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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-17
RAILROAD NEWS.
Senator Mcmillan Replies to
Engineering Review.
Question of Giving Board Power
to Enforce Orders.
APPEALS TO RECORDS.
Calls Down the Paper for Massa-
chusetts Reference.
Shows That Bay State Board
Has More Authority.
APPEALS TO RECORDS.


Senator Harry Mcmillan OF Mime
apolis, president of the Kansas FEEDER
alton of Commercial Interests. takes
exceptions to the defense of the KAN
sas board of railroad commissioners
by the Railway and Engineering Re
view, which was recently republished
in the State Journal The Railway
Review makes the statement that the
Massac husetts railroad board. which.
1t alleges, has no power except to
make Investigations, accomplishes
more than those commissions which
have much more power.
Senator Mcmillan knows a thing or
two about the railroad commissions
of different states himself He comes
back with the statement that the
Massa chusetts board has much more
than merely the power to investigate
He quotes documents to show that it
has control of stock and bond issues
and also the construction of new
roads.
One of the great evils of present
railroad methods is the great amount
Of watered stock that is put into the
capitalization, and then Over-bOndine-
roads then demanding that the
freight rates shall be sufficient to paw
interest on all the excessive bonds and
leave dividend besides on the water
ed stock.
Senator Mcmillan has the following
90 say concerning the defense of the
Kansas commission by the Railway
Review:
I'm this attempted defense of our
Kansas railroad commission I notice
the Railway and Engineering Review
makes the following statement: 'Ordi-
nary western editors, or at least a
good many of them, appear to think
that unless the railroad commission is
slicing off the revenues of the rail-
road companies its usefulness is gone
large should be posted as to the com
parative value of the different rail-
road commissions throughout the
United States but there is not an edi-
tor in the state of Kansas but knows
or may know if he Will. that the Mass
achusetts commission which has no
power at all except that of investfga-
ton accomDlishes more and gets bet
ter results than either the Georgia or
Texas commissioner. for that mat
ter both of them combined, although
possessing autocratic and almost IN
limited powers.
In the matter of facts as this pur-
ports to be, it is best to appeal direcct-
~ to the records and thus avoid con-
troversy, and also thus be able to de-
eide whether the railroad law of
bdassa chusetts is the weak thing the
Review claims In the report of the
United States industrial commission
for 1901 on page 20 of volume 9. is
this statement:
Mr.. jackson of the Massachusetts
board of railroad commissioners says that
this board has general supervision over
both railroads and street railroads within
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-17

Miss celia Zook of the Santa Fe ticket
auditing department is visiting with
friends in EmpOria today.
W. J. Healy. freight auditor for the
short business trip to Chicago.
c. w. Jones, superintendent of the
Kansas division of the Rock Island, has
recovered from his recent sickness and is
again at work on the road
]. Q. Burch, travelling passenger agent
for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. with
headquarters in Kansas City, was in To-
peka Thursday on business for his COM
pany.
Henry Lautz. chief clerk to the general
fined to his own home with an attack
of appendicitis, is reported to be much
better today
Santa Fe time table No. o. which goes
into effect on Sunday, June IL, was issued
today This new card contains several
changes affecting the local division, the
principal one of which is the resumption
of the Colorado flyer, Nos. and 10. Next
to the California limited the flyer is the
best equipped train on the Santa Fe-
Leonard Ralston, formerly in the
freight department of the Santa Fe here,
and who went to Chanute three months
go to take a similar position, is now IN
Wellington. where he has been made
freight agent Mr.. Ralston's promotion is
one of the results of the recent shakeup
among the heads OF the freight depart
ment
sas division of the Rock Island, and E. )
Barnes, chief dispatcher are taking an
inspection trip over the line this week.
Both are members of the newly appointed
examining board, the purpose Of which is
to examine the tralnmen In the use OF
the companyis new rule book This Work
will probably occupy the greater portion
Of two weeks
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-17
GAS RATES GOING DOWN
Movement Appears to Be General in
the West.

