The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-28
RAILROAD NOTES.

w. j. Black, general passenger agent
of the Santa Fe, returned to Topeka
Saturday from a trip to st. Louis.
Fay Thompson. travelling passenger
agent of the Rock Island, is on a trip
to Peabody and points in that vicinity.
81, 900, passed through here on the San
ia Fe today en- route to PHILADELPHIA
from Albuquerque. They are consigned
to A. Marcus & Co. Of Philadelphia.
c. A. Morris, assistant chief engi-
neer of the Santa Fe, passed through
Topeka Saturday en- route for Chi
cago. He has been on pleasure trip
to the Grand Canon and was accom-
panied by his wife
w. H. Bush has resigned the office
of assistant engineer of the Missouri
Pacific. He has been employed in
Bush will become engineer of main
tenance of way of the Kansas City
Southern.
Contracts have been let for the con-
struction of the highest railroad bridge
in Mexico. It is to be on the CordoVa
& Huatusco railroad, and will cross
an arroyo 213 feet above the water.
Its length will be 403 feet, and the
arch will be 228 feet.
Suit has been begun by the railroad
commissioners of the state of Texas to
annu1 the charter of the Houston and
Texas Central railroad on the ground
that it's stock is owned and controlled
by the Southern Pacific railroad, which
is in violation of the constitution of
Texas.
D. ]. Benjamin, of Kansas City,
general mana ger of the Harvey eat
ing house system on the Santa Fe, is
travelling in Europe and he writes to
a friend that in Holland the railroads
charge two and a half cents to go
through depot gate to meet a
friend.
Orders have been issued by the
Pullman company that hereafter no
banners will be permitted on the out
side of Pullman cars. 1t is stated
that in several instances banners
have caught fire and injured persons,
causing the company to pay damages.
The Union Pacific will run a special
train for college boys on Monday next
from Kansas City to Marysvi1le, Kan.
This will be for the accommodation of
about two hundred students of Catholic
schools there who are going back to
their studies. The boys will arrive in
Kansas City separately from various
points in the east and middle west but
will leave there in a body.
Thomas E. Prout, secretary of the
Railroad Y. NJ. c. A, inaugurated yes
terday personal workers Bible class.
This class will meet each Sunday after
noon in the Y. M c.. A. rooms at 2:30
o'clock and will be led by Mr.. Prout
His subjects for the near future in
clude Dealing With an Influential an
Intelligent Inquirer 'Hindrances to
Personal Work" Study of Actual
Cases." and Problems and Knotty
Questions
w. T. watkins, of Emporia, is in
the local Santa Fee hospital with a
broken leg. He is foreman of a Santa
Fe concrete gang working near To-
ronto, Kas. watkins was on hand
car few days ago which jumped the
track. His right foot was caught be-
tween the rail and one of the wheels
of the car and he sustained a severe
fracture of the bone just above the
ankle.
Six japanese, representing the i'm
perial railway system of Japan, have
toured the principal railway centers
of the west and are now in New York.
They have visited this country to
study the American locomotive and
to purchase railway supplies. From
New York they go to France and Ger
many on a similar mission. Japan
is. to spend S30,000,000 for railway
supplies, and the bulk of this money
will be expended in the United States
and England.
Mr.. KornersIoon-I've half mind to
start for Dawson City. Sarah. Here's a
fellow went up there six months ago and
has just got home with $4,000 in his poek-
Mrs KornersIoon-But that would never
do for you, John. You can't even get home
Saturday nights with your little fifteen
dollars.-Judge