The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-09-06
RAILROAD SPIKES.

OF sick Monday night.
The iron workers on the stand pipe
viii be here in about ten days.
Boilermaker Cooper has quit and
viii 60 to work on the Santa Fe.
G. H Besse, Of Almena, went tc
work in the round house Tuesday.
Conductor ". Stephens is on his
car again after extra service on passen-
ger.
Engine S94 is in the shops for gener-
al repair while Engineer Hathaway is
enjoying a vacation.
Machinist J. H. DIPPED took a trip
to Denver Saturday and returned
I Wednesday morning.
Roadmaster G. B. Lane and wife
have gone to Buffalo to attend the Pan
American exposition.
Fireman Critchfield is laying of for
q couple of trips and Fireman Kintzler
takes his place on the $50.
Engineer Hathaway and wife left
Tuesday for Atchison, Kansas City and
Wichita on visit of several weeks.
Engineer Dick Morris and Fireman
+ Stephenson were down from the Den
YER run with the 81 for repairs this
week.
Boilermaker Ted Griffin, who left
T here recently, has obtained employ
ment with the Santa Fe at Ration, New
Mexico.
Engineer Ed Carmichael returned
Sunday morning from Louisville, KY,
where he attended the Knight Templar
cOnclave.
The round house. was quite empty of
| iron steeds Wednesday afternoon,
caused BY a good run Of business on
the road.
The trench is being dug and pipe
laid to the new stand pipe at the depot.
The concrete foundation is as though
it were one solid rock.
The concrete gang that put up the
foundation for the stand pipe, left
Monday for Martel, Neb, having COM
pleted the concrete work.
Conductor S. r. Goode, who is on
I1ppins' car on the LimOn-Denver run,
was here Saturday, having changed off
a trip with Conductor Copley.
Conductor George Buck left Wednes-
day for a visit in Milwaukee. Mrs.
Buck has been there on a visit for
some time and will return home with
Mr.. Buck.
The steel strike in the east is re-
spOnsible for delays in the completion
of about 1000 worth of improvements
In additions TO the Rock Island shops
at Horton.
II. SimOntOn, stationary engineer at
the shops, quit Monday and is now
employed as janitOr of the public
school building. J. z. Butler has his
place at the shop.
Engineer Patrick laid over a trip |
here Tuesday while a new pair Of /
trucks were being put on his engine, |
93I, and Engineer Wiley with the 900 |
went out IN Patriek's place.
Fireman Charles Mcclure, who has |
been on the Limon-Denver run for /
saveral years, has returned to Good /
land will run out Of here. He will move /
his family here from Denver.
Conductor Will Taylor returned the /
fore part Of the week from Denver, |
where he received Christian science |
treatment for nay fever and was cured /
after two applications Of the method.
Fireman Hugh Robertson has rented |
Mrs. Blodgett's residence and Mrs. 4
BlOdgett has moved into rooms south /
of TIE REPUBLIC Office, where she will 4
open up a dressmaking establishment. I
W. ". Leeman, who has been ap-
pointed travelling engineer Of the /
Rock Island Of all lines west Of the 1
Missouri river, as told exclusively in
THE REPUBLIC last week, went to HOr-
ton Monday to report to A. L. Studer,
superintendent Of motive power.
A Mexican sheep herder was struck
and killed by a Rock Island train be-
tween Resolis and Mattison, Col,
Thursday Of last week. Upon the dis
cOvery of the body the authorities
were notified, and after a preliminary
he 81 ful 70
River Bend, Col, where a formal in
quest was held and the body was
buried. The verdict was probably
killed by accident.
a car loaded with coal was pushed
over the coal shute Sunday morning,
breaking completely in two about the
middle, part remaining on the track
and the other section fell to the
ground. An engine in charge Of En-
gineer Foster was backing cars 7pOn
the incline when the end car came IN
coupled and went with sufficient force
against the blocks at the end of the
track to break them of. The accident
was unavoidable and no blame is at
tached TO the train crew.
A washout occurred on tho Rock
Island Friday night between Elsemere
and Roswell, Col The breach was re-
paired by Saturday morning and trains
were using that section Of track as
usual. The same night bad WashOut
happened on the Union Pacific be
tween River Bend and Byers IN which
a bridge was carried out aud requiring
two days to make the necessary re-
pairs. During this time the Rock
Island between Limon and Colorado
Springs handled all the Union Pacific
trains. From the Springs they went
to Denver over the Rio Grande.
The Rock Island management is
making arrangements to commence
work at once on the Eidon cutoff
from Trenton, No, to EldOD, Ia.
which viii give that road line 3
miles shorter between Kansas City
and Chicago. The distance from