The Globe-republican., 1900-04-26
RAILROAD NEWS.

very quiet
Engineer Thomas L. Davis is taking
a vaoetio n.
-Brskenan z dwards will soon move
back from Coolidge.
brakeman ChaTee and Lynn are at
work out Of Pueblo
Brakeman Hamilton is laying off and
Ascios is out Ia his place
-Bea1en'an Seas spent Saturday in
Pueblo railroad business.
Brakeman Bubeciz has boon enjoying
a short vacations
-Asent Hart and wife, OF Cialarron,
were in Dodge Monday evening.
Brakeman Bowen is sick at the To-
peka hospital with stomach trouble.
Engineer G. Auit will join his wife
at Madison, South Dakota. lie has a SO
days lay-of
-BoRS-To Mr.. and Mrs Howard
SWEET. Saturday night, girl, weighing
10 pounds. All doing we'll.
-Engireer McQuiston is running in
Gilbert's place who is off on account OF
of sickness
and extra conductor Crawford was out i'll
his place.
Nearly all the regular at
work, owing to stock business which
makes it hard on the extra men.
The passenger trains from California
are carrying a great many passengers at
the present time.
-Yarlmaster Gallagher is improving
slowly in health bnt not near as fast as
his friends would like to see
George Potter, boy 10 years of age,
was given verdict in the district court at
Larned Saturday against the Atchison,
Topeka 6 Santa Fe for $500. Potter
Cell under a freight train which was
switching in the railroad yards there two
years go and had his leg cut off.
The claim department of the Santa
Fe road has prepared the following state |
ment which covers the different divisions
of the road for the month of February: |
Number injured, passengers, s; employees, |
I65; others, 10. y Number killed. employees, |
4 !; others. 3 stock, 145- Claims filed, for |
stock, III; for fires. 43; other claims, 10 |
Henry Myers, Of the Santa Fe claim |
made the statement here |
Yesterday that the Santa Fe has more |
trouble with boys jumping trains in the |
yards than it has in all of the |
other towns the middle division. /
the boys here more adventu-
rous whether there are more bad boys
here than at ether points he could not
say, but Mr. Myers Is certain that the
boys of this town are a constant worry to
the Santa Fe company. 1t appears to be
a fact that the small boys of Hutchinson
haunt the railroad yards, and by their
actions are ambitious to become angels
or cripales early in life. There are |
dozens OF them who 90 not go to school
They flock together and get into all kinds
Of mischief, become impudeat and law
less, that their only salvation seems to
be to get killed early 50 as to avoid future
misery Hutchinson News.
The Santa Fo Railway company is put
ting the sta ndard dial on all the sta ndard
clocks of tile system.
The dials which were recently adopt
ed By the Santa Fe are mum bered from
one to sixty SO that person may tell at
Il glance exactly what minute the hand
points to.
They are placed at different points over
the s. stem, 63 Seth Thomas No. 10 regu-
lators, this being the clock adopted by
rlaa road as its standard clock, which are
to be fitted with this dial.
The dials are manufactured by the
Connecticut factory and are being placed |
on the clocks as fast as delivered. AL
ready the clocks on the Gulf road have
been fitted with these dials, 5 in all.
Only a part of the clocks the Santa
have been changed but the work will be
inside the next so days.
It is safe to say that more trees,
shrubs and flowers were planted in