The Globe-republican., 1900-12-27
RAILROAD NEWS.

shipment of coal.
There were many cattle shipments
during the fine weather.
The new time card on the Santa Fe
goes into effect today.
Fred Harvey is in the city to-day.
looking after his hotel Interests.
The Rock Island ran two trains to
this station Monday. the Liberal end and
the least end.
-sswho struck Kid Parker?'' is now
as memorable as the old time saying,
who struck Billy Patterson?''
kid Palker's probable trip to this
c:ty is for The purpose, doubt, of re-
trieving his lost reputation, in the fistic
line
Kansas City and Topeka dailies viii
reach Dodge City at IL 10 a. M, by fast
mail the day of publication. The
fast mail makes first run to-day
F. G. Morrow has left the Santa Fe
hospital aud returned TO work in the tel
egrapil room Newton. lie had been
in Topeka for ten days receiving treat
ment for his eyes.
| F c. Fox trainrnaster of the New
Mexico division of the Santa Fe. Will be
ss'perfnte-Adent of the Western division
on e'Auary 1.
J Two cars of a freight train jumped
the track, near Offcrle, Saturday morning.
The two early morning passenger trains
were delaoed five hours in consequence
Both trains took breakfast at this station
R. J. Parker. the present snpfintend
! onF OF the Western division, will be as
signed to service on the joint line out OF
Pueblo. With the coming of MIR. Fo1
the Western division will include ths
territory from Dodge City to Ration, \.
NJ, aud from La Junta to Canon City.
Fourteen cars of coal were brought
in by the Santa Fe Railway Saturday
and in the Rock Island tracks
Owing TO much work the Rock Islane
was unable to moye these cars uutil Mon
day. The coal destined 20 differen
! points on the Rock Island line. Many o
s the small stations have been wifhou
coal for some time, or have had a shor
! supply.
Five tramps We're riding on the rod
of the freight train which was wrecke.
5 near Offerse, Saturday morning, bat the,
did not happen to be under the car
9 which were thrown off. More tramp
ride the beam rods of freight car
2 than many people imagine. It is a peril
Gus and dangerous place TO ride and it il
i a wonder that accidents do not happen tt
these venturesome no bos.
The preferred runs will again be es-
/ tabllsEed the west end of the Middle
, division. The captains who have beer
) assigned these sspension'' runs, al
they were at one time called are: f r
N..T NJ
c. G. Boyle and George Roach. The
brakeman will have to look up theil
seniority and will be assigned to tho
crews soon 1T is determined who
are entitled to them. The trains will be
81 and So west, first and second 81 east
When there is only one section of 81, the
preferred crew will come east on the
first extra out of Dodge City.
The proposed extension on thu
Rock Island will be reality in a few
months from every appearance A big
shipment or men, mules and material fo
J road building passed through Hutchin
son Tuesday TO begin pushing the ex
. tension southwestward. This outfit /
, the working force of the Stubbs Contract
ing Company of Lawrence which wa
given contract for long stretch of tn,
road and from their force they are goins
about it in a business like manuer
Hntchi nsOn in the near future will b,
an Important Rock Island station a
| this will be the main line as soon as tn,
] extension is completed. The Rock Is
2 land by the proposed building will hav.
l short cut to California. Another ad
vantage the road expects to gain in tn,
coming seasons building is a branch in
, to certain coal fields, which will be a bi.
5 thing for the company. The coal &C
quireInents will also be beneficial t,
y Hutchinson. The work is starting ou
with a snap that promises speedy com
pietion of the proposed extension build
ing-News.