The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-04
Prosperity Greets Nudge as New
President of Rock Island.
Business on Road Was Never So
Good as 1t Is Today.
ANOTHER NEW TRAIN.
Planned to Increase Service Be-
tween X. C. and Southwest.
Other Items of General Interest
in Railroad Circles.

'sMudge and Prosperity" seems to Dc
the new slogan of the ROCK Isidnu.
Never in the history of the ROCK lsldilu
has passenger and freight business
been AT such a high mark. Every pas
senger train through Topeka is nlieo -
the doors and in many instances IL -
necessary to run second and thlrd sec
tions of the passenger service u ails
With this rush in business ana pront-
able traffic the Rock Island has secured
q president who is a western man anu
who knows mile by mile every seclioli
of the great system in this part OF tue
country 1t has been customary Tor the
taken over from the eastern roaos.
Their ideas and their methods were
eastern in every detail.
Although Mr. Winchell was West
ern man and was well acquainted with
the running order and the western OIL
visions of the road he was not in the
office of the president long enough 70
carry out any plans on larger scafe
that will be under the direction OF MT
Murge. President Nudge was for years
with the Santa Fe in this western coun-
try and especially in Topeka ana dlohS
these Kansas divisions.
Hand in hand with the new admin
1stration on the Rock Island comes I'M
usual prosperity and increased business
in their districts out west. 1t is now
thusiasts and those who make the rail-
roads their study that something along
the general improvement line Will pc
made on all the divisions. especially IN
Kansas.
A few DAYS ago the State Journal an
nonnced the double track proposition
between Topeka and Herington-Whlch
is now thought to be a certainty Inc
budget for the coming year is pelng
made out by the Rock Island heaos anu
this double track has stared them IN
the face as an absolute necessity. The
rails between Topeka and Harrington
are kept hot every day and mght-not
only with the immense freight service
but the passenger service as well: Inc
block signal system has been estapllsh-
ed on this stretch of track ana as one
of the railroad men said this afternoon:
"The blocks are Hopping up and down
so much that they look like fan"
Another New Train.
The runor now has it that new
train will be established between |
Kansas City and the southwest FOR the
odation of the California SER
vice and southwestern conneclions'
The Golden State Limited running be-
tween Chicago and California is
called No. in the summer time and |
does local work in Kansas stopping at
all the important points in the state
Harrington, Mcpherson,
Hutchinson, fTdtts clO. - 40 oA " ~ =
the custom to do away with the local
work in the fall and winter months
and make the train a limited again |
doing away with the california
Special and coming back to the Col |
den State Limited"
According to the officials it is not |
known Just when No. will be called |
a Limited" because the traffic is so
heavy it is impossible to pass up the
patronage. Nos. and 2 do the local
work in the southwest but during the |
last few months they have been |
utterly unable to handle it and No. |
remains as a special. The new pro-
posed train which will undoubtedly be |
reality in January would take care
Of this immense work and give No. 8 |
a chance to be the proud and |
naughty Golden State" once more.
sas City and Fort Worth stopping at |
Topeka, Harrington, Wellington and |
Wichita and doing the mail business
TO Texas will go on some time next |
week. This will be the real Queen"
Of the west according to the officials.
It will be steel from the baggage
ear to the rear Pullman and will be |
the most luxurious train on a western
.oad today not excepting the famous
Golden State Limited"
The Rock Island commenced the |
ast of last week installing new all
steel coaches on all it's through trains !
through Topeka and they have
proved a drawing card. They are
called the non-wreckable type of pas
;enger coach and the makers claim
With all the new proposed improve