The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-07-31

He will continue to make his homa
in Topeka. He and Mrs. Cartilage live
at 113s Western avenue.
Edward T. Cartilage always has
been one of the strong links in the
Santa Fe's exceptionally solid chain of
officials. He is man of the pioneer
type whose heart and soul have been
with - railroad. its growth and de-
velopment. The best part of his life
has been given to the Santa Fe. The
railways wonderful expansion has
been due to such men, such builders,
such ambitious workers as e. T. Cart
lidge. He is man of great charac-
ter, strong physique natural leader
ship and sincere devotion to work and
family.
Started as a Rodman.
Mr.. Cartridge has enjoyed a most
unusual railway career. More than SO
years ago he took up his first rail-
way position as a rodman on the Ioca.-
ton survey of the st. Joseph & Denver
City railway, now the ST. Joseph d
Grand Island. between Hiawatha and
Marysville in Kansas. From that time
until this he has been in railway serv-
ice and is second in length of service
in the employ of the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe railway.
Mr.. Cartilage has watched the Santa
Fe expand from a road 755 miles in
length to its present size, 11,T93 miles.
He has been with the Santa Fe from
its operation between unimportsnt To-
cal points to system that is second
to none in the world.
First Tax Is Only $4,000
His first payment of taxes on the
Santa Fe in 1877 amounted to $149,-
900 on the railroad and 1892. 700 on
land holdings In 1921 he authorized
the payment of taxes Amounting to
$5,455,O00. Millions of figures. mil
lions In valuations, millions in tax
I.-.. IL
Mr.. Cartilage has been all these
years the. only tax commissioner on
the Santa Fe system.
Succeeded by j. f. Hughes.
Tomorrow the title goes to J. r.
Hughes of Kansas City. Mr.. Hughes
has been in railway valuation work for
many years and has been with the
Santa Fe for the last year in valuation
work on the Gulf lines and in the west.
Specializing in valuation has given him
an insight into the tax duties of the
system and he will move to Topeka
inm ediately with his family.
z. T. Cartilage was born April "a,
/ 1855, at Green Point, Brooklyn. n. Y.
Three years later he went with his
parents to Hannibal, Mo. He attend-
ed common school there until 1859.
when the family moved to st Joseph,
No, where his father, Z. J. Cartilage
was general passenger and freight
agent of the st. Louis & st. Joseph
railway, now the AtchisOn, Topeka d
Santa Fe branch from Lexington to
st. Joseph and at one time a part OF
the North Missouri (Wabash) system.
He attended common school and high
school in St Joseph and in the sum-
mer of 1870 was employed as rodman
on the location survey of the Sc.
Joseph & Denver City railway.
To Topeka i'm 1875.
In March. 1871. he moved with his
parents to Lincoln, Neb., where he at
tended the state university. He en-
tered the service of the land depart-
ment of the Burlington & Missouri
River railway and in 1876 he left to
take a position with the Santa Fe in
| Topeka under Col. A. S. johnson. land
and tax commissioner. He was eTn-
pIoyed originally to look after deIin-
iquent payments on contracts for the
sale of congressional lands in Kansas.
On his first day IN Topeka Mr.. Carte
/ Hdge purchased a horse from Hank
Lindsay and for months he rode on
, horseback between Cottonwood Fails
| and Pawnee Rock. back and forth
twenty miles on each side OF the rail-
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