The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-07-27
RAILROAD NEWS.

BO1ermaker ]. E. Arneu left Tor
Denver.
Conductor Bill Usher is taking a
vacation
@. B. Lane, east end roadmaster, was
/ here Monday.
The pile driver is at work on the
western division
Conductor Tom Edwards is on pas
senger, having a regular run.
Fireman F. n. Kline returned from
! his visit In Missouri Tuesday.
W. n. Nelson and gang are here
doing cement work in the round house.
A washOut between Falcon and Ros-
/ we'll Tuesday caused the delay OF trains
/ for few hours.
A. L. Studer, Of Horton, assistant
superintendent Of motive power, was
In the city Tuesday.
Engine 80 is out Of the shops. 1t is
/ one Of the finest looking engines on
the division Engineer Tom Kelly and
Fireman Sanford Adams viii start her
on local next week.
Engineer Leeman is the master Of
| engine 867 which was brought from
| Chicago to take the place of engine
$50, which was in the head end col
| lisiOn.
Engine $50 came in from Chicago
this week as a substitute for the 897
until the latter engine shall have been
repaired of her damage received in the
wreck near Burlington. Engineer Jim
Boyle is in charge.
The Rock Island proposes to run
lOw-rate excursions east from Colorado
during August and September, two
each month. All the western roads
have decided to continue the harvest
excursions" westbOund, semi-monthiy
during August and September. and it
Is probable that they will also run east
bOnnd excursions from Colorado.
The Rock Island had another bad
wreck early Friday morning near
Chickasha, I. 7. 1t was a head end
collision between a passenger and
freight train. Engineer Dick Brooks
and Fireman Myers, Of the passenger
train, and L. Nichols, head brakeman
Of the freight train, were instantly
killed; several other trainmen were in
juTed. No passengers we're hurt. The
blame is attached to the crew Of the
freight train, caused by supposed mis-
understanding Of orders.
Employees of the Baltimore and Ohio
LeHlALO6u DaLlE udN6 DE6u LOEDLuu6u
to hold political Office. General Su-
perintendent Stuard, whose head
quarters are IN Chicago, has issued an
imperative order that under no cir
oumstances will employees of the sys-
tenn be allowed to stand as candidates
for or occupy any political Office. The
prOhibitive bulletins have been posted
In all the shops and offices Of the com
pany at its divisional headquarters.
The average distance travelled by
British engine drivers is from 10000 TO
$1,000 miles every year. There are
about 10000 drivers in the United
Kingdom. The whole Japanese rail
road system, government and private,
in 1898, aggregatinR 2,468 miles, carried
"a, O4O,963 passengers, while the New
York Central in the same year, with
1886 miles-Or almost exactly the same
length-caried 24,O74,254 passengers,
giving a relative density in favor of the
japanese Of more than three to one;
aud this in spite Of the fact that the
New York Central had the benefit Of
including among its passengers all the
traffic received from western, New
England other connecting lines.
The arbitrary conduct Of conductors
IN dealing with passengers who have
neither ticket nor pass, and who re-
fuse to pay their fare, has been such a
prolific source Of damage suits that the
roads composing the Eastern PASSENGER
association have adopted the following
rule for the guidance Of conductors:
Should anyone be found on a train
without proper transportation, such
person must be required to pay fare,
and, in case Of refusal, should be re-
quested to leave the train. If he re-
fuses to leave the train peaceably he
should be elected by the conductor,
only such force being used as is neces-
sary for his removal, and in no case
with unnecessary violence, harsh Ian
guage or display Of i'll temper. The
elections must be made by the con-
ductOrs as an act of legal duty, and
/ only in q reasonable manner, and at a
proper place within station limits. 1t
should not be at such a place, In such
/ weather, or at such unreasonable hours
/ Of the night as might ordinarily en-
/ danger the health or safety Of the
/ person elected, and the person must
not be a child, a person Of unsound
mind, or one unable to take care Of
| himself or herself