The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-28
Formal Announcement OF 1ts
DiscOntin4ance.
Will Not Run After Sixteenth
of June.
GO OVER THE CUTOFF
Local to Take It's Place VIII
Miss Main Line.
Colorado Train EastbOund to
Run Through Topeka.

saTrzf- M rs. which is now known
as the Fast Mail train. viii cease 10
run as a fast mail train when the new
time card goes into effect June 10
This statement was made TO u state
Journal reporter this morning BY w
J. Black. passenger traffic manager or
the santa Fe, who is here attending
the meeting Of the time card
This train. however. viii have to pc
uafurzined as the same tram
returning east. No 116, Is good pay
ing train and does a heavy local pas
seuger business However, II VIII D@
run on an entirely different scnec uIe-
We would like 10 continue 10 run Che
train as fast mail train as II i Il
good train for the morning neWSp4-
pers and It gives Us one OF the oSsL
mail contracts in the country bu~
the subsidy appropriated oy tu1 So
eminent for this trains runs out June
so and after that time il would prove
a losing venture for the road II We
could keep il on the same scne-u-e
without the government Suosl1S "
would do it. but we can not ne
train runs al an hour too early Tor
passenger traffic and there is no reason
that would make # advisable 10 main
tain the train as at present
Under the new time card me Train
wfu be transferred to the cuton ana
run as a morning local train UnQer
the present train schedule 40 4L9
runs from Kansas City TO Newton
> hour an hour behind No Il, which
Is a very heavy local train No Il
does all the passenger business over
the main line and there is no business
left for rs Hence the reason TOT
ira usfarriu- No 115 TO the cuLOn-
asT-nder the new time card No Il.
which now leaves the union depot at
1890 D N, will leave Kansas Clty
about an hour earlier than under Nh0
present schedule and Will reacn New
-r-- sr~ v7--sa sen
time between Kansas City and Newton
will be heightened somewhat as l. Is
a very heavy train and needs more
time No 115 Will be run out OF han-
sas civ early enough so that It viii
reach Newton over the cuton al about
the same time Il does ms VII
probably be about 1 o'clock IN the
moruiugl.
Train No II will leave Newton
few minutes earlier than at the pres
enr time and Will make a good morn
ing train from Newton south over tne
Oklahoma and Texas lines No 10
will be held IN Newton until ABOUT L
O'Clock when it viii run south BY
this means the southbOund passen gers
from the west who come IN on Nos :
and viii be able to continue soutn
with but little delay while under lIe
present time card they nave 70 "eiA-
n Newton for No 4O5 which leaves
about 1 O'Clock in the afternoon:
with No. II leaving Newton IN tne
morning rs at noon ana NO 4V0 III
the evening we viii have an ideal ser
T-foa south through oklahoma and
Texas with three trains day running
AT Intervals Of from six 10 seven nouFs
apar- Returning we viii nave tne
sa-7a service with No. 400 IN Lne
~1o~1fnr No. 1f5 in the afternoon ana
No. Is in the evening We VIII also
be able 70 pick up passengers from Ihe
connections At Fort Worth and MlIanO
with almost no delay
& /
have 70 discontinue the fast Hall
train. but with Us II is purely busl-
ness proposition and we have TO 90 II
REGARDLESS OF the interests OF others
We are doing II without Cne !e47C III ~
feeling towards those whom Il VIII
hurt in q business way and are doing L
with our own interests Al heart
The new time card viii so into et-
feet June 18th Ordinarily the time
card goes into effect early in June but
in order 20 avoid changing at the usual
time and making another change
when the fast mail appropriation ex-
ufres We will split the difference ard
nut the new card into effect June 16-
we can do this with the fast mail
train by simply waving claim 10 the
balance of the apprOp pr1atiOn for THIS
train which would be more adv-sa nIe
than making two changes in the time
card.
Mr. Black also told Of several other
changes which VIII have to be made in
the new schedule. The faster trains on
the system VIII have 10 have longer
schedules in order TO facilitate a more
general movement OF freight traffic
This change will. however, affect only
the faster trains No viii run
Topeka about thirty minutes
later than under the present schedule
No. which is also one Of the fast
trains viii be run on a longer sched-
uIe However. the other trains VIII be
run on the same time as at present
One Of the big changes which viii
be made viii be the transferring OF
over the cutoff TO the main line
through Topeka. where it viii run as
a through passenger train from Den
YER 10 Kansas City and Chicago This
train viii run through Topeka about
: 80 in the morning and will give To-
peka an early morning train TO kan
sas City
Another important change which
will be made viii be in the schedule OF
train No 4. the Chicago Limited This
train now reaches Topeka at 4:2o A. m
Under the new time card this train
viii run through Topeka in the even
ing arriving at Topeka at s:45 and
reaching Kansas City a few minutes
behind No. 116, the evening local to
Kansas City. This train will reach
Chicago at 11-59 a. m next morning
It is not likely that any of the other
trains will be changed materially al
though there may be a small change
OF a few minutes in one or two cases.
We have not vet abandoned the
idea of transferring several of our
trains from the main line to the cut
of said Mr. Black. but We are uu-
able 70 ma ke any changes at this time
and although We have had the matter
under consideration for some time we
have not thought il advfsa bic to make
the change now Such a change how
ever, may come later at the next time
csrd meeting in October