La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-04-16
RAILROAD avmsl,nes.
Items Picked Up. condensed snd
Stolen for the Special EdifIeAtIon
Of Railroad Men.

Machinist Henry Davis lett the
service OF the company at this
point yesterday. He leaves to
day for Sheffield, Mo-, where he
will engage in farming.
L. Q. McQuade, of Hutchinson.
Kan, travelling auditor OF the Santa
Fe, was a visitor in this city on
official business Thursday.
Master Mechanic Forster re-
turned from business trip to Den
yer on No. 6 Wednesday night,
leaving on No. Thursday for
Coolidge.
Will Spicer, who succeeded E.
!. Smith as ticket agent at this
point, left the service Of the COM
pany Wednesday, returning to Col
orado Springs yesterday morning.
Nell Sparrow has accepted a
position with the Santa Fe as local
ticket agent and will supply the
general public with tickets of
leave" from this point in the future.
Mr.. Hoffman, OF Denver, travel
ing passenger agent OF the Mis-
SCUM Pacific, arrived in this city
Yesterday to meet the soldiers. He
accompanied them TO Kansas City,
from which place the "regulars"
will be taken over his road TO Jef-
terson barracks, ST. Louis.
AS the west-bound passenger
train was nearing Fowler Wednes-
day morning the side rod on engine
No. 533 suddenly broke, which
brought the train to standstill
after demolishing the cab in a
frightful manner. The engineer,
Mike Barnhart, received some pain
full bruises about the left side and
shoulder. The train was delayed
two hours, when the dead engine
was left on the Fowler switch and
the engine from the local west
bound freight took the regular pas
senger on to Pueblo.
The Union Pacific has adopted a
new hospital plan and will in the
future conduct its own hospital.
II man is injured while on duty
he will be given medical attention
at the expense OF the company and
there will be no more monthly
dues collected. II an employee be-
comes incapacitated by accident or
illness not received in the line of
duty, he will have to pay his own
medical expenses. The company
will employ physicians along the
line to care for the injured as in
the past The proposed arrange
ments, it is believed, will be very
satisfactory to the employees of the
road.
Jerry Faulkner, we'll known
Santa Fe engineer who runs be-
tween Chicago and Fort Madison,
is at the Santa Fe hospital in To-
peka, the victim of Chicago foot
pad. While in Chicago last Fri
day night, a footpad attempted to
hold up Engineer Faulkner, step
ping out from an alley and pushing
a revolver in his face. Instead of
throwing up his hands, as ordered
by the thug. Engineer Faulkner
hit out straight and landed on the
footpad's face. The latter fell, but
fred as he went down, and the
bullet took effect in Engineer
Faulkner's hand, inflicting pain
full wound. Before he recovered
from the blow, the engineer was
at safe distance.
The Santa Fe has ordered FIVE
more large consolidation engines
of the Dickson Locomotive Works,
which will be delivered at Topeka
before the end OF the present month.
The cylinders are 2Ix2S, 56-inch
drive wheels. The engine is Of
the Player Io-wheel pattern for
use on the Ration mountains. The
engine alone ready for service
weighs SO tons. The new engines