Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-04-17
RAILROAD NEWS

From l he Topeka Herald April IS.
Last week a steam shovel and
three outfit cars left Horton for Lo-
gan, station on the Dalhart line
of the Rock Island in the northwest
corner of Texas, on the Canadian
side of the river, to fill in deep
ravine under bridge. The bridge
is not over the Canadian river, but
over one of the dry canons or great
gullies. The dry bed is about SO
feet deep and 800 feet across. With
the steam shovel and crews there
went 28 steam shovel fiat cars for
hauling the dirt. The object for
such move as this is to fill up the
gully for once and all and make fu-
ture and constant repairs to tne
bridge unnecessary. The bridge il
self will not be removed, but will be
left standing. 1t is a wooden bridge
and the dirt and debris Will be piled
in aronnd it and the timbers left to
rot. In the meantime while the ma
terial filed in is settling to a firm
ness and hardness necessary to sup
port the track tde present timDeTs
composing the bridge will serve the
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purpose. While the draw will not
be filed entirely, it is estimated that
with the height of the bridge, SO
feet, it will be necessary TO fill in so
that the bottom Of the grade in the
canon VII be about $50 feet across
and graded gradually up to the W .dth
of an ordinary roadbed at the top.
Tie work comes under the direction
of Roadmaster w. H. Erenton.
About thirty men will be employed.
The Rock Island will run a line
from Fl. Worth to Galveston and
much new equipment is being pre-
pared for lines in operation. The
company is having 1000 of the lat
est improved palace stock cars con-
structed, also a number of new and
heavy engines. And this fall the
finest trains in the wortd will run
over the Rock Island from Chicago
to Los Angeles. Freight traffic is
picking up and between now and
June I5th the road has 1000 cars
of cattle to move north from El
Paso. Most of the cattle will be
transferred to the Fl. Worth G Den
yer Ry. at Dalhart and go north to
Montana and Wyoming. The Rock
Island also won out over the Santa
Fe in getting an important mail con-
tract. The Rock Island will lead
the Santa Fe merry chase for the
next few years.-Guymon Herald.
For SALE-A good rag carpet.
Inquire at this office.
Sam Conger has sold his pasture,
near Jasper, 10 W. N. Shamhart and
brother.
Rev. A. J. Lenehan will hold ser
vices at the Catholic church mex,
Sunday at the usual time.
If you have cattle to sell, list
them with the Kansas Really Co.,
Meade, KS, 3-a7ti
Rev. E. H. Lovett, D. D., ofOt-
tawa, Kansas, will preach at the
Baptist church on the evenings OF
2Sth and 2oth. AL are invited to
hear this eminent preacher.
Examine our Dempster Steel Mills
and Oklahoma Pony Rod Breaker.
We also have the best Wagon and
finest buggy ever offered in Mesde.
H. G.. MARSHALL & Co.
C. w. Edison, of Plains, is the
latest addition to our subscription
LIST. MIR. Edison will stay at TIE
Crooked L pasture this summer and
5 look after the cattle.
For SALE-Having soldmy ranch
I have for sale, farm machinery:
household goods. Will sell at pri
vste sales at place of residence :
m les north of Fowler.
w. H. LEWIS.
, We invite the ladies of Meade
county to come in and see our line
OF Eiuewa-e and Antitrust T .nwsre
We hre also stocked up in full IN a..
our general lines.
H. G.. MARSHALL & Co.