People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-05-14
RAILROAD NOTES.

l. D. Hedges, railroad clerk on the
Santa Fe, has resumed his run.
The yard section crew has been cut |
down to six men, the scraper having
been laid off.
Lyle Beckwith, Of Giles, Texas, is
in the city visiting Conductor Beck
with's family for few days.
Tom Sargent, the genial car
whacker, is minus his mustache. The
wind blew it off, the boys say.
Several of the foreign engineers and |
tiremen have been sent home, owing
to the slack in the stock rush.
Car Repairer Ed Huffman is laying
Off on account of troublesome "Job's |
comforter" on the back of his neck.
Half of the wipers at the round
house were of again Saturday and
the other half Sunday. This is
done to cut expenses.
John ThumSer went to Woodward
on Tuesday to move his family to
this city, He was formerly round
house foreman at Woodward.
The family Of E. F. Higgins, the
Rock Island agent, arrived from Chi
cagO last week. They have been
prevented from coming sooner by
sickness in the family.
Mrs. j. Switzer, wife of Fireman
Switzer, Of Chanute, came in Monday
morning to visit relatives and friends
in this city, and her father, Jesse
Barnes, a few miles southeast.
Bridges are being taken out on the
Wellington section. and iron piping
put in. Three are to be removed be-
tween here and Cicero. In some
cases it is necessary to put in three or
four pipes to one bridge.
Conductor F. NJ. Woodcock and wife
passed through the city Sunday night
to their home in Hunnewell. Mr..
WOOdcOck will move his household
effects to Arkansas City soon, as his
run terminates at that place on the
new card.
A trial has been made of the new
piping and hose put in at the round
house since the destructive fire at the
coal chute. The pump drew water
from the tank and shot it through
the hose clear over the coal chute
against the wind, showing splendid
pressure. There were 500 feet Of hose
put on.
The railroad boys are feeling very
jubilant over the way they wiped tht
earth with Woodward's crack bal
club Saturday. Several crews layeC
over at that place for few hours
and as a club which was to hav,
played the Woodward team failed Il
show up, they, being all logged VI
10 their brand new suits, ETC., wanted
} to show their quality, so they asket
/ several Of the railroad boys to get u
. a team and give them a little prac
tice, at the same time saying the,
, would not "play ball" any, only Civ
J them some exercise. This ratheI
! discouraged the boys, but they tinall,
2 hustled up-nine men, composed prin
S cipally Of blakemen and fremen, sev
eral cowboys and a few men Of Othe
e occupations helping them out. TIL
game opened, and to the astonish
ment of the railroad nine, the Wood
: ward team famed one after another
= and at the conclusion Of the game tn
e score stood II TO in favor Of TIL
railroad boys, their battery beinI
: Brakemen W. o. Gilliland and ]. W
: Jones. The boys say "next."
e "This is the most foolish waste o
) money ever made by railroad com
t pany," says the Chicago Inter-OceaI
e regarding the employment OF col
8 lectors by the Rock Island road +
take up tickets and collect fares
= "These collectors are usually clerk
O taken from the general ticket offices
e They know absolutely nothing abOu
e practical rai!rOading or rates, and ar
q usually unable to answer impOrtan
!, questions Of patrons. The railroa
J. pays the salaries Of two conductor
d for the work Of one. Collectors ar
r just as crooked, and more dangerousl
e dishonest, than conductors, In proc
II of which it can be said that there ar
S now five of these honest collector
serving time in the Ohio penitentiar,
: for selling to scalpers unpunched tick
:, cts collected from passengers. A cor
IT ductor that knows his business wi
It never meddle with tickets; he ma
7, pocket a cash fare once In a while
l. but deal in tickets, never. The en-
n plOyment of these collectors is dea
d money, and holds honest conductor
sr up TO the public as fiaring example