The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-12-21
RAILRoAp SPIKES.

Dispatcher G. F. Smith was at Den
yer Tuesday
Fireman MiIt Peterson is back from
q trip to Chicago.
Monday was pay day for the ROeE
Island emplOyes here.
Fireman Roach has returned from
a vacation spent In Chicago.
Engineer Lon Patrick is back on bis
engine after a trip to Chicago.
R J. Jones, section foreman at
Edison, was in GOOdland Tuesday.
Conductor Hazelbaker is on Con
ductOr JOyce's run on passenger.
Conductor Denney was of duty this
week and Conductor COpley had his
/ car.
The steam shovel, with J. A. Butler
IN charge, was here this week for some
! repairs.
E. Corder has moved his family here
| from RexfOrd. He viii work on the
I railroad.
Private car 500 with ". E. Dauohy,
/ superintendent Of construction, was
/ here Monday.
Fireman Hugh Robertson was taken
I quite sick Monday and was confined to
his bed a few days
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Close have
moved into the residence formerly Oc-
cupied by L. E Brinker.
Engineer DAILY was down from the
Denver run Saturday having some
work done on his engine.
Fireman Mike Ryan left Monday
night for Adair, Ia, to spend the holt
days. He will also visit Chicago.
PhillipsbuTg is afraid it will lose the
division headquarters If the water fac
ilities are EOt improved at that place.
". P. Brinker Is receiving consider
able benefit at the mineral springs at
Pueblo he viii be home for Christ
mas.
Brakeman Frank Carlton left Mon
day for Manhattan, Kan, to spend
vacation. He was accompanied by his
wife.
Conductors S. A. Miller and J. T.
Joyce are in Chicago attending a meet
ing of the general committee Of con-
ductOrs.
A-hotbox on one Of the chair cars
delayed No. 10 at this place a short
time Tuesday evening while it was be
ing cooled of.
Engineer L. X. Foster, of the Denver
run, has been assigned TO extra work
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family here from Denver.
Conductor Converse is on Conduc-
tor MiIler's run on passenger between
LimOn and Denver during the absence
of Mr.. Miller, who is in Chicago.
Conductor J. S. Fuller. Of the Colo
RADIO flyer, will take a 90 day vacation
January 1 and will go to California
where Mrs. Fuller Is staying for her
health.
bum" DAILY, a bOilermaker Of ma
tiOnal reputation, resigned his posi-
ton in the shops Monday after a few
weeks employment. He couldn't stand
prosperity.
Conductor Joyce viii move his fam
lily to Pueblo in the near future. This
change is made necessary as he has a
passenger run between Pueblo and
Phillipsburg.
F. A. Beer, until recently a passen-
ger conductor on the Rock Island, and
who was a freight conductor Of this
place, was in town yesterday meeting
friends. He is now with the Florence
and Cripple Greek railroad.
The Uniou Pacific has adopted the
plan of placing armed guards on its
trains which carry large shipments of
money or bullion. At the same time it
VIII DhN q L63dENl VI EAaDOy lOE every
train rObber captured, dead or alive.
The following are the new officers Of
Division 276, Order Railway Conduc-
tors, elected at the meeting held Sun
day: ". Stephens, Q. O.; E. J. Denney,
A. @. c.; E. J. Wilson, S. c.; H. II.
Barsby, J. c.; J. NJ Waters, 1. s.; Joe
Wickershum, o. s.
7. H. Taggart was painfully burned
about the neck and face Monday
night while working with a gasoline
lamp in MOnrOe's confectionery store.
The lamp was leaking and the oil
dropping upon him took fire, causing q
serious though not dangerous burn.
1t is reported that Carroll's bridge /
gang was chlOrOfOrmed and robbed at
Roswell Monday night. The men sleep
in their car and it Is said the robbers
made an entrance and chlOrOformed
the men while they we're asleep and
then went through their clothes. Some
money and few watches we're secured
by the thieves.
Joseph c. COurtway, a Rock Island
passenger conductor with q run be
tween Kansas City and Phillipsburg,
Is In the lead in the Kansas City Timesll
voting contest for the most popular
conductor running out Of that city.
If he wins the contest he viii receive a I
lantern valued at 500. Engineer Sam
Walker, q Rock Island man, vas second /
in the race in the engineers contest at
the last announcement The prize to I
the engineer is a 500 watch.
Brakeman Charley Stryker has been
suffering severely from the injury be
received to his right hand at Phillips /
burg Wednesday night. His crew, with /
Conductor Denney in charge, we're
coming west on second section OfNo. ).
Stryker was coupling the engine to the /
train when be met with the accident. |
The baggage car was equipped with (
Miller coupler while the engine had a /
Jenny coupler which necessitated the Z
use of a link and pin, and while max I