The Globe-republican., 1901-02-07
RAILROAD NEWS.
A snow blockade is immInen,

the running OF trains Snowfall was
heavier west
The walseaburg mines are furnish
ng rrainloads os coal daily for use IN
Colorado.
Asa Miller who is running on the
Rock Island out of Harrington. is al home
visiting his family.
The railroads are supplying four
dealers with abundant coal from Kansas
aud Missouri ps.snts.
Our Informant is not George Wash
ingtonian who lead us to say that stock
yards were built at Howell. A neat fence
is built around the section house. Only
this.
An extra train of ten cars loaded
with cattle went ont the Rock Island
from this station, on Monday. The cat
tie were shipped TO Waubensee county.
Mills s. Sullivan made the shipment.
john Harris, who tagged the train
which was approaching the burning
bridge. does not want life pass on the
railway. He would not know what to
do with pass, but he would know how
to cash check.
Seventy cars made mp train which
came in from the west Friday afternoon
There were So empty coal cars, five box
ed that the track men had rest when
tile train passed by. Ii had weary
length.
The steam cages on the Santa Fe
locomotives are being painted black with
white figures that they be the
more easily at night Formerly the
whole gage was of light color that it
was difficult to the figuring. The
new idea is credited to TRAVELLING Engin-
eer William Hamilton.
Fred Harvey, the owner of the eat
ing house system on the Santa Fe railway
is critically i'll at his home at Ieaven-
wor tn. Harvey was brought back from
California on special car two days ago.
All the members of his family are with
him except Mrs. Harvey and one daugh-
ter, who will arrive from Hot Springs,
Ark this evening.
-Supt. Scott, of the Santa Fe, announ-
| ces the appointment Of w. A. Hyde as
trainmaster of the Northern division.
effective February 1. The division ex-
tends from Moody to Purcell. and in
cludes the Weatherford and Harris
branches. He will have charge of the
| train and yard service, also dispatching
and telegraphic forces. Mr. Hyde sue
ceeds j. Il. Bryne, who has been assign
| ed to other duties. Mr.. Hyde
east end conductor, and he is known to
| many Dodge City railroad men.
| The Rock Island track laying machine
passed through Meade yesterday enroute
| to the front. and it is expected that the
| road will be completed to the Denver 81
| Ft Worth road by March 1st and a regu-
| lar full f1edged passenger train will be
| running from Pratt to Liberal via Meade.
The track laying commenced Friday of
last week and the new machine will
greatly facilitate the work.-Meade
| Gl obe, Jan 81
| Few people have knowledge of the ex-
| treme caution with which the business of
| railroading is conducted. At Wellington
| the other day. "a Santa Fe engineer ex-
hlbited an order which he had received a
| few days before while running the
| Fort Worth & Denver branch, the order
| reading as follows: ssThere is a blind
cow in the first cnt north of Armerillo
yards and bad swing in the track on the
dump just north of Sweet Lacrnze bridge
Look out.for ihem.'
On the new Rock Island line under con-
struction 10 Ell Paso. new tracklaying
| machine is being used. The outfit con-
lsists of a flat car placed in front of the
engine which propels it; at the of
this car are narrow platforms running Q
back on each side of the engine and train
for a considerable distance Tine rails
and ties are uuload sd from the cars upon
| IA movable carriage propelled by ropes
and puIleys RUNNING from the front of the
machine where small stationary en-
CINE is located, By this means the mat
erial for the track is carried forward as
fast as required. The difficult task of
lhauling both rails and ties along the line
of the roadway is done away with. and a
much greater speed in building can be
attained. With the old methods one
mile per day was considered fast work,
| while three can now be laid with ease.
Twenty miles of the roadway is now
ready for the rails and the work is to be
completed by September L.
Bill Against Splitting.
Pratt county has sent lengthy petit
ton to their representative, Nj. c. Hutch.
eson pravsnu relief from the nuisance OF