The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-19
Merchants Want a New Side
track Beyond the Kaw.
Shipping Interests Will Petition
R. n. Commissioners.
NO BREAK IN WHITE WAY
1t Must Begin Where the Other
Quits, Is Plan.
Other Items of General Interest
Across the River.

| Business men in North Topeka who
do considerable shipping will petition
the public utilities commission to in
struct the officers of the Rock Island
TO build a loading track in North To-
peka. There are a large number of
car load lots and ship in the same
quantities. It is often convenient and
to their advantage to ship or receive
over the Roc Island lines In such
events they are usually required to load
or unload the cars on the south side of
the river taking double the time that
should be required
There is no track of the Rock Island
in North Topeka which the North To-
peka shippers can use. There is a
short track which runs south from Cur
tbs street to the dixie through the alley
between Kansas avenue and Quincy
streets. This track will accommodate
but four cars and is not sufficient to
supply the demands of the community.
The shippers will petition the commits
sion to order a track which will accom-
modate ten or twelve cars at one time.
Among the men VINO will sign the
petition are: J. B. Billiard, the Hayes
Commission company, d. T. Gabriel
Lumber Company, all of the mills in
North Topeka, w. f. Scotch. Lukens
Brothers. Otto Kuehne. DyaI Brothers.
Kaw Valley Package Company and the
Haney Brothers. of Menoken.
The only track now available runs
behind the plant of the Hayes Commits
sion company. 1t is planned that the
shippers will ask that the track be
built on Curtis street and be put in be
fore the contractors begin to pave the
street.
North Side shippers have needed this
track for several years and have made
numerous requests of the officers of
the Rock Island system. The men who
sign the petition will collect inforna-
ton which they assert will be sufficient
to convince the members of the public
utilities commission that the side track
is needed and they believe they will be
ST >cessful in securing it.
The proposed White Way for North
Topeka must begin at First street in
stead OF from the North end of the
Melan bridge as his been expected.
This will be necessary that the new
white way have proper connection with
the white way on the south side of the
river for current.
The petition which has been circu-
lated includes that territory on the
south side of the river but it was not
thought necessary to Include the two
blocks. The CommeESiaI club viii be
asked to secure the Signatures of the
property owners on the south side of
the river Among the property owners
Whitteker Brothers Commission COM
pany, Dyal Brothers, Seymour Packing
company, w. o. Anderson Commission
company and others are among the
leading boosters in the city. The sig
nature of Oscar Krauss. who owns an
eighty-foot front on Kansas avenue,
south of Curtis street, was added to
the petition yesterday, and now the
petition contains signatures of more
than so per cent of the resident property
owners in the proposed White Way dis
trict.
Ray Williams, who has been living
at 929 North Harrison street, has dis
appeared. He is IS years old and has
been employed in the store depart
ment at the Santa Fe shops. He has
been gone since last Monday and his
mother and friends fear that he has
met with foul play. He had consid-
cradle money when he left home end
his parents have not heard from him
since then. They do not believe that
he is in the city and are unable to oc-