The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-13
TO OPEN NEW LINE.
Street Railway VIII Operate
Euclid Line Tomorrow.
This Gives Seyen-Minute Service
From Washburn.
QUINT0N TO OAKLAND.
Direct 15-Minute Service to the
Shop District Installed.
Other Important Changes i'm
Street Car Service.

The extensions recently completed by
the Topeka Railway COMPANY. known
as the Euclid avenue line and the
Douth1tt avenue line, will be put in
operation tomorrow morning The in
augurat1on Of service on these new
ing OF cars and the establishment of a
through route from the Quinton
Heights district to Oakland, following
the present Quinton route via Clay
street to Sixth and Kansas avenues
and the present route to Oakland ex-
track on East Sixth avenue in place Of
running around the loop through
Seventh and Orkney streets.
= This will be Of much benefit to tho
public. 1t will do away with a great
deal Of transferring, as a large number
of Santa F'e shop employees reside In
the Qulnton district and they will now
be able to ride from their work to their
homes without change of cars. This
arrangement also permits the people OF
| this district to reach the Santa Fe de-
pot withou. change of cars via the
stairway leading from the Sixth avenue
| viaduct, recently erected by the street
| car company.
This will make the longest through
route operated by the company. 1t Will
| also give the Slnta Fe shop district and
Oakland a regular 15-minute service.
Heretofore this district has had Is
| minute service morning and evening
and a Commute service at other times
| throughout the day.
On the new schedule cars will leave
the Quinton terminus, 5, 20. 30 and 90
minutes after each hour, the first
| car leaving at 6:05 a. m. and the last
car, running down town, leaving at
11:35 p. m. There will also be car
leave Quinton at 11:50, which will
run as far as the car barns at Twelfth
and Jackson streets.
Cars will leave the Oakland term
mus at 5, 20. 35 and SO minutes past
each hour, the first car leaving at 6:o5
a. m. and the last car 1905 q. m
The new line to Washburn will run
from the college to the Santa F'e depot
via Euclid avenue and Douthltt ave-
nue., leaving Washburn at 8, 20. 38
and So minutes after each hour, the
first car leaving the Washburn ter
minus at 6:23 a. m. and the last car
for the Santa Fee depot leaving the col
lege at 11:38 p. m. A car VIII also
D. M running as far as the car barns
The other Washburn line will run
over the present route through Col
lege avenue, Huntoon street and west
Twelfth street to the Santa Fe depot,
cars leaving the Washburn terminus
Il, Is, 81 and rs sminutes after each
hour, the first car leaving the college
at 6:16 a. m. The last car for Santa
Fe depot over this route leaving the
college at 1881 p. m.e Cars Will also
leave the college at 11:45 p. m. ard
1901 a. M, running as far as the car
barns. The time of the cars on
Twelfth street will not change from
the present minute service
Change ON West Sixth.
| In order to space the South Topeka
and Douthitt avenue cars properly on
Kansas avenue it has been found nee
| essary to change the time of the asy-
| lum-South Topeka cars, which has also
necessitated change in the time of the
| Potwin- West Eighth cars which alter
nate with the Asylum South Topeka
cares on West Sixth street. Under the
new schedule the asylum cars will leave
! the asylum terminus on the even hour
| and every Is minutes thereafter, the
first car leaving the asylum at 6:l5 a.
m. and the last car II midnight Cars
will leave the South Topeka terminus
at or, %; 81 and 90 after each hour,
the first car leaving South Topeka az
6:O7 a. M, the last car for the asylum
leaving South Topeka at 1857 p. m.
The Potwin cars will leave PotWn
station IA. 20, A and 50 minutes after
each hour, the first car leaving Potwin
6:14 a. M and the last car at ll:44 p
m. Cars win leave Eighth and Clay at
OIL. 16, 81 and 46 minutes after eacn
hour, the first car leaving Eighth ana
CLAY 6:16 a. m. and the last car at ll:4o