The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21
Railway Valuation Work Be-
gins in Topeka Soon.
One Hundred Employees fOr
Rail Line Statistics.
ROCK ISLAND and SANTA FE
Headquarters Here Will Follow
Federal Orders.
Activity Under Supervision OF
Topeka Headquarters.

Nearly 100 employees will be added
to the engineering offices of the Santa
Fe and Rock Island railways in TOT
peka. according to the plans being
worked out at this time by officials of
the two roads in this city. The en-
ployees, all good salaried and in de-
partments that will be established for
at least five years, will come to To-
peka for the purpose of carrying out
the orders of the interstate commerce
commission in the physical valuation
movement.
Beginning probably the first of the
year the interstate commerce commits
sion will require a complete physical
valuation in detail from all the rail-
ways of the. country In complying
with these requests it will be neces
sary for the railways to employ large
field and once forces. 1t will take not
less than five years to to the work, is
the estimate.
In the last six years the AtchisoH,
Topeka & Santa Fe has been employ
ing twenty persons in Topeka for the
purpose of furnishing physical valua-
ton figures to the state. This work is
not completed. 1t will take a few
years more to bring out the totals AS
required by the state commissions over
the country. The Santa Fe probably
will add fifty men to the Topeka force
Headquarters in This City.
With the Rock Island Lines, the
purpose undoubtedly will be carried
out in a similar manned. The Rock
Island employed force of men in this
city for two years procuring the fig
urcS on the utilities commission phys
zeal valuation requirements. This
work was completed a short time ago
physical valuation engineer, and A. E.
Sweet, general manager
Topeka is the headquarters of the
second district of the Rock Island
Kansas and many of the states in this
southwestern territory. Very natural
ly the road will take it's valuation
from the Topeka headquarters where
all figures on the companys property
are available. The work will be under
the direct supervision of ]. M. Brown,
district engineer.
The Santa Fe will handle all of the
Of the eastern lines in this
city. Here the work will be under the
direction of r. A. Rutledge, chief en-
gineer of the eastern lines The or
ders of the Kansas state utilities com
mission are carried out in this office
at this time.e--Near1y twenty persons
are employed in the work.
Officials of the two roads in Topeka
have not been informed of the differ
ence between the state and govern
ment valuations and are in doubt over
the future activity of the valuation
departm entS. 1t is anticipated that
the state will economic by withdraw
ing in acceptance of the federal
figures.
Country Is Divided.
In preparing for the physical valua-'
ton of the nations railways the inter-
state commerce commission has divid-
I'd the country into five districts ap-
$4,000 miles of railroad.
officials in Topeka received the infor-
nation today. The title of each dis
riot. the headquarters city and the
states included in each are:
Washington, D. c.; Con-
lecticut, Delaware, District of Column
ia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,
New Hampshire. New Jersey, New
York, North Carolina Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia and
Vest Virginia.
Southern-Chattanoo Tennessee,
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Indiana,
kentucky, Mississippi and Ohio. Pana-
ma, Porto Rico, and South Carolina.
Central-Chicago; Arkansas, Illinois,
owa, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota
nd Wisconsin.
Western-Kansas City; Colorado, Ok
ahoma, Kansas, Missouri. Nebraska,
'orth Dakota, South Dakota and
'exas.
Pacific-San Francisco; Alaska. Ari-
ona, California, Idaho, Montana, Ne
ada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah.
Washington and Wyoming.