The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-01-14
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during 1921 built 964 new locomotives
against 1884 in 1920. The company
also repaired PA locomotives last
year.
The Santa Fe and the Arizona East
ern railway are receiving bids for the
construction of a two-story steel. tile
and concrete union station at Phoenix,
Ariz., to cost 100000.
The Burlington, thru its board of
directors, has authorized the purchase
of 1900 freight cars. Included in the
purchase are 500 stock cars, 1900 re-
frigerator cars. $500 box-cars, and
5000 composite coal cars.
The Burlington will construct line
of railroad extending from Hardin,
Mont, on it's main line, into the Soap
Creek oil field area, distance Of
about thirty miles. Surveys for this
work have already been started.
The freight claim prevention de-
partment of the Chicago & North
ployes have reduced freight claims by
100000 during 1921, which was
twice the amount requested by the
management at the beginning of the
year.
Altho short haul passenger bust
ness is very light and has been for the
past two months the Frisco is the only
Kansas road that has sought to re-
trench by reducing its train service.
The Frisco recently discontinued two
trains operating between Wichita,
Kan, and Monet, Mo.
The katy has awarded a contract
for the construction of a ground-op-
Grated water treating plant at Par
sons. Kan. The plant will have
treating capacity of $4,000 gallons of
water each hour, and a storage at the
top of the main settling tank capable
of holding 1000 gallons of treated
water.
L. S. Cass. president of the defunct
Kansas City & Northwestern railroad,
and 7. Lee. receiver, conferred at Kan
sas City, Kan, this week with a COM
mittee from various towns touched by
the road in an effort to work out
plan of rehabilitation. The result of
the conference, however, was not an
nounced.
More than so per cent of the tour
lists who visited Yellowstone National
park last year were carried over tho
Union Pacific, according to a bulletin
issued by that company, and owing to
the great popularity of this route, two
trains will be scheduled next summer
instead of one. The new train will
make the journey between Pocatello
and Park by daylight.
Walker D. Hines, former director of
railroads. has notified the interstate
commerce commission that in order
to maintain the national railroads i'll
a condition adequate to the needs. it
would be necessary to spend over IL
billion dollars a year on construction
nd t. ~,
with a statement recently issued by w.
B. Storey, president of the Santa F'e.
Employees of the Union Pacific
shops at Armstrong held a buffet lun-
cheon and dance Thursday night to
celebrate the winning of the shop
safety first banner for the Union Pa
cific system. The Armstrong shops
finished first in a contest that was
held during the year ending Novem-
Der 80, 1921. Another contest is now
on.
Final payments to railroads by the
government on claims and adjust
ments arising out of wartime control
are estimated to require $243,042, 060.
according to a report sent by Director
General of Railroads Davis to the
senate recently. At the same time he
said the administration had available
cash credits with the treasury of
Sl52, $50, 900 for use in the settlements
and likewise holds much larger sums
in securities.
The Rock Island passed the million
dollar mark in December in the
amount paid out to it's employees. re-
tired on pensions. The total amount
paid out in pensions to employees from
the date of the organization of the
pension system, January 1, 1910, to
December 81, 1921, was $1,O05, 64S. 60.
The total number of employees pen
stoned during these eleven years was
$50. of whom 343 are still living and
receiving checks monthly.
Isaiah Hale. safety superintendent
for the Santa Fe, who has just re-
turned from a trip to California. saws
that Los Angeles holds the record for
motor car accidents. There is an av-
erage of 1900 motor car accidents
there each month or about eighty-five
every day. Hale says the city author
ltles are trying to remedy the situa-
ton and he spoke at a number of
meetings during mo accident week.
campaign staged there in December.
The Katy" furnished Frank NeeIy.
~ years old, neWsboy, a free ride
this week from Kansas City to Mus
Royce, Okla, the boys home. The lad
arrived in Kansas one morning locked
In a. baggage car. He told the police
ne entered the car while going thru
the train selling papers to trainmen
ana passengers. The police decided
that the railroad company is respon-
slb4e il it carries newsboys away from
nome and he was given a free ride
back to Oklahoma
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