The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-06-28
RAILROAD NEWS.

-Fireman Robert Hodgson is laying
off for Is days.
| Conductor Junkins took the soldier
/ train west Friday evening.
A green fruit special ran Monday
with 80 cars of fruit
Conductor Geo a. Conrad came
down from Denver this week.
| Conductor r. Harry Howell is lay
/ ing off to go to Californis on visit
| Conductor Dalton VIII lay off next
week and go to see Bryan re- nominated.
Mrs Henry Heustis, wife of Conduc-
| tor Heustis, is visiting in Oklahoma.
Brakeman Maddox is out in D lace of
Helm. who is running Dodge's ear.
Sam Mellon is foreman of one OF the
| night switch engines at La Junta.
Brakeman A. J. Teer and wife are
visiting in Paris, Texas, for thirty days.
Conductor J. NJ. Dodge and wife
have gone to California for an extended
visit
The Santa Fe line to San Francisco
will open for passenger business nex.
Sunday.
Engineer John Shaw, wife and daugA-
ter have been in the city visiting this
week with friends and relatives
Brakeman VIM. Ramsay has been at
Chanute for several days on account OF
the serious Illness of a sister.
-Extra-C Conductor Weber is running
Jastatt's aad e. E. Green is breaking
81 in place of Weber.
Brakeman Hamilton has gone away
for ninety days to benefit his hay |
fever.
Conductor Il. G. Jastatt and wife left |
Saturday morning on No. for a long
visit in North Jackson. Ohio.
-Trainmaster Dean and Superinten-
ent Parker were in Dodge Friday eve
ming on their way home from Topeka.
"A special train carrying $50 men and
officers passed through here yesterday en-
route to the naval station at Cavlte, p. 1.
-Chas. Thomas, formerly conductor
between Newton and Dodge, has been
general yard master at Ia i
Junta.
Nearly every train west except the
local is double header and a ma jority
of east -bound trains are run with two en-
gines in order to keep the power here.
A new time card Will go into effect |
next Sunday morning. The principal
change is in No. 2, which will leave here
In the early morning instead of evening.
The crowd of sight seers that go to
No every evening to ss1ubberneck''
Will find that their occupation is gone
after this week, unless they get around t
earlier and go to No. s.
We give below number of rumors-
taken frona Wichita Daily Beacon:
FL. r. Nickerson. general manager of /
the Mexican Central, passed throngHt
Newton Saturday his way to Boston,
which gives rise to the rumor that he
was going there at the request of the oi-
rectors of the Santa Fe. who are said 80
be considering the advisa bility of depos-
ting Mr.. Nickerson in his place.
1t is also rumored that F. L. Eo1an,
of the Middle division,
with headquarters at Newton, viii be
sent to Texas rs the general sfaerinten-
dent OF the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe. |
D. D. Bailey, superintendent oE the Ok |
1ahoma division, with headquarters in |
this city, is said to be slated 80 take Mr.. |
Dolan's place.
Mr.. Nixon, who is at present the gen
eral superintendent of the Gulf, Colora- |
do % Santa Fe, will, IS IS rumored, be
returned to his old place as superinten-
dent of the Chicago division. II. A.
Tice, now superintendent of the Panhan-
die division, at Wellington, will, it is
claimed, supercede Mr.. Bailey as super
intendent of the Oklahoma division in
this city.