The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-31

west for the foreign delegates to the
Applied Chemistry association meeting
at Washington. D. G., in September.
The Santa Fe, Union Pacific, Rock
Island and Missouri Pacific railway
companies will unite in the construction
of a new union depot at Salina, to cost
about 100000
A site has been selected for the new
Santa Fe hospital at Clovis-a slightly
block of ground donated by the city.
The new building will cost about 5000
The new Santa Fe hospital at Null
vane is under roof, and the work is pro-
crossing rapidly.
The Santa Fe is running a special
freight train daily east from Pueblo for
the accommodation of fruit shippers on
cantaloupe shippers in the Arkansas
Valley.
The Santa Fe is laying new 90-pound
rails from Argentine to Glare, Augusta
to Winfield, Topeka to Scranton. Flor
ence to Clements, and Newton to Wal
ton, in Kansas.
An order of new equipment for the
Santa Fe. consisting of 2,S25 cars, is
ABOUT READY IOI SERVICE, DIS 1OtAOWS-
One thousand refrigerator cars.
Twelve hundred fifty box cars.
Two hundred tank cars.
One hundred 44-foot 6-inch steel
flat cars.
Fifty 2O-yard air dump cars.
Twenty-Five special cars for ham
ding concentrates.
Fifteen 70-foot three compartment
passenger cars.
Fifteen 70-foot smoking cars.
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mail cars.
Ten 7O-foot chair cars.
The Santa Fe will build a $1,000
gallon tank at Belen to take care of
the depot, Harvey hotel and reading
room.
Swanson Bros. of Topeka have the
contract for building a new Is stall
roundhouse for the Santa Fe at Mar
celine, Mo. Authority also has been
been granted for a new $4,000 de-
pot at Marceline, but the contract has
not yet been awarded.
From LesIie's Weekly: THE rail-
ways have been passing through sea-
son of great trial. Such an eminent
authority as the Financial Chronicle
editorially declares that serious harm
to the country as a whole must re-
suit If the present policy is pursued
much longer and the railroads are not
treated fairly and equitably, the same
as all other business interests We
agree with this conclusion"
Work is progressing rapidly on the
Santa FEES big roundhouse job at
Shopton, Ia Twelve new stalls are to
be built, IA old ones are to be rebuilt
cost $4,000.
The Santa Fe's commodious new de-
pot at Holly, Colo, was formally
opened August IA with a banquet
given by the Commercial club. The
depot is equipped to meet the grow
ing needs of this up-to-date and -four
ishing city.
Charles Martin, a banker at Wood
ward, Okla. says the work of Prof.
J. d. Tinsley and Prof. H. M. Banner
of the Santa Fee in advising with the
farmers in that section regarding the
newest and most scientific method of
tillage has been of incalculable value
in the development of the country.
The farmers are doing better farm
ing now than ever before, and have
plans for continued improvement.
The Santa Fe will make an extern
sive revision of its yards at Trinidad,
Colo, build an addition to the freight
house, and construct a 300-ton coal
chute, the whole to cost $4,000.
The Santa Fre has awarded a con-
tract to Lundgren & Carlson of To-
peka to remodel the Y. M. C. A. build
ing at Argentine at a cost of $4,000.
The Santa Fe will build a new $10,-
900 passenger station at Richmond,
Mo. Work will start soon.
W. H Denison, who has the con-
tract for the construction of the last
gap in the cutoff line of the Santa
Fe between Lubbock and Mexico,
distance of 100 miles, has assembled
outfits at both places and. gone to
work This line will give the Santa
Fe new direct route from Calves
ton to California. The line will be
by January l.