La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-04-06
sA,laoAo nun sl,ses.
Items Picked Up. coodsnssd and
SAolsn Tor the Special ediAestion
Of Railroad Men.

The Pullman and Wagner Pal
ace Car Companies have advanced
their compartment rates over 40
per cent.
w. w. Olcott was in La Junta
last week on his way west to as
sumo the position of trainmaster
OF the Santa Fe-Pacihc.
General Superintendent H. U.
Nudge, who is on tour OF insPec-
ton OF the west end. passed through
this city on No. S Monday.
Mr.. Robinson and family have
removed from Las Animas to Rob-
inson station, where he has entered
the employ OF the Santa Fe.
Edward d. Consaul, Trainmaster
Sears stenographer, has been
transferred to Las Vegas, n. NJ,
leaving for that place with his wife
Monday morning
Harry Bowman and Harry Roger
have been promoted on examina-
ton by Travelling Engineer no. A.
Ross, from the position OF firemen
to the more lucrative rank OF engi-
neer
The late Brown system" bulle-
tins announce that large number
OF brakeman on this division have
been discharged for being caught
in an intoxicated condition and
number were given ten days for
various infractinns OF the rules OF
the division superintendent.
The Santa Fe has issued an uni
que folder giving full and complete
information regarding every detail
OF trip to the Alaska gold fields.
Parties contemplating kloudike
sojourn should not fail to secure
one Of these folders. Any agent
OF the Santa Fe will furnish them.
The Nellie Bly, train, which ar
rives at Colorado Springs over the
Santa Fe at ABS p. m, was delayed
in that city Sunday by the burning
of a bridge at Monument, about
twenty miles north OF that place.
A wooden structure over one Of
the ravines near Monument was
ignited from some unknown cause
shortly after noon and was almost
destroyed.
A Taylor headlight is being tried
on a switch engine in the Santa Fe
yards a, Topeka. This is an en-
tirely new form OF headlight. Be
hind the reflector is box about
two feet long and eighteen inches
high, which contains the apparatus
which generates acetyline gas. The
flame is much smaller than those
of common headlight and the
light is much whiter. 1t is claimed
that the light is stronger and cheap
er than the ones now in use. A
thorough test will be made of it,
II. S. Stutler, while assisting in
unloading car of heavy timbers
near the storehouse Monday, had
the misfortune to sustain injuries
from which he may lose the sight
OF his left eye. In unloading one
of the timbers one end fell upon
small piece of board, which flew
upwards and struck MIR. Stutler
full in the eye, lacerating the eye
lid and bruising the eyeball. He
was taken to the hospital in the
ambulance and his injuries attend
ed to by DR.. Finney. The doctor is
of the opinion that Mr.. Stutler will
never regain the use of the injured
organ.
Equipment consisting of two
standard Pullman sleepers, thirteen
tourist sleepers, three coaches and
six baggage cars are now being
hurried to Arizona by the Santa Fe
company to take care Of the move
ment of United States infantry
from Whipple Barracks and Fit.
Apache to Fit. Jefferson, near ST.
Louis. as ordered by the war de-
partment Saturday. The equip