The Globe-republican., 1901-07-25
RAILROAD NEWS.

| RAILROAD NEWS.
from Denver.
| Foreman H@ssy has returus-a' from
| tfse mountains
| --John Husser is confined to Isr bed
witt, bowel troubre-
"A detachmept OF the 14th U. :. III
fantry Went west Sunday morning
route fsom Fort Iessepworth to Fort
Grant, arizona.
-Hal-.e Evans has srrived from Colo
RADIO an,s will remain :. short time. He
| was in the hospital at Denver for short
time, but Is regainin@ bis health.
There smeefs sized wreck
the Santa Fc ut Sherlock Thursday just
after dinner. ~ brake beam coming
loose and failing derailea fonr ears. The
| track cle,zred in few honrs. The
train in charge of Coasiuctor McEi-
vain.
Conductor Sastatt, oEOing east Sat
urday. met with aeefesent Midway.
A broken journal III ahead of
heavily loaded coal ear was the cause Of
throwing cars-off the track. Seventy
cars We're in the train, half the be-
| ing loaded. Mr-gassatt inmped out of
the caboose window and MAS injured on
head, left hand and. right beg
The Santa Fe is only using oil
as fuel on its lines-v.est of Albuquerque,
| but is also using it 20 sprinkle the tracks
| with, thereby keeping down the dust and
| making the trip tkroagh Arizona deserts
| a pleasant one. Eas cost of sprinhling
| the tracks with ois amounts to about $50
Il mile. The Santa + Q has already oiled
about 800 miles Of it's roaelbed.
| The rear brakeman passenger
train No. 1 disappeared somewhere be-
| tween Cimarron, Kan, and Lakin,
Thursday morning. His lantern, time
card, and overturned campstooI
found on the rear platform, and it was
| thought for several hours that ne had
| fallen off the train and either been killed
or seriously injured HE was heard from
| later i'll the day, however. The train
pulled out too quick for him and he got
left at Garden City--La Junta Tribune.
/ "A wreck oceEgred on the Chicago,
kock Island & Psseifio railroad seventeen
| miles southwest Of Liberal, July 10. The
| through freight and passenger train No
| "a jumped the srack> uitchinG five cars
and tearing mp the track badly. No
| cause is known as yet but it is thought
the rails spread, the track is new
Two men who were beating their way
| were dangerously hurt The coaches
did not leave the track and no passengers
| or trainmen were injured A relief
| train went out from Liberal to bring in
| the passengers and mail.
The small boys, it appears, have been
| having fun witt. the Santa Fe company,
but have come to the Conclusion that it
| is a dangerous game For some time liz
has been known that somebody has been
entering the Santa Fe ice house, and
coaches left in the yards here have been
entered through locked doors. 1t
| also discovered that someone had posses
sion of switch keys. City Marshal Mich
olson has been questioning certain
crowd of small and larger boys. He was
getting close upon their track that
| they became frightened, and the mar
shall secured several Santa Fe keys which
had ttjust been found. Hutchinson
News.
The coal chutes being remodIed
to accommodate the drop bottom, forty
ton coal cars, and will soon be ready for
business. The incline leading to the top
of the chutes is very steep, and the cars
Will be hauled up with an endless chain
by gasoline engine. Hitherto from ten
to fifteen men have been employed at
the chutes unloading coal, but soon
the new structure is completed only one
man will be required! 20 Go Inc c::....ire
work. In time, corporations will proba-
oiy De able to dispense with common la
Dor altogether Only one man will be
needed to press the button, and the
-smachine'' will do the rest.-La Jun.;.
Tribune.
A head collision occurred near
the round house, at ? 80 a. M, Saturday.
between No. train aud ssIight-' engine
occupying the main track. The passen-
ger train was entering the city and was
running ot nearly full speed Both
gines were somewhat injured and the
platform OF of the front was
smashed. The passengers were consid-
erabiy jolted. The baggage master had
his knee mashed, being caught between
a safe and a big trunk. The Pullman
conductor received scalp wound The
fireman was bruised on the shoulder. hip,
leg and eye The engineer OF the light