The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-24
Santa Fe is Spending Money on
Improvements.
DepOts, New Tracks and Build
ings Being Constructed.
ROAD IN GOOD SHAPE.
Traffic Is Growing Heavier All
the Time.
other Items of Interest i'm Rail-
way Circles.

The Santa Fe is expending a large
amount on betterment at various
points in the southwest. About $780,
600 will be put into a new depot.
yard and trackage facilities at Tenn
pie, Texas. The yard is to be recon-
structed entirely. and when finished
Temple will be one of the most mod
ern terminals the system.
West of Albuquerque deraiIs are
belng put in at the side tracks To-
Gated on the heavy grades. at an ap-
proximated cost of $4,000. Contract
has been let for the construction of
a new brick veneered passenger de-
by March l.
A 4,0OO-ton ice house is to be built
at Belen at an estimated cost of SIG
600 Clovis, n. NJ, is to have a brick
store mouse costing $4,000. and new
depotS are planned for Lamy and
santa Fe. Between Oak Cliff and Dali
las, Texas, bridge improvements to
cost $4,000 are to be made, and
Mlchlta, Kan. is to have a new depot,
the necessary ground for the site hav-
ing already been purchased, 100000
to be spent on this work
The st. Joseph branch from Leav-
enWorth to st. Joseph, Mo-, is to be
practically reconstructed at cost of
100000. The 76 miles will be reIaid
with 90-pound steel. and new water
tanks and pumping stations will be in
StStileu- L ne station service is to be
improved. and all culverts and bridges
replaced with concrete. and grades
raised or lowered. as necessary 1t
IS expected that these improvements
viii cut the time from st. Joe to Chi
cago. considerably. The expenditure
is the heaviest for railroad improve
ment that has been made in Missouri
in recent years
The Santa Fe is in first-class shape
and traffic shows an increase as COM
pared with previous months accord
ing to officials. Naturally decreases
are shown as compared with a year
ago. During the past five months 100
miles of the line has been dcA1ble
tracked and other Improvement put
under way and while no special
work is contemplated for the near
future this. general good condition
will be maintained.
In addition. the Santa F'e has be
gun work on its preceding station at
San BernardinO. according to the San
RernardinO Sun. which says:
Work will commence this morning
on the immense preceding and icing
plant for the Santa Fe railroad. and
from this time on the work viii be
rushed to completion as rapidly as
possible.
James Dryer. who will be the fore
man of construction work with sew
eral men arrived yesterday from Los
Angeles and will commence the pre-
liminary work sudh as testing the old
wells on the property and similar
work that must be done. BY the first
of the week it is expected that ma
terial will commence to arrive when
the work on the foundations will be in
full swing.
A. P. Maginnis who is at the head
of the syndicate building the plant
for the railroad is again in Chicago
looking after some of the important
details and will be here by Monday to
personally direct building details.
The work will be directly in charge
of c. NJ. Gay the designer of the pre-
cooling system the company will use
and he will be here much of the
time.
The construction of the plant will
give employment to several hundred
men for the next few months both
skilled and unskilled labor being in
demand on the plant which will rep
resent an expenditure of more than a
hall million.