Reductions in gas rates seem to be
becoming quite common in the west.
In proposing to reduce the price of
gas in Topeka from $1.35. $3.50 and
S1.65 to a nat rate of $1.25, the Elk
ceIsior Coke and Gas company is
simply following the lead of a number
of other cities in this part of the
country.
Chicago has had a rate of 81 for
gas, and after a hard fight in the
courts has succeeded in getting it re-
duced to rs cents. OF course the gas
companies there. with their immense
production, can afford to make lower
rates than Topeka or any other small
city could expect
But at Quincy, Ill, the Quincy Gas
company has just announced a vol
utary reduction from $3.50 to 81 per
1000 cubic feet. This reduction was
not asked for by the public, but was
made by the gas company, which
seemed to realize the tendency of the
times. OF course the Topeka gas
company officials say that gas cannot
be made in Topeka as cheapIy as it
can in Quincy, but possibly this is be
cause the topeka plant does not en-
ploy the best methods of manufacture
as is commended by the citys attorneys
in the gas case.
Up in Lincoln, Neb., where the
council and the gas companv have
just agreed upon a fiat rate Of S12O,
without any new franchise donation
or agreement to extend the gas mains
the situation seems to have been very
much as it has been in Topeka, ex-
cept that Lincoln had lower rates to
start with than Topeka. The Lincoln
gas plant, like some other public
utilities in this part of the country
has been the prey of a lot of financial
harpies who piled Up a bonded debt
on the concern which ate UP all the
profits.
In commenting upon this the Lincoln
News says:
The city council last evening adopt-
ed the recommendation of the special
gas committee that a compromise be
made whereby the price of both iliun1-
mating and fuel gas shall be $I2O a
thousand after the LIST day of next Oc-
tober. This ends for a time at least
the agitation for lower gas rates in this
city.
Under this compromise the people of
Lincoln will save between $4,000 and
$4,000 in their yearly lighting bills
which is something The price of iIIurn-
mating gas will be reduced 26k cents
a thousand feet. The total consump-
ton in the city last year was "a, 000 feet
and the reduction means a saving Of
$141S0. The price of fuel gas drops
from SIPS to $1.20, which, as there is a
consumption of $4,000 feet, means an
additional saving of $500, or a total of
S16 $50.
THE News has stood for dollar gas
all through the fight and it believes
that the city of Lincoln is entitled to
have gas at that figure. It believes
that it has pretty conclusively shown
that gas can be profitably manufactur-
ed and sold in Lincoln for one dollar.
In this stand it has had the cordial
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the state It has absolute control in ref
erence to questions of grade crossings
and all safety appliances. 1t has control
over the issue of securities, and the law
requires that they shall be issued only
for actual value. 1t has also power to
pass on the construction of new rail-
roads. The board does not audit the
books of the railroad companies, but re-
quires detailed reports. Its powers re-
gar0ing passenger and freight rates are
nOminally only advisory, but in practice
the recommendations of the board are
nearly always carried out by the rail-
roads, especially through the influence of
public opinion, while in a few instances
the board has applied to the legislature,
which has usually passed laws sustaining
its position
Again on page 9S5 of the same volume
is this:
In Massachusetts an increase in cap
ital stock or signs of Indebtedness may
be made only on authority of the com
mission before which such questions are
determined on hearing.
Again on page S45 of the same volume
IS the following testimony:
Q.-Has it not been the experience of
Massachusetts, so far as your knowledge
goes. that the public sentiment of Massa-
chusettS has sustained recommendations
made by the railroad commission
80 'A.-EVery time that we have made Il
recommendation against the railroads
that has been true, and there have been a
great many of those the record viii
Il think without going into detail" con-
mitted that with law similar to that of
Massa chusetts giving the railroad COM
miSSiOnerS of Kansas absolute control of
the issuance of securities and the con-
law would be far more effective than at
DreSent'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-17
THREE DAYS A WEEK.
A Drastic Order for Retrenchment
Reaches Parsons Shops.

