The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-02-13
RAILROAD NEWS
.Trafic on the Santa Fe is good.

4 "A
ChilIieothe, ILL.,. Saturday. and the Cali
fornia Limited was late in consequent
Ed Pierce. of Trinidad, was in tn,
city this week He is connected witt
| the Colorado Southern, in the mastel
mechanics office
When the Rock Island runs it,
through trains on the new route it is ex
pccted that the coast business will in
crease owing to competition.
Might forces will be pat on at sta.
lions on Rock Island west of Liberal OIL
the 18th inst. The Rock Island is pre-
pairing for through trains on its line &c
coast points.
The aggregate mileage of the Atch-
ison. Topeka & Santa Fe railway is now
S,243 miles. II would take an engine
moving at the rate of thirty miles an
hour nearly twelve days to cover it.
-''Since the Santa Fe has prohibited
its dining car walters from accepting
tips" observes Tom Cordry, sit is to be
hoped that the travellers expenses will
not measure so much from tip to tip as
formerly
"A Kansas man is the inventor of a
patent switch which he claims will solve
the question of avoiding railroad wrecks
in the future. 1t is so constructed that
on the approach of an engine, if the crew
of the train had orders to sidetrack. the
engine will automatically open the switch.
The switch will work on either the for
ward or backward motion of the train.
w. r. Jones, a brakeman on the
Cincinnati Southern, while standing Oh
a moving box car was struck by teie-
phone wire that had sagged. Seven of
his teeth were knocked out and his mouth
was split back to his ears. Jones grasped
the wire in both hands. and when the
train had moved from under he was hang
ing in mid air. Section men rescued him.
He is in serious condition.
The Santa Fe management has decid-
ed to handle its frnit business with its
own cars this year and not renew its con-
tract with the Armour Fruit Car lines
when its contract expires next spring.
For several months the company has been
busily engaged in building fruit cars and
by the time the fruit season opens will
have between 4 900 and 4 500 cars ready
for use.
The Santa Fe is going to carry big
load of Uncle Sans soldiers Ell route to
the Philippines, through here on Monday
There are between 375 and 400 of them
They start from Sackett's Harbor, and
the Santa Fe will have charge of them all
the way from Kansas City to San Fran
cisco. The train on which the detaclI.
nent starts will carry them clear through.
on all the roads over which they wi l
.ravel. It will consist of five baggage
ears and eleven or twelve tourist sleepers
and will run in two sections. The men
az rY-xy fraxy
Just as though they were on the march,
our the officers Will probably take their
meals at the regular eating houses
along the line
The story is told on a Newton boy
Who has been accustomed to visiting the
abroad station and making friends with /
he officers of the company. He per-
uaded his aunt to play train with him
he other day. He arranged the chairs !
n line and then said: Nov you be en-
.ineer and I'll be conductor. Lend me |
our watch and get up into the cab'' !
lie then buried down the PLATFORM
ime piece in hand.
'sPull out, you red headed, pfe-faced i
ay,' he shouted to the astonished young
woman. ..Why WilIie,'' she exclaimed !
n ainazenent.
''That's right. chew the rag he re-
orted. Pull out. We are five minutes /
ate already
That boy is not allowed to fraternize
With railroad men any more.
The St. Louis s. San Francisco Rail-
DAD company has issued an order for
Kidding the use of tobacco by passenger
rainmen in uniform on duty and by en-
loyees in general around railway sta
IONS The anti-tobacco rule originated
n the office of B. T. WincheE, general
manager of the road. Its object. the of
cials of the system say, is to keep the
tations clean and add TO the comfort of
be passengers. The rule went into eff
ect February and the mana cement ex-
ects 1t to become a permanent rule. As
nth other rules of the company. dismis-
al is the penalty for repeated violations.
'rainmen. ticket agents. baggagemen
nd all employed on passenger trains or
n or about railway stations must COM
ly with the mandate. and while primarf-
: aimed at cigarettes. pipes and cigars.
ne order embraces chewing tobacco as