The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1901-10-03
RAILROAD NEWS.

| Neodesha. where he takes a position on
| the Frisco road.
w p. Harpole left on Saturday
| morning for Bowling Green, Ky, and
| he Will be absent fen days.
A professional baggage smasher
shot in the leg the other day by revolver
in sltchel that he literally threw into a
if il were base ball Retributiou
sometimes strikes in the right place.
Mrs Murphy. wife of Engineer
NJ III phys of the Rock Island, is in W1ch-
ita. att- nding to Il brother, who is at the
point of death III Il hospital
The Rock Island train this morning
was made up of TWO passenger coaches
and "A number of freight ears. One of
L. w Handy distinguished citizen of
BuckIin. klr. Handy is riding in
special trains since the Bucklin Boom.
Sparks from an engine set fire to the
section house, near the round hou e,
Monday evening, at about 4:3o. and the
building was burned. The house
was occupied br Section Foreman A B.
Glaze, who lost some of the contents, be
side a lot of valuable books. The build
ing was cree eel a good many years ago,
being one of the fist buildings Construct
ed by the Santa Fe Railway company.
Fred Gardner, agent. has been order
ed TO make all reports to Division Superin-
intendent, G. E. Aver, at La Juuta.
Heretofore reports were made to Superiu-
tend ent Turner at Newton. The Division
headquarters will not be moved to Dodge
City until after the officers building is
completed. the erection of which is to be
commenced at once. The reason why
ffea a.,
lack Of Office quarters.
In the Garden City District Court
last week, ". z. Van Ordstrand received
Judgment of $500, $3.50 originally
paid). for injuries received while in
the liue of duty, against the Santa Fe
Railroad Company. MIR. Van Ords,rand
had sued thecOmpany for 5000 damages.
having lost his limb in La J,inta, "a few
years ago. The company give notice of
appeal, but the judgment will likely be
sustained. Jndge Milton. F. j. OYler,
of this city. and w. r. Hopkins. of Car
den Ciiy, We're for the plaintiff
Engine 476, one of the big Rhode Is
lands. has been assigned 10 the west end
of the Middle division in passenger
vice, says the Newton kansan- -kepubli-
can. 3. E. Dick Will have charge of it
on the and , run between Newton and
Dodge City, and is expected to make all
kinds of time with the monster. Some
old time records may be smashed into
snithereens in the next few weeks.
While Mr. Dick has said nothing in re-
gard to the matter, it is dollars to any
old thing that he would much rather have
one of the old eight-whee1 McQueens,
when it comes to making up lost time.
The citizens of Dodge City possess
necessary to give them swift poke in
the ribs to find whether they are
dead or alive. When they heard down in
Kansas that the Santa Fe would locate
the division superintendent and some
oteer officials at Dodge City, the citizens
of that burg held public meeting and
steps were taken toward securing suitable
to move there. Five public-s pirited Cit
iZens agreed to erect nine residences at
once, and other houses were secured
amounting to IL total of fifteen. We know
of another town not over thousand
miles from Swink where the the citizens
had 10 have their attention called to the
fact that a prominent railway official
making arrangements to move his head
quarters to another point because be was
live in ssGod makes the country, man
the town. but some towns have got
some mighty poor sticks who
querading as representatives of the male
persuasion--La Junta Tribune.