The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-11
MORE NEW CARS.
City Railway Equipment Is on
the Way.
General Manager Chubbuck
Tells Of the Plans.
EXPEND A LARGE SUM.
Three Hundred Thousand Dol
lars for New Extension.
Complains of Hostile Attitude
of Commissioners.

According to Fl. E. Chuhbuck, general
manager of the Mckinley syndicate
electric lines which form a network of
many cities in the middle west and
cast, the car service, in Topeka will be
improved at once; the equipment on the
Topeka Railway company VIII be en-
larged by several new pay-aF-you-enter
cars. the present shops OF the railway
company will be enlarged until they VIII
do sufficient work to supply the needs
along this line from other cites, and,
finally. the extensions planned last win
ter and early this spring will be. built
as soon as possible.
General Manager Chubbuck was in the
city on a tour of inspection of the Nc
Kinley lines today superintendent
Patten, of the Topeka Railway COM
pany, spent the afternoon showing him
over the Topeka lines and over the pro-
posed new routes in the city.
Mr.. Chubbuck had in his possession
clippings from the State Journal con-
corning the recent sentiment aruong the
city commissioners on the street car
service problem in Topeka. He took
them out of his pocket and unfolding
then. one at a time said:
Complains of Attacks.
Il can hardly see why the city Off
Gals of Topeka should make such
charges against the Topeka Railway
company. 1 want to say that at this
railway systems i'll the country for
city of this size. have personally in
spected many of them and / know OF
none with the capacity of this line.
There is no street railway in the
| country that earl@accommodate comfor-
tably the big crowds of noon and work
| ing hours. None of the cities are able
| to do it, 1 will admit that things are
| crowded in Topeka during these rush
hourS-but it is one OF tie Things tnat
cannot be helped.
When asked about the interurban
proposition from Topeka to Atchison
and to Kansas City. General Manager
Chubbuck said:
What would you do along the IN
terurban lines if you had such senti-
ment to meet as the city officials have
displayed in Topeka? I can say moth
| ing at this time of the interurban
plans. 1 am sorry, though, that the
sentiment at this time has been d.
rected in such a manner
Concerning the new equipment MI.
Chubbuck said:
I'VE have on the way at this time
six new single truck pay-as-you-enter
cars for use in this city. They are
new cars just out OF the shop and will
improve the service wonderfully. we
have had great success with the pay
as-you-enter cars and intend to equip
the line with them.
WHY were the large pay as-you-
enter cars kept in the barns and the
smaller ones used the last few weeks z"
was asked of superintendent Patten
who was with General Manager Club
buck this afternoon.
I'VE were equipping our new cars
with new P. A. Y. E. slots and chose
this dull time of year to do It, said
the superintendent. This is why we
didn't have them on the road"
VII! spend $500, 900.
Mr.. Chubbuck said about the new
extensions in this city: LAS soon as
the Injunction against us on Buchan-
an street ia settled we will begin our
extension work at once. We will make
every extension that we asked for last
spring. At the present time we can
do nothing on account of the injunc-
ton.
I'VE are on the verge of spending
about 100000 in improvements in
Topeka. With the new equipment, the
new extensions, the new shops and
the general work on the lines in this
city we have on foot a mammoth pro-
position
In respect to the service during
rush hours, superintendent Patten
said:
I'VE are placing new cars in ser
vice at this time. We are using every
man we have now and all of the
equipment that can be handled. We
are preparing to place new cars in
service at once"