The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-10
Road Will Not Give Rates or
Install Coaches.
HUTCHINSON FAVORED
That Town Will Get Rates and
Excursion Trains.
Out-ef-TOWn People Ask Com
mercial Club for Help.

merclal CluD Tor Help.
News has come to the Commercial
club of Topeka that the officials |
of the Hutchinson state fair had OBJ |
tained rates from the railroads run |
ming into that city and all points
within 100 miles of Hutchinson |
would receive a rate Of fare and one |
half. This is the greatest accom-
plishment that could possibly be |
made by a state fair association and |
the fact that Hutchinson was
favored by the railroads has caused |
CONSERVATION among the Topeka fair |
boosters.
Secretary Kreipe of the Topeka |
State Fair association and members |
of the Commercial club including |
President Mills and Secretary Bad
ders have attempted to get rates
from the Topeka railroads and they
have been fatty turned down. The
Santa Fe. for instance. claims that
all of their extra coaches are in the |
shops being fitted with steam heating |
apparatus and they are not able to
accommodate the Topeka association. |
The other roads have said nothing.
1t is a well known fact that at |
least 5000 more people could be |
brought to the Topeka fair if extra
trains and extra coaches and rates
would be established. Everyone |
within a radius of 100 miles of this |
city has read and has heard of the |
state wide fair-the towns have been |
freely advertised and interest is at its
height. But the whole proposition is |
to get the people to come, stay a day |
or SO and return at their leasure.
They Want to Know.
When George Badders, secretary |
of the Commercial club stated this |
morning that hundreds of people |
would come to Topeka to the fair if
extra trains or rates were established |
he had plenty of proof behind him to |
back his statements. Here is an ex-
ample of the letters that are pour |
for information about trains to the
fair during fair week in this city. |
This letter was written by George G. |
Waugh, cashier of the Security State |
bank at Eskridge and ran as follows: |
Mr.. w. w. Mills. Topeka Kan:
Dear Sir: number of people |
here and along the branch line from |
Alma to Burlingame would attend |
the fair at Topeka if an excursion |
could be run so they could get back |
the same day. Last year an ex-
cursion was run on the day of Ring
lings' circus and it took over five |
similar excursion could be run on the
fifteenth a good many people would |
go down to the fair for the day and |
to the Wild West show at night.
You have been suggested as the |
proper man to write relative to this
matter and it should receive proper |
attention so it may be advertised at
once. Very truly yours.
This is exactly the kind of a letter
that has been received all along the
line and a very conservative estimate
of an out of town crowd augmented
through an excursion crowd would bel
5 900 people.
Why Not Grant Rates to Topeka.
When the word came to the Com
mercial club rooms that Hutchinson
bad been granted special trains and
rates the members and the fair Off
Gals were aroused at once. 1t is late
to advertise rates and special trains
and probably there is very little chance
Of obtaining what is wanted but if
something could be done the last mo-
ment 1t would be a great thing for
the people living along the Santa Fe
lines and something that they have
been looking for. AS far as they are
concerned it would not be too late be-
cause a very short notice distributed
to those towns would give the people |
B. good warning and the crowds could |
be expected in this city just the same.
There is no necessity for asking the
Rock Island and the Union Pacific for
new trains. The Rock Island has been |
very courteous (and the Santa Fe also
as far as courtesy is concerned) to
the fair officials and they have prom
lsed to place a special train out of
Topeka at night running up on the
St. Joe line. This will accommodate
hundreds of people along this route
who use Topeka as their official camp
ing ground" The regular service does
not send a train out of Topeka at
night and the officials of that road will
place on this special train. However,
no rates have been given.
The surprise in the Hutchinson deal
Is not only in the special trains but
IN the rates-it is very seldom that
rates will be given now since the new
two-cent law has gone into effect. The
Topeka officials hardly expected rates
but they did not want special train
which, by the way. would be a good
paying proposition for the railroads
since the sentiment from
the patrons has been given. It is hoped
that something can be done either to-
eight or tomorrow and the people along
the lines given quick notice. It would
mean 5000 more people for the state
Topeka should surely gain
he privileges granted to a town one