The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-18
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| Fire of unknown origin which &C
CURED recently at the car shops of the
Santa Fe in Chicago. destroyed two
| freight cars. The estimated loss. in
GLIDING part of the car repair shed.
was $4,000
Salina and a number of other towns
are now engaged in an attempt to
raise a fund of $4,000 to enable the
/ Salina Northern TO purchase motor
I passenger coach for use on its line
4 The plan is to loan" the money to
the company but, according to reports.
the pledges are slow in coming in.
The Chicago safety council. in its
cooperation with the railroads to re-
duce automobile accidents, finds that
in the year ending December 80, 1921,
out of 30 cases reported by the roads,
sixty-three were instances where
crossing gates were damaged by mo-
tor vehicles running into them
The Union Pacific announces that
the dates of holding the Portland Rose
Festival have been definitely fixed.
June 7, and arc the DAYS for the
annual observances of the festival
which has proven very attractive in
the past. The dates decided upon
were. set to conform with the time
San Francisco can be in Portland.
Robert Is. Stanton. formerly a di-
vision engineer of the Union Pacific,
died recently at a hospital in Siam
ford. Conn. Mr. Stanton was rs years
of age, and well known for This en-
gineering aid in the construction of
the Georgetown loop and the sur
veying of a railroad line thru the
Grand Canyon.
The Arkansas Central. which has
been operate by the Missouri Pacific
for some time, was absorbed by that
company on March 1, and will hence
forth be known as the Paris district
of the Central division. The Arkansas
CentraPs line extends between Fort
Smith, Ark. and Paris, a distance of
forty-six miles.
The interstate commerce commits
sion has authorized the acquisition by
the Union Pacific of the control of the
railroad operated by the Saratoga &
Encampment Railroad company by an
operating agreement with an option
to purchase. Plans for taking over
this road were made by the Union
Pacific several weeks ago. =
Salina business men have started
move for better mail service by ask
ing that the mail run on the Beloit
branch of the Union Pacific be ex-
tended to that city. The branch train
runs into Salina but at present the
mail car is held at Solomon until the
train returns and is ready to make
the trip back to Beloit. The new
service is practically assured, a re-
port from Salina says
The American Railway Express
company recently established a branch
office at Louisville Ky. for handling
tobacco only. The office is located
in the plant Of the National Tobacco
company. a branch of the American
Tobacco company. 1t handles abort
so popular that the American Tobacco
company will soon establish exclusive
express offices at it's other branches.
E E Brayman. local manager for
the American Railway Express COM
pany. tells this one: Two English
men travelling in Spain stopped at an
inn one hot day to have a couple of
themselves in trying to make the inn
keeper understand their wants, one
finally drew a picture of a COW. Ex-
aiming this with interest. the host
shook his head that he at last under
stood. He slipped out and returned
in half hour with two tickets for a
bull fight"
There's a lot of difference between
running down a blind tiger to. it's lair
and using the cab of a. Denver & Rio
Grande Western locomotive as a blind
for hunting deer in the Colorado
Rockies. But the crew of a freight
train and a couple of hunters bagged
fame and venison in that manner dur
ing the recent open season in Colo
RADIO The train approached a place
where deer had been known to cross
the track. with caution. Several ant
Tered forms were sighted, and one
OF the hunters, shooting from the cab
window, brought down a handsome
buck The train was stopped long
enough 70 nut r,,-i-n nlnnnr.I -