The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-01

April 4, at O'Clock. j. L. Chandley,
! trainmaster, will preside.
The consumption of fuel oil in 1921
by locomotives of the railroads in the
United States amounted 3S,S24,0OO
barrels as compared with 1851, 600
barrels in 1920. OF the total now re-
ported, 27,615,00 barrels were domes-
tic oil and 11,2o9 barrels were Mex
lean.
The International Railway Fuel as
sociation, which was organized to
bring together railroad men interested
in the use of fuel or its purchase and
the mine operators or oil producers
who supply railroad fuel, will hold its
annual convention at Chicago on May
% to 25, inclusive
An interesting safety meeting will
be held at Denver.~April e. It will be
a. joint rally given by the city of Den
yer and the Colorado division of the
Union Pacific. General Manager JEFF
fers is listed as one of the speakers
along with Ex-Governor Hadley, of
Missouri. and Governor Shoup, of
Colorado.
c. NJ. Scott, who has been elected
vice president and general manager
of the Arizona Eastern, was at one
time conn ected with the Santa Fe, in
the general freight and passenger Of
santa Re from the Burlington in 1900
Scott went with the Arizona Eastern
in 1906
cific is laying some more 90-pound
rail in the vicinity of St. Marys, Wa
mego and Junction City. Much of the
heavier steel has been laid between
Topeka and junction City during the
past two summers and the remaining
stretches are to be filled in this year,
according to reports.
H. c. Prfbble, general claim agent.
left this week for tour of the Santa
Fe lines. He will return in time to
90 to Denver for the semi-annual
meeting of the loss and damage com
mittee which probably will be held
there the latter part of April or first
of May. The last semi-annual loss
and damage meeting was held at Oak
land Cal
The state of Minnesota received
from its forty railroads for 1921, on
account of the per cent gross earn
ings~ tax. $1,T62,6 51 less than in 1920,
the aggregate gross earnings reported
by the roads being only s146, 011,564,
or s35.24 ,457 less than the year be-
fore. No major road reported an in
crease in earnings from its Minnesota
operations during 1921
The number of cars loaded with
revenue freight showed another in
crease during the week ending March
II, according to the weekly report of
the car service division of the Ameri-
can Railway association, to S29,12S, as
compared with 700, 440 during the cor
responding week of 1921 and S19, 1929
in 1920. The increase as compared
with the previous week was $4,000
cars.
Considerable excitement was caused
this week by the finding of a human
skeleton on the lower landing of a
spiral stairway leading down into the
Missouri Pacific's well at Frederick,
near GenesO. The well has not been
used for about twelve years but con-
tains quite a lot of water. The dis
covery was made when officials began
for water supply at
Bushton. Frederick and
Geneseo.
The Southern Pacific to cope with
the fragrant carelessness of motorists
who run into crossing gates, or into
the sides of trains. has adopted the
policy of seeking damages from the
owners of such machines. During
1921, on the Pacific system, 1876 auto
mobiles were driven into the sides of
trains: % crossing gates were broken
down, often resulting in injuries to
flagmen; and forty-six cars
skidded into the SIDES of trains.
The Union Pacific announces the
following roundtrip tourist rates to
the Rocky Mountain regions this sum-
mer; From Kansas City and Topeka
TO Estes Park. $500; to Denver and
Colorado Springs, -$26.5O; to ogden
and Salt Lake $5O.25. Tickets will
be on sale from June to September
30. with October 81 as the final re-
turn limit. The rate from Topeka to
Denver and Colorado Springs last
year. including war tax, was s34.34.
The Rock Island Magazine an
nounces it will issue a special Sew |
entieth anniversary number for Oc-
-ober. 1922, commemorative the sew
entieth year of service of the Rock
Island Lines. The first passenger
train on the Rock Island was run |
but of Chicago to Joliet, Ill, in Oc- |
lober, 1852. All Rock Island en- |
sIoyes who have any information or |
dealing with Rock Island |
history have been asked to send them |
70 the editor of the magazine at once |
A report from Dodge City to the |
effect that two extra forces of Mexi- |
an Iaborers have been put to work /
IN the Great Bend-Scott City branch |
II the Santa Fe, each numbering |
about thirty men They. will re-sur- |
ACE twenty-three miles of track which |
vas re-laid last fall but where the l
road bed has not been finished up. /
No relaying Of steel has been started |
IN the Dodge City & Cimmarron /
Valley branch but authority has been !
given for the laying of heavier rail, /
{ rs said.
Electric switching locomotives are /
used in four freight yards on the New /
York, New Haven g. Hartford. When /
he yards were electrified. every three /
electric locomotives replaced five 4
steam locomotives which had been 1
lsed for switching service. The loco |
motives are kept in service twenty /
Jour hours a day by using three g.
hour shifts, and after the completion /
II $500 miles they are sent to the I
shops for light inspection. y A number /
u these locomotives have made rec