The Globe-republican., 1902-04-03
RAILROAD NEWS.

form the 3 f. +. for the g. C. 6 S. f.
A car load of raw silk from China,
destined for New York, passed through
Dodge City Tuesday morning on No. 8.
John Madigan returned from Topeka
| the first of the week where he was in
conference with Supt. of Machinery Hen
derson.
| Conductor Jake Sehickerman has
! taken clarke of a gravel train at Me
piste, Colo, and will be there for six
months.
/ Otto Straeter went to work in Super
intendent Ayers Office Thursday morn
ing. Earl Stafford takes Otto's place in
Nj. Al. Gwinner's.
The depot park grounds have been set
out to cottonwood trees. The evergreen
beauty of the cottonwood is enchanting
Let the cotton fly.
! The company has fenced considerable
land adjoining the depot where they are
planting trees. They also expect to
plant grass and develop the fenced land
into small park which will greatly i'm
prove the appearance of that part of the
city
| 1t rumored that there is to be a
twenty per cent cut in the shop force at
this point and in consequence a great
many of the men wondering who is
going to be s'it.'' The "rumor'' is the
| only thing that has developed thus far
la Junta Tribune.
The Santa Fee railway is planning to
put into service next fall the most magni-
ficent California passenger train ever con-
structed on which the fare charged will
be just double the usual amount The
train will operate between Chicago and
Los Angeles, once each week. 1t will be
known as the ..cIub train,'' and will ac-
commodate only fifty passengers.
The railroad company has its yards
thoroughly cleaned of all trash every
day. The waste paper and refuse of all
kinds are collected and burned, and as a
result the yards at all times present a
neat and tidy appearance Is there not
an object lesson in this for the citizens of
Newton? This is the season of the year
to clean up.-Republican.
The suggestion is applicable to the
people of Dodge City.
j. L. Hogan, a Santa Fe conductor
who has been running Oh the Colorado Sc
Southern from Denver to Pueblo, lost his
left hand in accident at Monument
about o'clock last Friday night. While
engaged in switching there he slipped and
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across the rail, that member being en-
tirely served by the car wheels. 1t was
fourteen hours before he reached the hos
pital at La Junta to have his injuries
dressed.
-Kins1ey has not yet secured the Mis-
souri, Pacific extension It .may yet
come to Dodge City. The Mercury says:
The committee from this county and
hav RET T
a very favorable report. After some de-
lay they had IAN interview with Russell
Harding. the general manager of the
Missouri Pacific, and laid the matter be-
fore him. He promised nothing definite
ly, but agreed to take the matter up with
the higher powers at once and let the
committee know within a short time as to
what the road would do. His talk show
ed that it had not yet been considered
that it was practically a new matter and
that the road would go to the bottom of
it before deciding. 1t was also apparent
that the road would prefer to come to
kinsley if 1t built at all, provided
the city would meet the road halfway in
the matter. TO secure it it will doubtless
be necessary to secure rightofway and |
depot site. On the whole the committee
believes that the extension can be secured
if the proper work is done. AS soon as !
Mr.. Harding notifies the committee, the
Information will be published.
Engineer Jack Miller, running between
this point and Newton, IS very decisive
in his likes and dislikes. If anything
pleases him 1t pleases him immensely,
aHd'v1ce versa. When he running
engine 432, this engine had a whistle
which he very much disliked, SO he got
the Master Mechanics permission to have
the general foreman exchange whistles
on the 432 and a certain pool engine the
first time they were in Newton together
Time rolled along and the engines failed
to be in Newton at the same time and
Jacks disposition was spelling. One day
the engines stood side by side in the
round house at Dodge. Upon discover
ing this Jack with the freman's help and
a hard afternoons work caauoed the