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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1900
Page
3
A garbled OCR fragment mentions dates June 23 July 7 and Aug 3 with unclear events. Names and places are unreadable, but hints a schedule or notice format with fractions like 0 10 and references to places or people such as Gohanaite Fusbie Bali Lake and tern.
A note shows a $2.00 price for a round trip return and a change in the limit schedule effective October 190. The text indicates pricing and a limit adjustment for regular parley arrangements.
W and Storey will replace Jas Dun as consulting engineer of the entire Santa Fe system on August 1. Dun moves to Chicago. Storey becomes chief engineer of the Santa Fe proper, giving up the San Joaquin Valley post to work in Topeka. The plan, decided last September, aimed to unify Santa Fe engineering oversight.
July 12 report from Rock Island ballast crews at Montrose Kansas describes steady crushing work to ballast the track near Smith Center. Foreman Painter, despite labor shortages, oversees daily tonnage with Conductor McDowell and Geo Allshouse. New ballast cars and plows improve loading height and precision, reducing accidents though a minor injury to a farmer Reed is noted.
Orient-Choc taw alliance outlines a 15 mile west extension to Arapahoe connecting Stilwell head with the Choctaw region. Surveys underway from Arapahoe to the Red River and from the Hooper area to the Rio Grande while Kansas City, Mexico & Orient contemplates 15 year joint operations and amended franchise terms. Prytdear Sillwell of the Orient road travels to Kansas City tomorrow.
Large departure of Topeka residents to Colorado continues amid railroad crowding and high fares. Extra Pullmans and coaches added on two trains to accommodate travelers including Albert Patten and wife, Dr Moore and wife, Wilt Wadeworth, Mrs Rebecca Slye and daughter, Henry Beeler and daughter, Mrs J Freeman, and Mrs Kutueey, all bound for Denver.
The noon Santa Fe train carried fourteen coaches and rails prosper as lines expand to Colorado. Chicago reports telephones likely to replace telegraphs in railroad operations across the Pennsylvanian network. Trials on Illinois Central and other lines show verbal dispatches can be improved by direct telephone use, reducing error from written messages and slips.
The Southern Prairie company controls over 6,600,000 acres in Texas donated by the state to subsidize rail lines now part of the Southern Pacific system. Negotiations for colonizing Boers on these lands aim to establish a first colony in Val Verde and Brewster counties with engineering aided by the Transvaal government and International Beers.
The Rock Island line from Mountain View to Granite Oklahoma is near completion and could see trains running between the points as early as next week. The project covers about 40 miles with potential expansion toward Magum in about 15 miles, possibly adding extra trains to meet demand. Also noted are personnel changes and a Santa Fe fireman’s lawsuit seeking damages over a 1898 rear end collision, plus a hospital update for timekeeper Hugo and eye sight issues affecting staff.
The Occidental Steamship Company held its annual meeting in San Francisco on July 12 naming George Crocker as president and electing new directors. Horace G Burt was listed among the directors with R. P. Schwert as president and D. W. Hitchcock among the executives. notable mentions include Mrs Schwerin and connections to the Pacific Mail and Union Pacific railway.
Reports say the Santa Fe and Colorado & Southern plan to cease joint operations between Denver and Pueblo when the contract expires in August. The Colorado & Southern’s partial Midland stake and new ties may push direct Santa Fe routes toward Prine, threatening Santa Fe Rio Grande through traffic and intensifying competition.
A roundup of railway notes reports moves and vacancies across the region. Engineers Youngs and Elliott from Wellington take the Howard Branch posting while Conductor Marriott shifts west. Other items cover depot duties poultry growth shipments of fat cattle and upcoming baseball on Washburn grounds with multiple agent appointments at Elbington and Furley.
Canton July report states the McKinley campaign will not resemble 1896. No extended porch campaigning as the president is occupied with national business and will limit public speaking. Delegates visiting Canton will be received when the president is unengaged. no speeches from the porch to delegations.
A Columbus Georgia druggist says he has sold many treatments and claims Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cures two severe cholera morbus cases in his family. He praises its quick and sure relief in a pleasant form and recommends it to customers. Sold by all druggists.
Promotional item announcing a new fast train to Chicago via the Santa Fe with departures from Topeka at 3 00 p m and arrival in Chicago at 7 20 p m The service offers Free Chair Cars Standard and Pullman seats and connects with the old No 6 leaving Topeka at 4 40 p m It serves eastern routes and Michigan and Northern Lake resorts Tickets priced Return 19 00 with stopovers between Pueblo and Denver and final sale dates noted See T L King agent for details
A letter from Dr. B Carelle of Wawtita reports Mrs Brewer cured of scarula after years of suffering. The letter touts Etoctsie Bitters as a purifying remedy aiding digestion and overall strength. The note claims the medicine reduces eruptions and ulcers and improves appetite, with a Kansas avenue druggist selling it for 50 cents.
Mexico City July 12 A bold robbery halted a freight train near Chihuihue on the Mexican Central. Bandits pulled out rail spikes derailing the train, attacked the crew, and escaped with loot as rurales pursued. A robber was captured later with some booty recovered. This marks the first railroad hold-up recorded in Mexico.
July 12 report notes a foreclosure sale involving Harper Brothers and associated assets including real estate stock copyrights and publications such as Harper's Magazine Harper's Weekly and Round Table. Real estate valued at 1.2 million dollars.
Yesterday morning a report claimed H P Anderson of Greenwood county was instructed as the nominee for representative on how to vote if elected to the legislature on the senatorial question. Eureka convention attendees say no instructions were given and the partisan report was misleading. Two men, including Mr Hamer of J E Lam bert's office in the federal building, corroborate the account.
Council met in regular session with nine members present. Mayor Drew chaired. minutes approved as published after partial reading. Several communications referred to committees including injuries on Santa Fe tracks and sidewalk paving estimates. City engineer’s grading and brick paving plan discussed. votes recorded. Committee on health recommended Dr C E Mann as city bacteriologist. motion adopted. Report on streets and sidewalks urged brick in most contracts with exceptions on certain avenues.
Letters from Garam, Grier, Goodwin, Taylor, Methvin praise Peruna as family medicine curing chronic bowel trouble and catarrh. They report long battles with cramps diarrhea and inflammatory bowels improving after using Peruna, with a note offering a free booklet from The Peruna Medicine Co in Columbus, Ohio.
City council debated sidewalks streets and paving including embankment walk repairs for J B Johnson estate and a petition for a new sidewalk. Reports favored granting petitions and appointing appraisers for Woodlawn and Willow avenues while waterworks discussed private sale and engineer reports for Topeka Water Company value and two pending ordinances.
Council Chamber Topeka Kansas July 9 10 tene m eeting notes show city officials present including Mayor Dewey and council members Myers Entotte Weber etc. The record lists formal motions and introductory remarks with official publication remains to follow.
A notice for a special meeting to consider appraisers and the improvement of several blocks in the city. It lists streets from Thirteenth to Will street, Sixth avenue to thatreet, and other segments, with proposed grading, railing, curbing, paving, and widening. Eliott moves to reject one block and adjacent street on Percy street based on the committee report.
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