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Bisbee daily review., 1921-08-14
Motor Busses Are
 Given Opportunity,
 Of Proving Worth

DIES MONIES, la, Aug. 13. - It's motor busses against street cars in Des Moines, with the prospects right now that the motor busses will win.
 Thus this city of 100000 furnishes laboratory for new experiment. in transportation.
 Motor busses have put the street railways system out of running here by cutting into its revenues so that even Scent fare did not pay. Now the busses are trying to do the street railways work.
 If they succeed they have a good chance Of winning from city council a five-year franchise at the expira- tion of their present licenses Sept, 1.
 The situation in which Des Mo.nes finds itself results from five years of warfare between the city and the street railway company, which has resulted in litigation in state and federal courts, caused a change in the company's managers and the dismissal of the city's corporation counsel, and developed a bitter fight in the Iowa legislature.
 Also there have been two street car strikes.
 Fare Increase
 The situation began to come to crisis in 1918 when the company, operating under 5-cent franchise, asked 6-cent fare.s Council refused the increase. The people also voted it down.
 Then the company went into re- ceivership. The supreme court held that council had no right to fix rates in a franchise and on the strength of this finding Federal Judge Martin J. Wade increased the fare to six cents.
 The company continued to lose money, so Judge Wade last December boosted the fare to cents.
 ThN was the signal for the inva sion of the busses. They charged only 5 cents, paralleled the car lines, and skinned the cream.
 Revenue Cut
 Every month since the car con-
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pany has showed increasing losses, company officials saying the busses cut their revenue $3O,OOO a month.
 Finally, Judge Wade ordered sus- pension of service. Aug. 3, throwing 1000 men out of work and leaving the city dependentson busses. There were less than 80 busses in operation, so they couldn't meet the situation i'm mediately. But the bus owners promptly promised more busses if they were assured five-year fran chise.
 The day of city's dependence cq street car lines," they said, lis at an end. Busses can give more elasuc, cheaper and better service'
 A spreading oak, sixty feet high, will contain about six million leaves.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-08-14

pesos are to be assessed one per cent but all laborers and journalists earn ing two pesos or less are to be ex- empted from payment"
Bisbee daily review., 1921-08-14
.CalifOrnians Will Prepare For Signing
 Of Bankhead Route

R, & Behan, chief of the road sign ing work for the Automobile Club of Southern California, anu his assistant MT. Mclean, were in Bisbee Friday.
 They are going over tine Bankhead route from Los Angeles to Fl Paso and over the road from there to So zorro, for the purpose of taking field notes preparatory to actual signing of the route.
 Behan will personally superintend the signing and stated that work upon the signs would start within a short time. He said he has found the route through Arizona excellent.
 RUB IN STRAIGHT LINE
 The polished parts of the automo- bile should be rubbed in a straight line. A strip at a time should be with sponge or chamois, to prevent water drying and spotting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-06

them. but when the work is done they
are ready to haul grain or any other
kind of freight.
After the carpenter and mechanical
work is completed the car is moved to
the paint track where a paint brush is
the last thing to be found except in
doing the stencil work. The paint is
sprayed on by means of high air pres
sure and only a few minutes are re-
quired to cover a whole car.
Carry Huge Stock of Lumber.
The stock of lumber carried in con-
nection with the car repair shops is
the largest on the Santa Fe system.
Right at the present time the stock
is not as large as usual but it con-
tains 100000 feet of lumber and
from 100000 to 100000 feet are
moved each month.
All of the lumber is PLACED in dry
kiln before it goes to the planning
shop. The kiln is simply a building
heated by steam and if one cannot get
his desire for hot weather filled in
any other way he might perch him
self on top of a pile of lumber before
1t is pushed into the kiln. Fronf the
planning shop the lumber is taken to
the shops as il is needed, and orders
are also filled for shops at other
places.
Thirty Engines in Shops.
Some thirty engines are undergoing
repairs at the locomotive shops and
altho some of them are entirely
stripped and dismantled, and only a
small force is employed there, Super
intendent Deveny says he can clear the
shops within thirty days.
During the period from DECEMBER
until the middle of June, the Santa Fe
had quite a reserve of motive power
on hand. That was when the freight
business slumped badly and many en-
gines were not in use, but it is a diff
ferent story now. The reserve COM
menced to dwindle during the latter
part OF June when the old wheat crop
began to move and when the move
ment of the new wheat crop started in
July, calling for more freight trains,
the others were drawn into service.
No work of any kind is being done
in the passenger coach department at
present. The work was we'll caught
up. however. when the layoff came,
and only a few coaches are now in the
shops.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-06
TRAFFIC PICKS UP
Rock Island Is Moving a Maxi
mum Tonnage in Kansas.
Track and Shop Repair Forces
Larger Than Normal.

