Mine route may reach Topeka says Kansas City official
James Collinson, superintendent of motive power for the Kansas City Mexico and Orient Railway, believes the Mine will pass through Topeka. He asserts the route is a winner from the start and notes bonds of 320,000 miles. Operators expect road completion within three years, with profitable mine outputs cited.
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Topeka
James Collinson
Kansas City
Mexico
Orient Roact
Collinson
Tour
Fie
Banta Pe
Cole Sincan
Mestown
Rock Island Expands Reach with Coastal Plans and Frisco Link
Rock Island officials announce expansion aims including Mallory line service from Galveston to New York and a direct path to the Pacific via Mexican Central. Reports of a potential close traffic alliance with Frisco surface, with director meetings in New York and discussions of private negotiations, stock actions, and reorganization plans.
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New York
Mallory
Galveston
Newark
Net, & Transportation Alliance
Rock Island
Southern Pacific
That
Chicago
Mexico
Xen
Pacific Coast
Mock Island
Pacific Cadet
Wreck Island
Atchison
Atebicon
Frisco
Hock Island
New Yorke
Stock Island
Yoakum
New York City
Played Tag With Death Experiences of a Santa Fe Man
El Paso t sersid reports on JW Robbins a former El Paso railroader who after leaving Texas decades ago endured yellow fever smallpox and revolutions across Central and South America. He returned to New York seeking health while recounting perilous years as a locomotive engineer in Panama Ecuador and Mexico and noting rival railway dangers in Central America.
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el Paso
Robbins
Santa Fe
Texas
New York
el Faso
Panama
Panama Railway Company
Jie
Ecuador
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Central America
Mr. Stodbine
John R. Shaler
Feen
Jamaica
United States
George Perry
John P. Kelly
Tua
EL. Woods
Daan
Fenner Williams
Santa Fent Emporia
Ie Srohold
Banter
Colorado Health Resorm
Icansas City Made & Scek
Icansas
Santa Fe Mechanical Department
Charlie Rheets
Thomas Metzger
Allen Lauck
Hieton
Cedar Point
Charles Miller
Earday Hospital
Howard
Pon
Moline
Kansas
Ed Batton Phelps
The
Physical Laboratory
Batargay
Chicaistefon
Clarence Lexander
T Store
H.C. Bolts
Capital Iron Works
Heustin
Rock St Horton
Jackson
Mich
Michigan Central
Rail office folders and ticket supply delays noted
The passage records that the office uses 15 000 measures and possibly 1 000 more. It mentions folders by the passenger department intended to supply tickets and cites difficulties keeping the Burlington folder current. References to Southern Pacific Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroads appear, with a focus on railroad paperwork and updating duties.
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Ee Se Senet
Ieee Vee Chi
Ington
Oregon
Burlington
Southern Pacifc
Great Northern
Northern
Mysterious Peter Power Hearing Set in Northern Pacific Case
New York July 28 A hearing was set today on the Power led suit to block transferring Northern Pacific stock to Northern Securities. Power did not attend. Lamb said service was improper and sought a delay. If Power is not produced next Tuesday, contempt steps may be pursued.
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New York
W. B Leeds
Chicago
Rock Island and Pacific
Rock Island
Leeda
Rock Island A
Leeds
Wall Street
Rock Island, Ia
Atchison
Atchion
Moores
Atchivon Board
Austin
Tex
Peter Power
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Northern Securities Company
Power
Francis Lynde Stetson
George Alfred Lamb
Lamb
Eurove
Stetson
Poway
Guthrie
Stetsom
United States Court
Brigham Young’s Grandson Named Rio Grande Western Chief
A. B. Welby resigns as general superintendent of the Rio Grande Western. Joseph H. Young, Brigham Young’s grandson, will succeed him after ten years as Utah division superintendent of the Oregon Short Line. Change effective August 1 at Denver headquarters.
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Denver
Denver & Rio Grange Railway
A. B. Welby
Rio Grande Western Road
Welby
Joseph H. Young
Brigham Yours
Utah
Train of Santa Fe engines sent east for scrap
The Albuquerque Citizen reports four trains of worn Santa Fe engines were sent east Sunday afternoon after being sold weeks earlier to a Chicago railroad supply house as scrap material. Most are small switchers.
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Albuquerque
Chicago
Printing Bit of Burlington About $86,000 a Year
A Burlington item notes millions of time cards being printed at an annual value around eighty six thousand dollars. The text mentions usage in Omaha and references a folding or printing operation with large production volume.
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Burlington
Railroad workers and repairs on the Santa Fe line
The dispatch notes locomotives and shop crews facing wear and upgrades. Railroad men like Examen E Wellman and Lee Taylor in Topeka, with multiple shop staff, report repairs, returns from illness, and resumption of duties. New plant and track work, plus crew adjustments, mark ongoing modernization and service shifts.
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Wellman
Y. Rs
John Cooper
Onkaloosa
Lee Taylor
Newton
Topeka
U Martin Schultz
Mitchells Gang
H.W. Jones
Milwaukee
Win
Moog
Great Laker
Tive Firme
Ride
Frank Braveley
Packer
Charles Anderson
Colorado
Total Tieden
Stockwell
Frank Clough
Zanta
Kenewe Service
Kansas City
Page notes on workers and injuries at Needles plant
A damaged wire-service style local record recounts various labor matters including an employee named Hickox who fell from a bridge near Ute Jon Pacific, injuries to Mullady’s family, and staff movements. It mentions Thomas, Davies, and Urquhart in Chicago, California health trips, strike outcomes in Needles, and retirement of Thomas Smith to Osawkie, with references to plant tool-room photos and long-tenured workers.
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ebaRtt
Larry Hickox
Wilma
Hickox
The
Water Service
Pugeay
James “Kelly
Patrick Mullady
Ia Lew
Cal
Needica
Needles
Willa Charlton
Erlevsance
San Bernardino
T. J. Phillips
Chiare
Ued
Charles Hart
Branner Street
Phillips i
the Fe
Chicago
California
Age
Mudge
Musee Aid
Thomas Smith
Smith
Osawkle
Ae Lee
Spd
Fragmentary note on Late King rowdy leaving town in relief
The readable fragments describe a late king who must depart the town and is relieved from his duties and then dies. The text is incomplete and lacks clear names, dates, or places.
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Rowdy
Kansas Fairs in 1902 Listed by Secretaries
Fragmented OCR lists fairs and officials for Kansas in 1902. Names include county fairs, expositions, and agricultural societies with secretaries and locations such as Clay Center and Se Aerate Prenl County Agricultural. The garbled text offers few clear dates or outcomes but shows organized fair planning across multiple counties.
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Beta Kansas Bi
SF Aptiantines
Wheaton
Iota
Ember
Detobur & Chauta
Ee PN
Whitney
Karun
Ay County
I. Foopen
Clay Center
Cottey County
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Dr. Lyon
Topeka Water Co
Quincy Street
Klauer
Weightman
Weightman's
Kansas Ave
Winslow
Railroad ‘News
Mallory Eine
Fort Worth
Engineering Corps of the
Amarillo
Tucumcari
Rock
Dawson Coal Road
Tueamear
Dawson Fields
Indian Territory
William J. Bryan
Ilinois Central
American Foundry Company
Granite City
New Orleans
Mlinois Central
Brigham Young
Ges
Rio Grands Western
T. L. King
T. M. James, Jr
North
Kenans Ave
Arkansas City
Louis Porcellos
Thin Las
Benen Pe
E. W. Thompson
T. A
Kans
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