The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-21
AS ONE MAN.
Commercial Club win Appeal
to Railroad Board.
Ask That Train Service SOutI
Be Established.
USE OF GASOLINE CARS
Would Have Trains Leave Fort
Scott in Morning.
Much Routine Business Trans.
acted at the Meeting.

On next Wednesday. October Is,
the matter of better train service on
the Missouri Pacific railway win come
before the board of railroad commits
sioners at the state house.
Topeka is vitality interested in this
matter, and for some time the COM
mercial club, through ". L. Taylor,
the chairman OF the transportation
committee, has been agitating the
matter. The result has been a hear
ing granted before the commissions
ers.
1t was agreed at the Commercial
club meeting last night to send a large
representation of the business men of
the city to this hearing and have them
urge their claims.
Mr.. Taylor's report made last night
is as follows:
Topeka, Kan. Oct. IS 1905.
Mr.. c. *. Holiday, President Topeka
Commercial Club:
Dear Sir-Last spring when the matter
Of better train service on the Missouri
Pacific was I'D before the Commercial
club and was referred to the transported
ton committee. the writer took it up
in person and they showed me their fig
ures where the train that they had taken
Off, had been losing them money. The
matter of a gasoline motor car was also
taken up with them and they advised me
that they We're watching some expert
nlcntS made by another line and Just the
minute they found the cars were salts
factory they expected to install some of
these on this division. I understand that
the Union Pacific has been operating
these cars and that they have been very
satisfactory, and I would recommend, as
chairman Of the transportation commit
tee, that the various cities and towns
along the line, who viii be interested in
better service, petition the Missouri Pa
clfc to install at least one of these cars
at once. I would also recommend that the
Topeka Commercial club use all of their
influence to aid in securing better service
what we want, if they install a motor
car, is to have it leave Fort Scott early in
the morning and come to Topeka, instead
of leaving Topeka in the morning. We
want the people to come this way first
Very respectfully, w. L. TAYLOR,
Chairman Transportation Com.
The LeWis-Iutte Manufacturing
company was admitted to membership.
j No other applications were made.
The communication of the Acting Sec
rotary of state concerning the proposed
creation Of a corps Of commercial at
/ taches to American embassies and Ie-
cations for the better promotion of our
trade interests abroad was acted upon
favorably.
Topeka's birthday-its' fiftieth one
will be signaIly celebrated on December
5 of this years. A motion carried pro-
vision that on this date the Commercial
/ club should hold a banquet at which a
symposium of speeches should extol the
! city's advancement. John E. Frost sec
/ onded the motion and it carried unani-
/ mously. The entertainment committee
Will be in charge.
A request for a contribution in an
! effort to stop the heavy prohibitory
/ tariff which some foreign countries are
/ planning to enforce soon in retaliation
| against certain American measures,
J X
! ing that the club just now has suf-
/ ficient trouble in worrying along fnan-
/ cially.
Charles Lewis and Ralph futile,
! two Topeka young men. had on ex-
/ hibition Perfection" cleaner sepa-
rator and grader of seeds and grains
! They showed how the machine did its
work and intense interest was mani
| Tested in it by the people who were
! present. The machine is proving to
| be a real article of demand, though
it has been on the market but a short
while. 1t separates, cleans and grades
/ all kinds of seeds and grains. 1t
makes three distinct separations at
/ the same time. Just to show its di-
versity of characteristics the following
/ list is given: The machine will sepa-
| rate wheat from rye, from oats, from
barley, from cheat, from cookie. from
mustard, weeds from alfalfa, barley
from rye, from oats, from cheat, oats
from rye and dock, buckwheat from
dock, flax from grain, etc.
Mr.. futile and Mr.. Lewis have a
number of very important inventions
in connection with the machine. They
| have been doing the manufacturing
in barn, and want place of their
own. They asked the Commercial
| club to aid them in selling stock to
| erect a new building
I'VE want to raise about $4,000
now" said Mr.. Lewis ''If we can
get that much stock taken up, we can
| manage to keep up with our orders,
/ which are swapping US now.
According to statement made by
Dr. w T. Taylor at the Commercial
club last night, Topeka can obtain the
proposed odd Fellows home for
orphans and aged by providing so
acres of land. DR.. w. T. Taylor ap-
peared before the club and stated the
| desires of the Odd Fellows trustees
having the matter in charge He said
that the trustees wanted all bids in
by. December 1. They want to know
| something about the location, about
tons, a tract of land not less than so
and not more than $50 acres, and
that it should be place where the
children can go to public school.
Though there are a number of
other good offers from cities over
Kansas" said DR.. Taylor, II know
that Topeka can get the home 1 have
talked to the board of trustees, and
/ know how they feel about it"
It was determined to let @. K. Hol-
| liday as chairman select q committee
of seven to look into the matter
nonse RorrOyv TrorE1Te