Meade County news., 1917-02-15
RECEIVER MAKES ROAD PAY
Man Named by JtiItles Board Cuts
Down Deficit of Leavenworth
G. Topeka Line.

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The Santa Fe and Union Pacific rail
way companies were unable to operate
the Leavenworth & Topeka Railway
without loss of $4,000 a year. But
a receiver of the road acting under
the direction of the public utilities
commission, has been able to reduce
this loss to $4,000 a year, and in ad-
dition he has doubled the train service
and spent more money for repairs than
was spent by the two railroad COM
panies in any year.
The Leavenworth G. Topeka is joint
ly owned by the Union Pacific and
Santa Fe. From 1911 to 1915 they
paid $1S5,000 to make up the deficit
of the road. In the year since w. A.
Austin took charge as receiver and
began operating the road under the
supervision of the utilities commission
the deficit has been only $13,072,61.
The report of the receiver, which will
be filed with the commission shortly,
will show he has rebuilt bridges, i'm
proved the track and building at an
amount many times greater than the
two lines which own the L. & T. ever
spent in any year
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Lost in Blizzard. ~ Word was re-
ceived recently by Mrs. Bridget
Daugherty of Parsons of the death of
her son, James Daugherty. who died
in blizzard near Douglas, Wyo.,
January %, while riding the range.
Daugherty, after becoming lost in the
storm, shot and killed himself.
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Mine Death Toll is 54.-Fifty-four
lives were lost in Kansas coal mine
accidents during 1916. the report of
John Pellegrino, state mine inspector,
shows Twenty of the men died in
one accident, the explosion at Stone
City on December 49, More than a
thousand accidents, which were non
fatal were reported to the inspector
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Light Plant Burned.-Fire destroy
ed the engine room of the electric
light plant at Washington recently.
Several adjoining buildings also werc
damaged. The loss, about $4,000, is
covered by insurance.
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Shot Sisters Suitor.-Objectin to
his attentions to her sister, Lena
Kinderknecht shot Frederick Richard.
son at Hays as the couple returned
from motor ride. Richardson is not
expected to recover.
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Killed Returning From Funeral. =
Andrew Windsoltz, a farmer, "a
years old, near Victoria, was killed
in a motor car accident while return
ing from his fathers funeral.
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Pioneer Fatally Burned. : Prof.
Thomas Murray, S2 years old, was so
badly burned at his home in Arkansas
City, that he cannot recover His
nightgown caught fire from a gas
stove in his bedroom and the flames
spread so rapidly he was unable to
check the blaze. Professor Murray
is one of the pioneer residents Of
Kansas. He was school teacher in
Douglass county twenty years ago.
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Blast Wrecks EuiIding.-An ammo
MIA tank in a butcher shop located
in the residence district of Wichita,
blew up the other day, wrecking a
two-story building and burying Miss
Edith Turner, bookkeeper in plumb
ing shop next door, under wall. She
escaped and is but slightly injured,
The force of the explosion was 81
great that windows two blocks away
were broken.
Oil Strike in Laneley.-A report has
reached Ellsworth that a 60-barrel oil
well has been struck on the Marquette
Oil G. Gas Company's lease, three
miles south Of Langley. Oil was found
at LOO feet.
Republic County Crime Free.-Not
a single criminal case has been filed
for trial in the district court Of Re
public county for the regular February
term. The county Jail is still without
a boarder and has been, with the ex-
ception of few days, for more than
two months.
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Voted Railroad 6onds.-Three town
ships in Ellsworth county have voted
$50 to lis, the 100000 bonds to com
plete. the Anthony & Northern railroad
into Hays. This assures the road from
Pratt to Bays this year.