The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-05-16
RAILROAD SPIKES.

/, Engineer A r. Iapper has gone &
Charlton, Ia, to visit his father.
There was a cloud burst between
Gem and RexfOrd Tuesday night
| Conductor J. ". Usher is at Denver
attending a company Law suit as Z
witness.
/ Conductors c. H. Randall and II. G
Patrick will act as extra passenger
conductors.
/ o. Hudson, of Hutchinson, Kan, va:
here last Friday visiting Mr.. and Mrs
9. E. Biddison-
] Caboose 2,l32 has been placed on
the west end with Conductor ". T.
Taylor in charge
Conductors q. L. Bagley and Il. H.
Barsby have given up the locals aud
I viii take through freight runs
Brakeman ". j. McAllister has re-
I sumed his dnties. He was laying of
on account of an attack of gOlfeitis.
May Is, the inauguration Of the new
/ passenger service, will make vacancies
\ for two conductors on local freights
\ No. 81 and %.
Robert Zsrwekh went to Denver
l Tuesday night. lie viii be back the
/ last Of the week and then will leave for
the Pacific coast.
F. N. Thompson has sold his house
and lots in Sharp's addition to Miss
Eva White, Of Kit Carson county, Col,
consideration $500.
Division Superintendent T. c. Smith.
Of Colorado Springs, was here Wed
nesday looking after details incidental
to The new runs going on.
The Rock Island has sent west the
first of a series of 30 fine passenger
coaches to be used in the service this
side Of the Missouri river.
Engine S37 came out Of the shops
Wednesday and was being hmbered up
preparatory to going on the road The
engine received a general overhaul.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. d. Mcdonald re-
turned Friday from Plymouth, LII
where they were called by the death OF
Mrs MeDOnald's father, Mr.. J. ". Hig-
gins.
The Union Pacific branch had a
washOut near HOXie Tuesday night
A train went into the washOut and the
engine turned over, scalding the en-
gineer, it is thought, fatally.
Station Agent J. ". Handley will
leave in a few days for a trip over the
FL PasO extension Of the Rock Island.
He will visit the GOOdland contingent
Of TailrOaders at Dalhart, Tex
Engine 1868, Engineer Ed Carmich-
sel, took No. 6 Sunday morning from
GOOdland to Colby, a distance of So
miles, in - minutes. The time also in
cludes heading in on the siding at
Colby.
L Z. Shepherd, of Cedar Rapids, Ia,
grand junior conductor Of the Order
of Railway Conductors, was in Good
land Monday and gave a talk at a
meeting of the local order in Masonic
hall Monday evening.
The FL Paso line of the Rock Island
has made arrangements for the con-
structiOn Of an interlOcking plant at
Dalhart, Tex, where its line crosses
that Of the Fort Worth and Denver.
There will be about - levers on the
machine.
Harry Fuller, Of San Francisco, Cal,
an engineer on the Southern Pacific,
was here Friday for a visit with his
brother, Engineer George Fuller. He
had been at Fairbury for a visit with
bis parents and was en- route to San
Francisco
Arthur Fuller, of Fairbury. Neb-. was
in town this week for a visit with his
brother, George Fuller, and to renew
acquaintance. Arthur is firing an
engine on the Fairbury division. Sew
eral years ago he was employed here
in the shops.
Conductor J. I. joyce returned from
Kansas City Wednesday morning where
he attended a meeting Of conductors
and brakemen of western railroads.
The meeting resulted In the formation
Of a club or union Of the .. R. G. and
/ B. R I. that they may work together.
S. B. Hovey, first vice president and
| general superintendent of the Rock
/ Island railroad IN Texas, confirms the
statement that the road is TO build 70
the Gulf coast. This is the first Of
| fetal confirmation Of the roads in
tentiOn 10 exteLd its lines in this
state.
All the locomotives used on the
l Manitou i Pixies Peak road are to be
converted into oil burners, the fuel to
| be furnished by the Colorado & South
ern. A large storage tank for the pur-
pose is being built at Manitou- This
will eliminate the smoke incident to
/ the trip up the peak
Engineer William Casey, OF Horton.
was killed near Willard, Kan, May 8.
/ It is supposed that while leaning out
Of the cab window bis head struck an
I iron bridge. Casey had been employed
I on the Horton division for ten years
I in the capacity Of fireman and en-
] gineer. He leaves a wife and two young
\ children.
/ The Horton shops received another
order last week for 100 new 34-fOot fat
cars OF 5000 pounds capacity. These
orders follow each other rapidly and il
is expected that at least LOO new cars
viii be built as fast as possible With
the new machinery aud additional
room since the new shops were con
strueted, the capacity for car building
is greatly increased
Cecil Modem, an emplOye Of the
water service depsrtm ent Of the Rock
Island with headquarters At Goodisnd,
was severely hurt at Siebert, Colo
Wednesday morning while helping q