The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-04
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Fred C. Fox. general manager of the
Santa Fe's eastern lines, will leave
Sunday on a business trip to Chicago
and New York. He will be gone a
week or ten days.
George NJ. Douglas, 65.. one of the
oldest engineers on the Katy system
in point of service, fell dead of heart
failure in the Parsons yards one mora
ing this week While preparing to board
his switch engine.
AS all of its engines running on the
Junction City-Parsons division ara
now equipped to burn oil, the M. K.
bins, chutes' and other facilities Of
that nature at junction City.
Both the Union Pacific and the
Rock Island have announced reduced
rates to Manhattan Kan, for the
Farm and Home week to be held there
February 6 to IL. Round trip tickets
will be sold for one and g, half fares.
AS a forerunner to the coming
tourist season, the Union Pacific Pas
senger department announced this
week that summer excursion rates
would be placed on sale May Is with
return privileges extending until Sep
TENDER 80.
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general manager of the Katy with
headquarters at Parsons, Kan, is 70
be transferred to Dallas Texas. In
that event it is understood that H. FL.
MeGee, at present manager of the
Texas lines, will succeed Johnson at
Parsons.
Charles Hayden, chairman of the
board of the Rock Island, and NJ. L.
Bell, vice president and general coun-
sci of that system, were this week
elected to the board of the Chicago &
Alton railroad. J. H. Mackie and
Robert Walker resigned from the Chi
cago & Alton.
Details of a pension system on the
Burlington have been announced by
President Hale Holden. After contin-
uous service of at least twenty years.
pensions may be granted to certain
classes of employees upon reaching the
age of 65 years. and to other classes
after attaining 10 years
For some time the Santa Fe and
the Burlington have been trying to
work out plan to have the Santa Fe
lido all the Burlington's switching at
Atchison, but at a conference held this
week it was decided that nothing
could be saved by the arrangement
and the plan was dropped.
The outlook for a wheat crop in the
Panhandle part of Texas was greatly
improved by rains the first of this
week, according to a statement made
by c.. P. Cruice. manager of the agri-
cultural and development department
of the Santa Fe, following his return
from a visit to that section.
Efforts are now being made at a
number of points in Kansas to organ
ize parties OF railroad men to go to
Mexico to work for the Mexican gov
eminent. Those backing the plan
say that the government there is plan
ming large extensions and is in need of
experienced railroad men in all de-
partments.
officials and authorities of the state
agricultural college to run a special
livestock, dairying and poultry tram
for demonstration purposes over the
Santa Fe lines in Kansas in the near
future. F. P. Cruice, manager of the
agricultural and industrial depart
ment. is in charge of the arrangements
for the Santa Fe.
The following unsigned letter was
recently received by the Santa F'e
ticket office il Los Angeles, with S33
in bills enclosed: Enclosed find s33
cago. VIII you kindly credit it there.
Our Father il Heaven impressed me
with the fact that this did not rightly
belong to me, so with His help 1 am
restoring it It is some half fare that
should have been paid
The negro. workers of Parsons are