The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-08

E JOURNAI-WEDNESD
to the main office in the morning was
delayed until the last possible cnance
for the distribution to be forwarded on
the noon mail trails. This service, he
SAID, was the same policy that was
adopted on the south side of the river.
As to the Sunday collection he as
serted that the men of North Topeka
were given Just as good service as the
men on the south side of the river and
that all were given as good service as
the postal laws would permit.
Under the new postal laws which
govern Sunday closing it is possible
Tor but one collection. This law went
into effect several months ago. This
collection is made late Sunday aftAr-
noon and is started at Gordon street.
The collector uses a wagon and works
south to t>S main office. Another col
lector begins at Tenth street and
works north to the office.
This collection 7enables the postof-
flee department to- forward the mails
to trains which arrive in Chicago and
St Louis about O'Clock Monday
morning. This will permit the letters
to be delivered onsthe second delivery
in tins respective cities This is the
best service that can be offered.
Mr. Robinson asserted that he and
Postmaster Rodgers will be glad TO
assist the North Topeka. men or any
the mail service and invite the bust
ness men to make suggestions. If the
suggestions will improve the service
they will be adopted but it is contend
ed that the service has been studied
by the postoffice department in a man
ner as to cause it to be practically i'm
possible to make improvements in any
part of the city.
A valuable horse driven by o. P.
lJDdeETAff he
bridge twice Tuesday. 1t fell both
times while crossing the bridge but
once. MI. fUpdegraff4 complained of
the ice, which on the slippery asphalt,
made it practically impossible for the
horse to cross the bridge without
slipping. Fortunately, his horse was
not injured. A number of other
horses fell on the bridge this morning.
They were animals that were hitched
to coal or heavy delivery wagons.
A number of men of North Topeka
are interested in the weather report
from the southwestern part of Texas.
Among them are c. w. Lukens and
L. c. Boyce, who own orange groves
in that section. Each of these two
men own ten acres of young trees
which are three years old They eX-
pect trees to bear fruit this season
providing the cold weather has not
been too severe. 1t is reported that
that part of the country in which
their property is located is covered
with snow.
The river is frozen over for the first
time this season. A thin coating of ice
formed Monday, but the water fell and
has left the surface quite rough. The
ice is covered with the usual amount
of snow:
The business men of North Topeka
complain of the policy adopted by the
cfT naf rCgT1 in oil lir7or a
snow off it's tracksain North Topeka. |
The sweeper which is used by the |
company was used on Kansas avenue
Tuesday morning. 1t moved the snow
from the track to the middle of the |
street. Previous to the trip of this
sweeper. the city, street department
employees had used road graders to
drag the snow out of the cutters. With
this and the work of the street de- |
partment long high snow pile was
left in the center of the driveway on |
each3 side of the street and made it |
practically impossible for a team to |
pull heavy loaded wagon through |
the street, unless the driver took adj |
of the cleared space in the |
street car tracks. If he did this, he I
with the street car traffic. |
The business men removed the pile |
to the gutter in number of places.
Train service on the Union Pacific |
today is better than at any time this
week. The WeStDOund trains are on
time and the eastbound trains are not
more than one-half as much late as
during the previous fdays of the week.
The plug. train from Salina was only |
10 minutes late and the overland train
arrived 2 hours and 40 minutes late.
The rural route carriers report that i
he snow has filled the road in num-
,er of places and caused them consid-
,rable trouble in making their route
TO-, 80 fhn 6rie hi
# four feet in some places, and even
,reater than that in a few places.
The stocl<h olders of the Shawnee
tate bank held their annual meeting
1g the parlors of the bank yeSter-
ay and reelected the members. of | r
he board of directors. Following the
took holders meeting, the new board
cid a meeting and reelected all of
ne old officers. The usual dividend |
as declared and funds were trans
erred to the surplus account. The fol-
wing were reelected as members of
he board of directors: Thomas Page,
: E. Copeland. s. K. Burroughs, J.
[. Skinner. David Bowie, D. J. Hath
way, Charles Curtis, F. M. Bone
rake J. B. Billiard. l.. A. Dolman
nd F. P. Gilmore. The board of dill
ectors reelected the following as Of
GERS: President, Thomas Page; vice
resident, d. J. Hathaway; secretary,
avid Bowie; cashier, F. p. Elmore: |
ssistant cashier, A. V. Lindell.
Notes and personals. III
L. r Taylor of Granville, has
one to Texas and California points to