People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-05-07
RAILROAD NOTES.

Be'yi lsendrt returned from
Hutchinson Friday night. lie will
be here for some time.
The train crews are getting 50
much running at present that they
call for eight hours rest very often.
Passenger conductors have received
orders to notify the company Of all
Pullman passengers who leave here.
Z. Jagger's lunch room vas broken
open Friday Nigh and robbed of eat
ables, such as coffee, cake and a few
pies.
The Santa Fe side tracks are full of
empty cattle cars in readiness for
1he stock ru>a, which is now IN full
swing.
L. B. Speed, formerly ciyl. engineer
1f the Santa Fe, was ia the CITY last
Sunday ana vent TO Wichita that
night.
d. II. Rhodes, superintendent IF the
Wichita j Western R. r., spent Sun
dag visiting with W. A. Rhodes Of
chis city.
Low Munford, fc qrly brakeman
On the Caldwell passenger. is traking
On the Hunnewell run with Co..
ductOr Ryan.
East Fourth street Is still improv.
ing, the latest move being Car Re.
pdrer Hank ISeminger's putting
front 10 MS house,
The change in the time card brings
three trains together in the evening
SUI makes all hands hustle, espet-
Tally the baggage men.
T. }. RedmOn, express messenger
on the Santa Fe, has moved h.s house.
hold goods to Ottawa, as ii, ran viii
extend from Ottawa in the future.
Harry H. Harrington, vino has been
A machiniSt at the round house for
the last three years, has resigned his
position and Will remove to his claim
in the Strip.
The union depot is a very lively
place during these few weeks of
stock rush, considering the number Of
yailrOad employees collected there
- each day to railroad among them.
selves.
Sid Harmon, Of the round house
torCe, went to Caldwell last Friday
Under the new time card another hos.
: Gler will be required at Caldwell and
Mr.. Harmon will shortly remove his
household goods to that place,
The Rock Island has adopted the
collector system which the Santa Fe
|rled some years since. Each passen
ger train has ticket collector as well
as conductor. The latter'S duty is
gust to look after the running of the
train.
Bert BeCkwith has been promoted
IRON night caller to night seal clerk.
Walter Dick, who has been night seal
clerk, will take Bert's place as caller.
2l3eckwith being an older man on the
road. The place is one of some risk
Hut offers good advance il salary.
The new Rock Island time card
(which went into effect last Sunday
~'l' make the following changes:
Train No. >, going east, will arrive at
S'3l a. m. instead Of 500; train No. .
3 going west, at S:25 a. M. instead OF
'S:lS as heretofore. No other change,
will be made.
Twenty-Cdd years ago H. U. Nudge
was swinging pick as one of the con.
StructiOn gang at the front OF the
Santa Fe railroad, then building
Through western Kansas. Today he
'Sgeneral superintendent of the entire
Santa Fe system. Still there are
people who insist that the Door man
has no shOw.-Kansas City World.
q t. is said that for time the Santa
Reys. otemplated abandoning the road
25etweea Wellington and Caldwell.
That isa,9 !, int that is out, but it is
certainly timp,'obable, Wellington
s.. aud Caldwell are bJth good towns and
lie Santa Fe has long since made
double more than the cost IF the
sarsuch in profits. Railroad men
point to this to show that the thing
might be wOrSe.-Wichita Eagle.
The new time card which went into
effect Sunday on the Santa Fe seems
20 be an unpopular move, and we
doubt whether it is wise one for the
company. With promise of rich har-
vests, this country will give the rail-
.apads a great deal of business, and
this change will certainly nave the
effect OF throwing much of it to the
Rock Island road, at least enough to
have justified the Santa Fe in contin-
ling their old time card.
Mayors rlessage.
The following il Mavor Savaoeis