The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-09-20
RAILROAD SPIKES.

Fred Finch is a new man in the ca
Tepairers' department.
/ Brakeman Jackson has moved int
] the Matheny residence.
Brakeman Clark Hodgkinson was
I visitor In DeVer this week.
WA. Young, OF the dispatchers Of
! fee, was at Denver Monday.
Fireman L. E. Brinker and family
left yesterday for 2 visit in Illinois.
Engineer Berry and Fireman Dinley
are back on the Limon-Denver run.
Wednesday was pay day. Over s1S,-
I 600 was paid TO employees at this place
c. L. Gillespie, Of the Standard In
surance company, was In town this
week.
Engineer d. Hathaway and family
have returned from a visit in eastern
Kansas.
Engineer J. D. Hartman and family
returned Wednesday from an outing
in Colorado.
Engineer James, who was on the
LimOn-Denver run, is running out Of
GoOdland again.
Fireman Crist Kumm has been as
signed with Engineer DAILY on the
LimOn-Denver run.
A gang Of IA workmen under Fore
man W. Wellman are doing the con-
crete work for a new cinder pit.
Operator o. Woodward, of Jennings,
Is filling the position Of operator IN
the GOOdland Office temporarily.
Conductor Tom Edwards, of Denver,
who is again on passenger trains, Nos.
, and 6, was in GOOdland Friday.
DILL noe -,
passenger while the fast trains were
on, is now on freight out Of GOodland.
Tke railroad shops were closed all
day Thursday in observance Of the
memorial services for President Nc
KInley.
Conductors Hazelbaker, Denney and
Young are back to GOodland running
on freight since the fast trains were
taken off.
Henry Hedley, a boilermaker who
worked in the Goodland shops in 1890
81, is at work here again. He went to
work Wednesday.
Engineer J. r. Morris is back run
ming out Of >GOodland after being on
the Denver run this summer while the
fast trains we're on.
Fireman Charley Mcclure went to
his family. They will make GOOdland
their home hereafter.
Engineer Q. E. Biddison, who was
badly hurt in the freight wreck near
Clayton on September Z, is slowly re-
covering from his injuries.
Boilermaker Ted Griffin, who left
here a few weeks ago and went to work
for the Santa F'e at Ration, y. NJ, viii
return here In few days and take his
old place.
The passenger run that Conductor
j. W. Usher will give up to return on
freight, will fall to Conductor ]. n.
Hazelbaker, as he is first in line for
passenger run
George and Guy Usher, formerly of
this city, were in town this week. Guy
has been firing an engine on the North
western road out Of Mason City, Ia,
and George has been braking on the
Northern Pacific.
Engineer Garrett and Fireman A.
Stephenson, Of the Denver run, took
engine 900 to Phillipsburg and ex-
changed for the $50 which Will be used
on passenger on the Denver run. The
900 went TO Council Bluffs.
Dispatcher Q. F. Smith left Wednes-
duties as chief dispatcher for the Rock
Island at that place. Operator GLASGOW
takes the place in the Goodland Office
made vacant by Smiths promotion.
J. II. Harvey and family left last
night for a visit to their former home
IN Horton. Horton is holding a cele-
bration to-day and Harvey will have a
good time meeting old friends. He
viii return home the first of the week.
Guy Fike, of Colby, who has parti-
pated In many of the events of the
GOOdland Gun club and is well known
here, has gone to railrosding, having
taken a position as brakeman on the
Union Pacific out of Ellis. He is a son
Of Railroad Commissioner J. II. Fike.
Fireman Arthur Fuller was injured
in a collision at Mcfarland on the
Rock Island last Wednesday. The en-
gineer, Q. ". Mason, was also hurt but
brother of Engineer George Fuller, Of
Goodland, and formerly worked at this
place.
The Rock Island company has placed
an order with the Brooks locomotive
works for 81 locomotives. The order
calls for 10 freight engines, 10 passen-
ger engines and one Chautauqua. The
locomotives will be similar In make to
those recently delivered to the Rock
Island, and will cost IN the neighbOr-
hood Of $4,000.
An old man By name Of Grefer, Of
Jennings, Kan, went to the scene of
the wreck near Clayton soon after the
accident happened, and in driving ac-
ross the creek the team missed the
bridge aud all fell In the water. The
old man had bat one leg and expert
enced some difficulty IN getting out.
He was considerably chilled by the
cold water and went to a farm house
to get warm, but did not recover from
the shock and died soon after.
Samuel ". B1zsrd, of Jamesport,
No, claims that the Rock Island rail-
way IS infringing upon his rights while
&c uses q sash supporter which be says