The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1901-02-21
RAILROAD NEWS.
on the railroads is improv

City.
B c. Jones will soon make tempo
rary residence at La Junta- His family
is at Colby. Kansas
Frank FELTON, sent from Newton
to Dodge City where he will be employ
ed in the boiler making department..
Conductor Tracy Hurd has made his
initial trip captain, taking a drag to-
Dodge City and bringing another to New
ton. Selah,
Mrs. Ella Force Hobble arrived from
Dodge City Monday and visited her
father for couple of days. She was on
her way to MiSsouri.-kinsley Graphic
Shipment of hogs, live weight,
Mexico, is more profitable than by net
weight, on account of the duty Several
cars of porkers were shipped there last
week.
The passenger crews on the New
Mexico division have been aSsigne q to the
western division, running between Dodge
City to Ration. going into effect inme-
diately.
| Harry Hoffman has been in the city
several times in the past week. He
| gagged in examining the new men at the
different stations who secured places a
result OF the recent telegraphers strike.--
| kinsley Graphic.
| "A Santa Fe detective has been IN the
city this week looking after stray ties and
coal belonging to the company. He
found some of each in the possession of
parties who failed TO prove their title
the same in the police court.-kinsley
Graphic.
The Santa Fe water service men fin
ished laying the line of pipe from the
river pumping station to town yesterday,
aud the water will be pumped up here
soon as plant can be put i'll tat the river
l-kinsley Mercury.
The Santa Fe.s business is getting to
be immense There not enough en-
gincs to do the work. On Thursday I27
engines We're on the turn table at Newton
The highest number the turn table at
Dodge City was AZ
. During the past week large force of
men passed through the city for Santa
Rosa to work on the Rock Island railway
extension. Quite number of the mem
are from Missouri, and they were accom-
: panied by very fine horses and mules for
grading purposes.-Las Vegas Republi-
, can.
r Engineer Huntington, of the Santa
e Fe. quite seriously injured Friday
t night just after passing Sterling The
n first known of the accident was when the
e fireman found Huntington in uncons-
e clOuS heap. 1t Is thought that his bead
was hit by mail sack which hung the
crane near the station.-Hutchinson News
: Arthur l.. Pierce, of Hillsdale, Mich.
died while sitting i'll his scat on the east
bound Santa Fe train about three miles
II west of Larned Saturday night. He
;, travelling alone. The body taken off
at LaIned. He about 80
i years old and evidently died of heart
disease consum ption.
}, The boys are telling all kinds of jokes
on Tracy Hurd, who was recently pro
: | NOTED the position of captain. Al
! ! though he has not made trip, it is said
), he has filled one train book with imagin-
>, airy and used up a duplex in giving
receipts for cash fares supposed to have
!, been collected when in charge of passen
ger trains. Tracy is all right, though -
Newton Republican,.
n The Newton Republican says that
II Monday of last week proved to be one of
: the busiest days ever experienced by the
y mechanical department of the Santa Fe-
c From II O'Clock Sunday morning till II
'r O'Clock next morning, just twenty-four
e hours. III engines were put over the turn
= table. Fifty-two of them were sent out
:: on trains leaving the city, while fifty
d nine of them came in. The reader can
Is get better idea of the amount of work
IS done, when they stop to think that en-
e, CINE was put over the turn table about
w every thirteen minutes during the entire
e twenty-four hours. This is record
he breaker, and of which the authori-
er ties in charge here can well be proud
= Railroad activity at the local tatien
:, Thursday morning was very pronounced, !,
= and there were many anxious inquiries by
>, travellers to the name, population, con-
ditions and future prospects they suppos-
ed themselves be IN. There were eight
passenger trains lined mp in the local
yards about O'Clock, and the anxious
Id INQUIRER from the effete east was inform
e. ed that it a daily occurrence in this
r portion of the wild and woolly west
iy &c. +r;,, thro,,gb k.nsas tl,e stranoer
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