Disaster at China Basin Terminal Crumbles Santa Fe Wharf
A Sunday morning disaster at the China Basin terminal in San Francisco, tied to shifting ground and sea wall failure, causes about 60 000 dollars in damages. Currents in Mission Bay blamed. Santry Brothers and other contractors face loss.
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China Basic&used & Partial
Santa Fe Railroad Company
San Francisco
Santa Fe
California
Ching Basin
Dusieht
Go Hldine
Lantry Brothers
Strong City
Kan
CA Warren
Tt Bs
Mission Bay
Missouri Pacific plans survey for Denver cut off
HOXIE TO DENVER Aug 26 Denver officials report Missouri Pacific will soon send surveyors to map a Denver cutoff from Hoxie Kansas west toward the Denver & Rio Grande line. The route would cross northern Kansas and intersect near Colby, with a potential terminal in Denver. The plan is tied to actions considered by George Gould in St Louis and Denver.
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Denver
Colo
Missouri Pacific Railroad
George Gould
St. Louis
Missouri Pacific
Hoxie
Kas
Denver & Rio Grande
Travere
Kansas
Rock Island
Colby
Rail merger rumors tie Missouri Pacific to Colorado routes
Reports claim Missouri Pacific and Rio Grande lines may merge via Gould system consolidation. A Colorado cutoff could shorten Denver to Kansas City and Chicago routes, linking Pueblo with the Rio Grande. Rival rumors of Milwaukee Rock Island ties are denied, with no confirmation.
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Colorado County
Missouri Pacific
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Milwaukee
Rock Island
Denver
Kansas City
St Louis
Missouri Pacife
Colorado
Pueblo
Rio Grande
Choctaw tracks advance toward Amarillo cutoff expansion
Fort Worth August 26 The last grading on the Choctaw road into Amarillo was completed, reducing the gap from Washburn to 18 miles. Trains still run over the Denver line as steel shortages delay final track completion. Survey work locates Amarillo to Tucumcari, with construction planned as steel becomes available. Potential Santa Fe divergence point and shop moves to Amarillo noted, with completion hoped by November.
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Fort Worth
Rex
Ammarillo
Washburn
Denver
Amafiflo
Tucumcari
N.mm
Rock Island
Santa Fe
Pecos Valley
Mbuquerane
Amarillo
Ste AL
Belne
Rock Island surveyors map road from Rolla toward Arkansas
West Plains Mo Aug 26 Captain A I Clark in charge of Rock Island engineers surveying a Rolla to Arkansas road was here Sunday with Col Po P Dobash to locate a route. The line will cross the old Memphis route and surveys will extend to Fort Smith and Newport revealing mineral and timber potential.
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West Plains
A. I. Clark
Corps of Rock Island Engineers
Rolla
Arkansas Line
Po P. Do~bash
Fort Scott & Gulf
Memphis
Ormar West Plains
Fore Smith
Newport
Where They Went Santa Fe Shopmen Get Jobs With Other Railroads
Last week the Santa Fe cut 120 Topeka shop workers and Missouri Pacific moved 50 of them to Oxawatomie for shop work. The remaining workers went to the Union Pacific to northern Kansas shops.
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Santa Fe
Topeke
Missouri Pacific
Oxawatomie
Attem
Topeka
Hook Island
Anti Pass Agreement Violated by Grand Trunk
Invitations issued by the Grand Trunk railroad offer a spects train and free transportation to all general passenger agents for the forty seventh annual convention of the American Association of General Passenger and Ticket Agents in Portland in October. The move has stirred eastern lines and is said to violate the anti pass agreement adopted at the start of the year and strictly observed.
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Chicago
Grand Trunk Railroad
American Association of General Passenger and
Portland
Grand Trunk Seeks Wider Passenger Traffic
Grand Trunk officials state a large expansion plan aims to divert more passenger traffic in the future. Delegates will tour Muskokas and the St. Lawrence region to learn all Grand Trunk attractions before returning to the convention.
Russian 100 mph steam locomotives planned for 1903 trial
The Russian state railway reportedly ordered two 78 ton Cassel locomotives to test at Marienfeld to Zossen, aiming for about 100 mph with loads near 90 tons. A London Engineer correspondent notes speeds of 125 mph with 90 ton loads are unlikely and expects readiness by May 1903.
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Russian State Railway
Cassel Locomotive Works
Marienfeld
Zossen
London
Ingineer
Rock Island Cars to Use Axleight Lighting System
The consolidated railway, electric lighting and equipment company of Rock Island has contracted with the Rock Island to outfit all Pullman constructed cars with its axleght system of electric lights and fans for new limited trains between Chicago and San Francisco via the Rock Island Southern Pacific, already in use on several major lines and private Pullman cars.
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New York
Consolidated Railway, Electric Lighting and Equipment Company
Rock Island
Pullman Company
Chicago
San Francisco
Southern Pacific
New York Central
Lake Shore
Pennsylvania United
Santa Fe
Grand Trunk
Chicago Great Western
Bissouri Pacific
St. Louis
Ticket Broker Straub Bargain Sparks Ticket Destruction
A Denver Times note recounts ticket broker EB G Straub boasting Glenwood Springs tickets sell well likening them to Chicago passes. A young man offers a Glenwood Springs ticket for four dollars for “smoking money” but declines and tears the ticket, discarding it on the floor.
