The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-28
RAILWAY NOTES.

RAILWAY NOTES.
Topeka Rock Island officials an
nounce numerous and speedy ship
ments of government troopspp to
Mexican borders and to different west
ern forts.
While an engine with a passenger
train behind it was speeding over the
Union Pacific a few days ago at a mile
minute, the engineer, as a block
three-quarters of a mile long was en-
tered, saw the danger light of an au-
tomato signal and brought the train
to a full stop in time to avoid a broken
rail.
The Trinity & Brazos Valley rail-
road, which is owned jointly by the
Burlington and the Rock Island, is to
have it's trade territory materially ex
tended by the construction of branch
line through Madisonville and down
the valley of the Trinity river in the
direction of Beaumont.
President Winchell of the Frisco has
issued a circular announcing that the
extension of the Fort Worth & Rio
Grande to Menard, Tex, has been COM
pleted.
There will be no cessation of i'm
provements on the Union Pacific be-
cause of the adverse decision of the in
terstate commerce commission and the
SIS, 100000 which 1t was announced
three weeks ago would he spent on the
property will be expended just as
planned. Since the decision of the
commission the Union Pacific has sign
ed detailed contracts for a 50-mile ex-
tension in western Nebraska and
Wyoming. Double tracking and other
improvements will continue as had
been planned.
Following the recent momentous rate
decision of the interstate commerce
commission, E. w. McKenna, vice
president of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
Puget Sound railroad, ordered that re-
trenchments be begun, and that extern
sion work be forgotten for the pres
emit A similar order is said to have
been issued by the Pennsylvania Off
Gals, and an order for 30 locomotives
Cancelled. Officials of the Rock Island,
the Burlington and the Santa Fe sys-
TENS stated that they were at present
practicing all the economy possible.
The Santa Fe's construction work in
Texas, which has been progressing for
two years, and which has already been
financed, will continue.
The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
is in the market for 16 steel postal cars
and IL combination mail and baggage
cars.
An officer of the Pennsylvania, refer
ring to reports of retrenchments, says
that the company has Cancelled no or
ders for materials or equipment, nor is
it contemplated to do other than to re-
duce operating forces and expenses as
is usual in the spring of each year.
The Western Union Telegraph com
pany has notified the railways with
which it has working contracts that
messages not on the business of the
railway must not be sent free. because
of the liability to incur the penalties of
the interstate commerce law. 1t is said
that the messages aimed at by this
notice are those in which the railways
order tickets and sleeping car berthS
for passengers. The railways reply
that messages of this character are
railway business and are not prohibit
ed by the terms Of the law.
The bill providing for the inspection
of locomotive boilers under the super
vision of inspectors appointed by the
president and the interstate commerce
commission, was signed by the presi-
dent February IL. After the passage
of this bill in the senate it was amend
ed by the addition of a section limiting
the total expenditures under it to $780,
900 a year.
saws that the railways south of the
Ohio river, and also some of those
north of 1t, contemplate increasing, by
1 cent per 100 pounds, their rates on
lumber.
Gross earnings of the Great North
0rn Tor January were So,Ooo,OOO, d OC-
crease of $685. 239, and for seven months
gross earnings were $37, SOC, 135, a de-
crease of 81, 1S8, 17S.
The statement of the Union Pacific
railroad for December and the six
months ended December 81, shows a
six months decrease of $426,S6S- The
December operating income shows an
increase of 1912, $50. The total operat-
ing income for the time was $1,771,787
There we're 334 carloads of oranges
and IS carloads of lemons shipped from
southern California on two days last
week Total for season, 1851 carloads
~ oranges. 1859 carloads of lemons.
The Rock Island agent at Scandal
is a bachelor and probably always will
be. His name is Stork-