The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-03-17


Fireman ]. G. Ingles is building over in
east McCook; dimensions I6xzo feet.
c. M. Case, formerly operator here, is now
with the Western Union in Kansas City.
Auditor w. P. Foreman came down from
Denver on business of his office, Wednesday.
Conductor ]. H. Burns is talking of build
ing fine house on his sitely corner, coming
fall.
Oscar Yarger was up from Holdrege over
Sunday to visit the home folk and other dear
friends.
Assistant Superintendent Harman was
down from Holyoke, Wednesday, on business
of the rail.
Mrs. A. Williams and Mrs. ]. Brake arrived
home on E, Monday, from short shopping
trip to Denver.
Fred Sampson, boiler maker, crushed the
third finger of his left hand severely, last
Friday, in the shops.
Engineer Holiday was in Lincoln, close of
last week, on real estate business, arriving
home on Sunday night.
The B. & M. bridges at Columbus and be-
tween Kearney and Sparwell were taken out,
last week, by ice gorges.
E. A. Crawford, machInist helper, met with
an accident to his left hand, Tuesday, which
will lay him off a few days.
Switchman Charles Sterner lost the index
and middle fingers of his left hand, Saturday,
while at work in the yard here
Mrs. N L. Cronkhite returned to the city
Sunday, after quite protracted absence on
the Wyoming line and elsewhere.
Sam Hornbeck, car repairer, had the mis-
fortune to get small piece of iron in his left
eye, Monday, while repairing car
A. ]. Jackson will leave for Lincoln, about
the goth, to take a position in the supply
department of the Burlington. F. A. Thomp.
son will succeed to his place here.
Sanford Lewis was in town, the first of the
week, looking after his landed interests north
of town. He is now in the B. & M. machine
shops at Denver, and is said to be one of the
best.-Hayes Ce ntre Republican.
A new time card went into effect, last Sun.
day, by which Nos. I53 and IA, freights here.
tofore operating as specials west of Oxford
a ado rauulorc hofx flvfo~J
point, and are to do general local work.
Superintendent Campbell and President
Hocknell drove dull care away, fore part Of
the week, by visit to Denver on pleasure
and business combined, going up on No. l.
Tuesday. and returning on E, to-day.
The B. & M. is taking the Stag from the
Denver smelters and using it for ballasting
the roadbed. Several miles between Hudson
and Barr have been thus treated. 1t makes
the best kind of ballast and will outlast the
age of steam.
Theadore Berkheimer, express messenger
on the Imperial line since its opening, died
in Oxford, Sunday evening, from an attack of
typhoid fever. He was clever fellow, pop
ular with his fellow-railroadmen, and his
death is universally deplored.
The Q, which will be one of the prominent
western feeders of the worlds fair, intends
that all its agents shall be fully informed as
to routes to the Worlds Fair from their large
depot on Canal street, hotels and other infor-
nation concerning the city and this festal
occasion. For their better information the
agents are being taken to Chicago in compa-
nies and there shown over the whole ground.
This country can now claim to having brok-
en- the record in railway speed. A mile has
been made in thirty-seven seconds, while draw
ing regular train Of four cars on descend
ing grade of thirty-two feet to the mile. This
corresponds to speed of about ninety seven
miles an hour and leaves very small margin
beyond which to attain the 100 miles an hour
speed, which has heretofore been regarded an
on steam railroad. In the re-
ed that there was no preparation made for the
test, and that ga more unfavorable time could
not have been chosen, as the rain poured in
torrents during the day and only ceased half
an hour before the time scheduled 10 leave
Philadelphia" This statement is now ques-
toned and one writer holds that instead of
being an unfavorable time for such a test of
speed 1t was most propitious opportunity.
The rain wet the rails and the lubricating
qualities of the water acted to reduce the
friction of the wheels upon them. The reduc-
ton of this friction was the same as an
addition of power in the locomotive, and the
phenomenal speed obtained under these con-
dit1ons suggests to the Courier Journal some
thoughts concerning this form of friction and
its action in increasing the resistance Of
trains. 1t is difficult to foretell how soon the
average speed of steam travel will be perma-
nently increased. The cost of such increase
must be considered as vital to the question al
issue, and in this calculation the rapid rate al
which the train resistance increases with in.
creased speed will play an important part
Recent experiments seem to show that resist.
ance at high speed is not SO great as has been
supposed. The figures hitherto
quoted are on level track at forty miles an
hour, the resistance is about double that at