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RAILROAD, NEWS. History of New Kock Island Line to 1 Paso. Eighty-pound Bails Laid on New Koadbed. SWIFT CONSTRUCTION 400 Miles to Be Completed in One Tear. Sares 222 Miles From Kansas City to 1 Paso. "When, In the first days of January last, the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad broke ground at Liberal, Kan., for its great southwestern extension, it had 402 miles of road to build to effect a junction at Carrizozo, N. II., with the Kl Paso & Northeastern railroad, Car rizozo being- 114 miles from El Paso, thus giving a total length of line be tween Liberal and El Paso of 546 miles, says George K. Caldwell in the Rocky Mountain News. For the special purpose of complying with the behest of the Texas law that every railroad within the state shall bave state operating headquarters and also for general construction facilities and convenience, the road building was placed under the charters of five differ ent railroad corporations, viz: The Chi cago. Rock Island & Pacific itself, the ?! iCDH-CJiRA!ipa V p las VEGAS V--. ffiCajTZd'an O) Puerto dcluna jr " T IE A AlAYA ""iXiS I vL2.'. A I -i-c PASO oA bvA1 , pSj&iZ6''s Great 546 Kile Extension Chicago, Rock Island & Mexico, the Chicago, Rock Island' & El Paso, the Rock Island & El Paso railway and the El Paso & Northeastern. The road from Liberal to Santa Rosa, N. M., a dis tance of 272 miles, was placed under di rect Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific construction, with J. H. Conlen, vice president of the Chicago, Rock Island & Mexico, as chief engineer and general manager, while from Santa Rosa to Carrizozo. a distance of 130 miles, the construction work was given to the El Paso & Northeastern. The road from Liberal to Carrizozo will be equipped with 80-pound steel; oak or pitch pine ties, and modern bal lasting. The construction work is su perb, heavy construction trains making 35 miles an hour with smoothness and safety over fresh laid tracks. This construction work constitutes the initial instance of 80-pound steel being laid on an actually new railroad to which can be added the even great er construction fact that the Roberts track-laying machine is here putting down 80-pound steel at a faster rate than any has heretofore laid 66-pound rails while, after the crossing of the Canadian river and the coming of cool er weather, Mr. Conlen expects to in crease the track-laying pace from the ,4resent two and one-half miles to three miles per day. Depots, sidetracks, switches, station houses, yardage, water tanks and Western Union telegraph lines have all "kept pace with actual road building, so that the line as fast as constructed is also ready for full and final operation. COAL FOR THE SOUTH. In connection with the Rock Island El Paso line is the new 30-mile railroad which Is to develop the immense Daw son coal fields, owned by the Rock Isl and, on Beaubien and Miranda grant In the northern part of Colfax county, New Mexico. This road will leave the main Rock Island rails at or near Lib erty station, 20 miles southwest of the Canadian river crossing, and will plant Its rails in the New Mexican counties of San Miguel, Mora and Colfax. The route is now under survey, and the road will be fully constructed by May 15. 1902. This New Mexican coal is to feed the southeastern portion of the Rock Island-El Paso line, and is also doubtless to largely supply Southern Pacific railroad demand with, and in Addition a heavy southern domestic cus tom. This road will also develop ex tensive and valuable New Mexican stock, mining and agricultural interests ' and as it will cross the Santa Fe at Maxwell City or Dorsey, will afford a general new north and south railroad connection. A NEW RAILROAD PACE. The completion of the El Paso road will give the Rock Island a route 22 miles shorter between Kansas City and El Paso than that of the Santa Fe be tween the same points, together with a saving of la fcours of time, the latter fact being largely due to the favorable alignment and maximum 1 per cent, grade i of the new Rock Island road. Again, the EI Paso route will shorten Rock Island distance 40 miles between Kansas City and Los Angeles over the Santa Fe, while the building this fall and winter of the new Rock Island Missouri cut-off between Trenton and Belknap will give that road an advant tage of 18 miles out of Chicago to Los Angeles, all of which shortening of dis tance and