The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-02
Rock Island Planning to Short.
en- Schedule i'm Kansas.
Additional Train Service for
Kansas City Denver Line.
Low COLORADO RATES
Pres. Winchell Says His Road Is
Not Trying to Expand.
Other Items of Interest in Rail-
way Circles.

| Denver, March 2-The Rock Island
Frisco system is to establish a new
summer tourist schedule between Den
yer, Chicago and other eastern points.
1t is possible that President Ben L.
Winchel will announce several i'm
lprovements in the Denver service be-
fore he leaves the city.
The greater part of yesterday Mr..
Winchell and General Agent George w.
Martin were in consultation regarding
new schedules and service for an
nouncement in a few days.
THE Rock IsIand-Frisco system will
never build to the Pacific coast, neither
viii 1T extend its lines to the Atlantic
seaboard," said President Winchell
THE Rock IsIand-Frisco system as
pires only to operate the best lines in
the Mississippi valley. and it will be
satisfied to remain within that terri
tory.
jured by discriminating freight and
passenger rates so long the Rock Is
| land remains in the hands of the peo-
pie who control it at present.
BY operating the best and most for
midable lines between the Great Lakes,
Chicago and the Twin Cities on the
north, down to the New Orleans and
| Galveston waterways outlets at the
south and extending into the great
| southwest territory as it does now, the
Rock Island-Frisco system will always
| be able to control such an immense vol
ume of business that all the big con-
Meeting lines and tranScontinental sys-
| TENS will respect and fear it, in order
to get the business it will be able to
turn over.
THUS will the progressive Rock Is
to secure squabble traffic arrange
ments for Colorado. or to take in
dependent initiative should the occa-
sion require"
h - l1,,r
action President Winchell recalled that
| only through the Rock Islands action
| last year did Colorado obtain low sum-
mer tourist rates-the same rates which
Rock Island announced more than three
months ago.
| President winchell also pointed out
what his road is willing to do for Colo
right at the very gate of Denver by
referring to the roads recent action in
shipping free seed for planting to all
1.-THE embarrassed farmers in the semi
arid district of eastern Colorado.
I'VE do not intend to brag about
what we have done" said President
Wichell modestly, but we do hope the
people Of this. state understand that the
Rock Island stands for their best in
terests first, last and all times.
Colorado is attracting a great deal of
attention all around the country and
expect to see a large tourist travel
ver's reputation as a resort is spread
ing far and wide and I should say that
| fully three-fourths of the tourist traffic
| to California and coast points is rout-
| ed through here either going or COM
ing. There is nothing in the report that
the Rock Island and Burlington sys-
TENS send their coast passengers to the
north or the south of this city.
MY visit here now has no particular
Significance. The Rock Island is not
endeavoring to purchase the Denver &
Rio Grande and the Western Pacific
roads from Gould, and have not heard
that Hartman is after them.
1--WE have also abandoned, for the
present time, our plan to build a line
| in from Limon to Denver or in from
Rosalis. These things may come in the
distant future"
! The Rock Island system recently
made another independent move which
all the other roads were forced to fol-
low. This was the establishment of a
merchants rate from any point reached
by the Rock Island-Frisco to New York.
The rate was a fare and a half for
the round trip, for the benefit of mer
chants or their buyers to go to New
York and purchase their stocks of
goods This action has been COM
mended all over the country and the
other roads were forced to meet the
rate inaugurated by the Rock Island.