The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-04
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Topeka viii Lose Santa Fe
Passenger Trains.
Six That New 60 This Way to
Be Changed
DOUBLE TRACK READY
Through Trains Expected to
Make Better Time
Includes the California Limited
and Fast Hail.
DOUBLE TRACK READY

Topeka within two or three weeks
This time card meeting VIII N All
proha blIiry be the most important Ill'tl
has been held II Topeka n recent
years. and many changes ara PROPOSED
directly Affecting the passenger anu
mail Service n and out or Topeka or
IN fact en- all the lines Of the SANTA &c
west from Kansas City As Ear As
Hutchinson. and on the branch lines
that sfverge from main lines II THIS
territory
II Is reported that Topeka VIII Lose
six trains IN the proposed snakeup,
i've CT them being transccnrineTlTlA-
trains, and the ether being The I2st
mail that runs from Kansas city 10
Newton en- account CT plans 70 run
these trains over the Ottawa cutoff
The trausccurInenra- trains VIII be the
California 1I1iuesI No 3. WesCDGond anu
No eaSIbOuud- E-1e chicago express
No and the California and Al---Lll-c
express trains Nos I and - me L4St
mail is tram No. rs
Two primary reasons ara responsible
for the cCuCeTaT llured diversion OF These
important trains over the Ottawa EI1l-
pCr1a cutoff instead Of continuing LleLn
over the main line VIZ Topeka Ihey
are
First the completion Of the Belen
cutoff in New Mexico. and second tie
completion CT the double track beCNe-n
Kansas CITY and ETupOrfa via Ottawa
and the Improvement OF this douDie
track by bauasttng and other work
Til Is II now regarded as one on the
fastest stretches OF railway N ka-SdS-
Railway officials claim that N adcil-
ton TO the saving IN time N u1s scne-
dulles Tor the running CT these Ui1-1is
over this route another important 1de-
tor Is the saving 70 be made N me
operating expense. On account OF me
lesser distance. fewer curves. the Track
being omparaLveiy straight. ana
easier grades. Passenger officials OF al
roads ara putting forth every effort 70
run their trains between their various
terminals IN the shortest number OF
hours possible. while the OtIIclIls OF C1a
operating department are looking out
Ter places TO shave on as much as
possible in the cost OF operation
There has been talk for a long time
that these changes in the routing OF
the trauSc0nriusuCaI trains would bG
made as soon As the cur-GfTs double
track and baIIasting work were CAM
pletad. but the reports OF ruTnOrs were
given bur Seant attention Apparently
however these proposed changes are
about 70 become realities. When the
changes 90 into effect each move OF
which viii be directly EeIC in Topeka .
and which viii reduce the number Of
train crews located here perhaps the
most important viii De that OF the
change IN the routing Of the fast mail
train
Train No rs IS now leaving kan
SaS City every morning It 2-eo o clock
WITH rl1t1 mans ErlElL are DEg41llL LE1lIl
the east 70 kansas CRY At 1lIfi1ilzI1L
The fast mail also carries the Kansas
city morning papers. and reaches 10
peka 4 few minutes before 4 o ClOek
each morning in ample time for the
mails % De handled IN the pOstcI1ce
FOR the first morning delivery and also
IN time for the distribution OF the
Kansas City papers before breakfast
This train is the one that IS operated
CT n schedule supervised by the gov
eminent postal aurI1o rfties and which
Is maintained partly through the aid
Of i govern u1egIr subsidy OF S25.OO0
per year Tha train reaches Newton
each morning Il I-I9 o. clock or about
an hour and I hair later than train
No. Il that leaves Kansas City at
1880 o'clock At night
Train No. Il goes south from New
ton u Purcell. Oklahoma City and
other points. and under the present ar
raugenaut the fast mail train fellows
No. Il south from Newton about Two
hours Iater
Under the new AIRING cement the Of
f7ciaIs plan TO run but one train south
from Newton III the morning holding
the other back Til noon. 50 70 give
a better service distributed over the
day n berrs- shape After the new
time card goes into effect the service
south CT Newton viii embrace a train
f, the morning. another al noon and
another at night
This arrangement also permits bet
ter connections for paSEeuge COM
frr from the west destined fer points
south Of Newton.
TO work cut the schedules in this
manner the fast mail VIII leave Kan
sas city as usual and VIII arrive az
Ssvv-rrr nearly IN hour earlier than at
present made possible by the shorter
distance over the cutoff. and the apid
speed at which the light train cen
si=tiug OF but two or three coaches.
VII be run L viii run south Of View
TN on the same schedule approx
uuateIv As as present used by No L.
This arrangement tie officials
claim viii permit 4 change OF the
=rF1edlTIes on the Strong CITY branch
~ which the early morning train vii
leave strong CRY sCil earlier than a
present carrying the mails fOr Abilene.
Coucurrfla and SaIina. as wei As the
ether fur1ortaut cities IN that section.
Beating the other railroads. To those
s5~sa= with rails from Kansas City
lawrence and the points i1rerTuefti-
a. between Ottawa and Lawrence
VIII be taken cara CT Tor mail and
messenger service BIZ running the stub
---a4r4 on this branch out Of Ottawa
80 -Fga- than at present 90 thar Law
renee will have practically the same
za-vfce As at 1rszenr
This new arrau cement VIII hit To-
y,zE-a harder than any ether important
-i-7- because the mails that have been
coming TO Topeka Oh the last mail
-rf7r 75r reach here TIL the plug. train
No rIS reaehes Topeka Under the
---as.zyrt schedule this train reaches To-
peak AZ 1850 o'ciock IN ne morning
- r---f7s- the new time card Z Is pro-
-ozaTf 70 run II OUT OF Kansas CIV as
- a. o'clock IN the morning so
49, n will reach Topeka at rom 5 80
% 3 O'Clock IN the morning
T~1tu No which now passes
,S.--TT17r Topeka at 11-55 noon would
-SeT,3-r be set forward 70 about L 40
- -,e.sssssg1z gers from California points