave list of names at the Commercial
club rooms and invitations viii be
mailed n once
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28

the pages in his record book Charles
W. Kolnl, who filed the mortgage. had
the original with him, to which GLEN
certified; the printed copy is dupli-
cate. The mortgage must be filed in
every county through which the road
runs. There are forty of them in Kan
sas. and more in Iowa-Atchison Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28
First 1e Miles Contract Let.

Chanute. Kan. April 2S.-Secretary
McClelland received a telegram from
General Manager Spooner of the Cha
mute Memphis railroad announcing
that the contract had been let for the
first sixteen miles of the road and that
grading would begin at once. The
building Of the road starts on the east
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28
New ohcial for Northern PACING.

St Paul, April 2S.-General Pas
senger Agent A. NJ Clelland of the
Northern Pacific today appointed Ar
thur B. Smith, assistant general pas
senger agent for that company. Mr..
Smith is at present auditor for the
yellowstone Park companY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28
REssEGUIEs SUCCESSOR.
a. S. johnson Is Appointed Superin-
tendent of Hartman Lines.

Mr.. A. s. Johnson, heretofore assist
ant SUPERINTENDENT of the Texas &
New Orleans and the Galveston.
Houston & Northern. has been APP
pointed acting superintendent of those
roads, with headquarters at Houston,
Tex, to succeed Mr. C F. Resseguie,
RESIGNED
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28
THAT SANTA FE DEAL.
Il. III. Hartman Declines to Talk or
the Subject

Salt Lake City. Utah. April 2s.-E.
H. Hartman and party left today on
their special train for Omaha, after
visiting the smelters and other points
of interest. Mr.. Hartman would
neither affirm nor deny the published
reports that he has concluded traffic
arrangements with the Santa Fe rail-
road. He was equally noncommittal
on other matters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28
Helen GouId's Donation.

Ground was broken at Van Buren,.
No. yesterday for the $4,000 railway
Y NJ. c. A. building near the lion
Mountain yards and shops. Miss Helen
Gould gave three-fourths of the
amount and citizens of Van Buren, and
employees of the company the balance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28

The name of the new general freight
agent has not vet been disclosed, although
it is understood that he has already been
appointed.
H. L Nudge, general manager of the
Santa Fe,returned Wednesday night from
a short business trip to the headquarters
of the road in Chicago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28
CLIPPED OFF A FINGER.
Santa Fe Engineer John Plank Meets
Unfortunate Accident.

NIOEIuHdIG ACCIueIt-
Engineer John Plank of Newton is
shy the end of the middle finger of his
right hand. He was in charge of the
local run south and while handling the
reverse lever of his engine caught his
finger between the lever and the elbow
of an air pipe. The end of the finger
was clipped off as clean as though a
surgeons knife had been used. Engi-
neer Mcmillan brought in the train
from Hackney, Mr.. Plank coming to
his home in this city on 116 last even
ing. The wound will keep him off
duty several DAYS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28

the big orders are being placed this
early by all the roads in anticipation
of greatly increased traffic in the fall.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28
A WIFE'S CONFESSION.
OF course every one knew when they
were engaged and every one pretended to

OC SUI pllSCQ WnCu
they heard 1t was
suddenly broken
of. It was first said
she had broken it
of, then that his
heart had changed,
but finally she con-
fessed that she had
been so irritable, so
depressed and blue
that she had fairly
driven him away.
Her good looks were
vanishing. She was
getting thin, pale,
and hollow cheek.
ed, with dark circles
around her eyes.
Suddenly all society
was pleased again to
hear of the engage
ment being renew
ed, and it was not
long before a beau
tiful and radiant
bride was taken to
TIE altar. She had
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28
NO MORE MEN QUIT.
Work at San Bernardino Shops Pro-
crossing About as Usual.

Los Angeles, April 2s.-At Santa Fe
headquarters in this city it was an
nounced today that there had been no
further OBJECTIONS among the machin-
lists at the San Bernardino shops of
that company. The work in the shops
is progressing without serious delay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28

Go O your Druggist TO-DAY-Cet one bottle of
Paine's Celery Compounds See how DIFFERENT
it will you feel.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-08

of the Harlem where it rises in rock forna
and continues we'll above sea level except for few
local dcpreSSSionS. the Bronx river
In constructing the subway provision had 70 be
made for artiticially maintaining the elevated and
surface railroads and the various sub-surface struc-
lures. There FIVE crossings of the elevated
railway along the At four of these the elevated
structure had 70 be underpinned and founda tons
put in Four surface electric railway tracks of CON
dut type. located Park row. and double
tracks of the character were on Centre street
Fourth avenue and LenoX avenue. On 42nd street
and Broadway there was, just before the work
begun. a doUble-traCk horse railway but this was
changed TO conduit electric traction On WestcheSte-
avenue and Southern boulevard there was a double
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-08

