The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-10-25
RAILROAD NEWS.

The new time card will go into effect
Nov l.
Coal shipments have bee light owing
to an accident in the mines. but the local
dealers are receiving coal for present use.
1t is reported on good authority that
the Rock Island Will soon begin work on
the extension of its southwestern division
from Liberal. Kan. through the Texas
Panhandle aud northeast New Mexico to
White Oaks, y. NJ Also that the road
ill acquire the Ell Paso & Northeastern
road, either by lease purchase of its
stock bonds, which road is already
built between White Oaks and Ell Paso.
The first consi gnment of the twenty
passenger locomotives which the Santa
Fe road ordered of the Rhode Island Lo-
comotive Works, is expected 20 arrive in
Topeka the first of next week. These
locomotives We're ordered some time ago.
and Will be sent here by twos and threes
at intervals of about ten days. In all
probability the locomotives will be set up
| and tested at the Topeka round house
They are of the ten wheeler type and
Will be assigned to service the west
ern part of the Santa Fe system.
The passenger agents are in Topeka
arranging the new time card. They will
be occupied several days in making ont
the schedule. Some slight changes are
expected to oonfartn to the time of the
California Limited, which will be put on
November z. There will be but a fri
weekly service at first, instead of daily,
as previously announced. This will con-
tinue through November at least and
possibly up to the first of the year. The
leaving days at Chicago will be Tuesdays,
Thursdays, and Saturdays. The daily
service will be inaugurated when the bus
iness works up to it and the special
equipment is all ready. 1t is believed the
Pullman company can not completely
fli its orders for new equipment for some
time after the date set.
Commencing Wednesday, November
and continuing every Wednesday there
after. the Rock Island announces an ad-
ditional personally conducted tourist ex-
cursion with through Pullman tourist
sleepers from Kansas City and Omaha to
San Francisco, Los Angeles and Pacific
coast points, via the Denver and Rio
Grande Scenic route. This is in addition
to the regular personally conducted tour
ist excursion leaving Kansas City and
Omaha every Friday for the same points
This personally conducted feature for
the holders of lowest rate tickets has
proved its popularity. The tourist agents
and conductors who accompany these ex-
cursions through are Rock Island en-
ployes and have Travelled over the route
| many times aud are accustomed to taking
care of ladies travelling alone, and
good guides to all scenic points of in
terest in Colorado end Utah They pass
| through most interesting places like
| Colorado Springs, Royal Gorge, Tennes-
| see Pass. Canon of the Grand. Glenwood
Springs, Castle Rock and Salt Lake City.
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Bend branch of the Santa Fe road were
collected and published in book form, it
would be most interesting volume. OF
all the fool things that happon to delay
| trains, the one that occurred recently de-
serves mention The train stopped at
Grigsby TO take on a wheat car The
brak kenan uncoupled the cars and sigual-
| led the engineer to start. When the
switch was reached the brakeman drop
ped of and opened it, so that the engine
could back up and take the car, but
| the engineer never stopped He turned
| loose and ran into Diglton, a distance of
fourteen miles, before he discovered that
he had left the passe nger and mail cars
somewhere on the road. When he pull
ed up to the tank the engineer got off to
| oil up and made the discovery that h c
had been hauling two stock cars. He
marked. s.Well I'll be d and then he
! started back for the conductor and pass
engers--Dighton Herald
Travel TO California has begun ca rlier
this year than for several years past.
Even at this early date, the travel is ex-
fceedIngly heavy and the Santa Fe is
compelled to Pnt extra coaches on
| regular trains to accommodate the in
| creased numbers. Santa Fe train No.
yesterday was run in two sections
/ Nra .1al iS for he
early EXODUS of tourists to the Pacific
coast. They say possibly it is the pros
porous times prevailing throughout the