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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1899
Page
3
A Kansas advertises the British Medical Institute promising cures for incurable diseases. The office lists multiple doctors and specialties and offers free examinations and treatment, claiming thousands cured and that no incurable case is beyond reach. Postage is required with letters.
Cummins Vanderbilt, a young multi millionaire inventor, unveils an economical firebox that increases heating surface with less fuel. Five large Mosul type locomotives equipped with this invention have been ordered and will enter service next spring on the New York Central Mobach division. The device uses a corrugated curved firebox producing more steam with fewer bolts, improving efficiency and reducing maintenance.
The United States circuit court in Chicago hears the first of damages suits against the city over destruction of railway property. The Pennsyllvania Heil food company sues for $25,000 as witnesses testify about July 4 incidents tied to rail lines near Phirt and Fifty-0tth streets amid strikers and federal marshals. General Counsel Gene Willard and ex-Judge J. P. Shope present the case.
The Burlington dynamometer car conducts engine tests to measure available work with new schemes on a straightened section of the main line. The Burlington car, shown at the Columbian exposition, is touted as highly equipped and designed to determine speed weight of train and road quality.
Topeka shop announces a basement sale running from Pay Day Wednesday through Saturday night. Special bargains target railroad employees and cash buyers with strong inducements in bargain prices designed to attract local customers and boost sales.
Basement ads tout deep discounts on jackets at wholesale, capes, fur collarettes at 25 percent off, ladies wrappers and waists in various prices, silk waists and velvets, Ingram carpets, window shades, calicoes, cotton batting and hand rolled batting claim superior quality and unmatched prices versus competitors.
A sharp sale list offers crepons at 1.24 a yard, novelty dress goods at 44 cents, golf skirtings at 1.25 per yard, and cotton plaids at 5 cents per yard. Dress fittings include stays, hooks and eyes, binding, embroidery silk, and linin gs at reduced prices. Free linings and fittings with dress goods continue for a limited time despite selling below cost.
A compact list of sale items including Tetlow's face powder two boxes for 10 cents Bailey's talcum powder five cents Bailey's vaseline various sizes up to eight cents fall count pins and envelopes several cents each needles envelopes tape mirrors buttons soap papeterie pencils and darning supplies all offered at reduced prices in a general merchandise listing
In Pecent teste near Gatesboro an engineer concluded that for up to ten cars a EH engine with ja drivers is most economical, while over ten cars an iH engine with os drivers is most serviceable. The tests also assess steam usage economy and feasibility of removing engines from rails for rerailing. No decisive power advantage was found on a sanded track.
The Mutual Aid Association of conductors opened in Chicago on November 15 for the twenty fifth annual convention. Officials include A Loomis, president. George W Hendall, first vice president. HF Fox, second vice president. B M Head, secretary and treasurer. Notables from Northwestern, St Paul, Chicago unions attend. Receipts for the year ended were 21966.29 with 11857.10 paid out in claims and maintenance costs.
Colorado Southern Railroad wins case against Denver Power and Irrigation over occupying South Platte area near Denver. Court dissolves injunction halting construction of Cripple Creek short line. Railway company to proceed with building at once.
Lane changes mark railroad staffing with Geo Bible headed to Omaha to join Rock Island city office and Walter Bibke taking his post in Topeka. Havana Kan to Kan sid Bartlesville line stretch plus a Hunnewell Tonkawa extension in progress. Helen Gould funds library at MCA project in Texarkana and Wichita. Omaha groups plan Nov 22 protest against freight rate hikes at Milwaukee classification meeting to defend Midwest jobbers rights.
New York reports Atchison Topeka Santa Fe officials expect completion of its line into San Francisco by January with about 80 miles of new track from Stockton to Point Richmond. The railroad will build its own terminals and ferry trains across the bay. Also advancing with the Constellation system in Oklahoma and Indian Territory amid projections for the Kansas Oklahoma Central and Southwest Railway.
CHM Berter returns to work while Powel resumes after illness. Engineer Cris McGinnish reports for duty. Fireman Sam Ash lays off briefly. Engineer HE Stillman on coal fire. Frank Galletty and Jack Gorman at work. Hank Bair, Lloyd Conklin, and William McCamontge resign. Some workers transfer to Albuquerque shops. Carnegie Steel and Frick Coke meet with no changes in ownership or policy. Carnegie signs agreement and vows continued partnership. Bennett Book Store advertises this week at 30 Kansas Avenue.
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled in the Kansas board of railway commissioners case against Atchison Topeka Santa Fe. It held that higher flour rates from Kansas to Texas do not justify interference and a seven cent differential on corn meal is unfair to Kansas mills. Carriers must stop lower export rates from intermediate stations that prejudice Galveston and New Orleans regions.
A New York dispatch reports Mrs Stanford selling all Southern Pacific stock to Huntington interests for about 11.46 million dollars. The sale, plus railroad property held jointly with Mr Finnerty, funds to be used for Stanford University, with calls that the move supports a proposed joint hospital venture under Huntington influence.
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