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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1902
Page
3
An advertisement extols Kodol as a remedy for summer stomach and digestion issues. It claims it prevents summer sickness by correcting digestion and fermentation, supports the stomach and digestive organs, and strengthens the body for hot weather. It attributes the product to E. C. DeWitt & Co. in Chicago and emphasizes its digestive elements.
Railroad item reports Santa Fe Railroad will add 50 new Pullman cars for the California Limited. The trains will run as 7 car consists next winter, expanding passenger service and capacity between key west and Pacific routes.
General Passenger Agent W J Black announces Santa Fe will replace winter Pullman equipment with new cars costing about 1 million dollars. Trains will expand to seven cars and faster schedules cut time to San Francisco by three hours, with service opening between October 15 and November 1. The club edition de luxe is abandoned. improvements focus on the California Limited and Pacific coast capacity.
Omaha July 21 Secretary Samuel Kace reports that the immigration bureau will act against attempts to import workers from England and Scotland to replace striking railroad shopmen. Grace cites Union Pacific plans and Sargent confirms steps to prevent foreign labor influx and to compel return of any crews shipped at the importers’ expense.
Daleby L Wing, a railroad promoter of international fame, files a voluntary bankruptcy petition in the U S district court in Springfield Illinois. Assets listed at 400 dollars oppose reported abilities of 80 000 dollars. Wing built major lines and promoted schemes including Springfield to Peoria air line with bonds previously deemed legitimate. He resumed residence in Peoria after returning from France where he faced bond selling charges.
An Austin dispatch reports American creditors of the Monterey and Mexican Gulf railroad, now owned by the Mexican government, claim the district court has adjourned its session while hearing the preferred creditors. The notice comes from Mexico City, dated July 3.
The passage lists debts and creditors under a court payment order. Creditor names include J. A. Robertson Parscarty St. Louis Central Trust New York John J. Fisher Rogers comotive J. W. Seligman National Bank John R. Price and other sums totaling near one million dollars in U.S. currency.
Leon M. Allen becomes general passenger agent for Rock Island rail road after a long tenure in railroad roles. Born in Davenport Iowa in 1860s he worked as car accountant and served 28 years in engineering freight and ticketing positions before moving to Chicago in 1898 and rising to first assistant G P A in 1901. He also spent a period in newspaper work in his hometown.
In Scranton Times last Friday, D. E Barton, formerly of Pennsylvania and recently named to the general foremanship of Topeka shops, is discussed. The piece cites the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe system as a vast railroad, noting its 8,000 miles, 1,200 locomotives, 30,000 freight cars, and $216 million capital with $28 million debt, asserting Barton earned the post on merit and mentioning his brother-in-law James Co. Moffitt, Erie transportation agent in this city.
A New York dispatch reports official notice that Santa Fe raises wages 5 to 15 percent. Omaha dispatch warns of a broad labor threat to railways west of the St Lawrence, as Western train crews including the Canadian Pacific prepare to press for higher pay August 1. Union Pacific crews initiate action. Several railroads deem concessions and new hour schedules for engineers firemen conductors and brakemen across divisions after conferences.
June earnings for Santa Fe Railroad fell for the first time in the fiscal year ended June 20. The monthly statement notes a huge volume of business earlier in the period, with trains and freight movement strong but overall revenue down for the month.
Topeka railroad workers report new arrivals and repairs. Engineers and firemen return from Chicago and Colorado visits. New dynamos arrive for the power plant. a brass foundry shift knocks in with stomach trouble and ankle sprains. Several men transfer, restart, or start in new roles as work accelerates on the new powerhouse and shop machinery.
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