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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-29
Railroad Ne1Us of Week
CHAS. W. LANE

year 1891 shows a marked improve
ment. At the same time the report
cIfsclose tine necessity for corrective
action on the part OF shippers and
causes and commodities that are reg
ulariy responsible for major disburse-
merits on account of loss ana damage
to ffeigilt in transit.
While tina greater portion of the
clafrn paNments in 1921 were on &C
count OF losses sustained in 1870. when
the carriers were passing thru a period
bf r-R-adjustraeRt and uusatisfa Glory
conditions OF transportation prevailed
analysis shows several eluSeS and
commodities that continue 10 be pro-
life sources of claim payments. and
therefore, emphasis is given to these
items in order that the officers in
charge of the handling of freight may
have knowledge of the features de-
mand3ng corrective action and effect
a further Improvement in The loss and
damage situation. The several cam
paigns conducted during the year to
promote the more careful and 'eS-
pedftiOus handling of shipments have
been productive OF good results.
The shippers have shown spirit
OF cooperation with tine carriers in
their effort to prevent the causes of
claims. There has been evidence of
more care in the packing and mark
ing of shipments and the preparation
of shipping Instructions In some in
Stances Shippers rave IHrIHer
strengthened their packages by the
use of straps and seals, which makes
the confaEner more Durable and gives
greater assurance of the packa ges
reaching destination in good condition.
These matters are of mutual inter-
est TO the shippers and carriers. as a
package delivered in good condition
not only promotes harmony between
the shipper and his customers but the
carrier is saved the expense OF
handling and paying the claim
During the latter months Of the
year 1921, there was a noticeable de
crease in the number and amount OF
claims paid for loss and damage to
freight in transit. The principal con-
factors were the general re-
duction in the price of commodities
the reduced volume OF business
handled. and a systematic effort on
the part of all interested depa rtments
in eliminating the causes of loss and
The record shows that the !
falling eff in claims has been in ex-
cRsM OF the decrease in freight busi-
ness handled. indicating that in
creased efficiency and efforts to pre-
vent loss and damage have resulted /
in a real Improvement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-29
WOULD REDUCE CROSSING TOLL
Union Pacific Urges the Public to
stop, Look and LISTEN

The Union Pacific is making an in
teHsive campaign in the interest of
safety First" for its employees, its
patrons. people who live along its
right of way, and those who happen
to use it's crossings.
I'm the interest OF humanity and
preservation of life ana limb" sayS
a notice issued by G. o. Brophy, di-
vision superintendent. We respect
fully ask the civic bodies. schools and
churches, to take up with their re-
spective organization In regard to
this safety movement. asking them
upon approaching railroad crossings
to stop, look and listen.
''In this way there will be no posi-
bility of an accident at any of the
crossings. and there will be no lives
lost or MANNED bodies. There will
be no sorrow or regret in the homes
by the loss of a parent or child, or
one crippled for life.
Those who follow out a practice of
this kind, thus eliminating the possi-
bility of a death or, an accident, will
always have a clear conscience, know
ing that they have done their part
for humanity in the preservation of
life and. limb. and by their efforts
have reduced these accidents to a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-29
TRIBUTE TO EACH PRESIDENT
Howell Jones Gives sketch of Five
Santa Fe Leaders.

Howell Jones. a member of the
board of directors OF the Sau4a Fe
railroad. has the art OF condensation
down to such fine point that his
newspaper friends wonder why he did
not take up journalism Instead of law
At the Santa F'e Dinner club banquet
Wednesday night, jones was on the
program for a prologue to the main
event-Presideut Storey's speech.
Jones gave a thumb-fiail sketch of the
principal five preSid ents of the Santa.
Fe. and a single senteSce descriptive
of the period during which each
served. the whole leading up to and
Including the present incumbent. He
said;
The Santa Fe. 50 well represented
here tonight. had its beginning away
back when the west was forming
While it had a number OF presidents.
five only were active in its organ
ration and development
The first was Colonel Holiday,
that wonderful production of the west.
VINO when Kansas was still a desert
and beyond 1t a wilderness. saw with
prophetic vision the Santa Fe begin
the shores of the Pacific ocean
Colonel Holiday lived to enjoy the
fruitiOR of his hopes and inspiration.
The second was that thrifty, prac-
teal and economic production OF the
DeSl or New England, Thomas Nick
erSon. who while he inspired conf
dence, constructed slowly and eau
uously, but surely. only following az
ter the settlers instead of preceding
them.
The next president was william
&. Strong, who Joined tho Santa Fe
with the sea, the worlds highway, and
connected it with the lakes and the
Pacific ocean The setrIement of the
west was 50 rapid during President
Strong.s administration, and railroad
building was so keen and COunpPtitive
that he was forced to overbuild
Then came Z. p. Ripley. the
grandest of the many grand railroad
presidents. who made the Santa Fe
service unique and disting ufshable and
known the world over
Science during the World war
came into its own and all successful
enterprises are now conducted scien-
ifically. The Santa Fe TO keep up
with the advances OF science, selected
its president from the most scientific
railroad men in America. who coordi-
mates that scientific training with ad-
mintstrative genius and whom we
have with us tonight-W. b. Storey"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-29
Cow, SOW AND THE HEN

