The Goodland republic., 1902-08-29
RAILROAD SPIKES.

Pearl Runnells, mschinssts appren-
tice, has resigned.
The dispstchersi room at the depot
/ looks very lonesome.
ROadmRster lane, Of Phillipsburz.
was in GOOdland Tuesday.
Engine S95 now bears the number
l3o0 She is a new engine-that is, has
q new number
William Walch, Of the freight house
force, has gone to LimoD, Colo, as
night operator.
A train load Of colored soldiers
passed through GOOdland for the east
Tuesday morning.
C. G. Young, proprietor Of the Depot
hotel, left for business trip 70 Kan
sas City Tuesday evening.
f. G. Smith, Of Colorado Springs,
superintendent OF the western division,
was in GOOdlsnd this week.
Jonathan Doyle, the man injured
while working with the steel gang near
Edison about two weeks ago is doing
well and will soon be about again.
Mrs. o. ". Pierce, wife OF Boiler
maker Pierce, arrived on No. , Monday
morning from New Bedford, Mass.
They will occupy the Darling residence.
Brakeman Frank Gum, who was
married last week IN Colorado Springs,
arrived IN Goodland Tuesday with his
bride. Mr. and Mrs. Gum viii make
their home in this city.
President Roosevelt has accepted an
Invitation Of the Brotherhood Of Loco
motive Firemen to be present at their
biennial convention at Chattanooga,
Tenn, on September 8, next.
H II. Bauchus, the night agent
takes a lsyOf beginning the first OF
September and will 60 TO the noun
tains on a bear hunt. he viii be re-
lieved by R. ". Harris Of Colby.
The derrick car went to Rexfort Wed
nesday morning with a detail Of car
repairers to fix up q freight car that
had q truck broken. No delay to
trains resulted from the accident.
Geo. Hopes sold his residence prop
erty to R J. Jones, the section fore
man Wednesday for $500. Mr.. Hopes
has moved into the Z. D. Adams house,
which be Will occupy temporarily.
There are two happy men at the
shOps-BOilermsker Pierce and Ma
chinist Smith. The wife Of Mr. Pierce
arrived here Monday and the wife Of
Smith arrived here Thursday. Both
will keep house
An International Congress special
for San Francisco passed through
GOOdland Monday afternoon at 2-3O.
There we're six coaches in the train,
and a stop was made just long enough
to change engines.
The oiling process which the Union
Pacific is Just cOmleting is 3 preventa-
tive against dust. II is a CalifOrnis
oil The oil is to be spread once g
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to q depth necessary to put IN ties
Western Times, Sharon Springs
Curtis Harper and Charlie GregorE
were I'D for examination for iremen
Wednesday. A. E Freeman takes Gre
goryis place as timer at the shops.
Harper was formerly blacksmith help
er but lately has been working as night
hOstlsr.
The railroad stand pipe which at one
time was Is inches out Of plumb at the
top, has been brought back 70 nearly
plumb, being only , inches out Of line.
This was accomplished Dy the wire ca
bles and sOfteniug the ground with
water.
1t is said that by June, 1903, the Te-
huantepec railroad, across the lsthmu5
Of that name in Mexico, viii compete
with the Panama route and the Ameri-
can overland lines for q share Of the
shipments between the Atlantic sea
board aud the Pacific coast.
DR.. II. Q. Plummer is the new sur
geon in cheif Of the Rock Island system
in the place Of DR.. William d. Middle
ton, deceased, who lost bis life, as did
his assistant, in performing an opera
ton for appendicitis some time last
May. Both operating surgeons lost
their lives from septic poisoning