The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-02-28
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Conductor ". 7. Taylor is laying OF.
Engineer Ebert Is laying of owing to
illness.
Conductor E ]. Denney. who is On
: passenger was home yesterday.
Conductor E J. Tfppins is LAYING OF
and IS spending the time hunting on
the Smoky.
Fireman F. v. Hill has given up
housekeeping and has taken rooms AZ
the Hotel lngersolL
= Conductor ". Stephens returned
Sunday morning from eastern Kansas
and is at work again
Fireman W H Hamilton returned
Sunday from q two weeks visit with
relatives IN Carthage, No.
Engineer Sam Crooks, Of the Pueblo
run, is at work again after being Of
duty on account of illness
Mr.. E Frank Gum entertained his
friends At a little social dance IN the
opera house Tuesday night.
Engineer Dan Derby has returned
from several weeks absence in Illinois
aud Nebraska. BE was accompanied
by his wife.
W. A Young. chief traindispatcher,
returned Sunday from Minneapolis,
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MS family.
The Rock Island extension to FL
PasO has a new time card out for q
mixed train The passenger schedule
goes into effect March 2
Phillipsburg is figuring on piping
water to the town from the Solomon
river, distance OF four miles IL is
estimated the cost would be $4,000
A pumping station wOnld be establish
ed at the river.
Engineer George Fuller has return
ed from Fairbury, Neb, where be was
called several weeks ago BY the illness
of his brother, Frank Fuller, which
terminated fatally. He was accOmp-
anied by Mrs. Fuller.
General Superintendent Q. II. Hub
bell, accompanied By his family. and I
General ROadmaster A. Q. McCOll oc- |
cupied a special car attached 70 the. /
second section Of freight No. 81 Tues I
day night and went through to Colo /
RADIO Springs on a tour Of inspection.
Conductor Joseph Wickersham, &C
cOmpanied by. his wife, left Saturday l
morning for Rock Island, Ills, where /
he will spend several weeks vacation /
Rock Island is where Mr.. Wickersham /
spent his bOyhOod days and where be I
commenced his railroad career.
Charley Stapp will take the position /
Of round house forenoon at Phillips /
burg when l. c. Ames quits March l. I
j. 9. Gebhart, who has been at Horton /
shops for several years, will take Mr.. /
Stapp's place in the round house at /
this place.-Phillipsbur Herald.
~. s. Ray, passenger agent Of the /
Rock Island At Philadelphia, has been /
appointed general agent Of that road /
for Colorado and Utah with headqusrt- \
ers at Denver, TO succeed W H Firth \
who goes to Fort Worth as general |
agent Of the Chicago, Rock /
Island & Texas railroad.
The machine shop has an eight day /
clock. When Machinist Robert Ter /
wekh was back TO Valley Junction, Ia,
recently he bought q new eight day
clock for his father, who is an engineer
on the road at that place, and took the 4
one his father had in the engine cab 4
and brought II here and installed Il IN 4
the machine shop.
A special train bearing President ". /
B. Leeds, the first vice president, II. A \
Parker, and the chief engineer. ". E. :
Dauchey, we're in Horton Saturday. 3
The officials ordered the building fore 4
man, g. j. Bishop, TO work a big force !
night and day to rebuild the Rock (
Island shops, which were DESTROYED by 4
FIRE two weeks ago. They viii be larger (
than before. Six hundred thousand /
brick were ordered by wire. Horton is 4
very happy, for IL was reported a short /
time ago that the shops would not re- /
main there