The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-01-28
Railroad NelUs of Week
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The Burlington has recently placed
an order for sixty-two passenger cars,
twelve dining cars. and fifty-three
baggage and mail cars.
The Santa Fe has announced that it
will make repairs and alterations to
its grain elevators at Argentine. Kan.
at an estimated cost of approximately
SIS. 900.
Its a shame to get hurt in Feb
ruary when there are only twenty
eight days" is the safety bulletin
which Isaiah Hale, safety superintend-
ent OF the Santa Fe. has issued for that
month.
George T. Boggs. who was vice
president, assistant treasurer and as
sistant secretary of the Rock Island,
retiring in 1911, died a few days ago
in New York City as the result of an
operation.
A belt line, connecting the Arkansas
Valley interurban with the steam rail-
ways in Hutchinson, and providing an
entrance for freight trains from the
Midland Valley, Orient and Frisco rail-
ways into Hutchinson, is now being
constructed.
The Denver & Rio Grande an
nounces that it will this year
convert most of its narrow track in
eastern and southern Colorado to
standard gauge. The announcement
is being regarded as very important by
the industries in that part of the state.
Cleveland, O., has been selected for
this years national convention of the
Order of Railway G '1lductors of Amer
lea. The sessions will begin May 1,
and will last several weeks. A move
ment is on foot to move the order S
headquarters to Cleveland from Cedar
Rapids, Ia. Cleveland is now general
engineers, trainmen, and locomtive
firemen and enginemen.
Thru an error in computing the tar
iff sheet the passenger fare from Kan
saS City, Kan, to Topeka has been
$2.36 since the war tax was removed
the first of the year. This week while
the Wyandotte county Republicans
were making their transaction for a
special train to Topeka next Monday,
it was discovered that the regular fare
should be only. $3.50 and that rate is
now in effect.
A contract has been awarded by the
Chicago region of the Erie to a pri-
vate concern for the maintenance of
LTdCh anu the pIOlOSlIOh u highway
crossings on the Chicago, Marion and
Cincinnati divisions. According to the
plan provided in this contract all
track foremen, track laborers and
crossing Watchmen have been released
from the service of the railroad COM
pany and are now employees of the
contracting company.
The Kansas & Oklahoma Railway
company expects to complete the last
three miles of grade on that railway
from Liberal to the Stevens county line
within a few days. There are pros
poets, it is said, of new townsite, TO
be known as Pleasant Valley, which
will be located about ten miles from
Liberal. This will mean the abandon
ment of the new town of Archer. The
survey of the road thru Stevens county
plats are ready to be filed with the
county clerk.
The Santa FEES extension west from
Satanic will end in Stanton county
within a quarter of a mile of a half
of Rice county. Heffner, according
to a report from Hutchinson, bought
the land a year ago. The projected
railroad extension goes westward from
Satanic thru Grant county and two
thirds of the way thru Stanton county.
Heffner's tract is just south of the
roads terminal and it is believed that
the Santa Fe expects a new town to
spring up al that point.
The conscience fund.- Of the South
ern Pacific has received. since 1907.
contributions ranging in amount from
3 cents to SIS, and aggregating alto
gether SILICA. A resident of Bakers
field, Calf, sent 1888 to cover an adj
ditional amount due the railroad as
the result of a 13-year-old boy riding
from Fresno to Bakersfield on a half
fare ticket An employee in Los An
geles sent 1913 which was the result
of overcharges in his expense account.
From Portland, Ore, a man sent 80
cents to defray the loss of two barrel
covers owned by the company which
he had thrown into the Marys river.