The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-20
RAILWAY NOTES.

The busiest artery of a railroad is
! the telegraph wire, says the Rio Grande
| Service Gazette. Unless it is kept clear.
| this artery will become clogged and
! the system disorganized. We can all
| help to keep up a good circulation by
| reducing the number and length of our
messages. Use the mail except in en-
| Urgency cases, and, above all do not
| repeat or use superhuouS words.
If a passenger begins his journey on
this line on a ticket before it has ex-
pired. he should be carried through to
distinction or terminus on this line even
though destination or terminus is not
reached until after ticket shall have
expired
Gerrit Fort, passenger traffic mana
ger of the Union Pacific, has ANNOUNCE
ed in Denver that the Hartman sys-
tenn would this year give the same
summer tourist rates from Kansas City
and Omaha to Denver as were in eff
feet last year.
Three different makes of mechanical
strokes are being tried on the Santa
Fee out of Amarillo for firing the NAL
let engines and the one giving the most
satisfaction will be adopted. They will
make life much easier fors the fireboy
as he will only have to throw the coal
into the hopper Ca small lift and a
short throw as compared with trying
to reach all parts of a long fire box,
and distribute the coal evenly, all OF
this being done by mechanical devices.
1t will surely be a boon to the fireman
on the large engines also of great bene-
fit to the Santa Fe company.
The general passenger department OF
the Rock Island in Topeka is thorough
ly organized and the officials are Wen
pleased with the results of the Work
from Topeka headquarters.
Twenty steel coaches as the nucleus
of a complete steel passenger equip
ment have been ordered by the Lacka-
wanna for delivery in April. They will
be lighted by electricity.
The ST. Louis & San Francisco has
agreed with the city of Tulsa, Ok,
on the details of a plan for building a
subway at an estimated cost of $1O0, 600.
The annual report of the insurance
department of the Pennsylvania rail-
road system shows that the company
losses by fire in 1910 were $280,097 as
compared to $402, 615 in 1904 reduction
of almost a third.
The Sunset Western of the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe, 1t is said, has grad
ing work under way on an extension
from Fellows, Cal, north for about two
miles.
Announcement has been made that
the Chicago & Western Indiana rail-
road has decided to adopt the new
method of train dispatching by tele-
phone.
Arrangements have been completed
for the operation of an agricultural
special demonstration train to cover the
entire standard gauge lines of the Den
yer & Rio Grande railroad in Colorado.
This train is being operated Jointly
with the Colorado Agricultural college
with a view of instructing the farmers
in all up-to-date methods of fert1l1za-
ton. seed selection. cultivation, irriga-
ton and marketing, also in the uses of
all the latest types Of agricultural ma
chinedy.
Quite recent large orders for steel
rails for eastern. western and one or
two southern systems are regarded by
steel makers as indicative of a purpose
on the part of the railroads to enter
upon a policy Of more liberal buying.