The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-12-27
RAILROAD SPIKES.

J. A. Munkres takes the place OF Ben
Mills as painters helper.
/ Several new brakemen have been
employed the past week.
Engineer Tom Kelly left Wednes-
| day morning for visit In Denver.
Fireman NJ V. Ryan is spending the
| holidays at his old home in Adair, Ia.
Ben Mills, OF the machine shop, has
been promoted to q locomotive fire
man.
Operator J. II. Field has resigned
and his place is taken by @. A. Ley, Of
/ Norton.
Hostler George Sherman has gone to
Tecumseh, Neb., for a visit with his
parents
General Foreman ". E. Anderson
went to Pueblo Wednesday morning on
/ business connected with his Office.
Another boiler has been put in at
the machine shop which viii increase
the capacity for steam about one third.
The machine shops were closed
/ Christmas and all hands except q few
round house wOrkmen enjoyed q holi-
day.
Fireman JEFF Powers went TO Pueblo
to spend Christmas. Mrs. Powers, who
| is visiting in Pueblo, Will return home
with Mr.. Powers.
The bridge gang men have taken
down the two water tanks in the yards
as the stand pipe will be used ex-
clusively In the future.
Boilermaker Teddy Griffin has re-
signed and left Friday for Trenton.
Mo-, where be will enter the employ Of
the Rock Island at that place.
Fireman A. @. Stephenson, of Den
yer, who has a run on the Denver
LimOn division, was here Saturday to
attend to some business matters.
Fireman Will Dryden is firing the
switch engine at Roswell He will re-
main with the goat" until he becomes
sufficiently strong to 90 on the rord, as
be has just recovered from a prolonged
illness.
Mrs. W. ". LeemaG and children
left Monday evening for Topeka where
they will make their home in the fu-
ture. Mr.. Leeman's new position as
travelling engineer of the Rock Island
lines west Of the Missouri river made
it necessary to make his home In the
center of his territory.
The American Locomotive company.
at its Schenectady. plant, has turned
out for the AtchisOn, Topeka & Santa
Fe railroad the largest locomotive ever
built. 1t weighs 275,O00 pounds, has
ten drying wheels and will be used in
the mountainous district.
}. B. GLASGOW, for several months a
tTaindispatcher for the Rock Island at
GOOdland, has left the service Of the
company and has gone to Pueblo, Col,
where be will enter the employ Of the
Santa Fe as a dispatcher. His sue
cessOr is A. 2. Mitchell, of Pueblo, re
Gently with the Santa Fe road.
1t is reported that early in January
there will be submitted a proposition
to the stockholders of the Rock Island
to increase the capital stock from $50
100000 to S120OOO,OOO and then place
the new issue on a four per cent basis.
1t is believed that with the completion
of the new FL PasO line the system
will be able to earn four per cent on
the proposed capital stock.
P. III. Arthur, grand chief of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
sized up the situation very neatly
when be said that the success of the
proposed attempt at arbitration viii
depend on the ballots of the members
of the board who hold the decisive
votes. It is not difficult to guess how
the representatives of capital and Ia
Dor will vote when a serious industrial
clash is to be settled. The decision
will depend on the "balance Of power"