The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-14
SUCCESS AT LAST
Santa Fe Grants Topeka All
Stop Over Privileges.
Announcement Made by Com
pany This Morning.
MUCH TO TOPEKA.
Thought That Other Railroads
VIII Follow Suit.
Creates Enthusiasm When An
nOunced at Commercial Club.

on the Santa Fe railway on harvest
excursions, and on all other one-way
and round-trip tickets reading via
this road Will have the privilege of
stopping over in Topeka ten days.
This is a matter which the State
Journal and the people of Topeka
have been endeavoring to bring about
for two years. This paper has taken
It up repeatedly with Traffic Man
Rger Black, with General Passenger
Agent ConneH and Third Vice Presi-
dent Nicholson. The Commercial
club through Mr.. J. w. Kelley of the
firm of Geo. M. Noble company, chair
man of the transportation committee
of the real estate dealers association,
is entitled to much credit for during
the last few weeks he has been un-
remitting in compiling stOpover sta
tistics to other towns and cities which
were given advantages without reason
over Topeka.
The announcement first came today
through circular issued by General
Passenger Agent Connell and sent to
the State Journal this morning. The
circular reads as follows;
StopOveFs at Topeka, Kansas.
To Agents, Conductors and Connecting
Lines:
Effective August Is, 1909. stopover OF
ten days will be allowed at Topeka,
Kansas, on all one-Way and round trip
tickets mot to exceed final limit on
round trip tickets) reading via the
AtchisOn, Topeka & Santa Fe railway
through Topeka.
To obtain stop-over, tickets must be
deposited with the depot ticket agent
at Topeka, who will issue receipt for
such tickets, and when passenger is
ready to resume journey viii attach ex-
tension pastors extending the limit on
one-way tickets and the transit limit
on round trip tickets, to enable passen-
gers to reach their final destination.
j. NJ. CONNELL,
General Passenger Agent, Topeka,
Kansas
Great Enthusiasm.
When the announcement was made
by Mr.. Kelley it is needless to say
that there was great enthusiasm and
interest. Heretofore immigrants
have been carried through Topeka /
without the privilege of stopping off
on the Santa Fe at any point east of
Emporia. The result has been that |
while lands, homes and real estate
generally were cheaper in many in |
stances than the same real estate |
hundreds of miles west of us the !
ca pitalists and settlers who came |
from the east had no opportunity to |
stop over here on these special ex-
cursion tickets without the forfeit of |
the tickets or other penalty in the |
way of local rates to or from En- |
pOria, a complicated arrangement |
which was not often taken advantage |
of. Under the new circular for which !
the Santa F'e deserves the great |
thanks of the community all prOSpec-
tive settlers will have the opportunity |
and it will be advertised as such to |
stop off in the capital city of Kansas /
and see our great advantages.
When it is fully realized that the /
Santa Fe will grant stopover privileges /
to all honeseekers, excursionists and |
frSt-class passengers passing through !
Topeka the Importance can be seem |
Thousands of excurSioristS pass through |
this city every week and there has been /
10 chance for 4 stoDoVer unless they |
make up extra fare Topeka offers |
il real estate ard home bargains that !
cannot be met any place in the west |
today and still excursionists of all /
kinds have passed right through the |
city bent toward other lands where |
the advantages are fewer and farther /
between.
It is probable that the Rock Island |
and the Union Pacific will follow suit |
and adopt the privileges under the
same rules of the Santa Fe- The Of
fcials of both roads have promised |
their assistance and they have declared
an answer very soon. 1t is thought il
Topeka that the decision of the Santa
Fe will cinch the battle and the other
two big railroad systems viii make
their changes at once
Under the old Western Passenger
association rules the Santa Fe did not
grant any stopovers short of 100 !
miles this side of the Missouri river. /
This gave the Santa Fe Emporia as
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made their point at Manhattan and |
the Rock Island gave Herington all /
of her privileges
The history of the work of this
transp portation committee of the Real
Estate Dealers association has been
at first one long line of troubles and I
hard work, followed by quick squirt /
of success and finally the goal itself. /
The committee, composed of Chair
man Kelley, L. G. Hepworth and A. A. /
Rogers. was appointed when the as
mi LOT he,
spring.
They took the matter up with the
Santa F'e at first, this railroad being
the road of the largest interests to and
IN Topeka. This company shook its
head at first and said, 1--WE can't re-
wise the schedules of the whole sys-
tenn" Battered but not baffled the
committee kept at it and went after
the Rock Island and the Union Pa
cific. These roads also impressed
upon the committee the rules of the
western Passenger association and
Isid they would think it over.
The committee then sent letters to
cities the size and situation of Topeka
all over the country. The east, the
west and the south were all touched l.
Some of the larger cities also were
asked concerning their stop over
schedules.
Answers commenced to pour into
the committees hands and to their
surprise they found that practically
Ill of the cities had these privileges
even Lincoln, Neb., belonged to the
ranks.
This gave them renewed energy
and they went back to General Pas