People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-02-27
RAILROAD NOTES.

]. c. Mcclure, Of Iowa, is visiting
his grandson, Fireman Joe Ostrander.
Fireman Walt Amick is the proud
father of a fine daughter since last
Friday.
Conductor c. ]. Stoner, Of Wood
ward, visited with his family here
over Sunday.
Superintendent Hartman Of WicE-
tia was in the city Friday comforting
with the Waterworks Co.
John Teeter, a Santa Fe switchman,
left for Cripple Creek, Col, Saturday.
He expects to locate there.
Fred P. Butcher, the porter at the
Santa Fe depot, who was so unfortu-
cate as to loose his home by fire some
time ago, is now living in the rooms
recently occupied by the dispatchers.
Four Northwestern roads have now
signitied their intention Of giving the
Grand Army men all they ask in the
way oflimitations Of tickets for their
annual encampment at st. Paul next
September.
Conductor Young has written TO
some of the railroad boys here that he
would like to come here and be with
the gang. But now that they have
tried to force him he states that "he
is from Missouri
Superintendent Hartman and Road
master Stellar were in conference
last Friday with Mr.. Spicknal! in re-
gard to the water service from the
city. Mr.. Spicknall advised them to
put pump in for use after April lst.
At the meeting OF the conductors
Of the southern division Of the Santa
Fe, at the Arlington hotel last week,
Conductor Getter was delegated as a
representative to wait on Mr.. Hawks
and find out the position Of the con-
ductOrs on this division since the
change.
Railroad men who came in Thursday
night and next morning say that the
ponds and streams along the Santa
Fe track west Of here are thronged
with ducks and geese. One man says
he saw a flock of geese numbering
about 200 at the ArgOnia tank on the
! Chikaskia river.
A grievance committee from Ar
kansas City waited on Superintendent
Barnes at Winfield last week. Mr..
Barnes notified them that Conductors
Garfield and Nelson would remain
here and in all probability Conductors
Young, Hutchinson and Dunn would
return here from Chanute.
The Santa Fe continues to make re-
ductions. Yesterday the train known
as the Scranton coal train" a local
between Burlingame, Kan, and To-
peka, was permanently taken off. Ii
is expected that a number of changes
will take place al Argentine and an
other cut is expected in the shops at
Topeka. Eight clerks in the general
Offices at Topeka have been notified
that their services will not be requir-
ed after March kansas City World.
The indications are that the Gulf,
Colorado and Santa Fe contemplate a
big scoop soon in Texas. President
johnson, of the Houston East and
West Texas road, died a short time
ago, and no successor has been elected
TO his place as yet. The Santa Fe
is about to buy the road and operate
it, thus obtaining short outlet to
Louisville, Cincinnati and eastern ter
ritory. The Texas Western, a fifty
mile narrow guage between Houston
and Sealey, will also be purchased by
the Santa Fe.
A Santa Fe train In Arizona was
stalled for five hours by an odd acct.
dent few days ago. The engine ran
over COW, and the cows foot became
firmly wedged Ia the blow-otf cock,
used to empty the boiler, with the
result that the steam and water went
out and the engine was killed. A
brakeman had to walk FIVE miles to
the nearest telegraph station for
another engine. 1t was five hours be-
fore another engine reached the
stalled train, and the passengers play
ed games among the sand hills and
sage brush during the wait.
The cut in portion Of the record
work recently ordered in the auditor
Of freight receipts Office Of the Santa
Fe, effective March l, which will
cause the release Of eight men In that
department, will probably be followed
in the near future by a similar cut In
the work Of the auditors and auditor
Of passenger receipts Offices A part
Of the record work in the auditor OF
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