The Goodland republic., 1900-10-19
RAILRoAp SPIKES.

TraindispatcheT Bullock was laid up
by illness this week.
Frank Deafenbaugh is a new man in
the blacksmith shop.
Operator Smith has taken the place
Of Operator Billy Edwards.
/ A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
E ]. Wilson, Saturday, October 13.
Maehinist James Riley has gone TO
the Rio Grande.
Engineer A. D. Ebert is new
man on this division. He Is from the
Rio Grande road.
'Jaek" Wilson, who has been black
smith helper in the shops, has taken q
place as brakeman
Louis Farrow, calIboy, will resign
next week. A new man from Topeka
viii take his place.
Conductor ". Stephens and wife re-
turned Sunday morning from several
weeks trip in the east
Conductor J. ". Usher is here this
week. He will move his family to
Pueblo, having a passenger run.
/ Conductor ". Stephens. who has
/ been on the local for a couple of years,
/ has taken car in the chain gang.
A g. Nelson is again at his post as
/ pumper at the water tank at Colby.
He has just returned from a trip to
/ Europe.
/ The Rock Island brought the largest
crowd into Kansas yesterday of any
! similar excursion ever run by any rail
road In the state.
/ Alvin Shoemaker, of the water service
/ department, fell from a water tank at
/ Selden last Sunday and received a
fracture Of the right arm.
! BOilermaker Joe KnoppeI was sent
! to Roswell last Friday to make repairs
on engine 81, which is on the Pueblo
run. He returned Monday.
Fireman Hugh Robertson has re-
| turned from several weeks visit 70
/ familiar scenes in Iowa. He was ac-
/ cOmpsnied by Mrs. Robertson.
| Conductor NJ III. Young and Con
/ ductOr GOOde are on the work trains
in the place Of Conductor Barsby and
Conductor Wilson, who will 60 in the
/ chain gang.
Billy Edwards, who has been the
/ telegraph operator at the depot for
the past year, viii not return to Good
! land as be has accepted a similar posi-
ton with the Santa Fe in Topeka.
Dave Null, formerly a conductor on
f
newing acquaintances. He is now en-
plOyed on the Santa F'e at WinslOw,
Arizona Mr. Null was accompanied
by his wife.
Conductor Jim Martin, who has run
on this division for many years, was
relieved from duty last week. The
Rock Island seems to have been firing
trainmen prOmiscuOusly for several
weeks and Martin got caught in the
mess.-Smith Center Journal.
The Rock Island pay car arrived
Tuesday afternoon, its first trip over
the line since November, 1899, and paid
the employees at this point. The en- \
plOyes usually receive their pay checks
monthly at various stations along the
line. Occasionally the paymaster goes
out along the line for a general check
ing up. The car was 10 charge of
PsymasteF z. @. Marshall and clerk.
Steel standpipes go feet high viii
take the place of wooden water tanks
all along the Rock Island. Two sub
stitutiOns are already accomplished. |
One has just been completed at Fair
bury and another Is in course of erec- ]
ton at Horton. These standpipes are /
Of strong steel and will last for years. /
Towering 60 feet in height and with
diameter Of % feet, these great tanks |
have a capacity of 10000 gallons.
The directors and officials Of the !
Rock Island railroad were in GOOdland |
Friday. They were on their annual
tour Of inspection and were on their
way to Chicago, having been over the |
greater portion of the lines. They were j
travelling in a special train made up Of
private car No. 100, private car No. 300. |
Mr. Cables private car, Pullman sleep |
er HOratiO, a dining car, and a com
pOsite car. The train was in charge Of
Conductor J. ". Mastin and Engineer
". W. Leeman over this division.
The Rock Island Railroad company
is bringing 70 bear very~Barnest words
to stop the use of cigarettes by en-
ployes. The order, prohibiting the
smoking Of cigarettes, was issued sew
eral months ago, and Is generally
obeyed. But sometimes there is a man
who cannot at once get quit of the
habit, and a little missionary work is
FesOrted. A case of this kind happened
in GOOdland fortnight ago. A certain
emplOye, grounded in the habit by
smoking cigarettes for 20 years, kept
the "thou shalt not" Of the company
only partially, by satisfying his craving
with q cigarette now and then. Finally
a Rock Island official, knowing the
physical struggle of the brakeman,
incident to the obedience Of the order,
gave him a moral talk and urged the
importance Of keeping the laws Of
health. A word to the wise Is sufficient
The brakeman quit the use Of Gig
arettes Immediately. When giving bis
reason TO an old friend for so abruptly
smotherinR his long time habit, be
said: fThe railroad company gave me
a bilateral lecture on one side Of which
we're soft words touching the hyRenie
view Of life The other side of the
| lecture was not TO be uttered. It smelt
| like bread and butter, and that Is what
siekened me toward cigarettes"
aIcCormick Coming.
n. B. Mccormick, Of Phillipsburg,