when DR.. a. H Upham. president
OF the Idaho university. read about the
Santa Fe's Cow, Sow and Hem dem
onstration train to be run the first
two weeks OF May. he sat down and
wrote the following verse which he
forwarded to DR.. W. NJ. Jardine, presi-
dent OF the Kansas State Agricultural
college;
The Cow, the Sow and the Hen.
The farmer smiled as he passed them By,
The cow and the sow and the hen;
For the price " wheat had gone SKY high
Ate up the grain he could sell at the min /;
They needed his care when nights were
he swore OF them all he'd had his I'LL
The COW and the SOW and the ben.
These barnysrd critters had had their day.
He could get thirty bones for a ton of
No need for the cow or the hen.
He never would milk another COW.
he hated the sight Of grunting SOW.
And raising chickens was work for the
Goodbye 10 the COW and the hen.
They gave no heed to his jeer or frown,
The COW and the SOW and the hen.
W hatever goes NJ. they said. comes down.
The hen laid eggs the winter thru.
The cows gave milk. and the piggies grew
BUT nay dropped down from thirty to
on, the COW. the SOW and the hen.
Now be sits and signs. as he counts bis
For the COW and the sow and the hen.
re atmost cries for the milk he's lost
Oh the COW the sow and the hen
He'd tend them gladly in mud and rain,
And lessen his acres OF hay and grain
II he only could buy them back aEafu-
The COW and the SOW and the hen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-29
Is YEARS AGO IN TOPEKA
From the columns of
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL


A number of the homeopathic physicians
OF this city Will attend the annual meeting
or the Homeopathic Medical society of
Kansas at Hutchinson, May ) to Z Doctors
Fl. w. Rohy, c. T. Menuinger and L. A.
Ryder Will read papers at the meeting
For the first time in its history, shaw
nee county will probably have a woman
candidate for county treasurer this year.
1t is understood that Miss Emma w Wal
of the county treasurer for several years,
will enter the race for the office.
James A. Troutman viii preside at the
Taimage lecture at the Grand opera house
tomorrow night. at which an effort viii
be made to raise money for sufferers in In
dia.
The children OF the LOwman Hill kinder
karten, Miss Mabel Quigley. teacher, gave
the home of Mrs. Z. b. Meredith. Miss
Mary Caulson, Mrs. Hope, Miss Fay Urmy,
Miss stella Clark. Leon Davis and Miss
Grace Meredith sang solos. with the fairies
and brownies joining in the chorus
Ralph Mitchell and Glenn Sullivan ffnper-
little Emily Crow sang. The ladies Of the
LOwman Hin Kindergarten association are
Mrs D E Dickinson. Mrs. E. b. Meredith.
Mrs Holt, Mrs. Seller Mrs Neil, Mrs.
White, Mrs Frank Washburn-
A number of ladies' with their babies
spent yesterday afternoon with Mrs. Harry
Irons and little James Proudfft irons.
Those present were: Mrs Frank Berry
and SON. Raymond; Mrs G b Lyon and
lard; Mrs. Fred Carson and son John
Mrs William Gushard and daughter. Geral-
dine. and Mrs CHI @&-sburg and
&@UkhtG- Dorothy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-29

while the fine rain of more than two
inches, and the only good. wet rain
the county has had in two years, has
changed the appearance &of all the
people. Senator Bert c. CuIp was
one of the happfest of Beloit people.
for he had made a good financial stake
in the sale of several car loads of
sheep in the Kansas City market. In
school for, girls is located, one hears
little of the friction the state papers
claim is going on in this institution.
So your correspondent finds the few
changes made in the Old Home Town
after q years abser ce have been for
the best. He believed the next visit
he makes to Beloit he will find the
same people and a larger population,
and a greater business.
Stockton has as fine city park rs
any town in northwest Kansas can af-
ford. 1t has been especially fitted up
for tourist travel until it is not only
a nice place for the tourists to stop
and rest. it has conveniences to stop
over night if the tourists desire The
well known Topeka contractors and
builders. the Cuthberts, who are build
ing the new court house for Rocks
county, generously donated their time
and material to build three ovens in
the park.
The Mitchell county district COURT
had its first experience with a woman
juror last week and she proved so
that the attorneys who
viewed a woman juror with alarm will
have no qualms about trying cases
before women in the future. Mrs.
Alice Keys, wife of w. ]. Keys. a well
known Beloit clothing merchant, was
the woman who had the honor Of
being the first of her sex to serve in
Mitchell county as juror The first
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-29
SAFETY FIRST GETS RESULTS
Fatalities and Injuries Are Reduced
by the Pennsylvania

A reduction of So per cent in ia
talities and 81 per cent in injuries
among employees of the Pennsylvania
System during 1921 as compared with
1890 is reported by R. II. Newbern
superintendent of the insurance de-
partment.
After making allowance for a de-
crease of IS per cent in the avera &c
number of employees in the service
during 1921. the net reduction in the
accident frequency vas 40 per cent
in fatalities and Is per cent in in
juries-
Nine operating divisions and five
shops with a total of 1000 employees
are cited for passing thru the year
without fatality. The divisions are
Cresson, Delaware, Norfolk Schuyl-
kill, Wheeling, Logansport. Richmond.
GAINESVILLE and Peoria, and the shops
are Trenton Hoboken, Altoona Car
shop. South Altoona ES=A<1rY and
Juniata-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-29
SANTA FE BUILDS At NEWTON
Start Work in May on New office
Building to Cost 1925, 200.

The S225,000 structure which the
Santa F'e will build at Newton for
middle division headquarters will be
one of the best equipped office build
ings in Kansas, according to H. w.
Wagner, chief engineer. The speci-
ffcations have been approved by Gem
era1 Manager Fred c. Fox and con-
struction is to be started next month
The building is to be equipped
thruout with special steel filing equip
ment. The indirect system of lighting
will be employed and there will be
plugs for CictapLones, pneumatic
tubes and conveyance of messages
and communications between floors
and an inter-office telephone system.
The walls of the structure will be
reinforced concrete. faced with brick
and thoroly fireproof. 1t will be To-
Gated on triangular shaped piece OF
ground purchased by the Santa Fe
some time ago. 1t will be $50 feet
long and 73 feet wide, two stories and
high basement. virtually three stories.
The new building will have facilities
for 10 employees
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-29
WITH SANTA FE IN SOS
Thomas j. Foy Helped Build Line Out
of Topeka.


of Topeka.
one of the interesting railroad char
acters of Topeka is Thomas J. Foy,
PIT Tyler strest, who on September l..
last year was placed on the pension
list after having rounded out fifty
three years If service with the Santa
Fe. of which @orty-six years were con-
tinuous-
Attic he has passed the three score
and ten mark. Mr.. Foy is still Wig
orous and spry and takes great de
light in telling young men, especially
those employed in the shops, whom
he visits occasionally, the way rail-
reading was done back in the sixties,
and other thrilling events of the early
days
Mr.. Foy was born in st. Louis. July
Is. 1S49, and at the age of eleven
years enlisted in @he regular army.
the youngest recorded. and for five
years was stationed at points in New
Mexico and Texas during the Indian
fighting. after which he returned to
Kansas via a Mclean mule train to
Lawrence. He later lived in LeaYen-
worth but came to Topeka with his
parents in 1867.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-29

