The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-11-15
RAILROAD NEWS.
Several cars of cattle We're shipped on
the Rock Island Monday.

Several cars of cattle We're shipped on
the Rock Island Monday.
A number of the big mountain en-
gines are doing work on this division.
No. 2, Friday. had eleven Pullman
coaches. Travel east-as well as west is
increasing.
Fifteen thousand tons of coal have
been stored at La Junta for the use of the
Santa Fe at this and ad jacent points. A
steam shovel is used to load cars, being
used for the first time yesterday.-La
unta Tribune
AT the rate of two a day the twenty
ten wheelers recently built for the Santa
Fe are being delivered at Chicago. They
will be assigned TO service on the Cali
fornia limited, principally on the western
part of the Santa Fe system.
The Rock Island company eonrem-
plate putting on n reg ular passenger train
from Herinston to Dodge City very soon.
This will increase the passenger cuisines.
The train from here to Pratt is mixed
train. 1t carries men, cattle and hogs.
Santa Fe surveyors were at work
yesterday urveying line for yiaduct
the Santa Fe tracks from Ration
avenue to the storehouse. 1t looked more
and more like additional shops and
much larger force OF men now.-La Juuta
Tribune.
The railroad men were apparently
! the most interested class of citizens in the
city over the result of the election. 1t
has been stated by the opposition that
four-fifths of them were Bryan support
| ers but the facts in the case will not bear
out that assertion. The railroad vote in
Newton was largely in favor OF the repub-
| lican ticket-New ton Republican.
-Supt r. j. Parker, of the Western
division, is quoted as saying that the in
teution of the Santa Fe to move the
division terminal from Coolidge to Syr-
accuse has not been changed. Oth9r
changes and improvements have delayed
action on the proposed change but the
| matter is fully de- idsd- 1t will soon be
| til ken up and the removal will be rapid
| ly cons ummated.-Newton Republican.
The cattle train on the Rock Island
road, which lef this station Monday morn
| ing, met with accident eleven miles
out. A broken f1ange on of the car
| wheels. it is supposed was the cause,
threw the wheels onto the ties, and for n
distance of three-q quarters of mile the
wheels of this car IAN over the ties, cut
ting many of the soft ties in two. The
rails spread and Mondays passenger train
was delayed. A force of men put to
| work Tuesday aud replaced the broken
| ties.
| s. E Busser and wife arrived from
Los Angeles on Saturday morning and re-
manned a few days. Mr.. Busser is estab-
fishing new reading raoms and adding
/ new books to the old ones. Mr.. Busser
| was in the city looking after the reading
| room here. About $500 is being expend-
ed in ref1tting the reading room lately
moved to the north side of the track. east
of the depot hotel. Electric lights and
other conveniences will be applied and
many new books will be added to the
library. MIR. Busser gives encourag
ing account of the business OF the Santa
Fe Railway. In the west the Santa Fe
will add new lines and new trains to ac-
cOnnOdate the Increased railway traffic.
A daily passenger train will be to
California after December 9Th. Two adj
ditional trains running west of Albu-
iquerQue. Trains west are loaded heavily
every day. East bound trains have large
business. There will be more business to
California the coming year than ever be-
fore known in the history of the Santa Fe
Railway. The Colorado. New Mexico
and California business is immense.
santa re RaliWay stocks went up after
the election and this will give an impe-
tus to railway business. MIR. Busser and
family well pleased with their Califor-
mia home and enjoy the salubrious eli
mate Of the coast. He reports greater
interest in the reading rooms by the rail-
way employees.
For YOUR INFORMANT oN:-A new
fast passenger train service will be in
augurated on the Rock Island road on
Sunday November IS, at which time the
winter schedule of the Rock Island trains
will go into effect. The new train will
run daily between Kansas City and
| Chickasha.
The train will leave Kansas City daily
at 40 a. m and pass through Topeka at
9 30 d. M, Wichita 3: 10 p. IN. and ar
rive at Chick asha at 10 80 O'Clock in the
evening. Returning it will leave Chick
asha at 6 :15 a.. M, pass through WIGHT ia