The Globe-republican., 1899-02-16
RAILROAD sEws.
Brakeman Savage is reported not

Brakeman Savage IL reported mol
dangerously hurt.
travelling Engineers B. s. Williamt
and Albert McCready were in La Junta
Monday, holding examinations of dremeu
for promotion.
Freight trains were not numerous
for few days, during the severe cold
weather, and for three days there were
no local freights running.
The conductors social Saturday night
promises to be an enjoyable affair, and
the ladies who have charge are making
extensive preparations.
The snow storms in Colorado haye
subsidized and the tracks of the Denver
and Rio Grande railroad are clear once
more and trains running through without
delay.
In addition to the $50 box cars, SO
feet long and of $4,000 pounds capacity,
to be built in their shops, the Santa Fe
will soon order 1000 box cars of the same
capacity, 40 feet long.
1t is authoritatively stated that
twenty new freight crews have been put
on the Santa Fe between Albuquerque
and La Junta. The freight traffic has
been impeded considerably on account
of the cold weather, but is nevertheless
immense in volume just at present.
Freight trains have orders to run not
ern division and crews are to look out for
bad track. The freezing weather has
been unusual and the hard freeze of Sat
urday and Sunday was the worst ever
known in Western Kansas.
The cold and freezing snapped off
many nuts from bolts that hold down the
fish plates that hold together the rails.
but no Inconvenience was found, as the
nuts and bolts were promptly replaced.
The cold contracted the rails, hence the
swapping Of of the nuts from the bolts.
Engineer Jud Rippey has been laid
up as the result of peculiar accident.
While out on his run and the engine go
ing at high rate Of speed. snow bird
dashed against the cab window, breaking
the glass, piece of which struck him in
the eye making painful wOund.-Ellis
Headlight.
There is no foundation. it is said,
for the report that the Santa Fe company
will soon begin building cut off be-
ween a point on the Pecos Valley rail-
road extension, about 20 miles east Of
Fort Summer, in Guadalupe county, New
Mexico, west of Ysleta Junction, $50
niles, connecting with the Santa Fe
Pacific.
The cold weather has brought the
water question into promi-
nence with the Santa Fe again. Some
lays no water can be obtained between
EmpOria and Florence, and the distance
between those points requires a sparing
Use Of the liquid. At times the water
plants at Staffordville. Strong City and
Clements were frozen solid.
Two boy tramps discovered broken
'ail on the Rock Island west Of Phillips
BURG. tagged and stopped the east bound
passenger train, aud thus averted ter
rible accident. The passengers and train
men made up handsome purse for them
md the officials gave transportation to
heir home in Illinois.
Eighteen cars Of fruit were placed
N the round house Saturday morning in
anticipation of Saturday nights extreme
,old: and remained there until Monday,
when they were shipped east. In conse-
luence many of the engines had quarters
outside, and the hostlers were kept busy
eeding the engines to keep them from
'dyIng" of cold, but of heat. At
Ill of the Santa Fe railroad cOmpany's
'ound houses the fruit cars were placed
Turing the severe cold spell.
George f. Savage, brakeman on
he division east of Dodge City, me,
With a painful accident Sunday evening,
It Sylvia east of Kinsley. where the
engine was coaling. Mr.. Savage was
passing by the engine while the coal was
,eing dumped in the tender, and was
struck on the head by block which is
,sed for conveying the coal to the ten
Ter. He was taken to kinsley, where he
vas cared for. He was knocked down
and was in this condition at
last accounts. Mr.. Savage's family live
IN Newton. They lived in Dodge City a
lew years before going to Newton. Mr..
Savage was a switchman here.
The January statement of the Santa