The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-21
Heavier Engines and Steel Cars
Used on Onaga Line.
Branch Lines Increase of Bust
ness Demanded Installation.
TAKE MUCH INTEREST
Plan of Quincy School Botanical
Garden Is Favored.
Also Proposition to Establish
Domestic Science Course.

Heavier engines and steel passenger
coaches today are in service on the
Topeka Marysville branch of the Union
Pacific known as the Onaga cutoff
The new equipment was made neceS-
| sary by the increase of business as
predicted in the State Journal last
| Thursday.
The new engines are of the 14oO class
and weigh about 100 tons The old
900 class engines weighed about 600
tons. The new steel car seats about
seventy passengers. 1t is an addition
to the train which consists now OF
three passenger cars including a COM
bination baggage and smoker behind a
long string of freight cars The initial
trip with the new steel car was made
this morning.
spot and botanical garden out of the
old Quincy school grounds on the
southeast corner of North Quincy AMI
East Gordon streets is meeting with
! considerable interest. The people Of
the neighborhood are as much in favor
of the plan as the school folk. Both
are anxious to see the unsightly spot
improved and beautified.
However it is stated that consider
able grading and the addition of some
soil would be necessary before flowers
could be grown on the ground, as the
earth has been overlaid with cinderS to
|
considerable depth.
If this could be done through the
sanction and help of the school board,
the idea was to establish systematic
hontdy and nature study for the pupils
by visitine the gardens and taking
notes on plant life. 1t is not unlikely
that in the spring some definite action
may be taken in the matter.
Another proposition which is inter
| 6a IF the Quincy school
| is the establishing of a domestic science
course in the building. If the ide:l
would meet with the approval Of the
| school board. the lack of comparative
| inexpensive material is said to be all
! that stands in the way. A vacant room
| in the southwest of the basement could
easily be fitted up for the purpose. An
| instructor would be available as Miss
| Carolyn Morton, teacher of the fourth
| grade has taken work in domestic
! science at the Topeka high school and
also completed this course at K. s. A.
| -, Manhattan. She is wei qualified
for the work, and it is thought that
time could be arranged for her to in
struct domestic science pupils without
conflicting with her regular work.
F. l. Stanlev principal of the school
NAV take the matter up with Mr..
/ Whittemore, TOpeka superintendent of
instruction. AS far as known domestic
| science is not taught in Topeka outside
of the high school.
However. few of the North side
pupils attend the high school after
| leaving the ward schools 1t is hoped
| that the domestic science course an
| elementary one at least, would both
| give some idea of the work to those
who can not go to the higher school
! and be an incentive to those to go IN
1 who otherwise could but would not be
\ enough interested to complete Their
education.
The meeting of the Equitable Fra
ternal union at the 1. o. o. F. hall
Thursday night. November II, was a
success and exceeded the expectations
Adams and District Deputy G. P.
Sturgis. The Equitable Fraternal Union
is an order of twelve years standing,
with $4,000 members, whose policies
are based upon an absolute plan of
safety for its members. They have ac-
cumulated in the short time they have
been doing business a reserve fund of
$1.10S.90S.31 and a benefit fund of
$39.602.27 and home office costing
100000.
The meeting was called to order at
1880 by State Deputy c. I. Adams and
proceeded to the election of officers.
This resulted in the election of Geo.
Knoll. president. Margaret NJ Sturgis,
vice president; VIM, H. Lambeth, past
president; Irl R. Boyce, secretary; E
w. Adams, treasurer; Mrs. Kate FRS
bic, adviser: Mrs. Ella N. Coffee, war
den; Chas. Ayers, guard; Eugene E.
Bobb, L. L. Bobb and B. E. Parks,
trustees; VIM. Bartlett. captain of de-
gree staff. C. L. Adams fully ex-
lplained the objects and benefits of the
order to those present. after which the
members decided to meet in the same
hall or December s.
The following members have joined
the order: William Bartlett George
; Knoll, John Knoll, Mrs. Kate Frisbie
Mrs G.. P. Sturgis, Carter Mann. Mrs,
Ora Mahan. DIR. and Mrs. Rhinehart
, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ayers, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas ]. Prosser. Mrs. A. Har-
! old, Harry Anderson, Sim Nystrom