The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-02-09
RAILROAD NEWS.

Kansas City.
Engineer MacCartney has been siel
for several days.
Business il still fair on the western
division of the Santa Fe.
p. D. Smith has been assigned q
extra passenger brakeman ont of Denver
The recent snap Of cold weather wa
responsible for several engine failures.
Brakeman Teer is baching while
Mrs. Teer and .Sonny" are visiting il
Kansas City.
Fireman Frank Campbell and wife
a.e visiting in Lakin, aud will soon move
to Dodge City.
w S. Ammons has been reinstated
on his passenger run on and 6. Tbii
will bring Conrad back to Dodge on 81
and 81.
Engine $50 on No. 2 broke down Sat.
urday at Charleston and was delayed
3 hours. A broken valve stem caused the
trouble.
Conductor Miner has been assigned
to one Of the preferred runs between
Newton and Dodge City.-NewtOn Re-
publican.
Foreman John Nimmo. of the boiler
shop, made trip to Dodge City yester-
day Oh business connected with his work.
Newton Republican.
The death of Engineer cambridge
has caused a great deal of agitation
among employees as to some safe device
for catching the mail.
w. r. Ready. Jerry Shaw, Henry
Simmons. VIM. Parr and other engineers
laid off to attend the funera services Of
Engineer Thomas cambridge.
The Santa Fe is using japanese sec
ton men on the extreme west portion of
the line for the reason that they will work
much cheaper than white men.
Mac Barnhart Of Pueblo, John
Walker, Walter Bragg, Ed Robinson and
Master Mechanic Clucas of La Junta,
attended the Bsinbridge funeral.
Dodge City lays claim to little dis
tinction on her transfer business. Sey-
eral cars Of cotton and barley have been
transferred there within the last few
days.-Newton Republican.
Neat little tin boxes on which their
names are inscribed are being issued to
firemen for keeping waste In good shape.
In case of necessity they could be used
for lunch boxes.-Newton Republican.
From a blue print in the resident
engineers office 1t is learned that Super
intendent Earl has the largest territory
on the entire system under his jurisdic-
tion-990 miles. Fred Nudge Of the
Pueblo division comes next with 1854
miles, while Morse of the Chicago divi-
sion has the smallest, 592 miles.
We do not believe our railroad boys
or citizens have any occasion to be
alarmed about the report Of the Santa
Fe building a cut off from their Pan
Pandle line to the Santa Fe Pacific any
way soon. If this is ever done Dodge
City and La Junta will be mere side
tracks as far a. continental business is
The members of the B. of r. T.
lodge in this city are making prepare
tons for a great time on February %, on
which date they will give their seventh
annual ball. Over 500 invitations will be
issued, and many people from abroad
will no doubt be in attendance. The en-
tertainments given by this lodge in the
past have always proved to be of the
best, and the one this year will he no ex-
cepfiOn to the rule.-NewtOn Republican
If an experiment now being made
on the Santa Fee is successful the old
time Oil railroad lantern will haveto take
a back seat. The experiment is with a
pocket electric light, which consists of
small storage battery, to which is at
tached All electric lamp about the size of
bulls eye lanterns carried by watchmsn
aud burgulars. The battery and lamp
arc made together and when not in use
can be carried In coat pocket with ease.
The Santa Fe is replacing the old
wooden water tanks all along the line
with steel standpipe tanks. The wooden
affair near the coal shutes is being torn
down and will be replaced with steel
standpipe tank sixty feet in height. The
tank is built of steel of an average
thickness of three-eighths Of an inch
and will be twenty four feet in diameter.
Its weight d 81, $50 pounds AMI lts capa.
city l63. $40 gAllons Of waser.-La Junta
Tribune.
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