The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-09
RAILWAY NOTES.

1t has been decided by the Santa Fe
mechanical officials that the San Ber-
nardino shops will not be taxed with
the burden of converting Mallet type
engines out of two of the 900 and 1,600
class locomotives. What work is done
along this line will be done at the
Topeka shops and it is the intention
to turn out only limited number of
converted Ma1lets.
Orders have been given by the New
Haven railroad for converting % loco
motives into the type for burning oil
instead Of coal
The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific,
according to report, will expend about
$500, 600 in the construction of a freight
house and the Encouragement Of its
yards at Wichita.
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
company will build an extension under
the name of the Pecos Valley & North
eastern from Pecos, Texas, south
about $50 miles to Boquillas.
The most recent section of the Cape
to Cairo railway from the north to be
completed is understood to be from
Khartum to Wad Madam, a point
about 100 miles south of Khartum.
Effective with the issuance of sum-
mer uniforms for the year 1911, metal
collar ornament will be used in place
of the present braid collar ornament,
and a metal bar will be used for SER
vice stripes in place of the present
braid and stars on the Rock Island.
These bars will be one inch long, one
fourth inch wide. One bar represents
five years service, an additional bar
to be added at the completion of each
five years service, one-fourth inch
apart. Gold bars and collar ornaments
to be used for conductors and silver
bars and collar ornaments for brake
men and porters, as described in the
uniform regulations.
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
coast lines will enlarge and improve
the passenger station at North Po-
mona.
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
coast lines, will build an addition to
its passenger station at Pasadena
At a special meeting Of the Central
Passenger association it was decided to
advance special summer excursion
rates from points in Central Passenger
association territory. with the excep-
ton of Chicago, to Niagara Falls and
Atlantic City this year by 81 over
the rates that obtained last year.
All steel equipment for the Minneapo-
lis. St. Paul & Sault Ste Marie rail-
way (the. 500 line) is provided for
m a Al per cent mortgage filed with
Secretary Of State Seminal. The amount
of the mortgages is 1,35S, S66.29.
An increase, approxtmating 10 per
cent, was granted engineers, fremen,
trainmen and conductors of the Wa
bash railroad in a settlement of the
wage controversy. The Wabash was
not Included IN the western ROADS winch
effected a wage increase in December
and the settlement is the first made
since the decision of the interstate COM
merce commission denying the roads
to raise freight rates was announced.
]. w. Maxwell general manager and
/ first vice president of the Cotton Belt
railroad, died suddenly in Tyler, Tex,
Tuesday night
The Chicago repair shops of the
Rock Island has turned out speedy
piece of team work. Engine $50, 8
| wheel, drivers 64A inch, road class BIT,
was run into the shop for general re-
pairs at II o'clock in the morning. By
3 p. m. it had been stripped. - 1t was
wheeled two days later at 10 a. m.
On the following day, it was completed,
at $3.50 .. m. The total actual working
hours consumed were 26; the shops had
been closed for half q day on the 18th
/ on account of election.
The Missouri Pacific railroad, which
IN until q short time ago, was work
ing seven trains out of Pittsburg and
trying to get more engines so they
/ could put on more crews now has
| the number cut down to two mine en-
| gines and one yard engine which does
| the work in the local yard at this
point. All the other roads in the city
report the coal business on the de-
cline but the local and less-than-car
load business on the increase