The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-15
Delegation Takes Look at To-
peka Today.
Make Tour of Inspection of City
Railway.
VISIT TO THE SHOPS.
Inspect Santa Fe improvements
This Afternoon.
Also Study Operations OF the
Commercial Club.

L. E. Myers, president of the To-
peka Street Railway company and four
other capitalists of Green Bay, Wis,
We're guests OF the Commercial club for
luncheon and visited the points of in
terest throughout the city today. Ar
irving at shortly before IL o'clock the
guests We're met by Mayor Green and
number of members of the CONNER
cial club. Alter a ride in one of the
new ears to the end of the Washburn
line the party went to the club rooms
for luncheon. This afternoon the Santa
Fe shops and other points of interest
throughout the city were visited. After
spending the day in Topeka the men,
bers of the party will leave tonight.
Following the the names of those
making up the party of visitors:
Henry F. Hegemeister. president of
the Kel1og National bank, Green Bay.
Winford Abrams, mayor, Green Bay.
c. A. Straubel. head of the cold stor
age, ice and creamery interests of Green
Bay.
Elmer S. Hall, county clerk and sec
retary of the Business Mems associa-
ton, Green Bay.
John F. Martin, president of the Bus
mess Mems association of Green Bay.
L. E. Myers. president of the Topeka
Street Railway company.
Mr.. Myers object in bringing the
-
to allow them to look over the Topeka
Street Railway company, which he re-
CARDS as a model, and the other is to
give them an opportunity to inspect
the workings of the local Commercial
club. The members of the party are
interested in learning how other bus1-
ness men boost their town in order that
whatever can be done towards boosting
Green Bay shall be done. They hope
to pick up new ideas on their trip
vl,i them
making it
Mr.. Myers has interested the visit
ors with him in a project which in
wolves the bringing of water power
from stream 20 miles distant to
Green Bay. This company has taken
over the street railway, gas and cleo
trio light business of the town.
Mayor Winford Abrams who is a
member of the party says Green Bay
has a population of 5000 but that
the city which is really a residence
district only. 1t is hoped some day
soon to consolidate the two towns by
taking the other city into Green Bay.
He told in an enthusiastic manner OF
the resources of the district in which
Green Bay is located, of the six lines
of railroad which make the city a
good distributing point and of the
lake steamship lines which connect
the town with other large cities. He
C1OSSly lillO lOCdl
conditions and wanted to know if
Kansas was really dry. Green Bay,
he said, was a low license town, but
he said the saloon problem was not
problem there, the saloons outside
the down town district being more in
the nature of clubs and family gath
erfng places, than places where liquor
was sold.
The members of the party had a
good laugh at the expense of, Frank
Kelly of the local street railway COM
pany just before luncheon. The car
set aside for the use of the party was
one of the new P. A. Y. E. type and
as the men arose to leave it at the
Commerce building Mr.. Kelly started
toward the rear of the car. Albert
Patten, superintendent of the COM
panys plant here, caught him and
pointed towards the exit at the front
of the car