The Globe-republican., 1900-02-01
RAILROAD NEWS.


-Switchman Griffith has been laying
off few days.
Business is beginning to be quiet
this division.
Master Mechanic Gavitt, Of Newton,
was in Dodge City last Friday.
Emerson Brown 10 now running re-
gularIy out of Pueblo on the @. & D. Ry.
e. d. Bowen has gone to the Top
eka hospital for medical treatment.
Conductor Joe billiard is visiting in
Mulvane on account of sickness in the
family at that place. sHeaiey is running
his car
Brakeman Savage, of Denver, who
formerly lived here, is now baggageman
between Kansas City and La Junta, and
Geo. Eurton is on the Limited as brake
man.
Conductor Judd, former Santa Fe
ticket-puncher between Denver and
Dodge City, is now said to be realizing
81 900 per annum from his orchard out
from Denver.
Mrs. F. C. Hasbrouck was in the
city this week, en- route to join her hus-
band, who has charge of the round house
of the Chicago s. Alton Railroad at
Bloomington. Illinois.
The new stone depot at Trinidad
which has just been erected at a cost OF
$11 600, is receiving its finishing touches
and will be turned over to the Santa Fe
company next week. One of the Of
| ficals of the road says that tho depot is
one of the finest along the entire Santa
Fe line. The grounds around the depot
are now being laid out in attractive
park.-La Junta Tribune.
The fellow that struck Billie Patter-
son made application for a situation
with the Santa Fe people the other day,
and when asked the question. 'tDo you
use intoxicating liquor?'' replied by say
| ing ssnot often, at least no one ever saw
me drunk The officials haye since
been wondering whether he took the
bottle to bed with him, or whether his
capacity such that his money run out
before the desired results were produced.
| All sorts of jokes about the great
length of the Santa Fe freight trains are
going around among the railroad men.
The Newton Kansas Republican pub
fishes the following contribution from
Master Mechanic j. E. Gavitt:
Saw n great sight this morning. he
said to the scribe. "WeIl, go ahead.'
1--WE train that didn't have room
enough between the engine and way car
TO put in all the cars, SO they tackled some
on behind.
! An exchange in speaking of long
trains says train was pulled out OF
Arkansas City which was u half mile in
length. Conductor Smith took a train
out of the Emporia yards which consist
cd of ninety -four empty stock oars with
six more to pick up 1t Neva. This made
the train in the neighborhood of three
quarters of Il mile long. This train was
so long that the head brakeman got of
| at Strong City. got shave and returned
in time to catch the rear end of the
| train.
| 1t is announced by the Santa F'e
Railway Company that beginning Feb
ruary lst the local freight runs will bs
changed. At present there is but tive
local freight divisions between Emporis
and Dodge City and the run is too lone
for the amount OF business done. 1t i
intended after February 1st to make
three divisions In this territory. Tn
first from Emporia to Newton. The
second from Newton to Great Bend anG
the third from Great Bend to Dodge City
The four stall round house here will bt
sufficient to answer all purposes at pre-
sent 1t is likely that during the bus.
grain season switch engine will be pu
in use here. This change will brin:
: about twenty families to Great Bend an'
will add quite 9 little to the growth o
the town.-Great Bend Register.