Railroads update on Santa Fe steel and Daggett line
Santa Fe shifts to 90 and 80 pound steel rails for the West End and Daggett connections. Moffatt line buys rails, second hand locomotives pass through local yards, and Daggett Caliente segments receive carloads for a new transcontinental route. Tram trucks, greasers, and raillaying machines speed up the project as rails head toward Los Angeles and Chicago orders arrive.
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Santa Fe
South
Central America
San Bernardino Sun
Hats Row
Sun
Banta Fe
Salt Lak
Daggett and
Caliente
Mie
Sante Fe
Los Angeles
Belnss Ginfieed
Reso de Traction
Hanil
Chicago
Daggett
Mousian
SF Uns
San Pedroo
MOFFATT S NEW PLAN FOR MEXICAN PACIFIC COAST RAILROAD
A group led by David Moffat plans to seek a Mexican concession to build a vast railway from the U.S. border near Sonora to the city of Guadalajara. The line would pass through Cananea and the Yaqui river region down to Yucatan Gulf ports, connecting with the Mexican Central and other routes. The project, tentatively named Mexican and Pacific Coast Line, would span about 1 0 miles and traverse rich mining districts and virgin lands awaiting development.
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Colo~rado
David Moffat
Mate of Sonarm
United States
Guadalajara
Douglas
Pess
Cananea
Yaqui River
Gulf of California
Yopolsbimpo
Kansas City
Orient Railroad
Une
Fond
Records of heavy expenses and crop prospects in 19th century notes
A fragmented report discusses high operating costs, changes in acreages, and weather driven crop forecasts. It mentions surplus war costs, adjusted interest margins, and crop projections for Missouri and Kansas with references to wheat, corn, and general tonnage expectations.
Rock Island Plans Telegraph to Telephone Conversion
Chicago dispatch reports Rock Island will replace telegraph operators with cheaper telephone staff at smaller stations in Java and other locales. The move trims personnel and cuts costs as night and day operators are reduced across Rock Island lines.
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Rock Island
Chicago
Java
Pareictoe
Rock Islland
Spo
Tawa
Syndicate Gains Control of Seaboard Air Line
Nov 2 reports list Chenies and others elected to the voting trust and executive committee of Seaboard Air Line. The Hyland Hall syndicate, centered in New York, advances funds for rehabilitation and secures equal board representation with Southern interests.
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John Skelton Williams
Jerson Warfield
Ee Be Dennis
B. PF
Yeukum
Gew
Ness
Eh “Phorne
Williasn
Marburg
James H. Dooley
Mera
Williams
Ryan
Warfield
Binz
Dennis
Coolidge
Yoakum
Combat
ryah-Hiate
New York
Chenies
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Hyan-Hall
Record of the 102 mile Ogden to Lucin Cutoff completion
The completed Ogden to Lucin Cutoff spans 102 miles with 72 miles on land and 20 miles on trestles over Great Salt Lake. It shifts transcontinental traffic from the old line and saves over $1,000 daily in operating costs and about two hours in schedule. Construction began March 1902 and totaled over $4.2 million, with final work near Promontory and along the lake’s east arm.
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Great Salt Lake
Nevada
Ggeden
Lucin
Harriman
Collis P.huntington
Hood
As Trafic
Southern Paclic Company
Oxden
Bear River
Woman and child found in box car en route to El Paso
A local switch crew found a woman and her child locked in a box car headed to El Paso from the east. She claimed destitute circumstances and hoped to beat her way there with Benny, seeking help or a possible remedy in El Paso. The crew planned to seek aid from citizens to arrange local transportation for the pair.
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el Paso
Texas
el Paso Herald
Benny
Beamer Returns to California as Ex Santa Fe Leader
Former Santa Fe superintendent Beamer leaves the line to attend to business interests and is rumored to reconnect with an eastern road while likely returning to Southern California for the foreseeable future. Also notes Rock Island employs more Negro workers than any western line and mentions Santa Fe lineman Hise who claims a double imide device for a railway signaling circuit.
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Santa Fe
California
Liva
WB. Beamer
Beamer
San Bernardino
Rock Island
Wabash
Chicago & Northwestern
Wellington
Oxford morning incident at local office teased
A marginal report notes a morning event at Oxford involving an office location and a person named Torntag. The brief implies a successful outcome of an action taken this morning, with no further details available.
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Oxford
Iowa Railroads Face 2 Cent Per Mile Rate Cut
The Iowa legislature considers a bill to reduce railroad charges to two cents per mile with a planned rollout by November 1. The state has 415 miles of road valued at 127,904 dollars. Interurban lines grow, drawing patrons from steam railroads, sparking opposition among carriers.
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Iowa
Phesige
Santa Fe Begins Rail Construction in Humboldt County
Santa Fe, the first common railroad corporation active in Humboldt County California, reports a large shipment of 60 pound steel rails received at Eureka as construction starts. Baldwins for the Santa Fe have arrived at the southern terminus of the Southern California coast division, with claims of forty five engines ordered and seventy already delivered. General manager Hicks expects the first engines to be delivered on this division near year end.
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Santa Fe
Humboldt County
Santa Fere
Cal
Eureka
Baldwins
Banta Fe
Richmond
Emporis
Prereeen Hicks
Deartment
Bryan Honored guest at London Thanksgiving banquet
Thanksgiving in London featured over 400 guests of the American society at the Hotel Cecil with William J. Bryan as guest of honor. Ambassadors from London, including Choate, toasted Anglo American friendship as Bryan praised the Bank of England visit and reflected on the nation’s Thanksgiving spirit.
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London
Londo
Cecil
Willian J. Bryan
Duke of Mtasibons
Sar Denblat
Panacea
Accaleey
Pany
Lord Hamilton
Gibert Parked
Arthur Lee
Washington
The
Admiralty
Mortague F. Ommaney
Duke of Marlborough
Roosevelt
England
United States
Michael Heree
Choate
Lord Davey
Duke of
Edi- Hernald
Bryan Crome
Trus
Hrgan
Questa
Bryan
Ser Her
Woman Health Benefit From Vegetable Compound
Testimonial says Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound cured chronic ovarian inflammation after doctors proposed surgery. A woman in Atlanta reports eighteen pounds lost and restored health after ten weeks. Another Iowa resident praises the remedy for severe menstrual pain and avoided operation.
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Alice Bailey
Atlanta
Lydia E. Pinkham
Dean Mus
Miss Arson Barurr
North Boulevard
Inkham
Dean Mas
Prixnam
Mixine Orroson
Lydia Ey
Esas Gn
Panama ratifies Hay Bunau Varilla treaty signals
Washington reports official confirmation from Panama that the Panama government will ratify the Hay Bunau Varilla treaty. Minister Varilla notes the decree is a formal communication signed by the junta and foreign minister. Colombia’s envoy and other officials travel toward Washington as part of the ongoing canal settlement efforts.
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Washington
Panama
Associated Press
Varilla
Varilia
Republic of Pan
al Aod Boyd
United States
Manuel Espinosa
PE LA Espriella
Jubta Bet
Pagina Junta
Lone Agnopelé
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Paw Paw
Topeka
Topeka State Journal
Mark
Paw
Paw Pere
Paw Paw la
Railroad News
Moffatt
RAILS
West End
Orient
Kanagh
Alissourt
Seaboard Air Line
Rock Tal
Mellin
Raney
Mellin's Food CO
Boston, Mass
Legislature
Bryan Guest
Ae Ton Drax
Republic of Panama
Herran
General Tazes
New Orleans
Francisco de J. Manotas
Savanill Tmetrber
Werner
Walkwear
Colom
Dal
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