The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-11-23
RAILROAD SPIKES.

| Inc work train VIII De taken on IN 8
/ few days.
Engineer,A. G. Patrick is at Chicago
/ this week.
The winter time card went into eff
| feet Sun lay.
General Foreman A. G. Adams was
| at Denver Monday.
B. B. Westcott is the new operator in
| the telegraph Office.
Brakeman J. H. Mohler has resigned
and gone to Kansas City.
Superintendent T. G. Smith was here
/ from the Springs Monday.
Conductor Joyce, who is on passen-
! ger, spent Tuesday at home.
F. R. Elkins, who has been on the
/ freight house force, has returned to St.
Joe.
Timer II. Bremicka has been laying
I off view days this week on account Of
| sickness.
Conductor Denney was of a trip
/ this week and Extra Conductor COpley
had his car.
Engineer Lewis Foster and Fireman
/ John Lee we're down from the Denver
I run this week
Brakeman Capt. J. ". Flanagan has
! resigned and left this week for Chi
\ hu ahua, Mexico.
Saturday was payday. The amount
| paid to employees this month at Good
/ land was ST, 1870.
Engine 468 was brought down from
] the Denver run for repairs by Extra
| Engineer L. K. Foster.
! Engineer James Griffin and Fireman
! Robert Sisty went back on the-DenYeT
run the fore part of the week.
Brakeman @. W. Lucas. has resigned
his position here and has accepted a
! better one on the Pacific coast.
The waiting room floor of the depot
was oiled this week and the reading
room served for a waiting room.
Superintendent Of Water Service
John Kline put a new boiler in the
pump house at Flagler last week.
There were two sections of No. 3
/ Wednesday night, Conductor COpley
being in charge of the extI a section.
New 80 pound steel will soon re-
| place the old rails between Genoa and
Falcon. The change will be made at
once.
Brakeman A. T. Williams left Tues
day for Kansas City and BrOokfield
No, where he will spend a few days
vacation.
The Rock Island is laying the track
| between Athol and Dresden with new
heavy steel rails and otherwise imprOv.
ing the rOadbed.
Passenger Conductor Billy High, OF
Pueblo, was in town cOuplesOf days
this week. He has been of duty sew
eral trips owing to sickness.
Engine 557, which blew up last Sept
ember near ReXford and killed Fire
man Robert GOwran, has been back
from the shops several weeks and is
again in service with Engineer George
Amick.
The Rock Island has placed an order
with the Pullman company for u new
passenger coaches. These coaches are
to be finished at once. They will be OF
late pattern and contain all the late
improvements for safety and comfort
Apropos of the change Of manage
ment Of the Rock Island eating houses
on January to the direct supervision
OF the culinary department Of the
Rock Island road, it is proper to state
that Frank Stewart, under whose ma
nagement the eating houses viii nov
/ be, has had charge Of the culinary de
Il partment Of the road for many years
and the travelling public viii appreciate
the fact that the Rock Island ha,
placed its dining stations west or ths
Missouri river under his supervision
This change has been made for system
attic organization in order to have ont
department responsible for this KING
Of service. both dining cars and eating
houses over the entire system Mr.
Stewart is a dining car expert and IN
dOUbtedly the dining car system vii
Be extended more or less under hi
management The culinary depart
ment Of the Rock Island has an en-
/ lTiable reputation throughout the en-
) tire vest, for its extensive menu, ez
ceIlent service and "a Ia carte" plan o
requiring patrons to pay only for VIA
they desire
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