Rock Island officials are highly en-
couraged over the big increase in
freight traffic during the past six
weeks and declare in their opinion
that it is an Indication that the period
of business depression is on the wane.
The company is now moving maxi
mum tonnage in Kansas, every avail
able car has been drawn Into the serV-
ice and working forces have been in
creased More than 10000 cars OF
cantaloupes. grapes and other fruit
have been hauled thru Topeka since
June Is. and special trains are being
used to haul the wheat crop.
One day this week the Rock Island
delivered nearly 400 cars of wheat at
Kansas City, and from one TO two spe-
-- cial trains are used daily in moving
wheat from Omaha to New Orleans
These trains pass thru Belleville, NC
Farland, Harrington and Wichita Ihey
average from thirtyrfive to forty cars
each and carry wheat exclusively for
a firm in Omaha for export While
th-re is a shortage of cars in central
and western Kansas, no elevators were
closed on the Kansas division this
week.
More Men Employed.
The company on its Kansas lines
at least, now has its track and shop
forces above normal. More men are
employed in the shops at Horton than
ever before, according to ]. j. Bre-
heney. trainmaster. in order to keep
the companys rolling stock in cond1-
ton to meet the demand for hauling
freight. Shop forces have also been
increased at Topeka, Belleville, NC
Farland, Herington, Caldwell and
Wichita. From twenty-five to thirty
ad ,itional track men have been en-
ployed at Topeka during the past thir-
ty days No additional trainmen have
been employed but overtime is COM
mon.
The Rock Island is laying new 90
pound rails between Caldwell and
Wichita, distance of fifty miles. The
start was made. at Caldwell and about
thirty-five miles of new rails have al
ready been laid, and the remainder
of the work should be completed
within the next thirty days. The work
is being done by company forces and
not by contract.
The company now has enough side
track at every point between Topeka
and Harrington to accommodate two
maximum freight trains and three
average trains. To give-these facili-
ties it was necessary to lengthen the
sidetracks at Volland, Celia. Dwight
Alta Vista, Vera and Edwin. the work
at the latter place being completed this
week. At all of these points the side
tracks were doubled from rs to $50
feet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-06
R, R. EARNINGS IMPROVE
But Still Fall Far Short of Earning
Six Per Cent

The railroads of the United States
had a net operating income in May of
S37, 900, which was approximately
S7,997,000 more than it was in April,
according to reports just filed by the
carriers with the interstate commerce
commission. This is the largest an cunt
earned by the railroads since last No
vember, when their net operating in
come was $54,343,793. Comparisons
show that eighty ailroads-twenty-
southern and thirty-three in the west
ern districts-had operating deficits in
May while in April the total was 81.
On the basis of the tentative valua-
ton fixed by the interstate commerce
commission for rate making purposes
under the transportation acr the
amount earned in May would be the
annual rate of return of 2.41 per cent
compared with 2.2 per cent the pre-
vious month. The reports show, how
ever, that the carriers fell short $685.
100000, or 59.S per cent, of earning
the amount contemplated by the act
The tabulations are based on reports
from 2O1 class one. railroads, repre-
senting total mileage of 235,45O
miles.
Total operating revenues in May,
according to the reports, were S44. :
56B, 1000 or 2.s per cent less than they
We're during the same month in 1920
while operating expenses totaled $379,-
$4,000, or a reduction of 1872 p.r cent
compared with May last year. The net
operating income was $37,246, 900
compared with an operating deficit
of $685. 900 in May one year ago.
During the nine months since Sep
TENDER. l, 1920. when the guaranty
period expired, the net operating in
come of the carriers has been S316,-
100000, which on the basis of their
tentative valuation, would be at the
annual rate of return of 2.41 per cent.
This sum, however, is $469,696, 900 be-
low the amount contemplated to be
earned under the rates established by
the commission. A popularity of the
reports is the fact that the per cent
earned during the nine months as well
as the percentage by which the roads
fell short of the. amount expected to
be earned during that period are
Identical with the corresponding per
. centages for the month of May. y
As has been the case in the previous
months, the carriers in all districts
telt~far short of earning a return of
Il or per cent in May. The net
operating income was $37.246.OOO
compared with an operating deficit of
S5'519'OOo in May one year ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-06
SANTA FE VS.. MARYSVILLE
Tom BIodgett, Big League Pitcher,
Will Enter Game Sunday.

