The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-01-31
RAILROAD SPIKES

Engine % VIII % Iurne0 OUT q LIl
shops this week.
Fireman Heating is spending q fez
days At Norton with relatives
Arthur Wells, q shop laborer, has
quit and has gone to PhilHpsburg.
/ Operator VIII Hansz has been con
1rmed IS operator here permanently.
George Sherman, engine hostler, has
been promoted to locomotive fireman.
Division Superintendent F. Q. Smith,
Of Colorado Springs was here We'd
nesdsy.
Brakeman Ed Luther has returned
/ from a weeks absence which be spent
in Denver.
Extra Fireman George Sherman has
been on the sick list. but reported for
duty yesterday.
I George Brinker, who has been q
caller OF engine crews. has been sp-
pointed engine hOstler.
Engineer Charles Sherman returned
I last week from Tecumseh, Neb-, where
he has been for visit with his parents.
/ Trainmsster John Boyle is at his
! desk at the depot after being on the
road looking after traffic on this diFi-
sion
C.G. ManlOEe, auditor for the United
/ States Express company. was here Sat
urday on business connected with his
| Office.
Fireman ". D. Oakford, Of the Ros-
well-Pneblo run, will move back to
/ GOodland and take his old place on
passenger.
Fireman Crist Kumm, now on the
Denver run, is coming back to the
main line aud viii make GOOdland his
headquarters
Fireman Q. II. AIbrecht has been
made an engineer and made his first
trip on engine S14 Sunday morning,
going west on an extra freight.
o. Woodland, cashier at the freight
house, has moved bis family here from
Jennings. They will occupy the BlOd-
gett house on East Eleventh street.
A railroad bulletin board has been
placed in the Ennis drug store and
trains and trainmen viii be reported
oy phone from the dispatcher's Office.
Roy Wichael left Saturday for Coun-
ell Bluffs, Ia. where his parents now
reside. He has been employed on the
Missouri Pacific at Hoisington, Kan,
for several months, but has resigned
his position.
Superintendent J. II. Conlin, Of Dali
bart, Tex, has had his jurisdiction ex-
tended to HeriDgtoD, Kan, to take ef-
feet February 1; and this will probably
extend the jurisdiction Of Chief Dis
pstcher Q. T. Smith, OF Dslhart, for
merly Of GoOdland.
A snow pillow was sent east Saturday
evening from GOOdland and cleared
the track to Phillipsburg. Only q few
cuts we're filed and toe drifts were
small Engine 576, Engineer Sam Beid-
l. Errrr- O.
ems, caught the run
Q. z Biddisonis bird dog, an Irish
setter, was run over and killed By
train IN the yards Friday night. This
is the second dog aBiddyP has lost in
the last few months, q former one be-
ing killed by the marshal, who thought
the animal was mad
Engineer George Fuller went to
Fairbury, Neb-, Saturday night, called
there By the illness Of his brother,
Frank Fuller, an engineer OF the Rock
Island at that place, who is IN q crfti- /
cal condition. He has been laid M
with paralysis for several months and !
it is thought that his death is but a
question Of a few days
John Sebastian, general passenger
agent for the Rock Island, passed /
through GOOdiand Saturday on hi s !
way to Denver Mr.. Sebastian was
called TO Denver TO look after the |
making Of some changes in the passsn- |
ger Offices there. Mr.. Firth, Of the Of |
fee in Denver, will go to Fort Worth, |
Tex, and Mr.. Sebastian is arranging
for bis successor, although it has not /
yet been announced who it viii be.
Interest in the B. Of L E. ball. which |
is to be given the evening Of February |
=
the event approaches. The engineers /
have sent out large number Of invi- |
tations and the attendance from out Of |
town is expected to be quite large. The |
Midland orchestra Of ColorsdoSpriuRs |
one Of the best IN the west, will furnish !
the music and refreshments will be
served in the hall by the ladies OF the /
Catholic church.
It vas said by officials Of the Illinois
Central railroad that the installation |
OF telephones over the system to take /
the place OF the telegraph In handling
the private business Of the road would
be commenced as soon as possible. The
larger cities like Chicago, st. Louis,
New Orleans, Memphis and Louisville
are 70 be equipped first and connected
by private long distance lines. The
system will be extended to the smaller
cities as fast as possible The first use
Of the telephone viii be IN the admin
istrative department. The next to be
taken in viii be the traffic department.
Then, it is believed, the dispstohsrs
viii use the telephones 70 ascertain the
lOcotion Of cars, and the last link in
tht development win be The dispatch
ing OF trains with the Hhellon instru-
ment. In each city the road win have
q complete local exchange Of IT'S Own,
connected with the central Offices Of
the local telephone companies
AIbertson-aIorey.