Railroads and Railway News From Amarillo
A digest of railway notes includes moves of A B Warner through Amarillo, W O Kretsinger’s medical status, and family visits. Reports mention Rock Island dispatchers returning to Amarillo, salary raises for telegraph workers, and the Santa Fe distribution of Every Man’s Almanac. Local weather quips and assorted railroad items fill the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Warner
Rock Island Lines
Amarillo
Mr. Warner
el Reno
Denver
Colorado
Santa Fe and
Rock Island Railways
Rail and port activity and transit notes across 1927 shifts
The excerpt cites 1927 financials with a carryover of 000 and 29.1 million authorized for additions and betterments including rails and track materials 2.5 million changes to grade crossings 2 to 3 million additions to main tracks 2.4 million yard tracks 2.9 million grade changes 3.8 million and station office buildings 2.3 million. It also notes export value through Laredo to Mexico fell by about eight million in 1927, with 30.51 million of American goods passing through versus 98.12 million in 1926. Additional items mention smoking cars in Chicago suburban service attracting more women riders, a London glass dancing floor claimed largest in the world, and Union Pacific placing open top observation cars on the Gold Coast Limited between Yerma and Los Angeles. The Toledo court docket for November 80 references the case Bal-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Mexico
Union Pacific
Gold Coast Limited
Yerma
California
Los Angeles
Marmola Tablets Offer Modern Fat Loss Method
An advertisement promotes Marmola prescription tablets as a safe, scientific way to reduce excess fat. It claims millions of boxes used over 20 years and promises new beauty, vitality, and wealth, urging readers to ask their druggist for a $1 box with the book.
Rail line sues Radiant Oil over Cridersville wreck death
Baltimore and Ohio files suit against Radiant Oil Company of Lima Ohio seeking 18000 damages for destruction of railroad property and four deaths after a gasoline loaded truck was struck by a train at Cridersville on August 13. The petition cites the truck driver as a negligent actor in the collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timore & Ohio
Radiant Oil Company
Lima
Ohio
Oil Company
Cridersville
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John Moc
W. O. Kretsinger
Santa Fe
Mayo Brothers
Rochester
Minnesota
E. H. Ashcraft
Taylor Street
Bruce
State University of Kansas
Order of Railroad
Rock Island
David, A. Wallace
Chicago
G. A. Carroll
Dalhart
Perry Powell
The
Denver and Rio Grande
Salida
J. C. Hammock
T. M. Gavin
H. B. Townsley
Louise McClure
E. L. McClure
Pierce Street
Ed O’bryant
Buchanan Street
Southwestern Shippers Advisory Board
Shreveport
Louisiana
Illinois Central Railroad
Chicago Terminal
Chicago, South Shore
South Bend
Illinois Central
Randolph Street Station
Kensington
Margaret Tanner
Dorothy Miller
J. J. Griffith
Bob Monarch
W. B. Garrett
Dallas
C. R. Calvert
Denver Switchman
Las Cruces
New Mexico
Park Street
Charleston and
Hamburg
Charleston
South Carolina
Atchison
Bradfield Regulator Co
Dept
Atlanta
London
United States
Toledo
Giau
Frank E. Buckingham
Daniel B. Boone
United States Treasury Department
Ida Chitwood
Globe-News
Mistletoe Creamery Butter
Mistletoe Creameries, Inc
Har
Cuthura
Audra Hutch
Milan
Tenn
the City Drug Store
Polk St
Our
Booth
the Cooking School
Williams Hardware Co
the Postoffice
Texas
Onzat West
Ie Lour
Great West
Globe- News
Chitwood
Great West Mill & Elevator Co
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