1t was in June of the following year
that Mr. Foy had what was probably
the most thrilling event of his life.
IL didn't last long but Mr.. Foy was
was working on the east wing of the
state capitol building when a scaffold
broke He fell a distance of sixty
eight feet to the ground.
In 1868 considerable excitement was
occa stoned by the announcement that
some eastern capitalists were going
to build a line of railroad west to
Santa Fe. At that time, Mr.. Foy
says, it was the general impression
that only a bunch of fools would enter
into such an undertaking but it wasn't
long until he was helping to grade
the new Santa Fe line out of To-
pel1a. Now he is proud of having
assisted with the project, which at
the time seemed next to impossible.
but now a part of one of the greatest
transcontinental systems of railroad
in America.
After it was finally proven that a
line of railroad could be constructed
over mountains and thru a desert, the
ordinary individual still chung to the
idea that it could never be made to
pay a dividend According to Mr..
Foy 1T was not infrequent in those
days for every one TO be laid off the
job because of the lack of necessary
funds to so ahead with the work
Now he jokingly compares that time
with the present, when. with nothing
to do but enjoy himself, the good old
Santa Fe still keeps him on the pay
roll and continues to bother him every
month with the same old script"
At the time of his retirement, Mr.
Foy was employed as a lumber in
spector for the stores department. His
friends and acquaintance are num-
bered among the officials and en-
ployes on every division of the road.
Fanx~ frar =
the most competent men in his line
OF work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-29

oasa on which she sat was q eontrdcI
"a se entitled ]. w. iron vs. the e .lI,-.
eli County Board of Comnnissio et =
By agreement the jury consls n's 49,
only eleven jurors, ana soiAAS -''3-,,aI
this was because one woman We ss ~
to two men in weighing the etAaeiiS -
At any rate the jury agreed on -
first ballot. bringing IN = Es5uios -,
the defendant and those WY 49,
skepticaI that one woman FVouid Isl
with ten men. are anxious that future
juries in Mitchell county De OF si0
mixed variety
There are runnors afloat that the r
& M railroad viii lay another track
of their line from Republican, Neb' 70
Oberlin, the present terminus OF TINS
branch 1t is one of~the best feeuefs
the main line has The enterpr1SinS
towns of Long Island, Almena, Nor
ton. OrOnogue and NOrcatur are To-
Gated on this branch line.
The Farmers State bank of Stock
ton is now under the management OF
NJ. L. Rreon. some OF the former
owners having disposed of their IN
tereStS on account of other business
matters which needed their attention.
The remaining stockholders viii re-
organize at once and elect Mr.. Breon
president. and I. l. Perkins will re-
main cashier. This bank is under the
depositors state guarantee law, and
The town of Cedar. Smith county,
wants a physician Y. no will stay For
several years the town has had several
doctors. but it seems they go else
where to spend their money. And this
town was Smith county's first county
seat. At one time three doctors were
practicing their profession in Cedar.
Thomas Hill. of Cawker City, is
an old Civil wa veteran. and draws
the usual soldiers pension. He is en-
titled to more than this. from the
fact that he is the oldest blacksmith
in years of service in the Big Sixth, if
not in the state He went to Cawker
City in March, 1871. started in the
trade of blacksmithing, and is still
in the same occupation If
his profession has a national organ
iZation. and they pay pensions for
service, Hill is entitled to one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-29
HERB'T HOLT FOR o. S. SENATOR
Former Santa Fe Man Files for Office
I'm New Mexico


Topeka friends of Herbert Holt, of
whom he has many in the Santa Fe
family. will be interested IN knowing
that he has just filed nomination pa
pers at Las Cruces for United States
senator from New Mexico.
For several years Holt was en-
ployed in the freight department of
the Santa Fe at Topeka as a stenog-
rapher. When he wasn't working he
studied law and when he left here
about fifteen years ago it was for the
purpose of opening law office at
Las Cruces.
Once established in New Mexico
Holt became active in politics and
was elected judge of the district court,
and later served in the senate of that
state. Now comes the announcement
that he will be a candidate for the
United States senate at Washington.
While living in Topeka, Holt mar
ried the daughter OF the Reverend
Lineous Blakesly, at one time a local
minister
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-29
GOING TO TRAVEL IN EUROPE?
Then Get Ready to Dig Up Some Real
Railroad Fare

II people in this country think rail-
road passenger rates are too high
those who expect to tour Europe this
summer viii receive a jolt when they
land overseas and start to journey
there Passenger rates in Europe are
liz per cent higher than they are in
America, as is shown by the following
comparisons which are on a gold
basis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-29
CUr Loss AND DAMAGE CLAIMS.
tsrcater Care i'm Marking and Handling
Help. Report Shows.