A Drastic Order for Retrenchment
Reaches Parsons shops.
The Parsons Eclipse says. The re-
trenchment policy of the Katy struck
this city today, and the shops were
ordered shut down three days each
week
Parsons was about the last place
for the drastic retrenching orders to
go into effect, as the shops at Sedalia,
DennisOn and SmithvilIe have been
working on short time for the past
week or two.
1t is common for the road at this
season of the year to do considerable
retrenching but added to the usual
necessity for such procedure is the
immense loss by washouts along the
system during the past three weeks.
There is always more or less damage
each year by heavy rains and wash
outs but aside from the actual dam
the immense damage occasiOned by
traffic on almost every division out of
this city being alomst entirely sus-
pended
The Dalsied condition now besetting
the eastern roads will probably not
prevail in the west and along the line
of the Katy. The prospects are that
big crops will be raised and to re-
move them will make great demands
on the road and in consequence, the
machinery department of the road
will he in bad condition unless the
usual work is done. and that will soon
call for the full capacity of the Par
sons shops.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-17
WONDERFUL WICHITA.
It Is Talking About Organizing a
Railroad Y. NJ c. A.

The railroad men of Wichita will
hold mass meeting in the course of
a week for the purpose of organizing
a railroad Y M c. A, says the Wich-
tia Eagle. This will doubtless necessi-
tate the erection of a building for
headquarters, which has already been
discussed by the promoters of the IN
dertaking. Conductor A. Anderson of
the Missouri Pacific is auth GRITTY for
the statement that a laroe and COM
modious building would be built here
at a cost Of probably $4,000.
In Wichita there are somewhere
near 500 or 500 railroad men. They
have at present no way to come to
gether and share each others pleas
ures. Most large cities have gymna-
Sums and special clubs for railroad
men, but little or no endeavor has
been made in this city to accomplish
anything in this line for them.
Mr.. Anderson was circulating
among the employees of the Missouri
Pacific yesterday trying to obtain the
OPINIONS of the various workmen, and
he found that it was the unanimous
vote of those who were consulted that
the movement should be carried to
completion.
The advantages of such an organi-
zation Will be of immense value to
the employees not only in a physical
way but it will have its attendant re-
suits morally. The building would be
fitted with every modern convenience
as OtneF large SyIh1aSluIlS are bdlu
rooms will be installed in connection
with the gymnasium and every device
necessary for a perfect athletic club
will be given space
It is figured that a large two-story
building could be erected and part of
it rented out for offices which alone
would be a profitable investment. But
Just how the financial end of the
movement is going to be furthered is
not vet decided. There are enough
railroad men in Wichita that if each
one would contribute $50 the move
ment would soon be com Dleted.
No date has as yet been set for the
holding of the mass meeting but it
will be held soon and all plans will
be prepared for the organization of
the association. The movement is
now safely on its way to success and
probably within another month every
thing will be in readiness for the con-
struction of the building.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-17
JUNCTION AT RUSSELL. KAN.
Denver. Enid & Gulf Projects a Union
Pacific Connection.

Enid, Okla, June 17.-Breckinridge
Denver. Enid & Gulf railroad, ac-
companied by the directors of the
road. recently made an inspection
trip over the line between Guthrie
and Enid, and along the proposed ex-
tension to the northwest. It is
learned that the extension of the road
to junction with the Union Pacific
at Hays or Russell, Kas-s has been
ordered Surveyors are now making
the final survey and grading will be-
gin within few days. AS the ma
teriaI for the first fifty miles is on
hand, it is the intention to have that
part of the sline completed this fall
in time to move the new wheat crop.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-17
NEEDED THE MONEY.
One Strike Breaker Gives His Reason
for Working.


