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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1900
Page
3
A short ad promises free insertion for three days to recruit workers. It asks for a man or a woman to apply, claiming the notice will draw numerous applications and provide a wide pool of candidates for the advertiser.
The notice promotes cheap ads in The Mare Journal to reach wide readers. It claims readers will see stock items like bicycles, stoves, or pins and that small ads can drive trade. emphasizes monthly costs and urging updates for new or changed services.
Chicago Chronicle reports unlikely consolidation of Atchison Topeka Santa Fe and Southern Pacific. Huntington urged union before death. Santa Fe officials cautious, California traffic key. Viewpoints split whether a deal could form a dominant western system amid competition concerns.
Omaha August 22 Union Pacific announces a new discipline system to start September 1 for transportation employees. Each worker will have a personal record book noting reprimands or suspensions for duty neglect or rule violations. Suspensions will not require time away. salaries continue. Black marks may be canceled for meritorious acts and emergency decisions. Promotions will consider the record, and a buildup of reprimands could lead to dismissal.
Chicago reports a belief that lines west of the city may push for a 7 cent per mile scheme or a new basis, as Grand Army of the Republic business reduces rates. The current western rate is one and one third fare for round trips outside 100 miles. Western road officers fear possible further cuts.
The Pennsylvania Railroad company has issued a circular prohibiting women from telegraph operator positions. Executives note women perform well but are not deemed suitable for all roles. The move restricts female employment in this technical field within the system.
A Pennsylvania Lines representative described railway work as harsh for women. He noted that train dispatchers face migratory duties, frequent transfers, and night shifts in male-dominated offices and yards, making the life unpleasant and leading to railroad officers avoiding female staff.
Chicago on August 20 observed a seven minute pause across the Great Southern Pacific after the burial of Cullin P. Huntington. At 11 AM New York time all wheels and steamship operations halted while offices closed coast to coast. Fifty thousand workers paused as crepe hung in Chicago offices and time differences were reconciled to honor the railroad magnate.
Charles Stickles, the oldest active engineeer in the United States, died at his Oneonta home. Born November 26, 1822 he studied medicine before dedicating his life to steam. His first locomotive run was July 9, 1843 on the Hudson and Berkshire.
Denver August 20 reports a new policy allowing round trip California tickets via Colorado to include a 30 day stopover at any Colorado point. Previously tickets through Colorado, Utah or California barred Colorado stopovers. Colorado roads pushed for the change. pass will be issued with a poster contract and ready by September 1. The move could shift fall travel from Union Pacific Southern Pacific and Santa Fe routes to Colorado gateways as travelers linger before continuing to California for milder weather.
C E Yates, inspector of telegraph for the Burlington, from Lincoln, Nebraska, states that long distance telephones for train dispatching are impractical due to inaccuracy and lack of message check. He notes Baltimore & Ohio and Pennsylvania Central use phones only for general business, not dispatching, and asserts telephones will not replace the telegraph in the United States or on the Burlington.
Santa Fe announces M A Larmann as sentiment engineer for the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley with headquarters in Stockton California. George C Dillard at Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe in New York becomes acting general eastern passenger agent with New York headquarters, replacing the resigned Efrnett.
In Herington heavy rail traffic continues with $17,000 retriputed. Ex Rock Island conductor J W Vance now runs out of Junction City for Union Pacific. A failed attempt to wreck passenger train No 3 at the end on switch last Friday left rails removed but prevent a derailment. Baggage car damage delayed repairs. Collins injured, six weeks in a plaster cast. Passenger business remains heavy and extra Pacrets are added to No 1 daily.
A lengthy portrait of Kansas Senator John James Ingalls discusses his virtues and faults. It portrays him as a brilliant but controversial figure, praised for intellect and voice yet criticized for indolence, inconsistency, and negative political tactics.
A fragmentary essay mocks a politician who thrives as a word artist and social chameleon. It portrays him as democratic yet disdainful of mediocrity, a lover of books, and skilled at stirring minds, while noting his contradictions and bravado amid a reshaping public sphere.
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