time foreshadows a Rock Island seizure of the great California fruit custom and southwestern cattle, wool and mutton shipments, together with the corresponding passenger traffic. In other words, the building of the Rock Island-El Paso road consti tutes a veritable western railroad rev olution, as the other great lines must perforce at least meet these new speed schedules. The entire line from Liberal. Kas., to El Paso will be in full operation by January 1, 1902. A PRAIRIE PRINCESS. Dalhart is the point of crossing of the Rock Island-El Paso road and the Fort Worth & Denver rails, and is lo cated on the dividing line of Dallam and Hartley counties, the name of the town being coined from the first syl lable of each of the names of these re spective counties. With a present population of 400, Dalhart is soon to count her people by the thousands, and will in the near fu ture amply justify the proud name al ready being written by her progres sive citizens of "The Princess of the Panhandle Prairies." The town now has twenty business houses and a dozen or more structures of various kinds in progress of erection, including a $4,000 hotel and a commo dious Fort Worth & Denver City rail road passenger and freight depot. Dalhart is the official headquarers and private home of Vice President and General Manager Conlen of the Chi cago, Rock Island & Mexico railroad, the Rock Island buildings here includ ing a round-house, repair shops, pas senger and freight depots, general of- of the Kock Island Route. I fices, an abundant railroad water sup ply system, big stock yards and ex tended and well equipped yardage, it being in this latter direction the great storage and shipping point for the con struction material of the new road. As the principal operating, divisional and mechanical point for 400 miles of Rock Island rails, Dalhart will have a monthly pay-roll reaching up into the tens of thousands of dollars. The construction cost of the Rock Island-El Paso line will approximate $7,000,000, an average of about J15.000 per mile. 48,000,000 FRANC DEFICIT. One Undesirable feature of Govern ment Ownership of Railroads. The Matin, a French newspaper quoted by the Paris correspondent of the Lon don Times and the New Tork Times, says the French railways are about to ask the state to provide rather more than 48,000,000 francs, the amount by which the railways' net profits fall short of the fixed charges. The correspon dent says the amount of the railway de ficit will probably exceed 60,000,000 francs by the end of the year. He adds that the general budget deficit i3 likely to be 100,000,000 francs. "SR. BEN JOHNSON." Notice of His Appointment Sent Oat From City of Mexico. "Por haber renunclado su cargo el Sr. F. W. Johnstone, para ocuparse en etros negocios, queda el Sr. Ben Johnson nombrado desde esta fecha Superin tendente de Maquinaria." The above is quoted from an official circular received at the State Journal office from H. R. Nickerson and A. A. Robinson, of the Mexican Central rail way. It is of interest to Topeka people, as will be seen by the following trans lation: "Mr. F. W. Johnstone having re signed to engage in other business. Mr. Ben Johnson is appointed superintend ent of machinery, effective this date." THE AUTOMATIC FIREMAN. New Stoking Device For Locomotives Is a Success. An automatic locomotive stoker bids fair to make the fireman's position a sinecure. Despite the fact that the con trivance is said to be proving a success, there is no talk of doing without the services of firemen, who will be expect ed to take more part in the running of the engines provided the fuel is taken care cf. An engine ran into Columbus recent ly on time with her flues leaking after a hard run and with her steam blowing off. During the entire trip the fireman had toyed with the "furniture" of the cab in order to keep busy. It is stated that, although the engine had a hard load to pull, steam pressure was main I i iQr n i I tained at the maximum every mile of , i . i - . - j. we auwuidLii: is Luner is operatea vy a small engine supplied with steam from the locomotive, so that the engine may be said to feed itself. The coal is dis tributed regularly over the entire grate aca, aim v i l n me perrect evenness et much sought after. The use of the wuiaLca t-ii f necessity or opening the fire door, and consequently there is - " " i cucaijuijg UI11.U 1X13 U1C UUU1 t ll J , LVIlll-. 