The Globe-republican., 1901-12-12
RAILROAD NEWS.

RAILROAD NEWS.
Steel rail laying WAS resumed on tn
Rock Island at Santa Rosa. y. NJ, Mon
day.
WIN. B. Leeds is to succeed w. G
Purdy as President of the Rock Island
January 1.
Conductor Frank Gould is running
passenger train between Pratt ant
Liberal.
The Rock Island shipped eleven car
of coal to points on its line Sunday, which
were transferred from the Santa Fe.
The Rock Island VIII build spur t.
the new ice plant The plant will b'
February. The plant will be built nea
the water works.
1t is said that the heavy locomotive
in use on the Santa Fe will soon put thu
tracks ont of shape, unless the road i
more heavily ballasted.
John Gibson, who was in the hospi
tai at Topeka since Nov. s, returned
Monday night. Mr.. Gibson was injured
while employed in the round house.
New and heavier machinery is TO bt
placed in the round house, and much
more work will be done here than for
meflg. Dodge City will be able soon t.
do all the repairwork of this division.
Pipe connection has been made will
the round house distiiiing pumps and the
depot hotel and offices. and distilled o
condensed water will be furnished to al
hotel guests and railroad employees.
A telephone connecting the Superin
tendent-s office, the agents office, rouns
house and yard masters office was put il
on Saturday. The telephone formerly
connected the round house and telegraph
Office
Geo. G. Laird shipped by the Rocl
Island seven cars of cattle and L. r
Miller one car Of cattle TO Kansas City
Sunday. j. G. Briggs, Geo. c. Laird
Vic Carson, WilIM MilIeraald- -svarer Deis
ger accompanied the train. ~~-r
Pop Kelsey will celebrate his birth
day anniversary December 13. Thi
means that Pop VIII lay off and call OIL
his friends. We do not give Pops age
becauae it might endanger his matrinlon
ial chances. All the same, Pop is avail
able.
The Rock Island will build to tn,
coal fields in New Mexico, distance o
100 miles, in the course of the next eigh
months, when the line will be completed
The line is divergence of the main line
which runs farther south than was frs
conte mplatsd.
-Grau-s grand Italian opera, compos
ed of 164 people, occupied two sections
of train No. s. Sunday evening, and tool
supper at the Harvey House. This com
pany came from California and wer
going to Kansas City, where they per
form two nights. This is the larges
opera in the world.
W. p. Harpole. the brakeman VIII.
was severely injured a few months ago
by being thrown off his car near Cool
idge. remained in the hospital sometim
and fully recovered. He was married OIL
Nov. 2Sth to Mrs. Mary Scott, of Mask
aska, Kansas, and bride and groom ar,
enjoying life on large farm.
john Higgins, Santa Fe brakeman
who had both legs cut off in an acciden
near Emporia last September, has mad
a rather curious settlement with the com
pany He is to be taught telegraphy a
the ecompanY,s expense and is to have
job for life, and the company also agree
to bury him a pair of cork legs.
Several special tourest excursions t,
California and Mexico from the East vii
make the western part of the trip owe
the Saata F'e this winter. The genera
passenger office of the road here ba
received word from Raymond g Whit
comb. the we'll known New England
tourist agency in Boston, that ther'
would be six special tours to California
conducted by the agency this season.
One of the new passenger engines i