Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-23
Burlington Makes Brief Alteration
on Chariton-St. Joe Branch.
SUPPLEMENT TAKES EFFECT SUNDAY
Wr1l Not feet Connections with aIain
Line at Chariton-Personal and
miscellaneous Railroad
News Notes.
From Wednesdays Daily.

AOAAA
0. E. Stewart, superintendent OF the
east Iowa division of the Burlington,
returned this morning from Chicago,
where he had been on a short business
trip, partly in the interest of the COM
pany and partly on personal business.
Beginning next Sunday slight change
will be made in trains on the Chariton-
st. Joe branch--a sort OF smoothing
out, as it were, OF the new schedule
which went into effect on that branch
q few weeks ago. The supplement to
the regular schedule will not effect con-
nections on the main line in the least,
the only change of any consequence
on the branch being a shortening of the
time of No. IA. 1t will leave Chari-
lon the same time as at present, but
will arrive in ST. Joe thirty minutes
earlier. i
Burlington Notes.
The electric headlights With which
the locomotives of today are being
equipped are demonstrating themselves
TO be the most popular improvement
of the age. Railroad men predict that
within the next year there will not be
an Important line in The country that
will not have all their engines, espec-
iallsr those used in the passenger SER
vice, equipped with the electric lights
The LATEST device OF this nature is the
small incandescent lamp, which is
placed upon the engine whore the en-
gineer or fireman are required TO visit
frequently for oiling. The little glass
bulbs are covered VITA wire screen fon
protection.
+. II. Hedrick, a :nachinist at the Burl-
ington round house in this city, is Il
candidate for the position on the adj
visory board of the Burlington Relief
Corps from the electoral division
Nd. 3. The ballots are sent
TO Chicago by mail. From this
division there are also candidates from
Creston and Charlton. .,ir. Hedrick is
one OF the most popular men in this
division of the corps, which embraces
the Iowa division of the Burlington.
Operator Henry Slingluff, of Burling-
ton, formerly operator at the yard Of
flee OF the Burlington in this city, but
who has been off duty for the past two
months on account of severe attack
of malaria fever, was in the city yester-
day enroute to Kansas City, Mo-, to
visit relatives and recuperate.
EngineerP. f. Golden. of Burlington,
made the first trip last night since the
accident at Murray, over four months
400, in which he sustained broken
leg. Mr.. Golden was then running on
Nos. 1 and 6, and resumes work in the
same capacity.
The Burlington has commenced work
on its new machine shops at Hannibal,
Mo-, which, when completed, will be
next in size to flls shops at West Burl-
ingtoa. Tie now shops will be equip
ped with electric lightSand all the mod
ern improvements.
Brakeman Peter Lamb, CT Galesburg,
H., running between that city and OF
tumwa, has returned from a three
weeks vacation spent at Beaver, Col
!orado Springs and Salt Lake CITY.
Conductor E. p. Adams, who is ru-l-
ming passenger train between Burl-
ipgton and Crsstcn, was in the city
Monday.
Fireman Fred Bridenssne will leave
this evening for a two wec'-s visit
with relatives at ST. Paul aud Mime.
lapoiis. MINI.
Over 200 ear leads of stock passed
through This city over the Burlington
yesterday afternoon and l7st night, en-
route east
Engineer L. NJ. Campbell departed
on burlington No. 3 this ,rcrning for
two weeks visit at his former home
| ut Mi. Ayr.
storekeeper c. B. Meredith returp-
ed yesterday from u business trip to
Chicago.
a. B. Machaels, of the Burlington is
in Chicago this week.
Brakeman Marion Thorn is visiting
his parents at Delphos,