11 ALL KINDS OF PRODUCTS. Santa Fe Delighted With Its Newly Purchased Arizona Railroad. tFrom the Chicago Record-Herald.l Officials of the Santa Fe who have in vestigated the possibilities of the Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix road declare that it is the most valuable purchase aeciaea upon by the company in many years. The road extends from Ash Fork, Ariz., to Phoenix, a distance of miles, and the statement is made that its traffic is better balanced than that of almost any other road in the west, it is so peculiarly situated that the lumber, coke, coal and supplies needed for the mining districts of south west Arizona must come over' it; while the agricultural products of the Salt river valley are needed and must be had In the regions whence come the lumber and supplies. Accordingly, the percentage of empties which have to be hauled is exceedingly small. The road runs through the heart of one ol the richest mining districts in tne world. Near it are located the won derful Verdi mines of Senator Clark the Congress mines, the "Vulture and the Wickenburg district, rich in vein and placer. In addition, it taps a val ley of immense area capable of profit able irrigation. The Salt river valley now has an Inadequate system of irri gating canals, and it is said that the government soon will establish an irri gation reservoir, which will result in the reclamation of millions of acres of fertile lands. TWO-CENT RAILROAD FARE. New Michigan Law Wil Be Obeyed by All Roads. Officers of the railroads operating out of Chicago into Michigan are preparing to reduce their passenger rates to 2 cents per mile to comply with the law in that state fixing that as a maximum, which will go into effect the first day Of next year. For several days rate clerks repre senting these roads have been in con ference in Chicago making preliminary arrangements for establishing the new schedules. Tariffs have not yet been actually printed or even agreed upon in the hope that some delay may be had in putting in the lower fares. A general reduction of passenger rates from 3 to 2 cents per mile will mean immense financial losses to the roads operating in that state. There appears no disposition, however, fur ther to fight the new statute and it is probable that the lower rates will be announced soon. The Michigan Central is the only road that would be exempt from the new law if its officers saw fit to take ad vantage of their rights. This company is operating under a special charter which exempts it from statutory re ductions in rates. Stockholders of the Michigan Central will hold a special meeting in Detroit soon to consider the advisability of giving up the old charter and reorganizing the company under the general railroad laws of the state. LOW DENIES IT. Bays No Road Will Be Built From Belleville Now. A Concordia man has received the following letter concerning the rumor that the Rock Island would build south from Belleville: "I do not think there is any substan tial basis for the newspaper report that this company is about to extend its line south from Belleville. Such a line may be built some time, and I think ought to be; but I do not think the matter will be taken up at the present time. "M. A. LOW." SANTA FE ELECTRICIAN. W. J. Miner Gets an Appointment at Newton. W. J. Miner has been appointed elec trician for the Santa Fe at Newton, and in the future will devote his entire time and attention to this work. He will have charge of the lighting appa ratus on the trains and will be com pelled to make all of them and see that Stomachs That Won't Work, That Retain the Food and Refuse to Digest It, Make the Head Heavy and the Nerves Weak, Need Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. There is a cure for dyspepsia. Suffer ers who have tried noxious nostrums will probably be skeptical, but skepticism van ishes when Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are tried. "Whether the trouble is dyspep sia of long- staiiding-, or merely a. simple case of indigestion, relief is prompt and pronounced. The less the trouble the fewer tablets need be taken. 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You don't have to continue taking them forever, still it is well to have a box handy and take one at the first return of the trouble Perfectly well people are made sick by eating too much, or unwholesome food, but not if they take a tablet after eating. Treatment with Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab lets does not necessitate dieting or any change of habits. They digest the proper food and act upon the other kind in such a way as to make it pass off quickly and harmlessly. You may eat and drink what you like, and as much as you like if you you like, when you like, and as much as you like if you take a tablet afterwards. