The Globe-republican., 1901-04-04
RAILROAD NEWS.

laying track along its kinsley branch this
week
-Railroads are making liberal fares to
all points in the west. and there is big
flow of travel
The coast route of the Southern Pa
cific. from San Francisco to Los Angeles.
is now open.
Guthrie and Oklahoma City will get
new passenger depots and numerous
small depots will be built
Brakeman James Cowley is on a
journey as far west as Albuquerque and
El Paso. He has 30 days lay OFF.
The installation of the new block
system of lie Santa Fe between Denver
and Pueblo has been finished.
Engineer Henry G. Simmons and
wife have returned from New York
They were absent more than two months,
and they spent one mouth at the Bermu-
da islands.
The s'dnuble header systemr' is being
lessened-there are not as many double
headers as two months ago The Santa
Fe is gradually seeing the necessity of
making more time.
$ j. Schmol>cr was called to Gamer
on, OIL, Sunday evening, owing to the
serious illness of his nrti.er. Robt d.
Rhodes has charge of the express office
during Mr.. Schmoker's absence.
Alex Mcleod is still in the hospital
at Topeka 1t is believed that the re-
naming fingers on his injured hand viii
have to be amputated, because they are
pain full and not healing
-Rumors of tie consolidation of the
Santa Fe and Rock Island are current.
No confirmation can be had as President
Ripley of the Santa Fe is in California.
w. g. Purdy, president of the Rock Is
land, denies the Fumor.
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
railway will spend $4,000 900 on i'm
provements daring the present year.
The lines will be made better, terminal
facilities at Kansas City e-arranged and
new shops will be built in Topeka
During the year 900 miles of telc-
graph wire will be strung Santa Fe
poles. This will be principally from AL
| buquerQue west to San Francisco and
along branch lines besides quite a dis
tance in Texas.
/ The law relating to she arrest of
| tramps riding on railroad trains is being
enforced in some parts of the state. If
rigidly enforced it will result in prevent
ing the promiscuous tramp nuisance.
Tramps will find it difficult to get over
the State.
Several new despatchers have been put
on here who will have charge of the dis
patching of the trains between Dodge
| City and Coolidge. The increased busi-
ness the road has made it necessary to
do this Large shipments of steel rails,
machinery and other material for Japan
and China has increased the business to
| hat 10
Santa Fe to its full capacity.
Experiments with fast flying electric
trains between Berlin and Hamburg,
| Germany, have demonstrated that a speed
of at least 12o miles hour can be at
tanned without difficulty. Consul Gen
eral Guenther, at Frankfort, in report
to the state department this subject.
says that the high rate of speed has
placed surface crossings out of the ques-
ton The outcome of the experiments
is to be n line 156 miles in length from a
point adjoining the city of Berlin to a
station just outside of Hamburg. Its es-
timated cost is S33 100000.
| Three men were arrested in Newton
Sunday for stealing rides on Santa Fe
| train. They claimed to be miners who
| had lost their jobs in the Colorado
| strike, and as they were in busted con-
dition they took refrigerator passage
for the east. They were given ten days
| in Jail under the new law which makes
it misdemeanor to steal ride; which
| il probably the first time conviction
| has been made under the new rule. The
men were surprised to learn that they
We're violating a state law.-Topeka
Capital
| The evolution of the railroad pass
calls to mind the issue of tie pass. to a
pedestrian making CHI hampion walk from
San Francisco to New York. Each divi-
sion superintendent gave the walker the
privilege of the track and right of way,
in writing, which was used to substanti-
/ ate the walkers method, line of travel
and distance But man has more endur-
ance than a horse, and could easily make
a continental trip on foot, without ex-
haustion and much wear and tear OF