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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1898
Page
3
A forthcoming railroad project will be constructed with pressed brick and stone trim. Plans call for durable masonry exterior and decorative detailing, signaling a civic minded approach to enhancement and station aesthetics.
A detailed description of Fred Harvey era station plans for a new Santa Fe passenger facility at Houston Texas. The article covers construction by J M Arener of Dalian Texas, design features for separate white and colored waiting rooms, and supervision by C F We Fell of Galveston. It also recounts a tramp who rides a new postal car to Chicago, narrowly escaping danger when the train stops and the rail crew rescues him.
Fragmented notes describe railroad workers at Dover 140 and changes in conductors J Emmons and Albert Amyulthe. Mentions of Chicago to Colorado trains with El Tertiniga cars and library coaches, war supply shipments boosting Santa Fe freight, and local school and bridge projects. Referenced names include Willis Conversy and Patines, with scattered notes on rail terminals and proposed line work in Arkansas, New Mexico, and Colorado.
A fragmentary 19th century newspaper snippet describes an attempted robbery and mischief near a railroad yard. Three intoxicated trespassers creep through burned fencing toward a stationary rail car and a veloped cycle stands ready with switch lanterns as one asks to “let her go” and ride away.
Enginemen from here have erected small houses upon certain lots to use 26 sleeping apartments when they remain there over aleb. They are now bring upon these lots and will soon own scene upon which their sleeping agents are located. Among those who have already died on lots are Enginemen Waddle Danenburg Ostrand er and Ford.
A chef translated a friend’s jelly recipe but the dish failed to please Fred Harvey. He tasted only a mouthful and demanded the chef send back the dish, citing the new jelly as unsuitable for his table.
An improvised crew riding a train panelled by a blundering trio from Wichita causes a wreck while attempting to escape, injuring a cranky crew and prompting police court involvement. The incident disrupted service near Santa Fe, with the trio identified as James Brady, John Dulles, and J. Ruey.
From Newton a string of notices reports layoffs new class tests and returns of workers including Fireman Tom Claude Engineer Arnold Goodwin Brown and Fireman Jim Johnson at the engine houses. Conductor Thomas sick and Osbun sent to Hutchinson to fill 10 1 duty. Conductor Arsebricht promoted and assigned to Section No 4 while Tip sent out earlier.
A New Mexico railroad engineer halted a train when a flock of sheep blocked the track. He shooed the stock from the rails, returned to the cab, and arrived 30 minutes late. Division superintendents awarded him three credit marks, urging engineers to stop and guide livestock to safety rather than risk collisions.
Salt Lake March 16 Wagner sleeping cars will displace Pullman sleepers on the Ogden to Omana line and soon on Denver and Kansas City routes, per a prominent railroad official. He declines to name his firm and says the Wagner car plan will take effect when Dr W Seward Webb returns from Mexico to finalize the deal in New York via Omaha.
The territorial board of railway assessors in Oklahoma Territory sets main line values for Rock Island Santa Fe Choctaw Hutchinson & Southern and Southern Kansas with locomotives at 45000, Pullman cars at 6000, passenger coaches 2000, express cars 1500, freight cars 100 to 200. A Red River Railroad contract for 20000 tests for use on a new line from Cimarron to Springer, with extension plans toward Taos valley if Las Vegas Mora Taos line builds.
The Santa Fe freight business continues to grow with rising grain shipments from Manhattan and St. Joe to the Gulf and substantial cotton shipments from Olhehma. Yesterday 15 cars passed through Topeka bound for export, signaling a new and scarce cotton trade for the road in this region.
Francis Eimerson president of the Fitat National bank in McKinney Texas sent a tender of 1,00000 dollars to Washington for the president’s use in national defense. The offer proposes a no interest loan to be repaid at the government’s convenience or not at all. Emerson is described as an Irish American 29 year old citizen.
New York man R. Bonhell reports assay results from a duck bought at Butcher Duncan. He claims the bird carried twenty three small ingects from Colorado and valued the tokens at four dollars after weighing the find.
A jumble of local items includes social plans at First Baptist, ongoing street paving on Thirteenth Street, a tax or temperance hearing in Topeka, and a lecture by JW Gi about a Frances E Indiana project. The Topeka Scottish society protests doctors leaving, a lantern exhibit is planned, and city prison conditions are noted.
New York reports the signing of a vast steam railroad contract between President Almeric H. Paget of the Chihuahua and Pacific Railroad and Nassau Construction to build 350 miles from Chihuahua mining regions to the Gulf of California. Sixty miles must be finished by November 1 next, with Col. Oliver H. Payne Moore and Schley and Mr. Paget as principal owners.
A damaged report notes Santa Fe engineers warned they will refrain from rushing through any animal on the railway track after incidents where a flock or livestock halted trains. It recalls the Five Spot incident where seven mules and a horse were killed, urging caution to prevent similar harm.
Gov. William H. Leedy denounces the U S Supreme Court decision in the M K & T quarantine cattle case as a political stroke. He accuses the court of favoring big business while ignoring major public interests, likening its actions to Carnegie and Rockefeller in motive and impact.
State Auditor Morris scrutinizes a new law that shifts stenographer fees to the state treasury but lacks a mechanism to track payments. Counties have not reimbursed the state, risking uncollected funds. Morris plans to require sworn clerical statements and quarterly transfers to the state from each district court.
Representative Horace A. Keefer of Leavenworth county offers services to Governor Leedy in case of war with Spain. He would prefer support roles such as paymaster or commissary, citing an army family heritage with a paymaster father a surgeon brother in the regular army and two brothers in law who are cavalry captains.
Gov Leedy refuses to interfere in John Dunn's 21 year sentence for criminal assault, despite lobbying. Judge Hazen asks to commute Walter Thomas's Shawnee burglary term from five to two years, citing intoxication. Patrick O'Shea’s appeal to the supreme court follows his release on 3000 dollars bail after shooting James Dawson in a joint scuffle last November.
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The March 15 session on quarantine measures featured committee amendments defending state authority to protest infectious exports while acknowledging federal power. Senator West argued for U S sovereign action, noting opposition largely from Southern states. the bill was laid aside as marshal appointments and qualifications proceeded, followed by an executive session.
G Stevens of Brooklin Packing Co visited Bangor and New York on a trip to secure an option on all fifty three Maine sardine factories for ninety days. The option represents about 1.9 million dollars, backing by an English syndicate with 3 million dollars in capital.
Representative Newlands of Nevada introduces a bill to establish a Public Land Commission. The panel would include the general land office and Reclamation Service heads plus three others, with senate confirmation. It aims to map public lands, assess water supply, regulate timber, and oversee forest and grazing lands usage while funding the work.
Fragmentary OCR listing street lots and frontages for Taylor Street and surrounding blocks in the Fourth Ward. The item presents parcel numbers and frontage notes such as Nos 4 17 and 1st Front jot No 1 2 3 4 5, with unclear captions.
A garbled OCR list of front lot numbers and street names such as BUCHANAN STREET LANE STREET FIRST AVENUE WHEAT SIXTH AVENUE and EIGHTH AT HW WEST. It reads like a real estate plat or street-by-street frontage references with numerous lot numbers and directions but lacks coherent narrative or dates. The fragment emphasizes property fronts on multiple avenues and streets with scattered lot identifiers.
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