The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-03
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From March ! to April l. 1922. the
Santa Fe paid benefits. under its
death benefit plan, to dependent fam
lilies OF deceased employees, a total OF
$56, 69S.64, the average payment be-
ing ssS6.
The eight new dining cars which
the Santa Fe recently purchased have
equal to the finest diners on any
American railroad and cost $4,000
each.
THE Earth" the Santa FEES agri-
cultural paper, today received a mes
sa ge from the Las Cruces. New Mex
leo. Chamber OF Commerce, asking if
two young husl<ies might obtain work
in the Kansas harvest fields.
The big safety drive staged by the
safety section of the American Rail-
way association began June I and will
continue until September 80. The
purpose of the campaign is to reduce
crossing accidents and the slogan is
Gross Crossings Cautiously" The
Santa Fe is to have charge of the
campaign for the railroads in kan
sas and Oklahoma
+. S. Brooks was recently appointed
general livestock agent of the Rock
Island Lines with headquarters at
Kansas City. succeeding John Fox
who retires on a pension after fifty
three years of service with that COM
pany. Mr.. Brooks was at one time
with the Santa F'e and later was with
Swift * Co. at Kansas City. He is
well known in Topeka.
With the approach of the kansas
harvest the annual hobo movement
will soon be on Teh advance guard
is already appearing but the cool
nights have made box car travelling a
leo mt 81.
weather warns up the freight trains
Will be heavily loaded with non-pay-
ing passengers Towns in the south
ern part of the state report scores of
men are migrating towards the wheat
fields where harvest will commence
within a short time.
Freight cars idle because of busi-
ness conditions totaled 512.196 cars on
May Is. compared with 521756 cars
on May g. or a decrease of $3.50 cars
according to the Car Service division
or the American Railway association
Reports showed that Of the total. 343,-
6S9 were surplus freight cars that is
cars in good condition in excess of
current freight requirements, while
the remaining 16S.507 were freight
cars in bad order in excess of the nor
NAL number unfit for service.
The passenger department of the
Rock Island has issued an attractive
four-page illustrated circular on Colo
rado' which is being given wide dis
trlbution- The circular is a combina-
ton of Colorado scenic beauty and
speed and service rendered by the
Rock Island lines. 1t contains more
than a dozen views of Rocky noun
tain scenery and is one of several pub
LEGATIONS which the Rock Island is
issuing on Colorado incident to its
observance of Seventy Years of
Service"
The Rock Island has been urging |
for years the farmers in the fourteen |
middle western states thru which it |
operates to raise purebred stock of all |
kinds and eliminate the expensive |
scrub stock found today on too many
farms. Special agricultural cam |
pa1gns, explaining how purebred stock !
may be introduced in a community !
Will be arranged by the Rock Island |
II a sufficient number of persons will |
indicate their interest, bulletin from |
the company's agricultural depart |
ment states.
Freight car loading during the week |
ended May 13 showed another large |
to 777,359, which was rs
l1S more than the loading for the |
corresponding week of 1921. and an !
Increase Of $4,000 compared with the 1
week before. This was in spite of a |
reduction as compared with last year |
Of S2,1O9 cars of coal. With this added |
to the actual loading the total would !
have exceeded that for the corre- /
spending week of 1920, which was /
S4S, 40 Coal loading was the heaviest |
II has been since the beginning of the !
strike and an increase of nearly 1000 |
cars as compared with the previous !
week