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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1901
Page
3
The Wabash Railroad prides itself as the only line running trains from Kansas City to Buffalo with sleeping cars to New York and the fastest times. Trains pass two thirds of the Exposition grounds giving through passengers a view of the Electric Display.
Burlington Route announces very low excursion rates for summer trips. Offers West and Northwest two weekly Homeseekers excursions, cheap East options to Buffalo Exposition and Atlantic coast resorts, daily trips to St Paul Minneapolis and Superior areas, California trips Wednesdays. Includes rate circulars and brochures.
Rock Island will run a special Sunday excursion to Cleveland for the G A R reunion with a side trip to Buffalo. Tickets from Chicago to Cleveland and return via Rock Island routes include a boat option Toledo to Cleveland with a Put-in-Bay stopover. Round trip Cleveland to Buffalo offered, with return validity through October 8 and several return-day adjustments to allow time for the Buffalo visit.
New York reports developments hint at Canadian Pacific railway passing under European control as talks with Hallgarten & Co and other stock houses proceed. Negotiations center on large land holdings and the Altoneapolis line owned by the company, with potential changes in control and future arrangements awaiting final outcomes.
Aug 7 Union Pacific experiments with a three carriage ditching machine billed as a novelty. The contraption uses aerial supports, two levers, and a suspended scoop system to lift earth and dump it into targeted piles. Operators number ten to twelve, with daily output supporting thirty to forty workers on standard plow land.
Edward Dunn, passenger agent for the St Louis and San Francisco railway, states the Friese will begin tolling to Lawton City as a temporary terminus on the extension. Road canvass of homesteaders aims to select land along the St Louis and San Francisco survey. Only fourteen of 1900 drew numbers in the Lawster district pledged to take their land, a remarkably small showing among registered speculators and bona fide homesteaders.
The article notes a notable rise in monthly trade by 36,561,640 dollars, about 140 percent, despite the corn crop shortage and service issues. It highlights broad movement in markets for corn and related goods, with cattle and hog markets improving. Meat prices and supply are expected to stay strong as stock movements remain brisk.
The report notes a large rise in earnings for the Chicago Great Western railway in the first week of August with figures around 127 888 dollars year to date. An overall increase of 584 09 percent is cited, amid transfers and weekly totals reaching 897 447 dollars for the week and related lines showing growth.
Kansas City Aug 17 The Chicago and Alton railway will drop the St Louis passenger train next Sunday and attach cars to the Chicago line to serve St Louis riders. The change makes the Kansas City St Louis run twelve hours ten minutes, with additional timetable tweaks to pick up Kansas City travelers from Hoodoo. The move follows years of Alton competition and is framed as consolidating Chicago and St Louis service.
Chanute resident Gosse claims a new air brake device for trains can be attached to a car or four car sets for under one dollar and improve efficiency over the current, costly air brake system. Local Santa Fe players witnessed a demonstration and say it works.
Ministers and country merchants protest Sunday excursions run to western cities. They argue the trips benefit station companies and devalue morals, while rural retailers say such outings lure workers away on Saturdays, hurting local business.
San Francisco August 17 The Call says a dispatch confirms Hays resignation is in his superiors hands and a new unified Prisco Memphis line under one management may shorten trips to Chicago. Attorneys plan to contest the consolidation while labor strikes by car builders of the Delaware Lackawanna & Western are reported decisively settled after May 4 action.
A long list of railroad staff movements and duties across Scranton and nearby depots. Updates include returns to duty, vacations, lay-offs, new hires in blacksmith, carpentry, and machine shops, conductor changes on No 1, engine and car works at various shops, and planned travel to Chicago Denver and New Mexico.
Four months of work end Friday as staff depart including Jett for Denver to seek railroad work. Nathan Cafferty recovers from appendicitis, moved to the big ward. Robert Salkeld returns to the Gainesville area after a short stay in the shop. A McGuire and B S Martindale visit from other lines. S N Peck relocates to Palmer Lake, Colorado to reunite with his wife. Willan Muze returns after mother’s illness, while talks of a Santa Fe urgency spread among crew. An arm injury to Al Smith is X-rayed, Fred Martin suffers a minor eye injury, and Hasii J. Baird’s soldier record prompts family efforts to bring home a dead relative. A theft of spectacles from J M Sprowl remains unresolved. A tank crew heads to DeGraff for two weeks. A public health query questions beer and crematory impacts on Oakland residents. Albert Jump, 7’5” foreman on the Alzna branch, stands out in physique among Kansan section foremen.
The National G A Kr recnlen will be held in Cleveland September 10 to 11. Basin Pe tickets From Topeka to Cleveland and return cost 2.45 good returning by October 3. Round trip Cleveland to Buffalo and return 4 by boat or rail, 15 day limit. Topeka to Buffalo air fare 15.55. Cleveland & Buffalo Transportation Co offers steamers for Buffalo exposition travel with low rates this summer. For full information contact T L King Agent A T & S F Ry Topeka Kansas.
A garbled OCR page notes a life saved by a prominent physician in Panama Colombia and mentions a dramatic recovery within days. It lists various items including a baseball player George Mul Us, a contract offer from the Boston American League, and a death with sickness details. Also references a state reunion tickets and free vaudeville at Vinewood Park with schedule details.
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