A Richmond, Cal, dispatch says:
Two of the bOilermakers brought here
by the Santa Fe to take the places of
some of those now on a strike, came
ont yesterday morning and were wan
dering around like lost sheep, not
knowing where to go, but fortunately
for them they met some of the old
bOilerma kers and were promptly cared
for. One of the breakers looked as if
he had been without a bath for six
months.
On being questioned as to why they
came here when they knew there were
labor troubles in the local shops, the
men related that they came from Pitts
burg, Pa, and one of them said he had
just been released from prison after
serving a. term for manslaughter- E1aV-
ing no other place to go he decided to
take the position offered, although he
knew it was wrong to do 50. His one
idea was to get away from where he
was known and it was mis- intention 70
quit just as soon as enough money
could be secured to start him way to
make an honest living.
This man. who seems to be a very
intelligent fellow, gave the local boiler
makers q great deal of information re-
gar6ing the condition of the engines
and the class of mechanics now in the
shops. All this information seems ia
VOra BILE to the men who are out Inc
two individuals returned to the city on
yesterdays local.
-Four more strike-breakers were
brought over from San Francisco last
night on train No. ~. to work in the
shops The railroad company is adj
vertising for men in the city papers
and from the appearance of last night :
arrivals and others already here, 1t IS
the promise of free board which at
tracts.
J. s. Fitzgerald has been appointed
gang foreman in the place of J. Hart
who was discharged.
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school teacher here. His present posi-
ton has been acquired by hard work
and constant efforts.
Not many years ago Mr. House
learned biography with the assist
ance of his young friends at Clear
water. There he stretched private
wires and installed his own batteries.
It was not long until he was able to
send messages. The next move was to
get a position as an operator. This
he easily accomplished and from there
he worked up until he got the position
as agent for the Santa F'e at Alva.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-17
SERIOUS PROPOSITION.
All Employees on Gould Lines Becom-
ing Involved.

The federated board of the Missouri
Pacific, it is understood, has sustained
the demands of the telegraphers en-
bodied in a new contract which was
recently submitted by the general
committee to Vice President and
General Manager Russell Harding
and declined. The main points at is
sue relate to a horizontal advance in
the wage scale and the right to legis-
late for the train dispatchers and the
exclusive agents. The federated
board. which is composed of the chief
representatives of the engineers, fire
men, conductors, trainmen and teleg-
raphers, has now referred the whole
matter to the chief executives of the
brotherhoods, who are meeting for a
full discussion of the telegraphers'
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case. If they sustain the position
taken by the federated board they
will ask for a conference with the
management with a view to a settle
ment and if no satisfactory concIu-
sion is reached the case will be sub
mitted for the individual vote of the
brotherhood on the proposition to
strike
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-17
FIGHTING NIoRGAN's TRUST.
independent Steamship Lines in 1
Rate War for Steerage Traffic.

Washington, June 17.-Because of
the new reduction in steerage rates
from Liverpool from $40 to $3.50, it
was said at the immigration bureau
today that within the next two weeks
the influx of undesirable immigrants
will be increased so per cent.
The cut in rates is due to the fight
between J. Pierpont Morgan's steam
ship combine and the independent
COMPANIES.
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. DEAR MRs. PrNKHAM:-I wish TO express nv
gratitude for the restored health and Happiness
Lydia E. PinAham's Vegetable COMPOUND
has brought into my life.
" had suffered for three years with terrible
pains at the time Of menstruation, and did not
know what the trouble until the doctor pro-
nounced it inflammation of the oVaries, and
proposed an operation.
:" felt weak and sick that felt sure that
could not survive the ordeal, and told him that
would not undergo it. The following week
read an advertisement in the paper Of your Vege-
table Compound in such emergency and SO
decided to try it. Great was my Joy to find that
actually improved after taking two bottles, so 1
kept taking it for ten weeks and at the end of that
time l was cured. had gained eighteen pounds ar
srlralrr dasarzr At and Z
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-17
COMING FROM THE COAST.
1900 St. Louis Tickets Sold in Four
Days of Low Rates.

