The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-27

taxed to it's capacity. About 70 Santa
Fe men will be in attendance and an
equal number of local members of the
Commercial club will attend.
The following programme of toasts
has been arranged TO be given at the
banquet:
The Commercial club. W. w. Mills.
president.
Address of welcome. Mayor Bergund-
thai
The Santa Fe and It's Relation TO
Topeka" W. S. Biddle.
The Arkansas Valley" G. E. Oyer.
Once a Topekan Now an Indian," "
H A. Tice-
Denver: or What Kansas Lost" c.
H Morehouse-
General Results" r. NJ. Baxter.
''The Noodle Story" F. H Manters-
Music by the Modoc club and Am
EAion Mandolin club.
George T.. Nicholson. passenger traf-
fc manager of the Santa Fe system
was unable to remain in Topeka for
the banquet tonight and went to St
Louis today.
His trip here was principally to dis
cuss with w J. Black. the general pas
senger agent of the Santa Fe. the mat
ter of changing the leaving time of the
westbound California limited at Kan
sas City.
1t has been decided to make the Cali
fornia Limited a daily train instead OF
a semi-weekly train when the new time
card goes into effect on November Ii.
IhH only CnanBG WHICH Will bC lilcAC
I'm the schedule will be that the Cali
fornia Limited westbound will leave
Kansas City at s:45 in the morning in
stead of at $40 in the morning as IL
does at present This change will make
1t through Topeka at 1920 O'Clock IN
the morning instead of at $3.50 as here
tofore-
same time as it has heretofore f;SO
o'clock in the evening and Will arrive at
Los Angeles and San Francisco at the
same time as the present schedule calls
for
The change is made in the schedule at
Kansas City for the purpose OF giving
California travellers who make connec-
tions with the Santa Fe at Kansas City
and who come into Kansas City from
other lines from Iowa, Missouri and Ne
braska a better service
During the winter months the trains
which are scheduled to arrive in Kan
sas City in the early morning from
points in the states above referred TO
are sometimes late, and as a conse-
ouence California passengers VINO de-
sired to use the Santa Fe's California
Limited would have to wait In Kansas
City a whole day.
BY making the leaving time later IN
Kansas City all connections can be
made without Inconvenience and the
half or three-quarters of an hour loss
of time worked up on the schedule OF
the trip through Kansas
w. B. Biddle. freight traffic manager
of the Santa Fe system, arrived mere
At noon today and Iunched at the
C-oDeIand hotel with J. r. kOontz,
general freight agent, Geo. T. Nichol-
son 7 8 Eartle. general eastern agent
AZ New York C H. MorehOuse of Den |
yer and J. c Burnett OF Newton, Kan. |
Mr Riddle came to Topeka direct !
from Chicago. He will give an infor- |
mai talk before the members of the |
Commercial club and the Santa Fe
men at the banquet tonight Mr.. Bid |
die was surprised to learn today upon |
reaching Topeka that he was expected 1
10 talk II am not prepared to start |
out merchandising" he declared |
However upon learning that the at |
fair was informal to a degree he con- /
sented to make the short talk desired /
The office of General Freight Agent
J. r. Koontz at the Santa Fe general
ONCE building and the lobby OF the i