Following is n summary OF the an
nuai report on freight loss and dam
FEe OF the Pennsylvania system for
the year just ended:
. Informaticn set forth in the an
rual report OF the insurance depart
iucnt OF the Peuns -ivania system COW
Aging freight loss and damage for the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-29
Chapman Gets More Paved Streets

Chapman, Kan, April 29.=The
Chapman city council recently let
contract for the paving of four and
one-half blocks at $22,7O The pave
ment will be of brick construction
and will be completed in June.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-29

Two men met in the state house cor
ridor the other. day, and each thought
he knew the other, but were not GER
tain However: an introduction
brought out the fact that many years
ago they were boys in the same town
ship in Smith county, taught rural
schools at the same time, and at
tended county institute together.
These two were E T. (Tom) Thomp-
son, state treasurer, and c. L. Thomp-
son, one of the leading attorneys of
Hoxie. Sheridan county. They had
seen nothing of each other for a third
of a century. The latter went to Sheri-
dan county in the Populist days. and
one of the influential Demo-P apu1ist
papers of the Sixth district Many
an editorial battle did he and Frank
McIvor, now assistant state auditor.
have, the latter then being at the helm
of the Sentinel, the only Republican
paper of the county. These battles
often assumed a serious aspect from
the viewpoint of the patrons. but the
boys were always friends socially and
every other way but politically. While
editing the PalIa dunn Mr.. Thompson
was elected clerk of the district court,
and while serving in that capacity
studied law and was later admitted to
the bar after passing a most creditable
examination. He was accompanied to
Topeka by Mrs. Thompson and they
became MEMBERS of the ToItec Rite
while visiting in Topeka.
The writer of sixth District Notes
took a lay off this week and visited
the .'Old Home Town" of Beloit, shook
hands with hundreds. and ate several
meals with kind friends. The town
hadn't changed much in his years
absence. he same people were do
ing business. and it looked if they
are prosperous It was quite nat
ural to visit the newspaper offices }
Among the first. the Gazette and Daily (
Call and they were busy as. they could I
be. Charley l. hragey was missing.
He was filling the appointment of the /
president as minister TO Finland. The 1
Mitchell county old soldiers reunion I
was held in advance in order to OBJ 4
serve Gen Grants memorial birthday. i
The address of r. M Anderson in eu-
Iogy of the life and histoEy of the
was alike fitting the
occasion as it was entertaining to the
house of friends and atten- 1
i've listeners tChan." Perdue, every
oody's friend. was among those who
had passed on. Three of the scandi-
iates for governor lad been calling on
he people. and they told their stories II
Why they ought TO be the choice Of
he voters. The loss of the greater
part of the wheat crop in Mitchell
county this yea- Will not -etard the
work mapped C=E Il Belcit this yeaI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-29

Timothy f. Maher, scrap dock fore
man of the Rock Island stores at Hor-.
ton, kan. has been placed on the rail-
roads pension list after twenty-seven
years continuous service. Maher will
receive a monthly pension of $3.50.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-29
1IEE|aaEEEEAzII.IDlL GHI3E I1IssE

The Chicago, Burlington &c Quincy
is preparing plans and expects to call
for bids in the near future for the
construction of shop facilities in Den
yer. Colo, to involve an expenditure
of approximately 100000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-29

A safety meeting for employees of
the Union Pacific will be held at the
rest room east of the local passenger
station, Tuesday night. May ?, at s
o'clock. Notices OF the meeting have
been posted by J. L. Chandley, traine
master, who will preside.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-29

3. +. Smith has been appointed
general supervisor OF signals on the
eastern lines of the Santa Fe with
headquarters at Topeka Smith has
been signal supervisor on the Missouri
division with headquarters at Marco
line. Mo The change was effective
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-29

The Santa Fe this week asked the
interstate commerce commission foI
authority TO acquire control of the
Ell Dorado & Santa Fe by lease and
by the purchase of capital stock. This
is the company which will build the
new. Santa Fe cutoff from Ellinor to
Ell Dorado.