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EB. G. Straub
Glenwood Springs
Denver Times
Chicago
Straub
Las Cruces Bids for Rock Island Line to Coast
Las Cruces New Mexico pushes for a Pacific Coast Rock Island cut off route from Alamogordo to Deming to gain rail access. Residents wear red buttons reading Cruces Wake Up Rock Island or Bust as W H Liewslyan voices optimism about a line through resource rich districts including Black Mountain Organ Mountain mining areas and vast agricultural potential.
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Cruces
Rock Island
New Mexico
Pacific Coast
Las Cruces
N. M
Al«nagordo
Deming
W. H. H. Liewsllyn
Red
Black Mountain
Organ Mountain
Santa Fe Announces Labor Day Low Fare To Chicago
The Santa Fe passenger department announces a Labor Day rate plan from Kansas City Leavenworth Atchison and St Joseph to Chicago with a $5.00 one way and round trip $10. The offer runs August 29 through September 1 with westbound pricing matching eastbound terms and through tickets from points to Chicago via the Missouri River region.
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Santa Fe
Chicago
Chicago & Alton
Santa Fe Pasenger Department
Kansas City
Leavenworth
Atchison
St. Joseph
Topeka
Kapsac
Oklahoma
Colorado
Bussouri River
Atchison, Leavenworth
Man Killed by Meat Thrown From Train
In El Paso Texas a meat bundle falling from an eastbound Santa Fe train struck a foreman at a section house and he died after being taken to Dalbart. The victim was a husband and father. his family had recently visited him and then returned home.
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Jim Dumps
Sunny Jim
el Paso
Tex
Theumcari
Sand Springs
Section House
Schultz
Dalbart
James White
Muty
Boen
Carpenter
Harry Walter
Jane
Tracy
Ting Thor
Dewey Wood
Frank Weeks
Big Sea Planet
William Hewitt
Colorado
Bef Mitcham
Walter A. Mitchell
Monroe
Jefferson Street
E. J. Shakeshatt
Black
George Bats
Pew
Charlee Johnson
Smith Shop
Michael Towel
Josep Hefner
Etzel
David Baxter
Sixth Street
Pure A A
Christ Hospital
J. W. Gibbons
Oklahoma City
Wichita
Knights of Columbus Lodge
Selina
G. W. Styles
William Johnston
Shops Electrical Department
Needles
Cal
Am O
Sante Fe
Rocky Ford
Santa Fe
Rail yard crews report varied staffing changes and repairs
Numerous workers across the Topeka Railroad shops and water service units are listed as off duty, reassigned, or returning to work. Workers like Frank Henry, Samuel Cooper, James Finnie, and John Petzel are noted in transition. New hose carts, boiler work, and machinery maintenance appear ongoing as crews manage lay offs, departures, and reassignments amid extensive rebuilding near Lake View and the Kaw.
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Frank Henry
Chanute
Robert Maze
Mangas
Feen
Samuel Cooper
General
Hiton
Colorado
James Finnie
G. M. Webster
D. Alexander
Water Service
Irk Miller
Art Worth
Denver
Childress
Neat A. Sanderson
Bee
Wille
East Sixth
Elmer Hollum
J. L. Hamilton
Night Force
Robert Lees Wid Samuel McCann
Topeka
Dent
Lawrence
Dane Smith
Asi Tames Ford
Wark High
McGivern
Bert Nichols
Bellarmakers
Horieton
Rock Island
Frank Canard
Copeky
John Petzel
Petzel
John McIntosh
Richard Hartshorn
Sys
Frank O'Brien
Horton
Tata
Hi. Gan
Ashi
Inrga
A. A. Hope
Peter Quaney
Hope
Emporia
Topeka Railroad
Mf C. A
Pred Roehrig
Albuquerque
H. P. Richards
San Bernardino
Sion
Cleburne
Tex
Iet
Heustis
Joseph Shafter
Santa Fe
Cal
Santa FW
Thomas
Texas
Gulf Hines
Kore Worth
J. We, Cain
Lafayette
Ind
Mark Symmen
P. FR. Symmes
Alpharcar
Gotti Chimney Conatrictiog
Movements and Visits Highlight Topeka Labor and Rail Roles
In Topeka figures move among plants and unions as workers shift roles. Jett, ex-supervisory staff, travels toward Colorado while Kansas City hospital care and future recuperation are noted. Gibbons, Styles, and Johnston return from Needles to support locomotive painting and electrical work, with regional rail and stock trades discussed amid a wave of evangelistic planning by Coldwell and the Gol Hues.
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Wolff Packing Company
Pittsburg
Pherles Jett
Neo
Meccaniea
Rivteen
Topéka
Colorado
Jett
Kansas City
John Coldwell
Cormerty
Topeka
Hay
Coldwell
Bere
Colleen Pats
Texas
Bell
Dian
Maerer
Vie
Aundiay
Perhape Yi
Tormona
Union Pacific Ticket Office Ad Determines Best By Test
A city ticket office at 5 Keates Ave advertises satin and powder products with a focus on a best by test. The fragment notes a Union Pacific Railway context and satin blend branding.
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City Ticket Office
Union Pacific RR
Keates Ave
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