The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-04-06
RAILROAD NEWS ITEMS.
Fireman E. J. Upton is hosting.

Mrs. ID. P. Grove is i'll the city visit
ing her parents.
George Bunting has been off duty, a
few days this week.
Frank Virgins and Ed Patterson are
new switchmen, this week.
Engineer Tony Clark was up from Ok
ford, Tuesday night, on business.
Z. E. Tingley is ont with Engineer
1nelis, this week, with the pile-driver.
Conductor T. E. McCarl of the work
train at Republican, spent Sunday at
home.
c. c. Kocher is a new brakeman,
this week. He is temporarily at Hol-
drege.
Conductor L. E. Gilcrest spent Satur-
and Sunday in Akron and Brush visiting
relatives.
H. J. Hines is doing a little business
in Hastings, this week, while enjoying a
short lay-of.
Trainmaster Wei Josselyn was up
from Orleans on business at ~headquar-
tiers, Saturday.
Operator Clarence Eulow was in the
Cit, this morning, and returned 10 Ok
IOfd on NO. II.
]. G. Dole, Ed Gresham aud Frank
Cullen went down to Indianola, Sunday,
to see their girlies.
Fireman ]. G. Inglis has beer pro-
NOTED to engineer, this week, and is out
with the pile-driver.
Conductor George Beck was off duty,
early part of the week, sick. He went
to work on Thursday.
Auditor w. F. Curry was at head
quarters, yesterday, checking up Receiv-
er Stayner and Agent Thomson.
Asst Sup't Mcfarland was down
from Holyoke. Colo, Sunday, on bust
ness at Western division headquarters.
Fireman S. V. Ives came down from
Akron, last Saturday, and has been visit
ing friends at headquarters for a few
days.
Engineer Dave Magner, who was so
badly hurt in the wreck OF No. S. a few
weeks since, is getting OF nicely at this
time.
New way-car No. IA is here from the
Portsmouth shops for use on Western
division. 1t is of the latest regulation
style with the big cupalo.
Conductor H. A. ROUGH returned to
work, yesterday, after being off duty ten
days with an attack of quinsy. Eph.
Benjamin had his way-car meanwhile.
Brakeman L. NJ. Best is building a
house in South McCook, and is taking a
short lay-of while looking after its con-
struction and Improvements to his prop
erty.
The Burlington has opened a station
at Haxtun, Col, with J. w. Kennedy in
charge. Haxtun is on the Cheyenne
line of the Burlington, IT'S miles west Of
Holyoke.
Roadmaster and Mrs. R. A. Hagberg
are o costly at home in their CHEEKY
little cottage, corner Mcfarland and
Dolan, which they have attractively re-
papered and handsomely furnished.
Conductor w. D. Beyrer had General
Manager Holdrege's special over the
division, this week. They went over the
Oxford-St. Francis line, Tuesday. Con-
ductor J. E. Beyrer had way-car No. I27
meanwhile.
From Los Angeles, Cal, to Chicago, a
distance of 2,265 miles, in fifty hours
and thirty minutes. This is the record
hung up by the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe when the Peacock special"
pulled into the Chicago depot at 1890
O'Clock, last Wednesday night. All rec
ords of the run were beaten by nearly
eight hours. An hour after the arrival
ofthe train A. R. Peacock, vice-president
of the Carnegie Steel company. boarded
a Pennsylvania train eleven hours earlier
than he expected. The trip from the
coast there cost Mr.. Peacock $4,000. For
the entire distance an average speed of
38.o miles was maintained. On several
long stages of the run the speed ap-
preached one mile per minute and was
maintained for distances that are re-
markable in view of the difficulties over
come. The train was made up of en-
CINE, Pullman car, a combination car
and a baggage car.
The second longest train service in the
United States will be inaugurated Sun
day, April 20, when the Burlington and
Northern Pacific railroads will begin the
operation of through trains from St.
Louis to Portland. The distance is 2 ,374
miles. The through Sunset Limited"
train on the Southern Pacific between
New Orleans and San Francisco covers a
trife longer distance, its mileage being
2,499 miles. Through car service is op-
Grated by different roads over greater
distance, but besides the exception noted
there is no other through train covering
so leng a distance. In order to afford a
connection with this train from Omaha
and points east of that city of the %"
system, a new train from Peoria to Lin
coin, passing via Omaha, will be put in
to service, April %. This train will
leave Peoria about $50 a. m, arriving at
Omaha about 9 p. m, and leaving there
for Lincoln after a twenty-minute stop.
The schedule for the new service pro-
vides for departure from st. Louis at g
m. and arrival at Portland at $50 p.
m. of the following day. The entire run
will be made without any change of car
whatever. The equipment for this new
includes sleepers, diners, reclin-
ing chair and smoking cars, which are
being built by the Pullman COM
pany. To maintain the regular daily
service between St. Louis and Portland
ten trains are required. Five of these
trains will be owned by the Burlington
and five by the Northern Pacific. The
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