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are sold by all drugerists at 50c for full size package. Send to F A. Stuart Co.. Marshall. Mich., for1 little book on stomach diseases, mailed free. (BAM (BEDS Sufferers from this horrible malady Nearly always inherit it not necessarily irom the parents, out may be from some remote ancestor, for Cancer often runs through several generations. 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This continued for some time, when my jaw began to swell, becoming very painful. The Cancer be gan to eat and spread, until it was as large as a half dollar, when I heard of S. S. S. and determin ed to give it a fair trial, and it was xemarkable what a wonderful effect it had from the very beginning: the sore began to iicuiamiMiscr lajkinE a lew OOEllea flimnratw1 entirely. This was two years ago ; there are still no signs of the Cancer, and my general heatlh continues good. Mrs. R. Shirer, La Plata, Mo. is ine creates! ot all blood purifiers, and the only one guaranteed purely vegetable. Send for our free book on Cancer, containing valuable and interest ing information about this disease, and write our physicians about your case. We make no charge for medical advice. IHfc SWIFF SffcUHU CO., ATLANTA, 6A. everything is in working order. Here tofore he has looked after the work a portion of the time, and when he was not employed in making- some repairs he was kept busy in the yards fixing bad-order cars. In the future the work will be looked after carefully, which will give him all he can do. BOCK ISLAND PROSPERITY. Increase of $227,501 in Gross Earn ings of September. Another gratifying monthly report has been given out by the Rock Island offi cials. A good increase is shown over the corresponding month of 1900. A notable feature of the September statement is that most of the increase in gross earn ings comes from the passenger traffic. Kollowine- is a detailed statement of earnings, expenses, etc., for the month of September, and for the six months ended on September 30, 1901: September: IBM. 1900. Inc. Passenger IS2O.091 S632.tfl2 $187,479 Freight 1,7,SS5 1,725.911 37,973 Miscellaneous .... 101.797 99,748 2,049 Gross earnings ...2.65.774 2.45S.272 227,501 Other income 17,52 2,242 15.320 Total income 2,703,337 2,460,515 242,821 Op. expenses and taxes i.i9(,o i,4iis,ut jis.-jsi Net income 1,106.249 987,418 118,830 Charees 319,000 316.997 - 2.002 Surplus 7S7.349 670,421 116,827 Si-v months to Sentember 30: Passenger 4.128.187 3.336,121 792,0CS Freight 9,690,156 8,633,061 1,057.095 Miscellaneous ... 633. .637 601,993 31,643 Gross earnings ..14,451.981 12,571,176 1,880,805 Other income 3ts,J9o io.km Total income 14,815,127 12,917,697 1,827,430 Op. expenses and taxes 9,581.466 8.515.005 1,066,461 Net income 5,233.660 4.402,692 830,968 Charges 1,914.000 1,901,892 12,017 Surplus 3,319,660 2,500.709 818,951 MADE A MAIL TRAIN". California Limited to Carry Mail Be tween Chicago and Kansas City. The California limited of the Santa Fe, which commenced its daily runs Sunday morning, is to be made a Uni ted States mail tram. A postal car and corps of clerks will be put on the train next Saturday morning. This service, however, will extend only between Kansas City and Chicago. Kansas City merchants believe that this change will be of considerable commer cial advantage to the town, by giving quicker mail connections with eastern and northern points. ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE. C. L. "Walter is a new machinist. E. M. Ervin, a machinist helper, quit Saturday. T. E. Retter of the blacksmith shop has been laying off. Engineer Chris McGinnis has been lay ing off a trip or two. 3-1. E. Creamer, a helper in the black smith shop, has been laying off. Switchman Ben Williams has reported for duty after a lay off of 30 days. John Shuart and David W izer of the coach truck gang have been off duty. Engineers Islio of Leavenworth and Randlett of Osage City were in Toueka Sunday. Fireman Edward Ash was off duty Saturday and William Packard went out in his place. O. W. Swope of Lynnside, W. Veu, is the guest of Claude Shumate of the roundhouse force. J. W. Snyder