The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-31
AMONG RAILROAD MEN.

J. E. Hurry, division SUPERINTENDENT
has issued record bulletin No. 50: Re
Gently a conductor on this division fail
ed to leave all the way bills for his
train at the terminal points, causing
delay to another train. He save as an
excuse that he failed to get all the way
bills out of his OvercOat pocket. Con-
ductOr in this case has been suspended
ten days.
A. G. Darling, who has served as
foreman of the Horton round house for
five years, took his time this week.
The Rock Island yards at Phillips
burg have been closed. Bob McClusky
who has been yardmaster at that point
will return to Horton and resume his
old place under YardmaSter Hagen
berger.
Work has commenced on the new
Rock Island depot at Germantown. AS
soon as completed an effort will be
made to have the postofhce moved over
With all the big snow storms this
winter, the Rock Island has been able
to make schedule time on all the east
ern Kansas divisions The modern
snow plows are responsible.
During q recent AZ hours, the Grand
Island road has delivered PSI car loads
of grain to the Santa Fe at St. Joseph
which was taken south by way of Atch-
ison This statement is reliable and
comes from a Grand Island official.
H. B. Trucks, a former engineer in
the employ of the Rock Island, who
several years ago invented a light rum
$4,000 for a one-fourth interest in the
patent by a Switzerland firm.
bill" Hurless is the veteran passen-
ger conductor on the Rock Island. He
has been on the Rock Island as pas
ger conductor continuously for twenty
years, and is probably the oldest man,
from point of service, on the Rock Is
land this side of the Mississippi At
present he runs on trains No. and 2,
from Kansas City to Caldwell
There are more men on the extra list
at Newton just now than there has been
for some time. Business is dull at
present.
The Frisco and Santa F'e will begin
the erection of another joint depot at
FredOnia inside the next two weeks.
Engineer Bill Lowe, of the Santa F'e,
is still on duty. We say this because
his familiar whistle has been missed
for the two last trips and his friends
were afraid that something was the
matter. lie has been given q new en-
CINE the whistle whereof is a little weak
and Bill is not BILE to wake up the town
as heretofore and ne is not well pleased.
Twelve clerks and accountants in the
auditors department of the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas railway, who were
recently removed to Dallas from St.
Louis, Thursday were notified that their
services would not be required after
February L A considerable of a cut
of salaries was also announced, affect
ing many other employees. Slack bust
ness is given as the cause.
A new big water tank is being built
by the Santa F7e at Newton. 1t will be
used only in emergency. and will con-
tain enough water to supply the round
house for several hours, in case of a
break in the water works system.
The beginning Of the ice packing
business at Superior has caused anoth-
er train to be put on the Santa Fe.
Conductor Tom Vaughn has charge of
the crew. He has a new way car, No.
106
A force Of fifteen men are now at
work rocking the Tyr9TOTfa stock var
A sort of macadam about a foot in
thickness is being put in.