People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-06-04
RAILROAD NOTES.

10 Louis BrlnKInlerS place.
Engineer Ike Scudder is running
the switch engine days now.
The round house men are white
washing the stoves in the shops.
Engineer Chas. Klinine is laying off
and Engineer Plank is in his place.
Rob Kretchmier was taken off the
night force and is working days now,
Engineer A. Anderson, who has
been sick for several days, has re-
ported for work.
G. T. Neubert, foreman at the
round house, has gone to Ellis, Kans.,
to join his family in a couple of weeks
visit.
Engine $40 doubleheaded on train
426 to Topeka on Monday. 1t will
undergo a thorough overhalling in
the shops there. Engineer Murphy
went with it.
A bulletin was put up in the shops
on Tuesday which effects the me-
chanical department. The shop men
60 to work at s o'clock and quit at 3,
instead of beginning at ! o'clock and
quitting at 4.
Hiney Glamann returned or SUNDAY
from his eastern trip. He visited
Chicago, Milwaukee, Buffalo, Cleve-
land, Niagara Falls and other places
in that region, and reports a most en-
jOyable trip He says business seems
to be reviving in the east.
The household goods of Mrs. c. H.
Winters have been loaded in car, for
shipment to Denver, Colo. Mr.. Win
tiers has been in Colorado for some
months, having a position as train
dispatcher on the Denver & Gulf RI.
Jim Ryan will 90 with the car.
]. J. Byrne, who has been assistant
traffic manager of the Santa Fe and
connected with that system for a
number Of years, has been elected
auditor Of the Southern California
railway to succeed II. c. Whitehead,
who is now general auditor Of TIE
Santa Fe.
1t is thought that new time card
Will 60 into effect Sunday. though
nothing official will probably bt
known until The card arrives. a new
train is to be put on between KanSa,
City and Chicago and this may neceS
state changes along the line. 1t i.
hoped if a new card is made it will bt
more satisfactory to Wellington thar
the present one.
7. E. Purdy, formerly Santa Fl
agent at this place and who was lei
out because OF his being mixed up II
the hay deal, has been re-instated
He will be sent to White Eagle, o. T
as agent at that point. Mr.. Purdy
has splendid record as an agent anC
we are glad to learn of his re-instate
ment.
Some Of the railroad boys are 8
good deal put cut because, when they
come down from the north as pas
sengerS they are either compelled tt
lay over day at Mulvane or pay fare
by way of Winfield. Their passes
generally read "by way of Mulvane,'
thus compelling them to come that
way or pay fare.
10 effect Sunday, May 3lst. train
49, will be run ahead of time, leaving
Woodward at I pm. and arriving al
Wellington in time to connect with
train 2lS which leaves here at 6:lO in
the morning, This will be quite an
improvement on the present time
card and will enable people at sta
lions west Of Wellington to 90 through
east without being obliged to lay ovel
at all.
The Santa Fe road has quite a force
Of men and teams at work on the
track between here aud Hunnewell
For some time they have been al
work on the Spring creek bridge aDC
trestle just north of town and are now
at work filling in and grading on the
trestle over branches and apr reaches
to the Shoo.Fly bridge on the south
We learn that new piling and timber,
will be put in, the culyerts overhaulet
and the entire road-bed made safe and
solid.-New Era.
Under the economical management
of President Ripley, the financial
condition of the Santa Fe is rapidly
improving. A cOmparatiyesta
Of the earnings Of the road for the
month Of April, and also for the ter
months ending April 3Oth, has beer
made public. 1t shows that for thu
ten months of the fiscal year the grOs.
earnings Of the system increased
s537, l23, and the net earnings 1858, "A
Operating expenses during the sam,
period we're STA, SIS in excess o