The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-11-30
RAILROAD SPIKES.

|
Robert Carver was down to Topeka
/ Sunday.
Brakeman Harry Mcclure is of duty
owing to illness.
The shop men celebrated Than ks
/ giving day by working.
Engineer G. E. Biddison and family
| spent Thanksgiving in Denver.
Brakeman II. L. Scott took a Iayoff
| and left Saturday for Kansas City.
A stock train went east Tuesday
/ evening. The train was double
/ header.
Fireman Crist Kumm has taken a
vacation and left Saturday for HOr-
/ ton.
Machinist Harry Blaine took vsca-
I ton this week and spent few days In
/ Denver.
Mrs Emick, Of Trenton, No, has
! George Emick.
Kansas has Al miles less railway than
/ ten years ago, owing to the taking up
of superfiuOus track.
Machinist Tom Taggart has gone
! east and it IS reported he will be mar
RED before he returns to GoOdland.
| his position here and accept a similar
one with the Rio Grande in Denver.
Conductor J. II. HazeIbaker is back
on his car after being on passenger in
| Conductor Fuller's place a few weeks.
". E. Dauchy, superintendent Of
l maintenance and construction Of the
I Rock Island, was here Tuesday in pri-
vate car 200.
The yards were full OF cars Tuesday
night but by morning matters were
! different as extras were sent out IN
both directions.
Engine 566 broke down Saturday
while coming to GoOdland from the
east on the local freight. A. f. Taper
is the engineer of the 566.
Machinist Thee. Kribs and family
left Wednesday evening for Moberly,
| No, where they were called by the ill
ness of Mr.. Kribs' mother
A successor to 7. B. Dixcy, as as
| sistant treasurer Of the Rock Island at
Topeka, will be named at the meeting
Of the directors Of the road in Dec
ember.
W. R. Morton returned Wednesday
/ from a short visit In Indiana. He vas
| in the state about a week and il rsined
every day while he was there He visit
| ed friends in Fort Wayne and Rich
mOnd.
Sam Dunbar, formerly yardmaster
/ for the Rock Island in this city, was
/ here this week meeting acquaintances.
| He has been railrOading in Mexico and
was on his way TO Casas Grandes,
/ Mexico, after a visit to relatives In
! Newton, KaR-, and in Iowa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theo. Close will move
/ to GOOdland soon, as Mr.. Closes run is
/ from that city to the Springs Their
many friends in this city will be very
| sorry to have them leave. They viii
/ be greatly missed, especially in must
/ cal and social circles.-Phillips
Herald.
Capt. j. ". Flanagan, formerly as
] ISOLATED with the Missouri, Kansas &
/ Texas railway at DenisOn, Tex, and
who left the employ Of the Rock Island
\ in this city last week, has been ap-
/ pointed auditor and purchasing agent
/ for the Panama railway with head
quarters at Colon, Panama.
/ Master Painter John Rattenbury has
/ been over the Rock Island lines with
\ Frank Stewart, superintendent Of the
/ roads dining department and service
/ within the last few days. The Rock
\ Island viii make a large outlay or
I money EeIuEulS0lng the SdIluE HOUSES
along the line before taking charge Of
them in January.
! G. NJ. Magee, for 10 years operator
\ for the Union Pacific at First View, q
/ siding on the lone prairie west Of Chey-
! enne Wells, has been transferred to
/ Watkins IL is reported that Magee,
\ who is now quite an old man, did not
I want to leave First View as he had be-
come attached to the solitude OF the
/ place by reason Of his long residence
/ there. But the Office at First View was
abolished and Msgee had to accept the
\ inevitable.
It may seem surprising to people on
( the outside to learn that q single man
in the Horton railroad shops, paints
complete with three coats from 10 to %
box cars per day. II. E-POtter is the
| tightening artist, but he does the work
with spray from air pressure instead Of
a brush It is claimed that with this
/ system the work Is not only turned out
with wonderful Fapidity, but saves 8
i gallon or two OF paint from waste on
each car.-Horton Commercial
Herbine sweefens the breath, bright