The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-24
RISE UP AGAIN.
Railroad RumOrs in Topeka In
fiated Once More.
General Manager Hurley Victim
of Latest Gossip.
PRESID ENT FRISCO.
It Is Said That He Will Succeed
A. J. Davidson.
Radiator System" Make Many
Big Changes.
PRESIDENT FRISCO.

Dame Rumor has appeared ghost
like in Santa Fe and Rock Island rail-
way circles again and as usual she has
taken the Santa Fe men from Topeka
and given them berths in the carpet
ed offices of the Rock Island.
General Manager Hurley is as usual
the victim. Mr.. Hurley is such a wide
awake and practical railroad man
that the dopesters take particular de-
light in creating new offices and new
railroads for his benef1t-knowing
that he would be perfectly capable of
handling them with ease.
For about six months the big
changes in the railroad world have
been few and it was almost impossible
for the Rumor family to create any
thing at the supper table-but since
the alleged mix-up in the Rock Island
Frisco circles the Santa Fe general
manager at Topeka has been torn
from the general office building,
thrown headlong into an automobile
run by gas and struggled into Chicago
where the doors of the Rock Island
are wide open to. him and vacant
chair and a vacant mahogany desk
await his arrival.
The latest in Topeka is that General
Manager Hurley will go to the Frisco
as president to succeed A. J. Davidson,
who resigned not long ago on account
of his Unsuitable desire for rest.
However, Rumor is not satisfied with
this news. She has given Mr.. Hurley
many jobs. He can either take the
presidency of the Frisco or the vice
presidency of the Rock Island. The
question among the railroad men is
what will Mr.. Hurley do? The answer
is that when he comes back to To-
peka he will raise thunder"
1t is true that during the last few
re he Tc1n 10.
iEg training school out of the Santa
Fe-that is, the Rock Island has kept
tts eye on the promising Santa Fe men
and gradually hired them over across
The line and given them good positions.
For instance, H. U. Nudge, second
vice president of the Rock Island, is a
last general manager of the Santa Fe;
w. B. Biddle, traffic manager of the
Rock Island Frisco, was with the
Santa Fe before he entered the Rock
island portals. w. c.. Nixon vice
president and general manager of the
Frisco, was at one time on the Santa
Fe gold edge pay roll Many of the
minor offices in line to the larger jobs
have been filled by Santa Fe men.
Naturally Topeka is the hunting
birds are scared up here and when
they fly over Chicago they are targets.
VI they drop in Chicago the Santa Fe
has to work in more material-and
they have some of the best material
in the railroad world today
The railroad men in Topeka are
laughing at the new rumor about Mr.
Hurley going to the Rock Island.
Madame Rumor has it figured ont that
Mr.. Hurley will go to the Rock Island
as vice president and Mr.. Nudge will
move up as president to succeed Presi-
cent Winchell, who has been doDed to
resign for some time on account of his
trouble with B. F. Yoakum Mr..
Winchell says that he will not resign.
Henry B. Lautz, assistant to General
Manager Hurley, is emphatic in his
announcements of the rumor that Mr..
Hurley will go to the Rock Island.
There was nothing said about this i'm
Chicago" said Mr.. Lautz. These r11-
nors are always floating around. 1
have heard more proposed changes
curing the last few weeks-and n
happens that 1 am we'll enough ac-
puainted with some of them to know
that they are untrue. On this basis /
think that it is we'll to Judge the rest
Of the rumors."
Mr. Hurley is up in ST. Paul at
tending q conference of railway
officials and he has not been reached
on the rumOr 1t is the opinion of the
Topeka officials that he will take very
little time in putting stop to the
talk.
Second Vice President ]. w Kend
rick of the Santa Fe who is in Topeka
denies emphatically the rumor tina
Mr.. Hurley will go to the Rock Island
He does not think that Mr.. Eurle.
would want to succeed Mr.. Nudge q!
vice president of the Rock Island Mr.
Kendrick would have nothing to sa,
about the report that Mr. Rurle,
would go to the Frisco as president
He said that he was not conv%rsan
with the affairs of the other railroad
and could not vouch for their plans.
Meanwhile the merry rlImor
spread over the country like wild fir
and each newspaper falls heir t
talk The whole action depend
CD fsaV,a hxrN Fr- rr1o h
he returns from st. Paul 1t IS tn
opinion in railway circles that tn
newspaper reporter who first enter
Mr.. Hurley's office after his retur
will emerge full of news-also full o
fear. Mr.. Hurley is railroad of1ieia