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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1900
Page
3
The article notes vast US railroad expansion with high freight and passenger totals. It compares national mileage and employment to Germany France Britain and others, highlighting larger car and locomotive figures and the dominance of American railroading in personnel, capacity, and annual freight revenue.
A single firm Johnston Brothers of Elmo Maine handles the Frisco extension from Sangipa to Sherman or Den Texan. The contract covers planning, surveys, rolling stock placement and housing, with a $5,000,100 estimate. Subcontracts now in place. purveyors in field, grading tools shipped, and work advancing rapidly toward completion.
A garbled report discusses ticket sales and alleged manipulation in Rock Island. It references various stations, ticket types, and an auditor’s involvement, suggesting a scheme affecting passenger tolls and local authorities. Details are unclear due to OCR corruption but center on ticket handling and accountability.
A fragment notes a temporary office setup in Banderson's space, stating a suitable plate can be acquired now and a room used only as a reading area is being repurposed for the project.
A near Santa Fe round house area will convert a room into a practical office and staff facility. The project includes wiring, a connecting air brake line, and furnishing with desks for clerical work and access for trainsmen and firemen, with occupancy expected by week’s end.
Advices from the passenger department report Rock Island Railroad will deliver new Pullman coaches to Topeka for Tor Vel ard St. Janepty routes. The cars, high back seats, elaborate interiors, modern comforts, and safety features will enter service on the designated trains this week.
Santa Fe’s Topeka shops near finishing a new tandem compound passenger locomotive numbered 8. Built like the No 697 pattern, this seventh in the series will join No 7 in service, with trials planned Friday or Saturday. Freight locomotives also excel in the Raton, New Mexico region as other units await routing.
Reports from Omaha suggest a new railroad combine may threaten to close the Ogden gateway to the Sorbet route. Projections indicate Union Pacific and eastern connections fear loss of traffic as Burlington and Denver lines coordinate a strategy. Details on timing or enforced travel shifts remain uncertain, but operators assess potential leverage from the schedule changes.
Topeka social organizers announce a security hall event named for Boone Wieble O FC at Security ball, with Washington birthday tie in. Arrangements by Hutton Speer and George Tilford. invitations, reception by Avon and Griffin. Stetberg orchestra. railroad men from western primer cities expected. division one reports successful social events. ball set to be exceptional.
The Kansas City Pittsburg Gulf railroad will be sold March 29 at 38 stock on the Sanatoere of the company's depot in Joplin Missouri by Judge Howard F H Sales master in chancery. The decree was signed in May in St Louis and entered in the United States district court at Kansas City. The upset price is 12500000 and the purchaser will have to meet the decree. There are other debts that will have to be assumed.
Industrial notes report Santa Fe plans a fleet wide color change to Pullman brown for all new cars and repaints of older coaches to match. The move, deemed economical for dust and dirt concealment, follows discussions and is expected to take effect immediately.
George W. Smith, master mechanic for the Santa Fe Pacific and Southern California lines, heads the mechanical division at Albuquerque. He is in Topeka for a few days and visited Santa Fe shops yesterday. The Topeka native spent years here before moving to Albuquerque nearly two years ago. A new test outfit from the Santa Fe shops being evaluated near the roundhouse uses a locomotive from the scrap pilots as the counterweight to gauge capacity and safety.
Promote Grain-O as a food drink replacing coffee, claiming it suits children and adults. Describes rich dark color like mocha, made from pure grain, easy on delicate stomachs, and priced 15 to 25 cents per package. Advert shows grocers stocking Grain-O.
In Horton last week Engineer Cuthbertson visited, Ake Farrell of the tin shop is off duty due to two mashed Angers. The new wareroom for the storehouse is completed. A.B. Schrantz, field time roadmaster, was in Horton. Fireman Ray Wisging transferred to Fairbury with a passenger run to Council Bluffs. Engineer John Cuthbertson and Fireman Tommy Uter moved their engine to the shop at Belleville last week. A man from West Virginia arrived in the city Monday.
In a Las Vegas based update, several railroad and service positions shift. John Holt’s brother becomes clerk in Superintendent Schneider's storehouse, while their father ran a Republican paper in Grafton. Engleman becomes clerk in Hurley's office, and Grant Selby relieves at La Joya. Chester Ryan sick in Las Vegas hospital.
The climate and crop service report for Kansas notes 1899 as a temperate year with extreme departures in several months. February was the coldest on record for the state, while October and November were the warmest on record. January and June showed the smallest departures, with January up 14 degrees and June down 0.4 degree. The mean annual temperature was 143 degrees, essentially normal against longer station records. Precipitation exceeded normal by 1.24 inches, with June and July showing the largest gains and April and August showing dips. Major extremes occurred in western and southeastern counties, with notable deficits in Rawlins and Coffey, and excesses elsewhere along a southeastward trough across the state.
The report notes a 1895 year with mean temperature 54.3 degrees and diverse figures across regions. Highest 110 degrees at Phillipsburg and Viroqua and Wallace on June 19. lowest 24 degrees at Frankfort. Precipitation averaged 23.01 inches with regional highs of 4.12 inches at Columbus and lows of 12.29 at Wallace.
An editor credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with saving his life during illness described as a severe cold with potential complications. The piece references symptoms, immediate relief after taking the remedy, and endorsements from local readers and merchants.
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