The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-12-28
RAILROAD SPIKES.

Conductor J. 7. Joyce is back from
/ Chicago.
Brakeman Winans was a visitor at
/ Denver this week.
| Conductor Ed Young is of duty on
/ account of sickness.
Operator Robert Carver has been
/ sent to LimOn as night man.
Fireman Hugh Robertson is slowly
/ cOnvalescing from an illness.
George Sherman, of the Roswell
round house, was here Christmas.
Machinist John ProtherO has re-
turned from trip to Trenton, No
Brakeman Frank Gum has gone to
Pueblo to see his brother, who is i'll.
Conductor Ed Denney is on passen-
ger for two weeks in Conductor Gums
place.
Conductor Randall is laying of to
move his family from Roswell to Good
land.
Conductor J. ". Thomas and family
returned last week from a visit in
Illinois.
Brakeman II. K. Wheat was called to
st. Joe on account of the sickness Of
relative
Dale Sewers, telegraph Iineman, left
Monday morning for q visit to Oska-
lOosa, Ia
Tommy Sunderland, of General Fore
man Adams Office, spent Christmas at
Fairbury, Neb.
Charley Short, of the machine shops,
spent Christmas at Colorado Springs
with his parents
Superintendent F. c. Smith, of Colo
RADIO Springs, was here this week on
an inspection visit.
J. D. Boyle, Of the freight house,
spent a few days with his folks in
Hebron, Neb., this week
Conductor MatlOck came in from
Roswell Tuesday night sick, and IN
able to bring in his train.
Fireman Charley Sherman will take
an engine on the LimOn- Denver run
about January l. He will make Den
yer his home.
2 Engineer George Fuller, wife and
child, of GOOdland, Kan, are visiting
their relatives in this city.-Fairbury
(Neb.) Journal.
The last work train was pulled off
Wednesday and this. change will put
Conductor GOode and crew on freight
out of GOOdland-
Brakeman Charley Striker left We'd
nesday morning for Decatur, Ill, where
he viii remain until his hand permits
him to return to work.
Mrs. D. r. Lindsey, wife of Brake
man Lindsey. has arrived here from
Colorado Springs. They have gone to
housekeeping in the TAFT residence
Conductor Charles Gum, of the
Colorado flyer, is Cd leave Of absence
at Pueblo, where he resides, on account
Of his. youngest son being very lew
with small pOx.
The Colorado Springs & Cripple
Greek District railway is negotiating
with-the Rock Island to brake in new
engines for them and they viii be set
up aud broke in at the Roswell yards.
Engineer }. L Boyle drew the hand
some piano chair and music cabinet
rafied by the Bower furniture store.
The prize made q very appropriate
present for his daughter, Miss George
Boyle, who is promising piano player.
The Rock Islands new. car. order for
the building Of loo freight csrs has
been increased to 400 There are TO
be built 600 box cars, including the
80 specially constructed cars for the
transportation ofcOttOn, and 500 stock
cars
The grievance committee Of the
Order Of Railway Conductors on the
Rock island met with General Super
intendent A. J. Hit in Chicago last /
week While q number Of. reinstate-
ments were asked for, IS usual, the I
principal demsnd was for the abandon
ment Of the practice OF bulletining
lost or stolen tickets All lost or stoten /
tickets are -bulletined aud conductors
are required to keep record OF them,
including form, n7mber, destination
and owner. At times conductors have
several hundred OF these ticket rec
Ords 10 their books, and when q ticket
IS received tbe@5OOks have 70 be gone
over. The practice is annoying 70
trainmen and several roads have alb
andOned it. Superintendent Hit has
taken the matter under adgisement
and the men believe BE VIII have the
practice EbaHdoEsd.