of Dubuque, la., is visit- ins R. S. Stockwell, a packer in the storehouse, for a few days. Brakeman D. L. Rader of Argentine has taken a lay off of 90 days and will go to San Francisco to spend the winter. T. A. Clements of the blacksmith shop has been obliged to be absent from work for a short time on account of sickness. E F Fuller, tender of the Second street switch cabin, was off duty Saturday. O. F. Kearns handled the levers m ms ab sence. Work on the last sixi of the new refrig erator cars has been begun, the first half of the order of twelve having been com pleted. Frank Tuekerman. assistant chief clerk in the office of Superintendent of Trans portation Kouns. spent Sunday in Kan sas City. Switchman John Norton has been lay ing off because of the illness of his wife. George Whitney has been supplying in his place. John Stafford of the coach paint shop has taken enouc-h time awav from the shops to reshingle his residence out at tiast i-tiu. Georere Dommc. a laborer in Mullen's gang which strips engines, has reported after a brief lay off on account of an in ured hand. William Bush, a roundhouse machinist. came in this morning after a lay off of two days. He put in part of the time out in tne country. F. C. Onion, who formerly worked in the blacksmith shop as a helper, will go to work sooni in the drafting room at the machine shop. Georere Bicrham of the north end switch engine has been off for a day or two. John Casey has been acting as foreman during his absence. The wife of R- J. Putnam of the ma chine shop is ill. Only a few weeks ago she recovered from a siege of ' sickness which lasted for a good wmie. William Boetcher. a tinner who has been detained at his home for several weeks by an attack or rever. is better. He lives at 706 West Sixth street. Robert C. Clift has been holdine: down the .right side of the north end switch engine for a day or two while John Muir, 'the regular man, has been laying off. J. C. Kennedy, general yardmaster, is . iijwj J llf, a. lion LI UIU U I 1 'L 111-1 r f 1 J X . who is foreman of the Burlington and Tir;. 1 1 : . i : , , . . . '-L'LII 1 1MYCI UUUCr SilOLJ iti Neb. James West, a coach painter, has gone to Chicago to be the guest for a short time of his son-in-law, Edward Rice, who is head draftsman for the company at max piace. David Nicoll of the oil room at the storenouse was in St. Joseph over Sun day visiting a son wiio holds a clerkship in the terminal offices of the Santa Fe at tnat place. Engineer Clay Hayman, who has been running on trains 5 and 8 in place of En gineer Harry Jones who is sick, has been relieved by John Gilpin of the Cotton wood division. Fireman John Helvie, who has been running on the through trains west of Topeka with I. Wellman, has signed up for the evening passenger between here and St. Joseph. Jesse Smelser, who works on coach trucks, has absented himself for a day or two in order to move into a new resi dence which he has just completed out on Twiss avenue. Sunday the new heating plant at the roundhouse was fired up and from now until spring no doubt will be kept going most of the time. Peter Butler is in charge of the boilers. Edwin Stone, who formerly tended the switches at the Second street shanty at nights, but who for a few weeks traded with John Starr for a job in the yards, has returned to his former place. David T. Nicoll, a clerk in the office of General Manager Mudge. has disposed of his Topeka property and has gone to Chi cago to attend medical college. He is a son of David Nicoll of the oil house at the shops. Engineer Hadlev Rossetter of the Cot tonwood division was up from Emporia Saturday. He will probably take one of the limited runs out of here, both the east and west end places for engineer on that train being vacant. Bnsrineer Bvron Smith, who has been resting up in Osage county for the past ten aays, nas returned to lopeKa ana went out on his engine Saturday. His son Edward, who is a nreman here, also came back with him. John Wall, the unfortunate machine man in the mill who a few days ago lost the ends of three fingers by catching his hand in a jointer, is recovering from the injury. It will be some time before he can go to work again. Georee Klussman. formerly a machinist in Topeka shops but for a year or more engineer in a large flouring mill at Man hattan, has returned and began work for tne sant-i Fe again today. He made tne change on account of ill health. John McClearie. a draftsman at