The free and easy life to which the
santa Fe club has become accustomed
in playing visiting teams will have to
be abandoned Sunday afternoon when
the Marysvflle club will meet the To-
Gals at Western League park.
Tom Blodgett, formerly a pitcher
for New York. and who played with
the Beloit Leaguers last season, will
be in the box for the visitors tomor-
row. The ex-leaguer is in excellent
form this year and the Marysville club
is playing better baseball than they
have ever played before. They have
won twelve out of fifteen games played
this summer. OF these fifteen, Blodgett
pitched thirteen, winning eleven.
In the thirteen games pitched by
Bf6dgett, Marysville made forty-eigh.
runs to sixteen by opponents. They
made los hits to sixty by opponents,
while Blodgett struck out 1873 men, an
average of fourteen to each game. An
idea of his control will be gained when
it is considered. that he has allowed
but five walks this season, to twenty
nine donated bv opponents. He is
credited with onlv one wild pitch.
Catching for Blodgett is Mike"
Kennedy, who was his receiver when
he pitched for Beloit. White. of the
same team. will play third base. A
strono infieId and outfield are behind
the big twirler.
The Sa,4a Fn tea m will he in excel
lent condition for the game. according
fo Manager Cav, Wells, and there is no
doubt that it will he the h"rdest fou"ht
hattie on the local diamond this
season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-06
Santa Fe Is Working
Full Force To Keep
Box Cars in Repair
Turn Out Thirty Cars Daily Meet Increase Freight
Demand-Reserve Supply of Engines Exhausted and
Only Few Are Now in the Shops.

The busiest place in Topeka just at
present is the freight car section of
the Santa Fe shops.
While only a handful of men are at
work in the other shops, comparative
ly speaking, due to the layoff last
spring, the freight car forces are up
to full strength and are working full
time.
To go thru the repair shops one
would think that the war was still
going on judging from the number OF
men at work and the noise they are
making.
And there is a war-a scrap to meet
the heavy demand for rolling material
to keep the Kansas wheat crop and
other freight moving-and it is being
won.
Figures today show that of all the
bad order box cars sent to Topeka for
repairs only thirty-six were outside of
the shops; $50 are inside being worked
on and they are being turned out at
the rate of about thirty day.
When<cars are sent to the shops for
repairs, and they come. here from all
parts of the Santa Fe system, they
are first inspected outside the shops.
Experts go all over them, decide just
what repairs are necessary, and list
them on a card which is attached to
the car.
If only minor repairs, are needed
the, car remains on one of the repair
tracks outside, but if anything extern
sive is required, it is placed inside of
the shops where it is tackled by four
men. who are assigned to it by the
foreman.
Can Make Any Repairs.
4 It makes no difference what re
pairs are required on either freight
car, a locomotive or even a passenger
coach, the work can be done at the
local shops, as they are the largest on
the entire Santa fTe system. and when
any of the three are placed back into
the service they are practically equal
to the new product.
If a freight car needs some new
wheels or axles it is lacked up and the
new equipment rolled into place. If it
needs a new end, or a new side, top
or a floor it gets it in short order.
Some of the cars are in such bad
shape that it is necessary to practical
ly tear them to pieces and rebuild
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-06
KATY MAKES ANNUAL REPORT
Operating Revenues Increased IS Per
Cent During 1920.

