The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-09-13
RAILROAD SPIKES.

I shops for light repairs
". J. Belts is q new boilermaker
from the Horton shops
/ T. 9. Smith, division superintendent
Of Colorado Springs, was In town Tues
day.
Maehinist Jack Dipple was laying of
Wednesday on account Of indispOsi-
ton.
Engine 81, which was in the Clayton
wreck, viii be taken direct to the Hor-
ton shops.
The trench for water pipes to the
] new stand pipe are being dug and the
! pipe will soon be laid.
G. II. LaWshae, travelling freight
/ agent with headquarters at BelleVille,
was in town this week.
Engine 693 is expected back from
the Horton shops this week after re-
ceiving a general overhaul.
W. Young, who has been acting as
night agent at the depot temporarily,
has returned to Colorado Springs.
Engine S67, Of the Phillipsburg- Fair
bury division, was in duty on this diVi-
sion this week. Engineer Patrick was
in charge.
Engineer Patrick and Fireman Sher-
I
count of the washOuts. They covered
7O2 miles without rest.
W. R. Morton came home from Den
yer Wednesday where he has been at
tending his wife who has been very i'll.
She is somewhat improved.
Conductor Tom Wright and crew
handled a train to Goodland last Sun
day night, there being no west end
crew here.-Phillipsb News.
Brakeman Tucker, who was In the
Clayton wreck, is laying off for few
days to recover from nervous shock
incident to his trying experience.
The sweeper at the back shop has
done Ip his job in the most approved
manner, having removed about u loads
Of refuse. Things look tidy in eonse-
quence.
Conductor Patrick and crew, Of the
ROswell-Pueblo run, and Conductor
Goode and crew, Of the Limon-DenFer
run, brought In trains to Goodland
Monday.
General Foreman Adams accomp-
anied George T. Wilson, of Chicago,
superintendent of motive power of the
Rock Island, to Colorado Springs, on
Wednesday,.
Lee Ames, round house foreman at
Phillipsburg, has returned to his duties
after a course of treatment at the min
eral springs at Pueblo for rheumatism.
He is greatly improved.
Macbinist J. A. Morris, besides be-
ing a good mechanic is an accomplish
ed musician. He is a fine piano player
and in days gone by he devoted his
entire time as instructor Of the piano.
Engineer Paul Mcbride, accompanied
by his wife and boy, left Wednesday
for a visit in Youngstown, o. They
will be gone several weeks and will |
also visit the Pan-American exposition |
at Buffalo.
The force in the machine shop is re- |
duced on account of special detail. and |
sickness. Machinists Hotter and Hida |
are at the wreck and l. W. Hargraves, |
Of the round house force, is also at the |
wreck as Waterman.
Phil Wichael, who has been an ex-
press messenger on the Limon- Denver /
run while the fast passenger trains |
we're on this summer, has returned TO /
GOOdland and resumed his old position /
as night agent at the depot.
Conductor J. ". Usher was laying /
over at PhillipsbUrg when he heard Of /
the wreck and death of his brother in
law, and was early on the scene TO rem
der all assistance possible. He also 4
remained here to attend the Obsequies. /
Engineers DAILY and BrOsso, Of the /
LimOn- Denver run, and Engineer Stan
ton, of the Roswell Pueblo run, were /
sent here with trains Monday TO help /
raise the blockade caused by the accu-
mutation Of trains owing to the wash
ont.
p. X. Ryan, Of Denver, formerly an 4
"a Tel - ,,
city but now with the Rio Grande, was
IN GOodland Wednesday and sold his
residence property to J. W. Book Pete
IS now conducting a boarding house on
South Fourteenth street in Denver
and Is prospecting so well he may give
up railroading.
Engine S99. Engineer Ebert and Fire
man Mcclure, took a Rock Island /
passenger train from Limon to Ellis i
over the Union Pacific Saturday night
on account Of the block to the Rock
Island track caused by the washout
Rock Island trains IN both directions
used the Union Pacific track between
Manhattan and LimOn until repairs
we're made.
Engineer Q. Z. Biddison. who was
badly injured in the wreck at Jennings
Saturday afternoon, is not only one Of
the best and most reliable engineers
on the Rock Island, as be is old in the
service. Mr.. Biddison handled the
throttle on the engine that pulled the
first train into Phillipsb0rg some 13 II
years ago, and has been running on
this division ever since.-PhilIipsburR
Herald.
J. ". Usher, a popular conductor on
this division Of the Rock Island, who
has been on passenger between Pueblo /
and Phillipsburg for about a year, has
given up the run and viii take his old 4
place as freight conductor on the east
end. Usher doesn't like passenger
work and the change viii again make /
him a resident Of this city. He says
he is glad to get back to GOOdland, and I
the friends Of Mr.. Usher and wife are
also glad TO have them among them
once mora