The Globe-republican., 1901-08-22
RAILROAD NEWS.


Conductor j. H Hiltan has been suf-
fering with catarrh for more than 80 days
and has been confined to his home.
During the Ell Reno rush one Rock
Island conductor collected PAL fares on
on the car roofs.
ID. J. Luster and family left on Fri
day morning for few weeks stay in
Joplin, Mo-. where Mr.. Lusser's mother
lives. Jack is an old time printer
The Rock Island engine, in charge
of Engineer Murphy. at this station. is
taken every second Sunday TO Pratt, for
cleaning up. cleaning out boilers, etc
While tramp riding on
brakebeam in Idaho few days ago his
clothes caught fire from a sp ark and were
nearly destroyed. This goes to show
that some of these souliess corporations
have regard for poor man who is try
ing to get along in the world
Where is Jerry Shaw? Engineer
Forester lately made the from New
ton to Dodge City, distance of l53
miles, in two hours and forty-eight min
utes, nearly mile minute. The time
was longer, the running time only is
given. The run was over the Hutchin-
son cut off.
Two of.the Gulf. Colorado & Santa
Fe engines, equipped for burning oil,
have been exhibited at Fort. Worth.
Travelling Engineer McDonough is much
pleased with them. One went back to
CIebnrne hauling 900 tons of freight, as
much service as is usually rendered by
double header.
The Santa Fe coal pile in this city is
TO
extinguish it. The shovelers who are
employed in removing the coal not yet
ignited, do not admire the gaseous odor
in which they comp lied to work,
but it seems there is no other way out
of the difficulty. Topeka and other places
where coal is stored are having the same
trouble.-Newton Republican, Aug. 8.
The Santa Fe is buying many new
engines to be distributed on its various
divisions. The Chicago division has re-
ceived twenty-five new locomotives of the
mogul type, made by the Baldwin works.
Twenty-Five of them are compounds,
the other three being of the simple kind
The Western division gets twenty five of
the same kind, while the Oklahoma d1-
vision does not seem to be so we'll favor
ed and will use the engines that have
been in service the Western division.
Newton Republican.
-Yardmaster Anderson, of Newton,
Kansas, reports an immense traffic on
the Santa Fe at present, in fact he says it
is the heaviest he ever saw at this time of
the year. The yards are blocked nearly
every night and morning, and it keeps
the switchman the jump to get
the trains in aud out of the yards.
There seems to be an immense amount of
wool being shipped over the Santa Fe,
and train load after train load of wheat
passes through Newton every day.
When night comes the employees are
ready to go TO bed they get
their supper.
Santa Fee passenger train that
runs on the kinsley branch had n lively
experience a few days ago with a color
ed man who riding the rods. A
brakeman discovered the colored man
bent over the rods. With flag stick
which he carried the brakeman began Il
vigorous pounding upon the buns
trouser seat The other members of the
crew ran up to see the sport. The color
ed man landed on his feet reached out
his hand. took charge of the flag stick,
and proceeded to make business pick up
for the train crew. He was the most
active coon alive and was ready to meet
y
Santa Fe boys were simply not in the
game. and ever since that time they have
been afraid to look under car for fear
that coon might be on the rods.-Hutch-
inson News.
Dogs are to be checked as baggage an
the Western railroads at the same rate as
bicycles and baby carriages. Instruc-
tions to this effect have been given by the
executive committee of the Western
Passenger Association to the general
baggage agents of all lines, who have
been meeting in Freeport. Illinois, for the
purpose of adopting uniform rules re-
garding baggage. With one tive ex-
iceptlons the railroads have not charged
anything for the ausportation of dogs
/ in baggage cars The plan TO classify
| dogs as excess baggage is likely to raise
"A storm of protest from sportsnen and
| others. Ii the hunters take concerted
action they compel the railroads moi
to put into effect the plan for increasing