The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-07-07
RAILROAD NEWS.

RAILROAD NEWS.
&C. Fox is breaking on and 6. Croft
is laying of.
e. F. Moore spent the Fourth at
Denver.
&C. E. Miller spen: the glorious Fourth
at Denver.
| e. E. Eckerman was in Colorado
Springs and Manitou, Colo, the Fourth.
Al Mootz went out on No. Monday
night. J. Holder having taken sick
while here.
| FRA Jackson has charge of the coal
chutes in the Dodge City yards of the
Santa Fe.
| The Santa Fee expects to begin work
on the new side track to be put in here
uext week. 1t will be east Of the passen-
ger dept.-kinsley Graphic.
The Santa Fe commenced putting the
new noiseless joints Oh their track at this
place this week. The attachment con
sists Of two pieces of hard wood which
are bolted in place between the rails and
fish plate aud is said to be a great i'm
provement over tue old method, as it
lessons the jolt considerably and entirely
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Graphic.
Treasurer Wilder of the Atcbison.
Topeka s. Santa Fee, estimates that it will
cost S25, 200 year to attach revenue
stamps to checks in paying its employees.
The pay roll amounts to 5000, 900 month.
At first it was decided to discontinue the
use of checks, and make payments in
cash. but that was recOnsidered, and the
check system will be retained.
ALI the Kansas railroads are busy COL
Letting their box cars aud repairing them
preparatory to handling the big wheat
crop. Wheat will begin to move about
July 18th, and for two months thereafter
every box car fitted for service will be in
use. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa
Fe has built 100 new cars and is building
200 more, which will be ready for service
by the time wheat is ready for the mar
ket.
Albert Spengler Of Pueblo, who is
in the civil engineering department of
the Santa Fe, was in the city several
days this week with surveying party.
They surveyed line from the main track
to McNeen's brickyard, upon which a
spur will be built. Thursday they were
engaged in asceriaining the fall from the
level of the water in various artesian
wells in this locality to the Santa Fe
right-of-way. The railroad company is
evidently thinking of sinking an arte-
sian we'll in this vicinity from which a
gravity flow of water can be secured
La Junta Tribune.
"A lady traveller on No. 2 Thursday lost
her purse containing ticket from Calf
fornia to Alabama and sum of money.
She discovered her loss shortly before ar
irving in La Junta, but no trace Of il
could be found up to the time Of the de.
parture of the train. She carried her
purse in an outside pocket aud several
passengers had warned her of her care
lcssness. She paid no heed to their ad-
vice and consequently did not have many
sympathizers. After telling her troubles
to Agent Skinner and enlisting that gen.
mans aid in the Old Sleuth act, she con-
tinued on her journey sadder, but a
wiser and poorer woman.-La Junta
Tribune.
The pooling Of engines on the Santa
Fe does not meet with the hearty appro-
val Of the engineers. An engineers
pride is with his engine. and togive it
up altogether or to be sharing the seat
with another man is not his preference.
The coal. water, oil, etc., must be charged
to two men instead of one and If a good |
record is made they ask, who gets the re.
cord of it? Then an engineer does not
like to be running chain gang of en-
gines and never know which one he will !
take out. Another argument made by |
the engineers is that All engineer who is |
thoroughly acquainted with his engine |
can get more work out of it than an engi-
neor vvh0 hac novor no ndlod II Whot
the outcome of the new plan will be can
not be stated, but it is prophesied by the |
engineers that it will not last. The C. |
B. & Q. adopted the plan some years ago
and soon gave 1t up.
ORDER OF RAILWAY CONDUCTORS,
DODGE CITY DIVISION, No. 800.