The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-18
VOTE FOR BONDS.
Topeka Southwestern Project
Hinges on FaV0rablesActiOR.
Elections in Mission and Dover
Townships on Tuesday.
PLANS FOR THE ROAD.
Adequate Interurban Service
One of the Features.
Terminal Site i'm Topeka Not
Quite Decided On.
PLANS FOR THE ROAD.

1--WE have made a careful canvass of
| the doubtful townships in which bond
| elections will be held on next Tuesday
and believe we have a good safe ma
jority in favor of the bonds. The
facts of the matter are that the whOie
opposition in Shawnee county at least,
has been by people who were not
familiar as to what kind of service
this railroad will give and as soon as
they learned that we were q operate
motor cars and give modern interur-
ban service they seemed to change
their minds Immediately and in favor
of voting the bonds"
This statement was made today by
w. L. Taylor, who is promoting the
Topeka-Southwestern railway with
such success, concerning the election
to be held in Mission and Dover
townships on Tuesday, May 81, when
the propositions will be voted on as
to whether or not the townships will
issue bonds to aid in the construction
of the road. The bonds to be voted
for in Mission township are to the
amount of $4,000 for six and one
half miles of road and in Dover they
amount to $4,000 for seven miles of
road.
The ka-Southwestern, if the
bonds carry on next Tuesday, will be
built the same as any other standard
railroad so that freight equipment
can be hauled over it. The accom-
panying cut is a reproduction of one
of the heavy through motor cars that
will run between Topeka and Council
Grove. This car is built by the Strang
Gas Electric Car company. In addi-
ton to this type of car the company
will also run combination type
which will be divided into three COM
partments. The first compartment
will be used for the engine room and
motorman, the second will be for bag
gage and express. These two COM
partments will take up half of the car.
The balance of the car will be used as
where these combination cars are used
one additional day coach will be at
tached. There Will probably be two
of these trains each way per day or
one train making, a round trip but the
cars like the accompanying cut will
be used for strictly interurban service
and will stop to pick up passengers at
any flag station along the line. These
cars are to be seventy feet long and
will seat sixty-fiye passengers. The
cars are equipped with the same class
of interior finish as any of the stand
ard coaches used by the trunk lines,
and can attain a speed of sixty-five
miles an hour.
The Topeka Southwestern will pro-
badly. have, three of these cars (which
will be named, Shawnee, Wabaunsee
and Morris after the three counties
through which the line will run as the
Strang Motor cars are all named the
same as Pullman cars and not num-
bered. They have been tested and have
proven themselves to be success.
It will be remembered that durinr
last August Mr.. Strangs made the fam
Gus run from New York to Kansas City
with one of these cars which is now in
daily service on the Kansas City &
Olathe line. During this trip from New
York west it attained speed of 25
miles an hour on the 2 per cent grade
over the Allegheny mountains and conf
sumed less than half a gallon of gas
oline per mile for the whole trip and
attained an average speed the entire
distance of 80 and seven-tenths miles. |
strang motor car is by far the hest
motor car built today. The Strang car
Is propelled by electricity the same as
the electric cars here in our city but |
instead of getting their current from |
a power house and a trolley wire ii IS !