Raton. N. M.. who came up several weeks aero to help out with the plans for the new oil burning engine, has returned to that place, ivicuiearie was tormerly chief or that department here, but had to leave because of poor health- There is a vacancy for eneineer on mixed trains 4S7 and 4SS. running between Florence and Ellinwood. There is also a run open for a fireman on trains 417 and 418. west from Newton. Both positions will be jriven to the oldest men applying; between now and November 9. Hjalmar East, a brother of Fred East of the blacksmith shop, is in New York taking a post-graduate course of medical lectures before bidding good-bye to civil ization to go to India as a missionary. He was here for several davs during; the summer and addressed one of the Tuesday snop meetings. James Anderson, a laborer in Martin Reardon's gang working in the sheds, lost two pairs of shoes as the result of a Halloween ioke which someone played on him. While he was asleep the party slipped in, took them from under the bed and the next morning Anderson showed up for work in an old pair of boots. In the San Francisco "Call of recent date is a long editorial pointing out the commercial value of Point Richmond to the city of San Francisco. Point Rich mond is the extreme western terminus of the Santa Fe and about all it is it owejg to the railroad company. From ac counts it is a place of rapidly increasing population. John Mullen, a brother of James Mul len, assistant foreman of the blacksmith shop, left today for his home in San iTanclsco atter a visit in lopeKa ana Brookfleld. Mo., of about a month. He was formerly in the blacksmith depart ment of the Santa Fe here, and is now employed at that trade in the Golden Gate city. About h&lf of thft iob of nuttine on the roof of thtsheds has been finished. There probably isn t a place of improvement around the shops that will cause more satisfaction tnan tnis, lor tne old covering- has been in such shape a good while that during storms it has leaked badly and has made much discomfort for the men in that department. Joseph Fentiman returned to his Dlace in the blacksmith shop this morning after having been away about three weeks. Fentiman went to Colorado partly on nleasure as well as to look after some mining interests which he has 30 miles from Denver. He is sanguine in his be lief that something good is to come from the investment which he has made out there. Peter Schoenfeldt. who auit the black smith shop a few days ago and has since gone to work on the section, is just re covering from a scalp injury which he re ceived a few days ago. As he was help ing null out a tie another laborer acci dentally drew back with a pick, striking Schoenfeldt in the head and cutting a gash that required six stitches for clos ing. He is able to be on duty. Trf-tters received lately from Nate Caf- ferty, who went out to San Bernardino a few weeks ago to work at the machin ist's trade after finishing his apprentice ship in the Topeka shops, indicate that he is well pleased with the situation there. He has for a roommate Thomas Mulvihill, a former Topeka shop man, and of course meets every day lots of the fel lows who used to be employed by the company at this place. Fire Chief Snvder is determined to train his men to such a point of efficiency that thev will be able to do exactly the right thing at the proper time when called out to protect Santa Fe property. Saturday afternoon he took the fellows out for an other practice, and it is expected that this custom will be followed regularly once a week. So far a thorough drill in making couplings has been given, but hereafter the practice will be conducted according to the needs of the members. Tbo wife of David Cornelius, foreman of a gang in the car sheds, and her three children came near being seriously hurt in an accident which happened late Sat urday evening at the corner of Fifth and Madison streets. While going to the shops frr- htr husband a waeon driven by a negro collided with the carriage she was driving and herself and three little ones were tnrown to tne pavemeni. uuuMiy no one was badly hurt, but the front wheel of the buggy was torn off. Since the first of the month the com pany has quit issuing ice to the shop men. It is doubtful if during any season yet has there been such a consumption of this luxury as has been the case since the warm season began. This is due to the length of the summer and especially to the extreme heat