The Globe-republican., 1900-02-15
RAILROAD NEWS.

off this week
Asa Miller has been put on the extra
board brai1ing again
Conductor A. r. Helm was off a trip
this week and HinckIey went out in his
place
Conductor Geo. D. Pond took rest
Saturday and Sunday and d. John Lust
er officiated in his place on 81 and 81
-Brakemaa WIN Candy and wife, OF
Denver, visited here this week with
Conductor d. G ZONES and family.
Several big Dixon engines have
been put on this division to do away with
running two sections of IL.
The trains between here and New
ton are sill getting longer An extra
The cast end locals will no. be cut at
Greac Bend for the present owing to
some objection tsade by the Commercial
club of Hutchinson
No application for a position fire
man on the Santa Fc well hereafter be
considered unless the applicant Is under
&c years OF age and weighs 100 pounds
-Yartinaster Gallagher has not i'm
pr~ved enough yet to go to work. lie is
feeling better except to his sight
which does not improve as fast as he
would like it.
The Is of L. f. lodge at La Junta
viii give their 9th annual ball at La
Junta on Feb. 22nd, while the b, of L. T.
lodge at Newton Will hold their annual
ball March 18th in the auditorium at
Newton.
The Santa Fe has had three big
| locomotives equipped With massive
snow plows standing in the round house
at Topeka all winter, but the summer
like weather has made them OF no use
| whatever
Fred Bonnerlin, who severely
injured some months ago, has resumed
his work track cleaning Mr.. Bonner
Inns injuries were so severe that one
supposed he would ever be able to woI K
again. But notwithstanding this, and
his age, he is able to work as Faithfully
as ever
The orders of railroad companies pro-
i1ibiting the crews in western Kansas
from cooking their meals in the baggage
car has not resulted in saving the cars.
| y baggage car on the Frisco from Ar
kansas City to Kiowa was burned at
Arkansas City the other day while the
men were gone to characterization Re-
publican.
a. y. Suideman, agent for the Rock
Island Railway, returned Saturday after
| several weeks visit to friends in Chi
cago. His brother. G. j. Snideman- OF
/ Chicago, came with him. Nj G. Muck
/ les, who has had charge of this station
since Mr. Suideman-s absence leaves to-
day for Liberal, where he will have per
tlauent charSS of that station.
The Santa Fe railway announced thai
SO, 600. 900 has been set apart for i'm
provements during the present year
lis estimated that s., OO0, 600 of this vas
sum Will be expended in reducing
grades along the main line between
Chicago aud FL Paso The remainder
will be expended in improving the
branch lines aud shop facilities. new
Iocornoti shop at Topeka is among tins
items contemplated.
1t is ramored in railroad circles tina
the Santa Fe viii shortly authorize this
building aud equipment of electric ligh
plants at Newton, Kan, Winslow. Ariz.
ana Albuquerque, n. NJ. These electric
plants are to be built near the round
house at each place and will furnish
light TO the different buildings of the
company as we'll as the yards. Th'
building eff these electric plants has beer
under consideration for some time, an6
there is good reason TO believe that thel
viii be built
Santa Fe locomotives are being
/, equipped with a new style coupling de
vice 1t is said to be a combination o
the Miller hook and the Janey coupler
The two are SO Joined together at nearl,
r1ghtangIes that either one or the othe
can be used. BY turning the s.ombinatio,
one way, it will fit that of a passenge
coach. and by merely turning 1t quar-
ter ways round. it is ready for use on
freight car It is so made that whil
t one is being used, the other is out OF tn
t way
-Trainmaster Dean, of the Santa Fe
has issued an order rather a circula
/ letter to the heads of the various depart
ments under him that is of little in
terest, coming as il does at the presen
time. just now business the rail
: roads is pretty slack and the railroad pee