The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-07-24
PASS 1000 MARK
Gradual Increase of Employees
at Shops in Topeka.
Gain of Three Per Cent in
Number of Cars Repaired.
MOST OF TRAINS ON TIME
Not One AnnuIIed and Not an
Embargo Is Issued.
Optimistic Statements From
the Santa Fe Today.

With an enormous wheat movement
on and all kinds of business on the
increase, the Santa Fe is inclined to
worry little over the strike. Condi-
tions in the shops are actually show
ing an Improvement over that of the
days Immediately preceding the
strike.
During the five days ending July
%, the number of freight cars re-
paired at the Santa Fe shops in To-
peka averaged seventy-seven per day,
a gain of three per day over the aver
age number repaired during the cor
responding period in June, before the
waikout, according to a statement
made today by w. K. Etter, acting
general manager of the eastern lines.
THE number of cars repaired dur
ing the entire three weeks of the
strike-the first three weeks in July
averaged forty-four per day. as
against seventy-four per day during
the corresponding period in June, be-
The average was low while our shop
forces were in process of reorga MIA
ton after the strike started, but it in
creased steadily until we reached the
normal output, and better.
"Our normal number of bad order
cars on hand is 1900. Saturday, July
%, the number was 1888. 1 think
that is pretty good, considering that
the Str1ko mad Deen in effect three
weeks.
"On July 1, the day the strike
started, eight engines stood outside
the Topeka shops awaiting admission
for repairs. Saturday only seven To-
comotives were waiting to be re-
paired
Most of Trains on Time.
"Our railroad is functioning in a
satisfactory manner. Eighty-seven
per cent of our trains arrived at their
terminals on time during the third
week of the strike. This is a fair av-
erage.
I'VE are entering the fourth week
of the strike in better condition than
at. any previous time since the trouble
began Not a single train in the thir-
teen states in which the company op-
crates mas been annulled, nor has
there been a single embargo issued
against any kind of traffic for any
cause Business, both freight and pass
senger, was better the first three
weeks in July than it was the first
santa Fe is concerned, the strike is
about over
Freight Shipments Heavy.
Freight 1oadings on the Santa Fe
and connecting lines have been sur
passing that of any time since before
coal shipments, all kinds of business
is on the increase. The new wheat
is commencing to move in large guam
titles and there is a big demand for
cars So far, however, there has been
no shortage.
The coal shortage will not seriously
interfere with the operation of trains
on the Santa Fe, Mr.. Etter says. Oil
is used largely by the Santa Fe and
more locomotives can be transform ed
into oil burners on short notice While
complete transformation would be
impossible, Mr.. Etter says, the Santa
Fe will get the coal it needs from
mines in New Mexico in the event the
tieup in Kansas, Missouri and Illinois
continues.
2,O15 Men at Werk in Shops.
The number of workmen employed
in the Topeka shops of the Santa Fe
passed the 1000 mark today, ,O15,
w. D. Deveny, superintendent, told
The State Journal.
I'VE are increasing our forces stead
lily, and everything is running smooth
ly,' Deveny said. "A heavy volume
of work is being turned out daily"
When the strike started the forces
in the shops aggregated 2,510. The
walkout occurred Saturday, July /
The following Monday 1,167 men
showed up for work. The number
has nearly doubled in three weeks