The Globe-republican., 1900-01-11
THE GLOBE REPUBLICAN.
RAILROAD NEWS.

this place
-1ardmaster Gallagher is in Topeka
this week
Conductor HeaIey is running Ecre-
mems car.
-Brakeman Vaughn has returned
from a visit TO Denver.
Engineer Ault has been laying off
an account of sickness in his family
conductor Bower is running slicker-
mems during his absence in the east.
Engineer John Shaw is on "a re-
auIar run between Pueblo and Denver.
-Brallculan Babcock is enjoying a
visit from his brother, Chas., an engine
sr from The Burlington.
"A rear end collision occurred at
Sterling Saturday night III which one or
two train men were slightly injured.
Passenger Conductor Pope was OF
two trips this week McEIwafn was out
in his place and Luster in pIace of Nc
EIwain.
Conductors Julius n. Dodge and
Lewis t. Sears are expected home this
week from the meeting of the grievance
committee.
Conductor Frank Harbst brought in
Tuesday morning the two locomotives
which were damaged in the Palmer Lake
accident. They were sent to Topeka.
They are in bad condition.
Rev. S. e Busser, of the reading
rooms, Though here. this week en-
to Pueblo 10 hold a consultation
in regard to patting in joint reading
room there in connection with the G. 6
). and D. & r. @. Rys.
The Santa Fe has made arrange
ments with their local watch inspectors
SO that the trainmen can purchase
watches on the installnlent plan, paying
for same by the month.-La Junta Fri
bune.
The employees of this division are
universal in expressing their regrctat the
resignation of Supt. Dyer, as he always
treated each and every in just and
impartial manner and leaves the western
division in good shape and with the well
wishes of all connected Herewith.
-Railroad men are busy prophecying
who Will he the next division superint-
endent. = great many think that i: will be
either Mr., j. w. Dean or Mr.. t FL
Sears. Either of them good men and
have the advantage of intimate
acquaintance with this division and its
needs
at Sterling early Sunday morning in
which several were badly smashed
and traUnuen received injuries. Freight
trains 80 and 81 were running at no great
distance apart There was Il heavy fog
and when the head train slowed down at
Sterling the rear tain smashed into it,
splitting the caboOse and two three
cars n front of it. The worst injury
broken shoulder of one of the
The list, printed in the Railway Age,
of railway officials who died during 1899
contains 1875. Longevity and the rail
way service do not seem to DO incompat-
ible. OF the 155 men in the list whose
ages are given. fifty three were 20 years
old over when they died. OF these
thirty-six were aged 75 or upward;
twenty five had passed 20, eight We're
beyond IS, two had seen 80 years or
more, ind one lacked less than three
years of completing century.
One of the fastest runs ever made
on the Santa Fe took place last Friday
afternoon between La Junta and Pueblo.
The made with a special con-
tanning Governor Murphy of Arizona,
Assistant Secretary of War Mciklej john
and party of government officials, who
desired to make No. that day for the
east. The run of 60 miles was made in
one honr and five minutes, aud the in.
dictator registered a speed of IS miles
per honr part of the way. The engine
the eight wheeler, No. 255, with
Engineer Barnhart at the throttIe.-Tri-
bune.
Conductor E. R. Mclaughlin is with
out doubt the most absent minded man
in the city of Newton, or he has more of
the filthy lucre than he knows what to
do with. He standing in one of the
offices in the Clark house the other day,
deliberately tearing into small fragments
a five dollar William. He did not notice |
1t until he stepped into a store to get the |
bill changed, and not finding it, con |
cluded it had been lost. A brakeman !
found portion of it in the yardmaster's |
Office and returned the fragments to him, |
with the request that if he had more of 1
the same kind than he knew what to do /
with, that he, (the brakeman, could care