The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-11-10
xAILRoAD NEWS.

RAILROAD NEWS.
Brakeman Bowen 10 on the sick list.
Conductor Conrad and crew went
out Monday morning on second II.
-Br.ksman Cutting has been laying
off and MOotz is in his places
e. D. Conboy l. west for . few days
on business trip.
Asst. Gen. Supt. Avery Turner 40.
companied the firet No. west last week.
| John Jones made his first trip as
conductor Monday.
The compound engine 500 10 again
on this division in the pool.
Several moro extra brakemen have
been employed on this division.
Heavy California traffic 10 causing
two sections of No. II very frequently.
Business Is still good on this division.
the chain gang crews making about every
day over the road.
Engineer h. s. Williams will accept
his position Of travelling engineer on No
vember 10Th.
-Supt. r. j. Parker and Trainmaster
Saunders of Newton, were in Dodge Sat
urday on official business.
The tonnage on freight trains has
been reduced very materially. which will
greatly aid In getting trains over the road.
No. 3 was double headed out of here
Sunday evening in order to try and make
time, Engineers Jerry Shaw and Thomas
Baiubrilgs going out.
Abe Wallace formerly station master
in this city but now Of Moline, was in
town today greeting old friends. Abe 10
now brakeman on the Howard branch.
-NewtGn Republican.
Mr.. Wallace was formerly . resident
Of this city for about . year, and has
many friends here.
The great cry among the Santa Fe
people is ''more power. more power" 1t
is the same old familiar song that 10 sung
every year. When business b good the
men arc compelled to work night and
day, but when there Ia lull instead Of
fixing up their power, and putting their
engines in shape for . rush Of this kind,
the employees work forty hours per
week.-Ex.
Engineer C. A. Deming and Conductor
J. F. o 'Rourke had . grievance to relate
Tuesday. 1t can be told In few words
and was simply the fact that they had
fifty loads with small .ngine and were
nearly thirty-six hours e'ming from
Dodge City to Newton. They were four
and half hours going from Dodge City
to Spearville, d'-.ance Of sixteen miles.
Mr. o 'Rourke got in In time t. take out
his regular run again that morning, but
the eagls-eye was compelled to call for
eight hours rest. Several stock trains run
around them, which Of course helped to
swell the grlevance.-Newton Republic
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Statistics prepared and sent out by
the B. & o. railroad show that in the
United States there is 1S6, 800 miles of
railroad, valued at 81 ,19l 900, 900. Also
that one seventh of the wealth Of the |
United States is in our railroads. !
That the railroads employ $50, 900 |
persons, an average of four and |
one half parsons 10 the mile. Exclusive |
of sleeping cars our railroads now have |
l ,325, 900 ears of all kinds, or 81 cars to |
every locomotive, or seven Gus to every |
mile of road. Inclusive of sleeping cars
there are now $4,000 passenger, mail and
express cars in Use. That 100000 of
hese cars 60 into the scrap pile annually.
Ia the United Sites we have IL. 900
freight engines and 10000 passenger en-
zines. Each passenger engine hanls
$4,000 passengers, and the
reight engines $4,000 tous Of freight.
Three fourths of the railroad revenues
ire rom freight business. The railroads
rave to carry . passenger 500 miles to
make 81. The net earnings of the rail-
Dads in the United States average
81 ,0O0 900 daily.