The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-21
RAILWAY NOTES.

After conference of railway Off
GERS and Dallas busin ess men, a state
ment has been issued that new union
station will be built by the Gulf, Colo
RADIO & Santa F'e. the Missouri, Kan
SaS q Texas, the Texas & Pacific, the
st. Louis & San Francisco. the Chi
cago, Rock Island & Gulf, the Trinity
& BRACES Valley. the st. Louis South
western, the Houston and Texas Cen
trail and the Texas & New Orleans.
It is announced officially that as
soon as the weather permits, work is
to begin on 200 miles of the extension
and cutoff for the Oregon Short Line
in Idaho. The cost of these improve
ments will be about $10.000,00O.
The December earnings of the Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Texas railroad were
very nearly as good as those for No
vember, considering the fact that after
November it has always been the tend
ency for the earnings of the road to
decrease. Gross earnings gained $685.
079, against a gain of $53S,134 in No
vember A surplus for dividends of
$2SO,266 was gained during the De-
cember operations, whereas year
ago the surplus was only $751;
The Pennsylvania Railroad company
has placed an order with its car shops
at Altoona for additional steel equip
ment for the passenger service The
new order includes fifty steel passenger
coaches, ten dining cars of the seventy
type and seven postal cars of the sew
enty type
The Union Pacific Railroad company
declared the regular semi-annual divi-
dend of 2 per cent on its preferred
stock, and the regular quarterly divi-
dend of H per cent on its common
stock, payable April 1 to stock of rec
ord March 1.
Wabash earnings thus far this
month have taken a big tumble, the
6aRr0Q Ga n r--ffN
period last year being $38,394.
A syndicate of American and for
eign bankers. headed by Eugene
Meyer, Jr., and Company. New York,
have bought from the original under
writing syndicate, which was headed
City bank and the First National bank.
New York, the unsold portion (about
$2O,000,000) of the $43.686,000 per
cent convertible bonds Of the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe, issued in March,
1910.
NJ. Weber has been appointed mas
ter mechanic of the Albuquerque d.
vision of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe coast lines, with office at Winslow.
Ariz., succeeding William Daze, as
signed to other duties.
An arrangement has been made by
the Western Pacific and the Southern
Pacific under which through tickets
may be sold by each to all points on
the lines of the other which are not
also on the lines Of the originating
road.
It Is announced that the Hartman
lines will spend $1,250,00O for adver-
Using during the present year, which
is much larger than the sum spent last
year.
It is announced in the Texas news
papers that the Texas State railroad
will be sold if the state can find a
buyer. 1t was operated at a loss OF
So, 900 last year. 1t was originally
intended to extend the road several
hundred miles, but this idea was long
since abandoned. It runs from Rust
to Palestine, a distance of 81 u miles.
and is operated in connection with the
state penitentiary.
The Missouri Pacific railway has
sent out specifications and is asking
for bids on rs consolidation (2-8-9)
freight locomotives.