The Globe-republican., 1902-03-06

The equipment of the new Rock Is
land train to California via Ell Paso con-
sists of a dining car, standard Pullman.
tourist sleepers through to California,
and chair car and coach to Ell Paso.
The Rock Island from Dodge CITY
to Bucklin does not run Sundays Note
the change in time. The train leaves
here for Bucklin at 6.45 am. and returns
at 9.3o am Leaves again same day at
$50 IN. and returns at .9.o5 pm.
Eastern mail is now received earlier.
Owing to a record haul made by one of
the large decapod engines, of 7O3 tons up
80 per cent. grade, the Santa officials
have decided to order a large number of
those engines. These are the ones that
passed through Dodge City short time
ago and are supposed to be the largest in
the world. An order will be placed for
75 more at cost of 81 900, 900.
Instead of having two relay citations for
its Chicago-Los Angeles telegraph sys-
tenn, as al present, the Santa Fe will take
away the stations now located at Topeka
and Las Vegas, and establish an important
mid continent quadrupleN relay station
at La Junta. Quadruplex messages will
then be sent from Chicago to the Pacific
with only one relay.
w. A. Long, Santa Fe telegraph
operator, who went to Topeka recently
from Dodge City TO enter the Santa Fe
hospital for treatment for Bright's disease,
is lying dangerously i'll at Christ hospital.
Mr. Long is suffering from Bliyht's
disease aud complication of stomach
trouble. His home is at Marysville, O.,
although he has lived in the west for the
past fifteen years
He came to Topeka and entered the
Santa Fe hospital, but it is said was ex-
PEELED from that institution for a violation
of the rules. He was later picked up on
the street in a delirious condition, said TO
have been caused by his sickness, and sent
to Christ hospital.
Miss Hattie Turner, to whom he is
engaged to be married, arrived from
Marysvllle, Ohio, in company with his
brother to assist in caring for Long.
Mr.. Long died Sunday night.
All the efforts of the Santa Fe con-
ductors and brakemen to secure a general
increase in pay from the officials of the
road have ended in failure. The long
conference which has been in progress
between the grievance committees of the
railroad orders, and the officials, con-
cluded at 4 O'Clock Thursday afternoon
No increases in pay We're granted except
those which were allowed by General
Manager I'll. Z. Nudge some weeks ago.
before the men appealed their case to
Third Vice President Kendrick.
Only three changes of Importance were
allowed, and these were all due to local
conditions, according to the reports tof
the conference which are given out by
General Manager Nudge.
The rate of pay for freight conductors
over the Ration mountains between La
Junta and Ration is raised from 81 to 2-3
cents per mile, and the brakemen get
2-3 cents instead of 24 as before
Local freight trains have been put on
the New Mexico division where no local
freights have heretofore been run, and
the pay for them is made 4 cents per mile
for conductors and cents for brakemen.
The pay of the three branch crews has
been raised, the conductors from $50 to
800 and the brakemen from $50 to S65.
1t is not yet known what the conductors
and brake men will do. After the con-
ference at the Santa Fe offices finally ad-
Security hall, ard discussed the work
which had been done. No report of this
meeting was made public. There has
been some rumor that a strike would
result If the demands of the men were
refused. This rumor is denied both by
the men and the company Publicly the
men express themselves as we'll satisfied
with the result of the CONFERENCE.-THE
peka Journal.