The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-09
KANSAS RAILROAD NOTES

KANSAS RAILROAD NOTES
The Missouri Pacific is getting back
to Hiawatha by degrees Four Irelght
crews now lay over there-slX men To
a train or "a men
E l. Smith of Wichita has gone 10
Roswell. \. NJ. where he has accepted
a position with the Pecos NaHey q
Northeast stern as car inspector
P. O'Donneu, for some time roadmaSS--
ter of the Fl 5. w & W. from II
Dorado to Fort Scott. and the McPher-
son branch, with headquarters at FL
Dorado, has resigned and Will 60 upon
his farm. His successor Is j. w " d.
son( formerly roadmaster of road from
FL Dorado to Ktowa and branch from
Wichita to KanOpOlis- John BouSneF'
formerly yard foreman at Wlchlta' mas
been appointed to succeed watson
Within q few days the Missouri Pa
cific will begin laying 45-pound steel
rails at Kansas City. The track VIII De
relaid from Kansas City TO LeaVen-
worth This wear. and from Leavenworth
to AtchisOn next year The 90 pouno
rails taken up viii be put down on thS
Central branch, replacing 81 pound
rails The 81 pound rails VIII De used
in sidings. The Central Branch track
is to be improved, that heavier engines
NAV be used. The track between kan
sas City and Atchison is to be improved
also.
Gus Mehueson. foreman of the boiler
department of the Santa F'e shops at
Ottawa is to be promoted to a similar
peka and Frank Brown is to succeed
Mr.. Mehlieson-
Roadmaster Robt. Bolton and family
have moved from Ellinwood TO make
their permanent home at Florence
Roadmaster Marshall, of the santa
Fe. sent in eight Mexicans Sunday from
the west to work on the section TOT
John Dearth at Syracuse. He has in
creased Mr. DearthS force 10 eIshteeh
men
Extensive improvements, including
more brick platform and a fence LOT
the [. P park, are promised as result
of Union Pacific officials visit to SaHna
The telegraph lines in Chile are owned
by the government. A message OF ten
words can be sent to any part OF the
country for about cents
Orange shipments by rail last week
were very light, amounting to only 100
cars. For the season, November lst
are not moving at all. and seedlings
very slowly There are only two large
lots of naveIs left, both at Riverside
Los Angeles Express
The biggest man that has visited Al
buCuerQue for many day is Engineer
Riley, from the Needles division Of the
Santa Fe Pacific railway. He IS nearly
a seven-fOOter and weighs about 3UU
mounds He is not out of proportion,
and is regarded as one of the swiftest
men on foot in the country.-Albuquer-
Nachinist James Coburn expects to
leave tomorrow morning on his trip to
England. He goes TO see his old
mother after an absence Of eighteen
years.-Las Vegas Optic
The Gardiner coal run engine is now
vacant Master Mechanic Taylor has
notified Ration engineers and Hremer
that applications for the run will be
considered if presented in writing he
also advises that engineers must dis
continue taking coal at Gardiner. as no
arrangements are in force with the coal
company to supply coal to engines
All the railroad men in Las Vegas
who want TO work are now enjoying
that pleasure. There are practically no
idle men and engines are showed out
again as soon as they arrive
A gang of bridge carpenters are bust
ly engaged in raising the coal chutes
two feet at Ration. They were not high
enough to enable the big engines In use
now to be coaled readily.
Engineer Ed Keen. whose serious
condition was reported a few days ago,
is said to be experiencing a decided
change for the better and is looking
and feeling much better His many
friends are glad to note the improve
ment and hope it may be permanent
Las Vegas Optic
The Santa Fe shopmen at Arkansas
City are again working on the forty
hour schedule
The latest thing out is a pneumatic
baggage handler. The air cylinder rests
on the threshold of the car door. and
has a lifting capacity of 500 pounds
with seventy pounds of air An
at about the center of the vertical
length Of the baggage support. provides
for weighing the baggage as il is han
died It is said that the time consumed
in loading a trunk of 21S pounds was
31a seconds, and the time of unloading
1-3 seconds
The Santa F7e has decided upon build
ing an addition to their large freight
Office at Wichita. The new building will
extend fifty feet south from the present
structure. There will be but one story.
the addition being built over q part of
the present platform
At Topeka, Kan. on May Is Miss
Minnie L BatchelIer, formerly of this
city. will be welded to Mr. Chas. E
CasweIl- The many friends of the
young lady in this city extend con-
CALCULATIONS --AlbuquerQue Citizen
At the CaStaneda: Minnie Hoddy.
Chicago; James Dun and w G. Patti
chel. Topeka: Mr.. and Mrs G. s King
Denver. William NJ Cook and wife,
Chicago. J. NJ. Sims and wife St.
Louis; James r Thorpe, Denver. J. H
Wolf New York; Mrs A W Gilman.
and daughter, Denver; Jas. E Thomas
and wife. Topeka; Mrs. C. l. Wash
burn, Chicago.
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