Operating revenues of the NJ. K.
& T. lines for the year 1920 were $780,,
1859, or an increase of IS per cent
over the preceding year, as shown by
the annual report of c. E. Schaff, re-
ceiver These figures include United
States railroad administration rev.
cnues for the first two months of the
year. Operating expenses were %
per cent greater than in the preceding
year, however, with the net result that
the operating income for the year
was less than it was in 1919.
The NJ. K. & t. Lines in 1920 car
ried 11.2 per cent more tons of rev.
enue freight one mile than in 1919
with only 3.S per cent increase in
freight train mileage. There was also
an Increase of 81 per cent in the num-
Der of passengers carried one mile.
Maintenance expenditures were
S6,S62,O97 more than in the preceding
year a total of $39,S00.997 having
been expended for maintenance of
way and of equipment, approximately
46 per cent of the gross operating
revenues having gone back into the
property for maintenance.
During the year expenditures we're
made for new equipment amounting
to $4,92e,S79. the number OF locomo-
tives of all classes having been in
creased by SIS, and 800 tank cars hav-
ing been purchased also. The invest
ment in road equipment was increased
from $242, ,504 in 1919 to $780,
1885 at the close of 1920. In addi-
ton to the expenditures for equip
ment. the principal other expenditures
for additions and betterments were
for grading. ballasting, laying heavier
rail, fuel stations and signals.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-06
r. R. OFFICIALS TO OKLAHOMA.
Will Attend Hearing on Matter of
Intrastate Rates.

]. K. Koontz, assistant freight traf-
fic manager; B. F. E~Marsh, assistant
general freight agent; ]. M. Council,
general passenger agent. and E. j.
Shakeshaft, assistant general passen-
ger agent, of the Santa F'e, left Mon
day night for Oklahoma City, where
they will attend a hearing on railroad
rates to be held by an examiner for
the interstate commerce commission
Officials from other railroads will also
attend the hearing.
The railroads are trying to get the
35 per cent increase in intrastate
freight and passenger rates, which
was recently held up by the commerce
committee of Oklahoma, reinstated;;
The increase was in effect for several
months but when newly appointed
members Of the commerce committee
which corresponds to the utilities COM
mission in Kansas, took office about
sixty days ago. an order was made
putting the rates back to the OLD
scale. The interstate commerce com
mission is now taking hand and is
sending a representative to Oklahoma
CITY this week to take evidence in the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-06
WATCHING THE SCOREBOARD

The Yanks clung to first place by
trimming the Tigers with Carl Nays in
great form.
Cleveland's tribesmen are slipping. The
Senators put them on the skids again with
Mogridge southpawing in great shape
HeiEie Groh shved the Reds from a shut
out by Brooklyn with double in the ninth
scoring on Duncan's single. Mitchell
pitched in fine form for the Dodgers.
Fred Toney finally subdued the Cardi-
mails, aided by a timely triple from Frank
Frisch's bat
Mulrennan and AIcWeeney of the White
Sox were pounded to all corners of the lot
by the Red Sox-
Dykes. Walker, and Perkins. registered
home runs for the AS and won their game
from the Bf4wns.
The Pirates made it three in a row
against the Phi1lies by timely bfngling
off Jimmy Ring.
Eleven ringing hits by the Boston Braves
put the Cubs to rout.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-06
.ONE VAST EMPIRE
Isolate Santa Fe Territory and
1t Would Be Sustaining.
Great Possibilities Lead to Back
to Farm Movement.