hydrostatic pressure fortyeigh feet The tunnel
approaches built in open excavation. the
sides being protected by the sheet piiug in the
manner the other subway construction. While
the work progressing the government authorities
required that the channel should be kept open for
navigation. but permitted be temporarily mar
rowed In order 70 carry out this plan. the part Of
the channel that left open rooted over with
heavy timbers which excluded the water the same
manner that the sheet piling did at the sides When
the tunneling put place the timbcrs
moved The plan success in all its details
The great quantity of rock in New York rendered
the digging Of the subway extremely difficult Along
portions of the every inch of the way had be
drilled and blasted From 18th street north TO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-08

track electric tTO lev railway N
55rd street. in order 10 avoid in
reference with the tunnel of the
Metropolitan Street Railway Com
pany. the subway was divided into
TWO two-tr-ck tunnels driven be-
Meath Murray hill. one on each side
Of but below. the street car tunnel
Especially trying problems were
experienced ~ the crossings at 2Srd
street and IL 42nd street In addl-
ton 20 the ordinary vehicular traffic
~ 2Srd street there is the inter
section OF the double-traCk surface
electric tramwayS. on one of which
run the cars of the Fourth avenue
line. and on the other those of the
Lexington avenue road and the
2Srd street CroSS-tOwn line. Dur
ing the busy hours of the morn
ing and afternoon seven hundred
cars pass over this crossing an
hour, or at the rate of about one
car every five seconds. The prob
lem was rendered more difficult bv
network OF water and gas pipes,
and an intricate arrangement of
electrical CondwtS. To avoid this
obstacle timbcrS were laid across
the excavation and plankS extend
ed over the whole area of the street
between curb lines. y similar
situation this was encountered
ON the section including Park row
and Centre street. Chambers street
and City hall loop. On Park row.
which has four tracks of surf-ce
electric railways, there IS a constant
stream of traffic which had 10 be
maintained uninterrupted
The building of the loop beneath
the main tracks under Park row. in
order 10 avoid crossings at grade
involved other great complications.
To add To- the confusion of
affairs, the old hall of records that
was directly on the line of the
route had not been torn down.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-08

low the south end. Thence the surface gradually
rises with ridge along the axis of the island TO the
high ground beginning with the plateau of Morning
side heights the west, thence extending the
upper end of Central park where the sur-ce hun
dred and thirty feet above level the East
river This plateau is sharply ted 10y the Man
haitian valley and the Harlem Flats at 15th street
and roth street the surf &C having an ele-
walton of only twenty feet. On the west the ground
immediately rises with similar abrtptuess and forms
the ridge along the Hudson river known Wash
lngton heights extending from I55h street 10 Fort
George where there IS another sharpy-dctncd ter
mnation. the elevation of the surface falling from
two hundred and twenty-five feet to thirty feet On
The east the low ground continues the north side
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-08

DVCknIn street on the west side
there was one continuous stretch
Of rock On the east side the
rock extended as far northas moth
street, and from that point onward
it was mostly sand and loan
The most difficult piece of work
was from nth street 10 3Srd
street on Fourth avenue. which
runs into the Park-avcnuc tunnel
of the surface railway There a
soft and seamy rock was cncount-
cred that proved very obstinate.
This same character of rock pre-
vailed along 42nd street all the way
to Broadway and up Broadway
from 43rd street to ISoth street
As soon as a route for the sub
way was decided upon, an investi-
CATION was begun into the topo-
graphical and geological features,
the nature of the abutting build
ings and their foundations. the
sewerage system, water mains, gas
plptS' olllpiCSSCu an anu SlCdlu
conduits, subways for telegraph,
telephone, light, power and other
electric wires, and the elevated
and surface railways. South of
Aston place no rock was encoun-
tered, the soil being for the most
part sand. North of Astor place,
however, the micaceous gneiSs,
which is the normal rock form
alton of Manhattan island, was
encountered near enough to the
street surface to be met with in
the depth required for even a shall
low excavation. With the eX-
ception of LenoX avenue, where
sand was found, the earth overly
ing the rock was usually of a
glacial deposit, being clay with
boulders of trap-rock, the latterhav
ing been carried from what is now
New Jersey and deposited on Man
haitian island during the ice epoch
The borough of Manhattan is
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Bisbee daily review., 1904-09-23

1r l; is an i'll wind that blows nobody
 good. Now the opponents of woman suffrage in this Territory are at logger heads The Tucson. Star. which has for years been the mouthpiece of the adherents of woman suffrage, has drop ped the fight in the following manner:
 'Inasmuch as, the arch enemy. or wo; man suffrage in Arizona has been nom mated for congress by the Mormon Church of Arizona, stheEwomar sui frage question will be given a season of rest in Arizona to see, what this all means. The Mormons have always been and are now the most ardent ad- vocates of woman suffrage. yet they nominated for congress the. most ma lignant and bitter enemy of the cause in Arizona. Yes. there must be, there will be. a halt in. this agitation until the. woman suffragists have de terInineG' where they are at."s 7eoc ;
Bisbee daily review., 1904-09-23

The concurrent resolution regarding joint statehood with New Mexico never passed the Assembly of the Arizona Legislature. I: was passed by the Council when it looked as if the Repub- lican administration was about to pass the jointure7biH. and was done in order to protect Arizona in ease the worst happeuec. The Democratic. Assembly turned downyth concurrent resolution by a vote of 2i to o.. ylevt9sess-