and the drouth which existed. Those conditions made it neces sary for the men to drink unusually large quantities of water, which of course were kept cool by a plentiful supply of ice. George Gerberick. foreman of the air brake gang on the east side of the tracks, has been in Valley Falls for a day or two attending an old fashioned wood chopoing in which the neighbors of one conirhunitv gather and put in the day cutting wood for the winter use of some particular tarmer. unis event is equal m imnortance to that of the husking bees and log rollings which in the rural dis tricts used to be about as big a thing as the rink teas and the needle clubs are among the women nowadays. fiifforrt Balrd. a south shop machinist. has received a letter from Captain Wil liam S. Graves of company A. Twentieth T-criilnT-s. rpardine the disoosal of the bortv of his brother Basil I. Baird. The latter was drowned off the coast of one of the Philippines last June. His rela tives, alter uemss nunutfu ui ms ileum, immediately made request for the re moval of the corpse to the United States. and it is in reply to this that his captain writes. It is not understood, nowevern just when this will re accomplished, al though the relatives are hopeful that the government win t l duihi. a uuiuun Kt. pieces of property which the young man had are in Manila awaiting an order from his folks before they are sent home. s E. Busser. superintendent of Santa Fe libraries, passed through Topeka Sat urdav on his way from the east to Point Richmond, CaL, where he will establish WROUGHT - MPT A I S f f anoiesticKs, lviatcn a u .t jn.tLi x rays, ci&., 2 These are artistic goods, and each one is worth more than the price asked All we ; ask is that you see them. J This week we are of 25 on White for Decorating, This does not include FARMSVVORTH & ASHBY, I i 503 Kansas Avenue. Towards which the eyes of the world are turned ; where great opportunities are open to every one, is best and quickest reached by the UNION PACIFIC. No better trains in the world than those run Yia this line. For fall information call on or address F. A. LEWIS, City Ticket Agent, 535 Kansas Avenue. J. C. FULTON, Depot Agent, We Sell, Rent, Repair and Exchange Typewriters .We sell Tabulating Attachments. We sell Typewriter Supplies. We sell Typewriter Fvirnifure. We furnish Stenographers and Operator. Can We SerOe yoxt WYCKOFF, SEAMAN S &. BENEDICT. 105 West 9th Street, Kansas City. E. B. MacDowell, 112 West 6th Street, Topeka. 5-INCH PERFECTO AT ONE CENT PER INCH. CURRY CIGAR CO., Makers. PIM! at once a new reading" room of 5,030 vol umes. At that place the Santa Fe has in the neighborhood of 3U0 employes and it will be of great benefit to them to have access to such a number of books. Su perintendent Busser appears to be pleased with the situation as regards his work and savs that new reading rooms are be ing established all the time. It is pro posed that about the next point will be Amarillo, Tex., a prominent division town on the road and a lace where such an institution would do lots of good. In a late number of the Brooklyn "Eagle" is an extended write-up of the Santa, Fe libraries by Elliot Flower. To6MUCH WEIGHT. Wall in the New Lowman Hill School Buildipg Weakened. On account of a weak arch in the middle wall of the Lowman Hill school building now being built, the wall set tled several inches and had to be patched up. In the middle wall, of the building is a large, low arch which opens from the front hall into the rear vestibule. The arch was made too low and too long, and as a result could not bear the heavy weight upon it. The arch gave way several inches, and the upper walls settled. An extra arch was built under the" one that was weakened, and it is thought that the walls will be solid and safe. When You Get a Headache. don't waste a minute, but go to your druggist and get a box of Krause's Head ache Capsules. They will prevent pain, even though your skull were cracked.They are harmless, too. Read the guarantee. Price 25c. Sold by Gforge W. Stansfield, 632 Kansas ave.; Marshall Bros., 115 Kan sas ave. IRON FINISH (TrfyirtiQ i IN TIM T 4 noiaers, ink otands, J r j lur lut ixuu t. giving a Discount China Fancy Pieces White China Dinner Sets. Wonderful j!orfchWest Tuned Promptly by Rossell-Harding Music Co., 807 Kansas Ave. Danger o! contracting Sickness . if you use Pure Water That's the Kind furnished by the TopcKa Water Co. Telephone 122. 625 QUINCY STREET. I M0