The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-02
MO. P. IN ACTION.
John Dawson Makes Favorable
Report.
Says Road Will Be Up to
Standard.
WORK Is PROGRESSING
Active Repairs on 700 Miles of
Track.
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State EOard Satisfied With
Showing.
WORK Is PROGRESSING

| Inc only state issue In Kansas
that Is common battle among every
| politician and a bone over which all
of them divide places with peace
has come to an end. The Missouri
J Pacific Railway company is in action
and within the next two years their
whole system will be up to the stand
| ard and VIII be on a par with the
| other roads in the state.
| John Dawson, attorney for the
board of railroad commissioners,
gave out this assurance today Mr.
| Dawson has just returned from St
| Louis where he went to have a BUSH
ness talk with Vice President Clark of
the Missouri Pacific. He went there
as representative of the state rail-
road board and as an appeal from
the people of Kansas for better train
service and better track conditions
of the Missouri Pacific.
For a number of years the con-
ditfons on the Missouri Pacific have
vice dropped to such a degree that
every day saw a number of trains an
nulled because of their late time, the
track conditions grew SO bad that
the trains could not run over rs
miles an hour without going into
the ditch, the railway company re-
fused to accommodate mills and in
industries with spurs and the
depot conditions disgraced the rail-
road and its officials in the ewes of
the state. The standing of the Mis-
souri, Pacific as whole was the joke
of the press
Finally the matter reached the
ears of the state railroad commits
sioners. They always knew it and
they attempted reform but nothing
could be done without the real evil
dence in front of them. Letters be-
gan to pour into the state house and
npOn1R Kansas nraV6d
deliverance. Then the railroad com
missioners agreed that the Missouri
Pacific touched the garden spots of
the state and the people should have
what they asked for.
The visit of John Dawson to st.
Louis the first Of the week was the
final action of all these years OF
trouble Mr.. Dawson did not go to
ST. Louis with blood in his eye but
he asked for the plain unvarnished
truth concerning the plans and the
present condition of the Missouri
Pacific.
st did not go to ST. Louis for prom
ises," said Mr.. Dawson in speaking OF
the matter this morning, Il went there
to find out what was being done and
what the road was doing at this time.
am more than satisfied. I am conf
dent that in the course of few years
we will see the Missouri Pacific in a
standard condition. am sure that
they will make the same progress in
the next Few years as the Union 1d-
cific has during the last few years"
Doing All 1t Can.
What is the Missouri Pacific doing
now?" was asked.
1.-THE Missouri Pacific is doing all
that can possibly be done at this time,e
replied the attorney. They have 300
miles of track in the hands of their
own labor and the work of ballasting,
resurfacing, drainage and relaying of
steel is progressing rapidly. The Off
Gals have contracted for 400 more miles
of track in this state to undergo the
same process. The service and the
property will be improved and repair
ed as fast as possible"
The delay in the train service is still
very bad on all the lines of the his
sc uri Pacific. This was explained to
Mr.. Dawson by the vice president as
being caused by the work on the track.
The tracks all over the state are being
torn up and renewed and it is impos-
sible for trains to make any time over
tbs "slow order" work. According to
Mr.. Dawson the railroad is spending
every cent of money they can get for
the purpose of building up the road in
L Kansas.
The reason that the Missouri Pacific
has been in poor condition in this state