The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-18
KANSAS RAILROAD NOTES.

Mr. Charles s HoIcombe has been ap-
pointed travelling freight agent of the
Rock Island, with headquarters at But-
falO, n. Y.
The Santa Fe round house at Win
field, which was recently destroyed by
fire, will be replaced with a much more
substantial building
Mr. P. R Walsh is now roadmaster
Of the Union Pacific at Kansas City in
place of Mr.. H B. Wood
t F. Underwood, division master me
chanic of the Santa Fe at WinSloW, has
resigned, and the place has been filed
by W. ]. Wilcox, from one of the
Georgia roads.
The Santa Fe Pacific Railroad COM
pany will put in a new steel bridge at
Canon Diablo this summer.
Firenen Louie Rrinkmeier and Jack
Landreth of Wellington have success
fully passed the engineers examination.
A much needed cuIvert has been
placed under the switch tracks near the
Rock Island depot at Wellington to
drain the approach to the depot.
A new depot will be built at Wiggam-
Heretofore there has been only a block
station at that place and the first of
this month the day Office was discOn-
tinued- The day operator is now work
ing at EmpOria junction.
The ballast burning works on the
Union Pacific just north of Lawrence
are giving employment to large num-
her of hands The burned clay ballast
is taking the place of the stone ballast
on the road.
Operators Conway of Sterry and
Clarence Kurn of the Emporia yard
office will trade places for a while, Kurn
taking the night Sterry trick
The check system of letting out tools
to employees was put in operation yes
terday and is giving universal satisfac-
tiOn.-AlbuQuerque Journal
The baggage report of Bagga gemaster
Isaacs of the Santa Fe shows that dur
ing the month of March there were for
warded from La Grande station alone
= mia Of Faeae nd : mia
were received, showing that SO pieces
more were forwarded than were re-
ceived.-LOs Angeles Express.
Engineer J. H. Holman is now run
ming the switch engine in the San Mar
cial yards for the Santa Fe railroad
1t is just eleven months since the acct
dent which disabled him and nearly cost
him his life happened.
Charles Hayes, timekeeper a the
local shops, has resigned his position,
and Clarence Barnhydt, the night caller,
appointed in his stead. John McLane is
now the night caller at the shops--Al-
buquerque Journal
The new Dixon passenger engines are
expected to be turned over to the Santa
of ten coaches between Ration and Las
Vegas and make regular tine.-Raton
Range
No. 8, which has been in the shops at
Springs branch and put to work No.
ia, which has been pulling the Hot
Springs train, IS now in the round house.
Las Vegas Optic.
D. NJ. Bunker, an engineer, was here
yesterday to investigate and locate a
site for a reservoir to store the waste
water from the waterwOrks pipe line
for the Santa Fe Pacific Railroad COM
pany. Mr.. Bunker found almost a nat
ural site for reservoir on the top of the
mesa east of town, and will make a ia
vera Bile report OF the matter to the rail-
road company. The company can make
a reservoir on this site with a capacity
80. 000. 600 gallons of water very cheaply.
Williams (AriZ0 News
Mrs John French, wife of the fore
man of the bIacksmithing shops. has
been seriously i'll with pneumonia, but
is now recovering
The paint shops have turned out a
number of Wells Fargo refrigerator ex-
press cars, which had been run in for
repainting- They are to be used this
summer on the passenger trains, and
look as bright new dollar.
The brass foundry is now turning out
$50 600 castings month. It not only
makes all the brass work for the Santa
F'e system. but for a number Of other
roads as well.