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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1898
Page
7
Report on workers at Newton being laid off for ninety days then recalled after a two week hiatus. Rock Island pushes its Attchi son extension with a major grading effort at Mund Lake. Several men and crews faced temporary dismissal and then restoration as the board considered wage and limits.
In Kentucky a passenger seated by an open window with knowledge of sparks and cinders entering the window faced injuries. The court held no implied contract made him a passenger. a claim for damages did not arise from mere travel. A railroad is not liable for injuries unless fault or duty to protect is shown by negligence or explicit terms.
An Eastern Temperance lecturer touring the Santa Fe line recounts meeting travelers who claim Kansas water is drawn from the sea. A Kansas man challenges this by offering a taste test, pouring a sip that proves unusually salty and claiming Kansas water is purified by abstinence. The anecdote ends with the lecturer allegedly concluding the water is tainted.
A local scene shows officials and railroad workers debating who should represent the region in the legislature. Engineer William Hasil has been courted by the party for support but has declined to abandon his role at the throttle to run for office. The campaign unfolds as members rally around alternative candidates and plan renewed outreach.
Fragmentary passage notes railroad men weighing political bids, praising trust from voters and community support. Mention of James Be Thomas as popular among rail men and a Baldwinfield figure not seeking office, yet capable of serving in the house with credit to constituents.
A passenger car and attached baggage coach owned by Colorado Midland were destroyed by fire in the company yard at Leadville Colorado with an estimated loss of about $2000. The blaze damaged the car’s woodwork and only the tracks of the passenger coach remain. authorities suspect a dropped match or torch started the fire.
Engineer Morrissey returns from layoff while Frank Avery resumes duty in the back shop after a finger injury. Milton Goodwin shifts to the extra board as demand grows. National Electric Car Lighting’s R B Leamidt visits from Topeka to inspect a unique axle Mehta equipped coach. A city service telephone will be added to Operator Tisdale’s office and many east four houses will receive phones to cut roundhouse trips. Fireman Cloud travels to Indianapolis for several weeks. Seibert and Fayette return from Kinsey to repair an engine. Conductor John Stephens of Hutchinson suffers a fractured colt incident south of the ideal west, sidelining him briefly.
Fireman Mike Baas laid off while George Hilton moved to Woodward this morning. Burney BeCook left for Wheetcard yesterday to fetch engine 26 percent out of that place. John Hentzel went to Canadian Texas this morning as watchman over the pit driver. Trainmaster FE A Austin rented a dwelling in Third ward and will move from Wichita. Joe Devaney’s bridge wing went to Medicine Lodge for cattle improvements, likely away a week. Conductors McCurdy Marriott Vince and Getter, with Harry James of Arkansas City, returned from Caldwell after attending a Grand Chief Conductor Wilkins address in Cedar Rapids. Wilkins then proceeded to Wichita and Chanute.
An experienced Rock Island engineer ran a 34 mile stretch from McParland to Topeka in 32 minutes, far faster than the one hour five minute schedule. Dispatchers warned him, saying the track beside the Kansas River is crooked and dangerous.
Kansas City February 22 Rock Island Railway altered its defect withdrawal notice on the Pittsburg and Gulf to apply only to certain freight divisions. Santa Fe remains in the boycott, cancels its notice, and the move is tied to regulatory pressure and strategic fleet considerations.
Five Northwestern locomotives bog down in heavy drifts south of Tanesville Wisconsin four miles from the city. North engines tuck in snow and all traffic is suspended. A rotary snowplow cleared a path but trains were stalled. two cars went out with the plow and became stuck.
At a Kansas depot, Pat Snerman, depot master, meets an Indian man seeking to “dispose” his wife for a time. Pat refuses, saying he does not want the squaw, while the Indian insists and then departs with his companion. Pat jokes about the check stand being large enough to consign her through.
The Santa Fe Railroad tests a system to load empty coal cars with cinders. A 2 foot high chute feeds from a hopper. compressed air raises cinders through a pipe to cars with a double elbow entry. If successful, the method will be adopted.
Piper the trainmen’s dog has left his usual haunts and is touring the Gould system. He boarded a Missouri Pacific train toward Fort Scott and has not yet returned to view the roadbed and track. In his absence Jack, another depot dog, greets trains and retrieves coal fragments, while engineers await Piper’s return for his luck-bringing greetings.
The Emporia Republican reports Santa Fe directs immediate construction of a second track from Emporia to Sterry with funds from the anticipated millions in improvements. Road master Bradley starts the project and an extra track will be built from Brunsv Geder Greve.
Cobalt is valued at 1.60 per pound and was discovered at Grand Encampment by French mineralogist Charles Poulet. The Doane copper mine yields 125 per ton cobalt, with Wyoming’s Grand Encampment district potentially surpassing major mining regions if cobalt is widespread. The note hints at vast future wealth from cobalt in copper ore and calls attention to regional mining prospects.
The petition is on file in Shawnee county probate court asking for a permit to sell intoxicating liquors. Hearing is set for Tuesday at 9 a.m. in Topeka Kansas. Signed by W. H. Kohl of Topeka, Kansas dated February lith.
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