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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1898
Page
6
Santa Fe shop forces at Ottawa and other shops face possible changes in work hours. A 49 hour week order may not shift on April 1, with full time likely after May 1 or later. Engineers and staff expect continued agitation for longer hours, possibly ten per day, amid pending orders and summer pressures.
Lantry Sons secure another Estentive grading contract with G. & SF Hallway company and set headquarters at Morgan. The project involves stripping and heavy earth work on the G C SF tracks, with 500 workers, two steam shovels, two construction trains, and new machinery from the east. Work moves ahead as equipment and men relocate from Arizona to Morgan amid plans to overcome substantial rock and earth obstacles. Santa Fe shop men threaten to complain to the street commissioner over shop condition repairs.
In Topeka exposure of a flooded street between First and Third causes mud, stench, and traffic trouble as shopmen urge action. Ottawa Santa Fe shops upgrade with new air condenser drill press sewerage and water system while adding a reading room for railroad and mechanical literature for about 225 workers.
In Newton the riptrack is congested with cars awaiting repairs while the repair force is stretched. Brakemen Charles Cease and Thomas Ida are temporarily laid off as a work train moves to Great Bend. Charles Judkins becomes night watchman at Santa Fe and withdraws from the city mayoral race. New consolidated engines will be turned out at Topeka shops this year. Engines head toward Dodge City and Florence for freight and quarry track work. Several railroad workers change posts from night to day shifts, with others moving between Florene, Eldorado, Clarendon, and Woodward. Witnesses travel to Purell via Santa Fe suit, and Joe Lawrence assumes a freight office post in Manyfield.
State Board of Agriculture issues a comprehensive bulletin on Kansas winter wheat and oats. It paints a mostly favorable condition with limited failures by county, noting dry falls, late sowing, and wet soils as key factors influencing outcomes. Counts of failure and acreage shifts are listed per county, along with soil conditions and moisture levels.
A New York dispatch claims the United States may have agreed to purchase the Danish islands St Thomas St John and St Croix for about 9 million with six warships for 6 million total 15 million. The plan reportedly sells islands as coaling stations and a base in the West Indies but formal details are unavailable.
Washington March 30 report states the steam yacht Geraldi, purchased by Spain, cost about 250000 dollars. The vessel is considered inferior to the Mayflower, the yacht Secretary Long had bought two weeks earlier, in strength and capability.
Berlin reports Lieut. Commander Albert P. Niblack is negotiating for a 3000 ton armored cruiser being built in Germany for Brazil though completion will take a long time. Washington notes dispatch about several Spanish warships leaving Cartagena, destination unknown, with armored cruisers Infanta Maria Theresa Cristobal Colom and destroyer Destruction cited.
Washington March 30 Senate foreign relations committee failed to agree on Cuban resolutions and sent the matter to a sub committee before adjourning The panel eyed a headway timing of as little as hours to a week while awaiting the presidents next move The Maine court testimony was reviewed as members debated how to proceed and many supported decisive action once diplomatic options exhausted A rebuilt engine No 40 from the Howard branch will haul the weed burner on spring trips across the Santa Fe system
The government eyes a coaling station in the West Indies amid naval build up. Captain Bradford and Secretary Long discuss potential sites with St Thomas on a Danish island seen as promising. Negotiations proceed, with hints the Thomas area may be visited by officials. Navy plans include assigning officers to command newly added torpedo boats and forming a second line of defense for Atlantic Gulf coasts. The Bancroft shift to Boston yard for repairs affects naval readiness as Helena sails toward Key West for support.
In New York on March 30 the Navy Yard at Brooklyn employs over 2000 workers around the clock. Work on the Dolphin is finished and stores and ammunition are being loaded. The vessel could sail by Saturday if needed as nearly 20 ships, including the Chicago Atlanta Texas and Mayflower, remain in the yard.
Washington reports say the Somers has left King Germany bound for Pillau and may head to the United States after repairs. The gunboat Bancroft arrived Bermuda on its return from the European station and will go to Norfolk for needed work. Montgomery also left Key West for Norfolk for minor repairs. In Washington Mr Cummings denounced the gag rule and said he will not vote supplies for Cuba until Madrid notifies Blanco and Sagasta that concentration orders must end.
Washington March 20 An exciting incident in the House had galleries applauding as Mr Wheeler Democrat All urged against a pro forma amendment claiming Republicans are betraying the government and the American name. Mr Cummings Democrat N questions timing amid talk of a Spain alliance.
Mail advices from Las Palmas Canary Islands dated March 2 confirm Washington reports of the sailing of the Spanish fleet. The London message, received March 20, reiterates the departure of the vessels, signaling a potential shift in maritime events and regional tensions.
New type of smoke jacks to be installed at Topeka shops replaces old hood style. Cone shaped bases fit the smokestack provide tighter connection and better draft, solving previous binding and poor operation issues at the roundhouse.
If a family history includes weak lungs take Scott's Emulsion to nourish invigorate and resist disease. Even with cough fever and emaciation there remains a strong probability of cure as the oil feeds the body nerves gain power and glycerine soothes heals. $100 and all druggists New York.
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