The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-04
R. /. TO CELEBRATE
Seventeen Anniversary of Road
To Be Observed Oct. 10.
Memorial Exercises Planned
for Late M. A. Lowe, Attorney.


The celebration by employees in To-
peka of the Rock Island, of the sew
entieth anniversary of that road, will
commence at II o'clock. Tuesday, Oc-
tober 10, with memorial exercises and
the planting of a tree on the station
grounds. in memory of the late NJ. A.
Low, general attorney for the road for
many years.
Much of the development of the
Rock Island, west from Missouri, was
due to the vision of Mr.. Low, who be-
gan his railroad experience at Tren-
ton, Mo. He was the head of the ST.
Joseph & Iowa company. In l6So-So
while he was serving as division So
licitor of the Rock Island he caused
the incorporation of the Chicago, Kan
sas & Nebraska Railway company.
President of r. I. Club To Speak.
The Topeka employees of the COM
pauy have chosen an arbor vitae tree,
as a memorial to Mr.. Low. the ad-
dress at the planting OF the tree VIII
be given by H. r. Halleck, president
of the Topeka Rock Island club, and
officer of the days celebration here.
w. c. Cartridge, division claim agent
is to be the sponsor
As a part Of the system celebration
of the event, the first run of pas
SenEeF tram DN lHt 1NONh ASidllu VIII
be re-enacted in the operation of
special train between Chicago and
J Joliet. the scene of the operation of
the first passenger train over the sys-
TEN.
The passengers on the 1922 special
will include President J. Z. German,
the board of directors of the road,
other officials and invited guests and
Mrs. w. w. Stevens, who was
passenger on the first train in 1852
At Joliet, monument to the memory
of Samuel Benedict Reed, civil en-
gineer. who surveyed the line of the
Rock Island from Chicago to Joliet,
will be unveiled.
The high officials of the road will
then return TO Chicago. where a
luncheon is to be given with the
pensioned employees of the system as
guests. The speakers at the luncheon
will include President German, and
Carl Nyquiss vice president and sec
rotary and treasurer of the road, and
will be provided over by T. H. Bea-
com, general manager and chairman
Of the board of pensions.
To Present Medals.
Medals are to be presented at the
luncheon to the pensioned employees
who were in the service of the road
for fifty years or more. Medals are
also to be distributed over the sys-
tenn, by division superintendents to
tury on the staff of the Rock Island,
are still in the service.
Rock Island clubs at a large num-
Der of points on the system, will hold
special meetings on the night of Oc-
tober TO-, at which a feature of the
program will be radio entertainment
broadcast from the Westinghouse sta
ton in Chicago.
= The Topeka Rock Island club,
which is meeting at the Chamber of
10, will receive the radio program
By meansN of an apparatus which
has been installed by the AlIstead
Radio & Electrical company of To-
pelIa.
The radio program, which will COM
mence in Topeka at O'Clock and con-
unue till o'clock, will start with a
selection, The Heart of America" by
the Rock Island Employees orchestra.
Carl Nyquist, vice president, secretary
and treasurer of the road, will offer
q greeting to the employees who are
tuned in" and to the public. Presi-
dent J. f. German will deliver an ad-
dress. Mrs. Carl Carl Nyquist will
sing three songs. Charles Hayden,
chairman of the board of directors,
will make a short address. William
Barlow Ross will sing three songs, and
the program will conclude with three
numbers by the employees orchestra
Topekans to Meet at c. of c.
In Topeka the public is invited to at
tend the program of speeches which
commences at 1880 at the chamber
of Commerce and the radio program
at S o'clock.
The Topeka Rock Island club will
open its evening meeting with a din
ner at $50 o'clock at the Chamber of
Commerce. Following the dinner, H.
S. Conrad of the law firm of Guthrie
e Conrad of Kansas City Mo-, local
attorneys for the road there, will speak
on the History of the Rock Island"
Following the addresses at the
Chamber Of Commerce and by wire
lees, there will be a dance for the
Rock Island employees, commencing at
~ o'clock, for which the music will
re furnished by Opperman's orchestra.
Public meetings are being held in
no less than thirty-seven points on
the road, some of them by organiza-
some by chambers of commerce.
Spec kers from the personnel of the
roads staff will be sent to these
points.
From Topeka. Luther Burns. of the
legal department. will go TO Colorado
Springs; J. z. DuMars, assistant at
torney, will go TO Manhattan, and L.
F. Strain. division freight agent, will
go to Dodge City
Halleck, president of the local club,
has been in charge or the arrange
ments for the celebration. Special
medallions, struck in commemoration
of the event, have been distributed
among all employees of the road.
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