The Globe-republican., 1899-12-21
RAILROAD NEWS.
Lyle Henkel made his initial trip a
fireman on west division on Tuesday.


John Gibson, who was injured some
days ego, has returned to work at the
round house.
Eight hundred tons is now the tonnage
for a freight train on the Santa Fe.
| Four years ago it was only $40 tons.
| Frank Albin, machinist in the Santa
Fe shops at La Junta, is visiting his
family in the city, and he will remain
during the holidays.
Business on the Santa Fe is too good to
suit some of the employees. A fireman
running out of La Junta recently earned
$50 in wages in eleven days.-Tribune.
Joseph Murtinger, machinist. left
last night for the east, and he will be
absent ten days. Chas. S. Munger, q
cousin of Mrs. j. L. Beattie, takes his
place.
Superintendent Dyer. of the Santa Fe.
says that by January 1st the portion of
the system between Denver and Pueblo
will be equipped with the block signal
system.
LIE. Footc, formerly foreman in the
Santa Fe Railway shops here, was in the
city Monday. Mr.. Foote had been in the
hospital at Topeka for the past three
months. He was on his way to New
Mexico.
In 1872 General Manager Nudge Of
the Santa Fe was water boy. There were,
at that time, other water boys who have
been sober, industrious and capable. They
are no longer water boys. but they are
not general managers Of railroads.
Wichita Eagle.
ALI new Santa Fee passenger coaches
and all old ones as fast As they are taken
out of the paint shops have . new style
of lettering. The words ''Santa Fe" are
alone at the top of the car, while the old
familiar "a. L. & 8. F." appear only in
small letters at the lower corners of the
car, just under the car number.
Frank Burton, a laborer in the concerto
gang of the bridge and building depart
ment, died at the La Junta hospital
Thursday morning He ws about AZ years
of age, aud died very suddenly, the
trouble being hemorrhage Of the brain.
He was a stranger in La Junta and the
whereabouts of his relatives and friends
is not known.
i The introduction of 1.-THE piece work
system of working at the Santa Fe shops
at Topeka has stirred up the workmeu
there more than they have been stirred
up since the strike of 1894. 1t is an
nounced on good authority that the piece
work system will be inaugurated in al
departments at Topeka on January let.
n. Norton, engineer, and Geo. Cald
well, foreman of train 81, on Sunday
met with an accident al the east end Of
the yards. Train 81 rain into an 0bstruc
ton, and in order to save themselves thu
engineer and fireman both jumped from
the engine, and In the fall the engineeI
received scalp wound and the fireman
dislocated his left shoulder. DR.. Nc
Carly attended to the injured men,
There was no particular damage to train
A new time table will go into effect OF
the Santa Fe January LIST. Extensive
changes will be made. The California
limited will probably be made daily
train to accommodate constantly increasing
traffic. No. l will arrive about O'Clock
in rhe afternoon, and train from the
south about the same time. No. COB, the
Denver stub, will leave for the capitol
city at the same hour This arrangement
will be decided improvement upon the
present schedule, and great convent
ence to the residents of the entire Ark.
ansas Valley.-La Junta Tribune.
!. The three wells at the round house
are insufficient to supply the demand Of
water for the locomotive boilers. The
wells supply about IS gallons of water fol
each we'll minute: when not less than 15C
gallons a minute is required. Nearly az
much water is used at the round house u
lie used in the city. An engine tank
averages about 1000 gallons. and from
25 to 30 engine tanks are filed every day
1t requires about 10000 gallons to wash
an engine boiler and two locomotive
boilers are washed every day
1t requires IS pounds to an inch pressure
: to wash an engine. There is no scale OF
, the stationary engine boiler, in which bal
been used the soft water from the wells
The use Of this water in the locomotive
boilers has not been sufficiently made t.
> warrant a proper test. Three moro we'll
will be bored.
Mr.. j. J. Kinney, superintendent Of tn
secret service Of the Santa Fe, has resign
l.