The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-06-14
RAILROAD SPIKES.


| MIR. and Mrs. ". A. Bonnie were at
Colorado Springs Monday.
A. L. Smith, Of Kansas City, IS a new
machinist in the shop here.
New men on freight out Of Go odland
are Dey and Goen, brakemen.
Brakeman Harry Mcclure was of a
few trips this week owing to illness.
/ Robert @. Zerwikh is now forulan in
charge Of the force in the ms chine
| shop.
HI Robertson and wife left Sat
| urday evening for visit in Keo: saqua,
Iowa
Conductor Joe Waters was of duty
this week owing to an injury TO his
foot
Engines $50, $50, $40 are nev, en-
/ gines from east end sent here to keep
| up the force.
Engineer Ed Carmichael was in Kan
sas City this week to attend the Shrin-
ers' meeting.
Brakeman Fl. Webster has returned
to work after laying off four weeks
with case of humps.
! Billy Briggs, formerly a brakeman
/ here, has returned and has taken y
/ place in the train service
Engine 400 is 10 the shops for a /
| thorough overhaul. Engine $40 is in 1
the shop for light overhaul.
/ A certain fireman has become SO
/ terminated that his associates have Civ
/ en- him the name Of Myrtle"
| Brakeman Geo. Seheigner and fami-
/ " are at Baraboo, Wis, called there by
| the serious sickness Of his mother.
Lon Cummins, formerly connected
with the Rock Island at Phillipsburg,
! died recently at his home in Fairbury.
Machinist Nick Scallion left Monday
| for Chicago where Mrs. Scallion is
visiting He will be absent two weeks.
W. w. briggs, formerly Rock Island
agent at Phillipsburg, is now city mar
shall and water commissioners at that
place.
George B. Goen is a new brakeman
here from Colorado Springs. He is
I looking for a house to move his family
/ here.
Gene Luther has taken the caller
job made vacant by Frank Rice, who
has moved to Kansas City with his
parents.
Machinist George HOTTER has return
ed from Chicago where he went to see
Mrs. Hofder, who is receiving medical
treatment.
ID. G.. Hotchkiss, from Horton, son of
division, is a new machinist in the
shops here.
Conductor Tyler returned Mon
day morning from Watkins Falls, \.
Y, where be was called to attend the
funeral of his mother.
Frank Funk is an apprenticed ma
chinist in the shop. He is from Cedar
Rapids, Ia, and his father is an en-
gineer on the B. Q. r. & Y.
Machinist Robert G. Zerwikh will
leave next week for Valley Junction,
Ia, to visit his people aid to be present
at the wedding of his sister.
Phil Wichael, for number of years
the night agent at this place, will take
a position as messenger on the new
trains. w. @. KOon viii have WichaePs
place.
Fast run No. Al will go through ]
GoOdland Monday at 11:2O a. ~. for the
fast trip. No. - will go through
GOOdland at $50 p. m. Tuesday for
first trip.
Brakeman Walters is laid up with /
badly bruised head, having been thrown
from a cab seat in the engine against ,
the boiler head. His forehead was
Iacerated and the injury required sew
eral stitches. The accident happened
near Roswell Sunday morning.
Thirty-one railway conductors have ,
made reports to the state labor com
missioner of work and pay for the year.
An average run Of 1858 miles per
month was made. Their average an
nual income was s1,OT1 and their ex-
penses ST7S.
Ell. Phillips, of Florence, Colo, and
J. Q. Price, of Abilene, Tex, railroad
men, were here this week looking for
Jobs. Trainmaster Boyle says there
are a great many men looking for
work, but that the force here is full
and there are many extra men on the
list.
Freight conductors who will get pas
senger runs will be Converse, Hazel
baker, Ed Denney and Ed Young, Civ
ing Conductors Bagley, Waters and
RadclIf runs east out of GOodland:
Conductors Barsby, Wilson, Stevens
and COpley regular eabOoses west out
Of GoOdland. leaving Conductors
Stephens and Randall as extra passen-
ger conductors.
ID. Boyle. of the freight house, has
a hen and brood Of chickens which
have taken up a homestead at the
freight house. The other night J. ID.
dreamed a burglar was endeavOring to
enter the premises, and that his dar-
ling brood was in danger. He dreamed
he rushed to the rescue, and was stricEl-
en- down With burglars cluD- Wnen
he came to he found himself on the
floor holding on to his head piece, and
awoke to find his brood safe but now
nurses a battered eye and nOse-at
any rate, so the story runs
AS first arranged the engines to pull
the new fast trains were the 500 class,
but it was later decided that they were
not powerful enough for the work So
the four 500 class engines here viii be
put on the LimOn-Denver run and the
three 600 class engines on that run