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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1901
Page
3
Smiths Green Mountain Renovator has risen rapidly to fame as a medicine with an unbroken record of cures for blood nerves liver kidneys rheumatism dyspepsia and indigestion. The public recognizes its uniqueness and that other medicines pale beside it. Money back if not benefited.
W J Black Santa Fe general passenger agent returned from San Francisco where excursionists presented him a solid silver loving cup inscribed for the California visit. He praised railroad men amid applause from officers and guests, recounting the trip and noting entertainment by prominent executives and editors.
The Rock Island passenger department readies circulars for a new Chicago to El Paso limited train to begin after line completion. Good & Co reports 60 of 130 miles built, 25 more ready for track laying. With one mile daily due to machinery, 70 miles may finish by January 1 and Santa Rosa reach by January 1, enabling trains to run by January 15 from Chicago.
Rock Island leases three floors at Grand Central Station Chicago for use during Van Buren Street depot rebuilds. New general offices established for Rock Island road operations during construction period.
Warren G. Purdy announces a new lease at the fourth station on Fifth Avenue and Harrison Street to repurpose space for Rock Island office use. The Grand Central near Station hotel will close after years of operation since the World’s Fair era. The Lake Shore reports its general offices will move during depot rebuilding, likely to the Open Board of Trade building on LaSalle Street.
Mexico City on November 21 noters the proposal by ex senator Henry G Davis to create an intercontinental Pan American railroad. He argues the line would connect existing systems for about 6,000 miles at an estimated cost around 40,000 per mile. Delegates debated subcommittee study but adopted the report for the conference session.
Judge Hazen ruled for the Jordan Stuck Pot company of New braoke against the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe road over a shipment of eggs. The case held that damages cannot be waived when a shipment is misdirected and later delivered to another consignee after initial refusal. The decision upheld the shipper as the prevailing party and clarified transit obligations.
Pittsburg, Pa., Nov 28. Switchmen on seven railroads walked out at dawn after a union meeting with about 600 members approving the action. Police and Pinkerton guards mobilized at major yards as 700 to 1,000 workers were expected to join. The dispute centers on wages aligning with Chicago rates. current Pittsburg rates are lower for conductors and helpers. Grand Master Hawiey is due to arrive to lead the strike.
The Emporia ice house plan shows GE Rex Topeka contractor Mr Rex as an in-house Santa Fe engineer under Chief Engineer Storey, though the contract went to O Swanson. The facility costs 4300 dollars, measures 20 by 80 feet, and will store 2000 tons. Chas M Hays to resume Grand Trunk management as second vice president in Montreal, per London report from November 26.
An advertisement proclaims seven pounds of new flesh from a one pound bottle of Scott's Emulsion. It promises improved appetite, digestion, blood quality, and body strength, urging thin people to try it and noting the product is sold by Scots & Browne on Pearl Street in New York.
The report discusses Bays poised for a Grand Trunk vice presidency and Hays taking Southern Pacific presidency before Union Pacific’s control shift. It also covers Cornelius Vanderbilt patenting an improved locomotive tender, large Union Pacific ticket quantities, and Rail route considerations involving Lawton and Botsford with McGuire advocating a through-town path.
A stream of notices details workers placed on layoff for illness and holidays, transfers to different crews, and new apprentices in the boiler shop. Names include Hirsiman, John Coe, Russell Tolliver, Frank Smith, Samuel McFaren, William Hescock, Suri Huremoh, Edward McDade, J. B. Mills, Herbert Miller, Av Imblestrom, George Thompson, Frank Robinson, Eugene Fowler, John Braun, Otto Weber, John Eckerman, Mark Chamberlain, Henry Austman, Edward Garner, Mrs. Packard, Frank Ford, W. C. Mattingly, and others. The report also notes funeral absences, a Y M C A electricity class, and upcoming rail yard labor bids and transfers.
The report details routine movements at the Colorado Midland shop in Denver and surrounding towns. It mentions James Wilson returning to family visits after Thanksgiving, JM Meade traveling to Toluca to oversee a Santa Fe reservoir, and BW Ghent taking a summer vacation to Salida with his daughter Edna. It notes cattle missing near town, Louis Schaeffler’s injury and transfer, Mrs. H. Bickley returning to Bakersfield with her son Charles, repairs to a steam shovel bound for Lebo, Bert Gilbert family travels to Denver, Robert Slusser returning home to Osage City, Thomas Mooney’s funeral, and a push to hire boilermakers from the cast. The piece also covers a busy day at the new Machine Shop and concrete work progress around Seward Avenue.
An OCR fragment notes the monthly internal revenue statement with decreases and increases. It lists spirits revenue at 13,577,122 dollars with a rise, tobacco at 4,500,247 dollars with a fall, and fermented liquors at 5,789,652 dollars with a decrease, alongside scattered stray text.
The document lists several line items with increases and decreases such as miscellaneous gains and taxes. It notes a targeted overall decrease of about 5 percent for a portion of the current fiscal year and cites figures around $702,535 and $1,000,477 with various shifts in the last period. Specific entities or dates are not clearly identified in the legible text.
The Pall Mall Gazette notes the Central American situation as evidence the United States will dominate the isthmian games. It argues it is beneficial that the US and Britain have resolved disputes and now cooperate to maintain open doors and stability.
Revival progress in Brown County at Muer's. Reverend Buckner reports seventy converts, with forty added on the final night. A separate two week meeting at Bethel Baptist Church yielded thirty-two converts. In Weal Lawn near Brown County, Reverend Brink reported forty converts from a recent sequence of meetings. In Hiawatha, Reverend Senocene led a two week revival ending with fifty converts.
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