The Globe-republican., 1897-10-28

lions. II It were al ooe way II could b
accounted for a the regular tail rush %
California. but the trains eastward bound
seem to be almost - deDsely' laden -
those in the opposite direction, hence the
diflculty Of placing the canse Of the
| migration mania.-Las Vegas Optic.
General Passenger Agent W. J. Black
of the Santa Fe received .. letter the
other day that was corker. 1t said :
"After trying remedies for rheumatism
for thirty years without relief I was in
the wreck Of your passenger trains at
Emporia, and was SO well in ten seconds
after the fret shock that jumped out 4
car window, and have had no rheumatism
since. How much do owe your"
The Santa Fe road is having box
car famine. The Santa Fe is doing an
enormous grain business, but the freight
officials are meeting with considerable
difficulty in securing cars. Assistant
General Superintendent Avery Turner
said yesterday: 1--WE are having only
one trouble, and that is to get box cars.
Grain business is heavy and we can't get
control of sufficient cars to meet the de-
mands for them. The business lie from
the south and west, the great bulk Of the
grain being moved east.''
During the summer months, when it
10 very dry, more men are needed to
keep the rOadbed in condition than when
the weather is wet and it takes good
deal of work to keep in place. In wet
weather the road holds together and re-
quires less attention. Some trouble is
also caused by the fact that the ground
is composed of gumbo and when it gets
very dry, it cracks badly and this causes
the rock to move and. disturbes the road
bed. The best thing that can happen to
roadbed, 60 say the railroaders, is a
series Of continued rains. The officials
think the late rains will help the bed
wonderfully.
Concerning the change to the "a
hour system Of the time notation on
Belgian railways, the minister Of State
Railways Issues the following notice:
''The naming of the hours of the day
will be made from o to "a. By reason of
the adoption of this new regulation, the
indication M (matin-morning) and S
(soir- evening" appearing in the official
railway guide will be suppressed. The
minutes comprised between midnight
and l o'clock in the morning. such as
1902, 1918 aud l2.47 will be indicated
by a zero followed by period and by
the number of minutes corresponding,
viz: or, O.13 and 0.47. Midday will be
always indicated by II. Midnight will
be indicated, according to the circum-
stances, by 0 to "a. For train which
leaves station exactly at midnight, it
will be written that it leaves at O of the
day during which the train is in move
ment. For train which arrives at a
station exactly at midnight, it will be
written that it arrives at "a of the day
during which the train has been in
movement
ROUND HOUSE NOTES.
Roy Marshall is laying on account of
sickness.
The third brakeman is now employ
ed on the local trains.
The road is doing heavy business
now. 1t frequently occurs that engines
lay over here only five or six hours.
MIR. Brown, v relative of Jerry
Shaw, is visiting in the city.
-Chas. Thome of Revere, NO., . for
mer employe of the road at Dodge, is
visiting friends in the city.
Steam heating apparatus has been
placed in the round house Office. This
is the first railroad building, except the
oil house, heated by steam at Dodge.
Another boiler and pumps being
placed in position at the round house. az
one pump was not sufficient to keep the
water pumped out as fast as II came in.
Two pipe filters from Topeka are at
work on the radiators in the round
house.
Fred Lusk is firing the night switch
engine for a few nights. in place of Geo.
Bowyer, who is on the road.
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