The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-12-30
RAILROAD NEWS.

Brakeman Holiday and wife have
gone east.
J. N. Justus spent Christmas at
Colorado Springs.
A new machinist has been put to
work in the shops.
Machinist Nick Scallion has been
laid up by sickness.
y. a. Thompson Of the water service
department has quit.
Roadmaster @. B. Lane. was up from
PhiIlipsbUrg Wednesday.
Fireman Jeff Powers is laying of.
He is suffering with a felOn.
Charley Mcclure returned Tuesday
from a visit to central Kansas.
Ross Halstead has secured a situa-
ton at the round house as caller.
Fireman Thompson and family will
60 to st. Joe for a visit this week.
Mr.. and Mrs W. r. Morton returned
Wednesday from visit to New Mexico.
Conductor Tom Edwards is on the
LimOn- Pueblo passenger run for few
days.
The zone shovel" system of firing
locomotives is in full blast on this di-
vision.
Ben Puuen, manager of the Depot
hotel, was a visitor at Colorado Springs
Monday.
z. c. Wiley and family returned from
a few days visit at Denver Wednesday
evening.
Work on putting the concrete floor
in the machine shops will commence
next week.
Station Agent Young and wife of
KanOradO, spent several days in Den
yer last week.
Engineer Garrett and Fireman Beid-
Gilman Of the Denver run we're IN Good
land Tuesday.
The Rock Island is laying SO-pound
steel rails on the line between McFar-
land and Belleville.
George Taylor, timekeeper of the
round house and machine shops. spent
Christmas at Colorado Springs.
The machine shops were closed Mon
day so that the employees might cele-
brate Christmas, Monday being the
legal holiday.
Billy SuyCer Is back at his old place
as night clerk at the Depot hotel. Tie
has been at the LimOn dining station
for some time.
John Breyman Of Highland, Kan,
has been In GOOdland the past week
visiting his son, B. +. Breyman, a loco
motive fireman.
George Usher was here from Denver
to spend Christmas with his folks. He
is employed in the train service of the
Denver & South Park road.
Paul and Cecil VanAuker came down
from Denver Wednesday to spend a
few days with their father, J. /. Van
Auker, Of the dispatcher's Office.
Work Of fencing the right Of way has
ceased until spring Fence has been
built from RuletOn to near Burlington,
Col. The line viii be fenced to Colo
RADIO Springs.
F. I. Weeks was here this week. He
is a representative for a new style Of
train order which has been adopted on
this division as we'll as on other divi-
siOns Of the Rock Island.
The fremen's ball will be held Feb
ruary instead Of the 14th as formerly
stated. The change was made owing to
| the season of Lent coming in at mid
night on the night Of the 14th.
Drury Parks, accompanied by his
mother, Of Louisiana, No, were in the
city this week visiting with Mr.. and
/ Mrs. j. y. Hazelbaker. They had been
to Denver and we're on their way home.
| Bert Pepper, Of the Rock Island force
! Of passenger brakemen, was severely
/ injured last week by falling on the ice
| at LimOn, as a result he is laid up with
/ a broken knee.-Phillipsbur Herald.
/ The Rock Island rOadmaster, @. B.
l Lane, of Phillipsburg, exhibi ted a lot
\ of prize winning White WyandOtts at
I the poultry show last week, carrying
OF the best premiums in that class
/ Smith Center Journal
c. E. BiddisOn is shortly to make q
visit to Chicago and while there in
/ tends to make q match with some Of
| the professional trap shooters. Mr.
/ BiddisOn has met and defeated some OF
I the best, among whom Is Numbered Gil
i bert, the present champion tFap-shOt
/ c. F. JilsOn, assistant treasurer Of
/ the Rock Island at Topeka, has been
/ promoted 90 assistant treasurer Of the
entire system with headquarters 81
i Chicago, succeeding the late j. r Phil
3 lips. his successor IS T. G.. Iasting. q.