The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-01
City Railway Will Run the Cars
+ West From Hashburn.
Make a Loop on Campus at
Athletic Field.
END OF A LONG FIGHT
Trustees of COLLEGE and Com
pany Officers Disagreed.
May Result in Extending the
Road to SeabrOOk.

The long standing differences between
the Topeka Street Railway company
and the trustees of Washburn college
have been patched up, and the long de-
sired extension of the Topeka Street
Railway company's lines to the Wash
burn athletic park, will be started at
once, and the work VII be completed
in time for the handling of the crowds
at the Washburn park, when the big
football game of the season will take
place with Kansas university Satur-
day, October 80.
The Washburn college car line now
terminates at Seventeenth street and
College avenue, right at the entrance to
block from the new athletic park, and
was nearly block and a half from the
old park, which was in service until
this season. Under the old manage
ment, the WaShburn car line extended
over half a block west of College ave-
nue. on Seventeenth street, nearly to
Boswell avenue. At that time the
street railway company's cars were of
more primitive makeup. with con-
trollers and rheostats in both ends. All
that was necessary to make a turn was
to reverse the trolley and turn the
seats.
When the new company took hold of
the line, new cars were purchased,
which were operated only from one end,
and this made 1t necessary to build
loops or wyes at the end of every line.
The street railway company at that
time was willing to extend its line west
to the athletic park, but there were no
ways by which the company could Sc
cure the necessary ground for a loop or
a wye on account of the trustees OBJ
jecting to the use of any of the college
grounds for this purpose.
The street railway retaliated by stop
ping the cars at the end of College ave-
nue., a block and half from the ball
park, and for six years the college and
down town fans have suffered consid-
erably from the Inconvenience of
reaching the Washburn park.
Will Be Able. to Handle Crowds.
Contracts were signed between the
representatives of the street railway
company and the college trustees late
Thursday afternoon The company is
now permitted to place loop in the
which is just west of the athletic
grounds and this Will bring the cars
right past the ball park entrance.
which is back from the street about one
hundred feet. During the rush of big
football and baseball events at the new
park, the street railway company will
be able to run out extra strings of cars
and leave them along the two block
stretch of the line west of College ave-
nue., and at the same time turn the
regular WaShburn cars at Seventeenth
and College avenue. thus maintaining
the regular service without Interior
ence.
Later the Street Railway company will
likely build an extension of the Wash
burn College car line to Seabrook, a rap
so9thwest Of the present p terminus W of i ths
Washburn line. This is improvement
which has been taIKed of ever since the
new company took charge of the street
believed that the work has been put off
HiffnrnnnnC hnf he aA1lA
and the company could be patched up.
The Street Railway company will build
athletic park win be unioaded. From ON
there to the entrance to the field the col
IIege a aq.fs4r and the WaSh6nrn Col
der walk: Under the existing conditions.
it was frequently necessary to walk a
see a football game and the mud out
that way is gumbo of the stickiest
variety.
Start Extension at Once
In speaking of the extension of the
Washburn line, Albert Patten, superin-
tendent of the Topeka Railway company,
that the work on the extension would be
started at once. I'VE are greatly rushed
the city, said Mr.. Patten but I think
that we have plenty of material on hand
now to complete the work We will start
will put in heavy rails of the same
weight as those now in general use over
the work right away, but will be able
to get the ties and rails down in time to
handle the crowds for the big game with
K. U. the last of this month and will be
completed by the time of the Thanksgiv-
ing game"
President Sanders of Washburn college
was largely instrumental in getting the
differences settled and for several weeks
has been comforting with the street rail-
way authorities and the college trustees.
THE contracts have been signed by both
parties said DR.. Sanders. land I have
every assurance from the Street Railway
that the work will be started at
once. The work will be well enough I'M
der way by the time of the annual foot
ball game with K. U, that the company
will be able to handle the crowds"