Chicago, June &c. S. Fee, of the
Southern Pacific, said today that the
visitors to the worlds fair from the
for attendance at similar affairs. Dur
ing the first four days that tickets
were on sale 1000 people left the
coast for st. Louis by way of the
Ogden gateway alone. Mr.. Fee said
that the month of October would see
many thousands. departing from the
coast cities for st. Louis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-17

Washington, June 17.-F'rom Min
lister Allen at Seoul the state depart
ment has learned that the Japanese
are making wonderful progress in
constructing railroads in Korea. They
have already built ffty-eight miles Of
the road between Seoul and Fusan,
and are rushing the work in order to
complete as soon as possible the re-
manning 210 miles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-17
MORE MEN DISMISSED.
Pennsylvania Lays on Another Batch
of 400 ShOpmen.

Four hundred more men were sus-
pended by the Pennsylvania from
their Altoona shops yesterday. This
brings the total laid off in the past
month to 1900. The shops were or
dered to work but four days a week
ing affected by the reduction min time.
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Gnlr Zinc NIaking trouble Again.

Western traffic officials held a meet
ing yesterday and discussed import
rates through the seaboard and gulf
ports. Lines extending to the gulf
ports, it is claimed. have been putting
in special tariffs for business previous
" contracted, thereby causing consid-
cradle decentralization in import traffic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-17
200 N1iIe Race for a Train.

Chicago, Ill. June III KEN
per, a wealthy merchant of New
York hired special train on
the Northwestern yesterday to catch
the Denver train. The special left two
hours after the regular train. which
it caught at Marshalltown, 200 miles
away. Mr.. Kemper desired to reach
the bedside of a sick brother
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-17
a LITTLE RECIpRoCITY.
Shippers Want Railroads to Pay for
Their Delays.

Chicago, June 1.-THE National As
ISOLATION of Grain Dealers has made a
demand on the railroads for radical
changes IN the rules governing demur-
rage of cars. The association insists
that the arrangement shall be recipro
cal, the railroads paying the shippers
for the detention of freight on the basis
that the shippers are compelled to pay
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-17
Katy sues Citizens of Guthrie.

The sheriff of Guthrie served POI
of the business men and property
owners with a summons to make an
swer to a suit field against them as
guarantOrs of the right of way bonus
to the Missouri, Kansas & Texas rail-
paid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-17
RAILROADS MAKING THREATS.
Rate War May Result From Grand
Army Rates.

Southwestern roads are threatening
to apply the Grand Army rates to BOs-
ton through New York Lines extend
ing east from Chicago declare that if
this is done they will put in reduced
Chicago-New York rates to meet the
alleged competition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-17

I" DEAR MRS. PINKHAM = Gratitude compels me
TO acknowledge the great merit of your Vegetable
Compound. l have suffered for four years with
irregular and painful menstruation also dizziness
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g Better health was all wanted and cure if pos
sible. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
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Ny aches and pains have left me. Life seems new
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g Six bottles brought me health and was worth
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How House Learned TeIegraphy.
Prince House. agent for the Santa
Fe at Alva Okla. was in the city yes
terday, says the Wichita Eagle. Mr.
House is well known in Sedgwick
county. having at one time been a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-17

mFMnA FORFEIT if produce
IUUUV will their absolute genuineness.
Pinkham Medicine
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s7 as nd .'s 9vsS sss MS e
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-17

DV OluGto lie SAdANo u NAA~
groins swell and inflame, a
red eruption breaks out on the
body, the mouth and throat
become liberated, the hair and
eyebrows drop out, and ugly
yellow blotches make their
appearance, and if the disease
is not checked at this stage,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-17

ash may check it for a time,
form. S. S. S. is guaranteed +
that it contains a mineral ing
and learn all about Contaglor
for medical advice. THl
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.ENTURKSOLD

rought more suffering, degra-
the human race is the same
ago. 1t is called Contagious
" and is given other
ms is regarded as the Blacklist
iseases. 1t goes from bad to
first appear are soon followed