The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-03
KANSAS RAILROAD NOTES.

Six men are under arrest at South
McAlester. charged with attempting to
blow up the railroad bridge over the
South Canadian river. Dynamite was
used on one of the abutments, which
was badly shattered
Superintendent George Hartman, who
was here visiting with F. W. Tucker,
was called back to Old Mexico Thurs
day by telegram stating that his office.
the depot and other buildings had been
destroyed by fire.-Florence Bulletin.
privileged character on the Rock
Island is a big Newfoundland dog be-
longing to Charley Brant at Phillips
burg. He rides all the freight trains
and is never compelled to put up a
The Rock Island plastering crew is
at work upon the Colby depot this
week.
a new building for the use of switch
men and trainmen has just been finish
ed at the west end of the Philllpsburg
depot platform.
Conductor Joseph Courway has bought
a farm in Smith county and has a man
at work building feed yards and other
fences upon the same.
Tom Clarence, an old time west end
conductor, but who is now running
freight train between BelleVille and
patented an arrangement to prevent
hay fever, and he says it works to per-
lection.
A force of about fifty men are at
work near MOntroSe, crushing rock for
banaSting purposes.
Operator Nesbitt of the Wellington
freight office has gone to HunneweH to
act as agent in the place of Agent Bar
rett, who is laying off on account of
sickness.
The night telegraph office at the We'll
lin9ton union depot has been discontin-
ued on account of slack business OPP
the freight depot and Operator Combs
goes on night work at the same place.
Boilermaker James Campbell has re-
signed his position at Ration and gone
to Arizona.
Charles Jinkins and Everett B. Dan
ner, two firemen from Ration, have been
assigned to duty at Las Vegas and are
there ready for business.
The family of Passenger Conductor
Notgrass have gone to Arkansas, where
Mrs. Notgrass recently inherited
a valuable farm. Mr.. Notgrass re-
mains in Las Vegas.
Three firemen running out of Las
Vegas have resigned their positions.
Charles Rogers will go to California
and George Aud to Omaha 1t is not
known where Charles Knemeyer will
next locate.-Las Vegas Optic.
Engineer Shaw has been assigned to
the vacant position on engine 902 on the
Glorfeta mountain.
The Missouri Pacific has reinstated
Conductor L. S. Weller and he will re-
sumo work at once. He was off al
most two months. He will run 121 and
1zz, the local between FL DORADO ana
GeneseO.
Extensive changes are being made in
the machinery at the local shops. The
wheel presses, the two boring mills
used on wheels, the coach wheel lathe,
the axle lathe, the two bolt cutters, the
nut Taper, in fact all of the machinery
used in the preparation of car and en-
CINE wheels, and several other pieces,
were moved yesterday to the annex
which has been built east of the plan
ing mill. Hereafter all wheel work
will be done there. The place made va
cant by the removal of this machinery
will be filled with entirely new ma chin
cry, which will require from fifteen to
twenty additional men. The change
will not be completed for a month at
leaSt.-Albuquerque Journal.