The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-25

pendent in these days of commercial
distress. 1t is conceded now. beyond
all cavil that the mineral veins of the
San Juan average larger and richer
yields than any similar district in the
mining world. The knowing ones are
quietly getting hold of the rich veins
sure of a fortune in due time. And
1 the shortest route to the future Ell
Dorado is via the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe. The time cards prove it!'
Was Fast Freight Line.
But the Santa Fe wasn't devoting
| all of its attention to the traveller at
that time because the folder an
nounced that the Santa Fe was the
| souri, river and all points in south
! western Kansas, Colorado, New Mex
leo and Arizona.
particular attention given to thru
! shipments, and the lowest rates Sc
cured to and from all points east, are
among the advantages offered by this
line" the folder read, land being 120
miles shorter than any other line to
FL Moro, Garland City and Canon City,
we can transport freight that much
quicker. Regular time on freight,
Kansas City to Pueblo is sixty hours.
Claims for loss. damage or over
charge, whether occurring on this line
or any of its connections, promptly
adjusted"
Persons seeking information relative
to freight business were urged to ap-
ply to or address NJ. L. Sargent, gem
eral freight agent, Topeka, Kan.
Farms and Homes for aIl' were
available in the Arkansas valley in
southwest Kansas, the folder declared,
where the Santa F'e had 100000
acres of choice lands for sale on very
easy payments. r. NJ. Spivey. as SUI
perintendent of agencies, and A. S.
Johnson, acting land commissioner.
both of Topeka, were in charge of
the land department at that time.
Sixteen Pages-One for Table.
Altho only one small page of about
three by seven inches was required
to print the local time table. the fold
er actually contained sixteen pages,
fifteen of them being used to tell
about the wonders of the Santa Fe
and the territory it then served. On
the reverse side was a map of the sys-
TEN, showing the main line from
Atchison and Kansas City to Pueblo,
the branches to Pleasant HILL Mo,
Ell Dorado and Wichita, and connect
ing lines to Denver and other points
in Colorado.
Above the map was a, long drawing !
intending to give a geographical view
of the railroad and its territory. Far /
in the northeast corner, can be seen |
Kansas City, the two points from !
which the road started. Most in evil |
dence, however, is the Arkansas river, |
from Wichita to Pueblo. Compare |
lively the river was SHOWN /
several miles wide with forest covered |
islands in it's midst. Many trees were
shown in the eastern part of Kan
sas and they were growing in long
rows on either side of the Arkansas
river.
a V-onderfuI Picture.
Six trains are shown on the rail-
road. and in those days of no block
one wonders how a wreck or
two were averted soon after the pic
I
just how the picture was
taken is still more speculative and
" wonderful However, the artist was
doing a good job of it. Where the
trees commenced to get scare in CEN
trail Kansas, antelope began to appear
are hardly any trees at all, were
shown rowing herds of buffalo. Two
Indians on horseback have put to
Tight "a whole herd of buffalo and
;chooners, propelled by numerous
oxen, to extend half the distance from
lakin, Kan, to Pueblo, unmolested.
Topeka managed to get on the
irawing with half a dozen buildings
1ut the Kaw river had made no chan
lei at that time, at least it wasn't big
enough for the artist to see. Atchison
lad more skyscrapers than Chicago
las today. Newton, Wichita. and Ell
Dorado were all shown as being much
anger than Kansas City and all of
he towns had numerous church
teepIes. In the far west were shown
he mountains where they rose up
higher than the sky. It's a good
hing, too, because the sudden eleva-
ion seems to have been the only
hing that would stop one of the
restbound trains which was danger
usIy near the western end of the line
With the fireman still shoveling a lot
4 coal, anyway the smoke was ex-
ending back a distance of twenty
i've or thirty miles.
Corn Was King Then.
Under the heading: THE Sister
tates. Kansas the Granary and Colo
ado the Mint of the Continent" one
age of the folder is devoted to the
rogress made by Kansas during the
revious five years in production of
he five leading marketable crops. A
able. with two years omitted, is re-
reduced as follows:
Grain 1873 1875 1877
Wheat, bu... 5,994. 594 13,2cs. 400 1876. 7o5
orn, bu....45 667, 451 0,7es. 769 los, 4g7. s31
.ye, bu..... 301, 957 1,645.497 2-52o,054
ats, bu.... 9,337,5s1 9.794,051 12,T6s.4sS
This does not only show that corn
Tas far in the lead as an agricultural
roduct IN Kansas at that time. but
ontinuing the folder says: