The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-15
RAILWAY NOTES.

Suggestions, covering about 300 items
will be considered by the official CLASH
fication committee when it. meets IN
New York in April. The purpose OF
these is to bring about uniformity III
descriptions of articles and regulations
| governing such points, as minimum
weights and packing requirements.
An electric company has recently de-
| veioped new line of telephone corus
| designed especially to meet the severe
| conditions common to railroad work.
After a thorough test in the company's
Laboratory a number of these cords
were placed in actual service In order
| to insure their meeting the necessary
service conditions. These tests proved
satisfactory and the cords are now CIV
| ing excellent service.
| The committee on additions to the r.
r. Y. NJ c. A. are getting out their
| plans. 1t may be possible in the near
future to see the association feeding
400 to 500 men each noon and after
lunch to give them an entertainment
concert, moving pictures and lectures.
| r. f. Whalen, assistant superintend-
ent of the Santa Fe Topeka shops, has
moved into the office formerly occu-
pied by Superintendent Purcell. Mr.
| WhaIen has appointed w. z. Butler
| formerly shop clerk in Mr.. Purcelrs Of
flee as his chief clerk. Butler started
| in the superintendent Office as
stenograpfer to Frank Cain.
| The efforts of the railroads to correct
! the destructive work of tramps have
i been largely offset by the leniency dis
played by the courts in dealing with
1 them The damage done by tramps to
railroad property every year is esti-
mated at $25, 900, 900. The damage to
private property which the tramps
reach by railroad is considered far
| greater If it were not for ride steal
ing. is the assertion of the men who
1 49, rHf1 iv7o
1 problem, the hobo" could be practical
~ put out of business. Free transpor-
tation is an absolute necessity.
C. w. Kouns, general manager of
| the Santa Fe, will give practical talk
! on "The Problem OF the Employee.
| o'clock, at the r. R. Y. M. c. A. All
| employees of the general offices, shops
and yards should hear this important
subject discussed.
The Missouri Pacific has recently is
sued two unusually artistic booklets
| descriptive Of the Hot Springs of Ar
/ kansas and the interesting points in
| and around San Antonio, Tex
/ Persons in Topeka who are not fond
Of children would better keep their
bedroom doors shut, for the naughty
stork is making another round. says
the current issue of the Santa Fe En-
| ployee's magazine.
| H. r. Jansen, of the Santa Fe insur-
| ance inspector for the eastern lines,
| has had his duties extended over the
| western lines, and he will hereafter re-
port to General Manager Fox at ANA
rilIo as well as to General Mana ger
| Kouns at Topeka. His duties consist
of checking the insurance policy and
general insurance and fire protection
matters so far as railroad properties
are concerned.
Statistics show that without question
Chicago is the greatest railroad center
in the world. far ahead of New York.
! Kansas City or st. Louis. There are
/ twenty-three trunk lines entering the
city from all directions. and twelve
belt lines in and around the city, on
which more trains, both freight and
passenger. leave and arrive daily than
In any other city In the world.
II The American Locomotive company,
New York. has issued bulletin No. 1908.
giving the classification analysis and
comparative heating values of different
grades of coal This bulletin is con-
densed report of tests by the United
States geological survey at the fuel
testing plant at ST. Louis, Mo, and is
compiled with the idea OF making a
handy reference for railways.
Thirty-two miles of the extension OF
the Cotton Belt on it's main line from
Gainesville to Hamilton, Tex, has been
completed, and connection established
with the Stephensville line of 43 miles
recently acquired. Through train SER
vice from Waco to Stephensville has
|; been established.