The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-28
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! For the first time in the history of
! the southeastern Kansas lead and
zinc mining district; ore is being
| shipped from various parts of the
| field to Joplin smelters by interurban
| electric cars. Owing to the car short
age the railroads are not able to keep
enough ore moving to Joplin to keep
the shelters going.
The Rock Island has renewed. for
a period of one year, its agreement
with the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers covering working rifles and
lleonditions.
A railroad ''Hetel on Wheels" an
aggregation of parked Pullman and
| dining cars, served the delegates to
the national convention of the Amer
lean Legion at New Orleans. The
veterans were housed in the Pullman
cars, fed in the diners. and shower
baths. laundry facilities, barber shops
and club accommodations were af-
forded in the cars which were set in
the New Orleans yards.
The Kansas supreme court has held
| that passenger on the Santa Fe who.
| leaving a car, was Injured when the
! car door, blew shut on her fingers, is
not entitled to damages, since she was
| of mature years, and knew that the
| door was swinging freely.
Columbus, the county seat of Cher
ekee county. has voted $4,000 in
| bonds to aid the Joplin & PittSburg
in extending its interurban line from
that city south to Pieher. Okla, where
| it will tap extensive lead and zinc
| mines. The bonds are not TO be de-
livered to the company until the line
, is completed and in operation.
A baby's crib is an unusual public
utility" in the Katy" depot at Cof-
feyville. The matron, who attends
to keeping clean bedding in readi-
ness for the next occupant, says an
average OF a dozen to fifteen babies a
week nap in it, some of them hours
| at time. Without exception the
! mothers express appreciation. The
crib was Installed by the Salvation
Army.
Completion of a large DAM. three
miles south of Hoisington, is an
nounced by fficials of the Missouri
Pacific railroad. Waters from Wal
nut creek Will be used to fill the lake
and it is estimated that three months
of steady pumping will be necessary
before the two million gallons neees-
sary to fill the lake can be handled.
| The Rock Island has issued in
quiries for 500 box cars, 500 coal cars,
$500 automobile cars, $50 flat ears,
$50 ballast cars, $50 refrigerator cars,
$50 stock cars, and fifty 70-foot steel
suburban cars. The Missouri Pacific
has ordered 5000 tons of steel rail
and is inquiring for 5000 tons of tie
plates. The Rock Island has ordered
10000 tons of rail. and the Union Pa
cific is inqliring for 1000 tons of
tie plates, 10000 kegs of tie spikes
and 5000 kegs of track boits--Sone
prosperity!
The average price of twenty rep
resentative railroad stocks on October
II was S73.63, as against $72.35 the
previous week, and s54.5S on the
same date List year. The average
price of like number of bonds was
| sS7.85 October II, as against 1856
the previous week, and s76.34 on the
same date last year.
/ A total OF 1901 cars were loaded
i with bituminous coal on Monday, Oc-
tober Is. This was the largest num-
Der loaded on any one day with BIZ
! luminous coal since December 20,
1920, when the total was 42,004 cars.
Loadings on Monday exceeded by sos
cars the preceding Monday, which up
| to that time had been the high point
| 1t also exceeded the daily average for
October last year by more than 10000
cars. and the daily average for Sep
TENDER this ear by more than 49,
4 600. cars.