The Globe-republican., 1900-03-29
RAILROAD NEWS.

Fred Bonneriin has been hired
fireman on the western division.
Fred Berg has beeu promoted from
switch engine fireman 10 road fireman.
Engine $50. one of the new freight
engines, took 60 cars west this week.
Conductor Joe billiard and wife have
returned from the east part of the state
L. E. Foote, the Roundhouse fore
man at Ration, is visiting his family here
for a few days.
-Trainmaster G. III Saunders was in
town Monday accompanied by his little
son and daughter
Conductor VIM Wolf and wife ac-
companied the remains of Mrs. w. D
Hardin to Leavenworth-
The private cars of President Diaz, of
the republic Of Mexico, passed through
here Tuesday afternoon.
Martin Vey and family, of Hoising-
ton, Kansas, are visiting with his father
in-1aw, Jerry Shaw.
Engineer A. H. Hartwell has re-
ported for duty after about four months
loss of time on accountof sickness.
Conductors Norven and Junkins have
traded runs and Norvell runs between here
and Denver while Junkins is between L.
Juuta ard Denver,
The machinery for boring an ar
tesian we'll arrived yesterday at the Rock
Island depot. The we'll will be drilled
near the depot.
"A Fasig, having finished his we'll at
Syracuse, has returned here and has
com mmsnced on the first Of six new wells
that he is going to bore jnst north of the
Roundhouse.
A Santa Fe time card goes into
effect Sunday. There is no change in the.
running time of passenger trains under
the new schedule. The extensive changes
conte mplated will not be made until
about May 1st, when the Santa Fe will be
running through trains into San Fran
cisco.
A number of changes will be made in
the Santa Fe engineering department on
a prii L = result of Vice Preside at
Barr's retrsnchment policy The number
Of resident engineers will be reduced.
and in consequence increased territory
given those who re tain their positions.
Residency No. s. will embrace all the
lines west of Dodge City. G. ii. Morse
has been named the resident, with E
w. Grant as assistant.
1t is reported that the new time table
which will go into effect April 1st, will
bring No. II which now goes through
here at midnight, out of Kansas City in
the evening, arriving at kinsley early in
the morning and taking breakfast at
Dodge City. It will connect with the
nj ght train off the Superior Branch at
Strong City and take the California
travel from the northern part of the state.
This will be a much more satisfactory
service to US than at present.-Kinsley
Mercury.
-SCOUNDRELs ARE SCARCE ALI the
agents of the Rock Island railroad remit
their daily receipts to the Central National
bank at Topeka In year these remit
tances amount to about "a, 900 900. For
the greater part they came in checks,
drafts, and other forms of credit money,
received by the agents from customers.
Said Banker Bonebrake yesterday: sin
the past year 1 do not remember of re-
ceiving a single check, draft other form
of credit money that was not good a
| forgery 1t is wonderful that this great
amount of paper could be handled with
out finding one bad check or one case of
forgery. The people honest, and
scoundrels are few and far between"
Santa Fe time card has yet been made
public although ii has been stated semi
officially that it will make number of
radical changes in the time of trains.
The rumored change which will be of the
most accommodation is that of the Kansas
| City express, No. ia, whieh now leaves
Florence at 10 a. m. being extended to
Newton, and local from Larned con-
Meeting with it. 1t is claimed that this
| will be done. which will give nlornin g
Kansas City train out of Hutchinson at
some time about o'clock. This train it
| is claimed will stop at some of the smaller
4 towns, making great improvement in
the service for travelling men and people
who live along the line 1t is still rumored
/ that the new time card will be out early
next eweek.-Hutehinson News
| zFovi1r WAGONS will, farm rnachinery