The Topeka state journal., 1922-05-27
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1t is reported that the Katy has
sold its branch line extending from
Mckinney, Tex, TO Shreveport, La
about 220 miles long, for $4,000, ,OOO-
president and principal owner of the
Louisiana Railway & Navigation COM
pany, is said to be the purchaser.
The oklahoma Southwestern has
awarded a contract for the construc-
ton of a -ten-mile extension from
Nuyaka to Okmulgee- Okla, and con-
templates further extensions in the
grading for the Nuyaka-Okmulgee
line will begin within the next thirty
days.
To help handle the tourist travel
this summer, the Frisco and the Rock
Island will. commencing today, put
on thru sleeping cars between Mem
phis. Tenn. and Denver. Colo. Under
this plan passengers may leave Mem
phis in the evening. and without max
ing a change, be in Denver by noon
the second day.
L. J. Hughes. assistant engineer of
the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific,
with headquarters at Chicago. has
been promoted to division engineer,
with headquarters at Chicago, to sue
transferred to Fairbury, Neb. Bradley
succeeded J. c. Bloom, who has been
promoted to engineer maintenance of
way of the system, with headquarters
at Chicago
The number of cars loaded with
revenue freight during the week ended
May 6 showed a slight reduction as
compared with the week before, to
755.749 from 75S.2 .2s6. This repre-
sented an increase as compared with
the corresponding week of last year.
when the loading was 721.722 in spite
of the continuance of the coal strike,
but was far below the loading for
the corresponding week of 1920, which
was S+3,1S4.
Eric V. Hauser. president of the
Portland Rose festival. is on his way
east over the Union Pacific carrying
a message from Portland school chill
dren to President and Mrs. Harding
inviting them to that city during the
festival, which will be held on June Z.
and 2. This annual event is one
of the prettiest civic celebrations held
in the entire country, and this year
is attracting more interest than ever,
according to Union Pacific passenger
agents.
To take care of the great increase in
travel expected to Colorado this sum-
mer the Chicago & Northwestern and
Union Pacific lines will add a third
train between Chicago and Denver,
erreCtlVe, WeStDOunQ, May ZS-eaSt-
bound, May 80. The new train, known
as the Denver special, viii be much
faster than any train now operated
from Chicago to Denver and will carry
standard sleeping cars, chair cars.
coaches, observation and dining car.
Few stops will be made The train
will be routed thru Omaha.
The American Railway Express
company has contracted with the
Alaskan Engineering commission to do
express business on the United States
Government railroad int Alaska, effec-
tive this month. The length of the
road operated is 537 miles. Express
service has been carried on in Alaska
and in the Yukon territory for more
than twenty five years. the Ameri-
can Railway Express company having
succeeded to the business of the Wells
Fargo company in that region The
Alaska railroad operates passenger
trains twice a week each way. except
for one section of sixty-four miles
where there are three trains a week.
Trains are run only during the day
time.