The Santa Fe Railway company OPP
crates in a territory which is an en-
pire in itself, rich in all the natural
resources that go to make a prosper
Gus country.
If the thirteen states in the Santa
Fe territory were Isolated from the
rest of the world, the inhabitants
would lack neither necessity nor lux
uries in all the time to come, for in
| this section everything that mankind
could desire is produced in abundance,
even TO the last word in railway serv-
ice.
The lines of the Santa Fe run in
Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas. Ne
braska, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas,
Louisiana, NeW-Mexico, Arizona, Ne
vada and California. Some of this
territory is fully developed, some par
TALLY so and some of it is still in its
infancy so far as possibilities OF pro-
duction are concerned, and that
counts in measure for the phe5
nomenal increase in population and
the remarkable progress made along
industrial and coHmercial lines in
the past few years.
The Santa Fe's most eastern point
is Chicago, which is connected with
Kansas City by a direct line. From
Kansas City the Santa Fe's lines
spread out like a fan, forming a net
work of lines over Kansas, Oklahoma,
Texas, Mexico and Arizona and then
traverse the entire length OF CALI
fornia. Much of the southwest terri
tory is undeveloped and the company
also sees wonderful possibilities in
business coming from the Mexican
side.
Since the return of the Santa Fe to
corporate operation sixteen months
ago, approximately 10000 persons
have communicated with its repre-
sentatives about agricultural and in
dustriaI opportunities iT1> the states
served by It's lines. During no other
like period of the cempany's existence
has there been so great number OF
inquiries, officials say.
Letters have come from every state
in the Union. and from Canada Most
of the inquirers are farmers IN the
congested states of the east or eX-
farmers now>living in the city. That
they mean business is shown from the
fact that they CALL for detailed infor-
nation; they want to know about the
climate, living conditions, schools,
churches, transportation, markets.
prices of land, sale terms and cost OF
labor.
This means that the Santa Fe states
are about to experience an increase in
population and that there is a back to
the farm movement following the
war and the wars aftermath. Already
the movement of honASeekers is on
and the number of car loads of emf
grant movables has increased steadily
the past few months.
The Santa Fe's total investment in
the states traversed by its lines is
SS2O,746,49S. and its total operated
mileage is II, 674. Approximately TO-
900 persons are employed to operate
the company and its property.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-06
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At Boston: Mike Gibbons won every
round of ten round bout with Gus Platts,
former British middleweight champion,
last night
At New York: Last night Mel Coogan
won a technical knock out over Larry Han
sen in four rounds. Freddie Reese and
Ray West boxed a 12-round draw. Mike
McCabe knocked out Joe Moran in the sec
ond round Of scheduled 12-round bout.
At Newark: Jack Haynes knocked out
Young Ketchel In the seventh round Of 4
scheduled 12-round bout last night
At Aurora, Ill; Friday night Sailer
Freedman outpointed Joe yelling in a 10
round bout Soug Farrell of San Francisco
and Jimmy Kelly of Chicago, boxed a
draw.
At Fort Worth. Texas: Jack Dalton Of
Dallas VOL a decision over Dale Hill of
Fort Worth. on a foul in the eleventh
round, Friday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-06
BRING ROAD BACK TO LIFE?
Is Reported That Another Company
VIII Buy the Northwestern.

There is another runnor afloat that
the Kansas City & Northwestern rail-
way is going TO come to life again
after being on the dead list for more
than a year.
The latest report is that the com
pany's rolling stock, track and ter
mfnals will be purchased by the Chi
cago and Northwestern Railway com
pany, which will extend the line to
Beatrice, Neb., and possibly to Lin
coin, giving those towns a direct con-
nection with Kansas City. The line
now terminates at Virginia, Neb.
Any effort to bring the Northwest
ern back to life will be joyful news to
a number of towns in Jefferson, Leav-
enworth, Jackson and Nemaha coun-
ties which have a tall strip of weeds
instead of a railroad.
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National League.
Boston at st. Louis.
New York at Chicago.
Philadelphia at. Cincinnati.
Brooklyn at Pittsburgh.
American League.
st. Louis at Philadelphia.
Detroit at New York.
Chicago at Boston.
Cleveland at Washington.
American Association
Milwaukee at Toledo.
Kansas City at Columbus.
ST Paul at indianapolis.
Minneapolis at Louisville.
Western League.
Oklahoma City at Tulsa.
st. Joseph al Des Moines.
Sioux City at Omaha.
Joplin at Wichita.