The Globe-republican., 1902-02-06
RAILROAD NEWS.

The snow has not interferred very
much with traffic on the railroads
The Rock Island Is now opened to
Ell Paso, and through connection is made
with Pacific coast points
Conductor j. A Corey represented
the Order of Railway Conductors in the
meeting of the State Labor Society, at
Wichita.
Jack Iuster is on the Dodge City and
Bucklin run this week. He is in spare
time helping Bro. Milford on the Backlin
Banner.
Wv. P Harpole has returned TO the
city lie Will probably take "a place on
the the Santa Fee He has recovered
from his injuries.
j. P Jackson and wife. who former
ly resided here, and who spent few
years in Seattle. have returned Mr..
jackson was IL switchman on the Santa
Fe this station.
There will be about 80 families, in
Guiding those who are already here. move
here in the spring, on account of the re-
moval of the division headquarters. a
prominent division official says the es-
tabl:shment of division headquarters
here is permanent thing.
-s.Jennie. what does the @ stand for
in your name?" asked a Goodland man of
his new steady the other evening
Coupler she promptly replied.
The girl will marry that brakeman inside
of three months. we miss our guess
Liberal News.
The management of the Santa Fe
railway has decided TO establish at Aibu-
querque the largest archaeological and en-
thin illogical museum in the United
States The purpose of the venture is to
provide novel attraction at that place.
The museum Will contain collection
valued at between 500. 600 and $50, 900.
The collection will be largely from the
ruin of New Mexico and Arizona, but
will inclade exhibitions from almost
every country Of the globe
kansas City Journal: Because of
the increased size of the new Baldwin
passenger compounds it has been found
necessary TO rebuild the .sf1ue raItlers''
along this part of the system. maxim z
them more than a foot longer. 1t will
be understood by the layman that a f1ue
| RATHER is large revolving cylinder re-
sembling externally huge cylindrical
churn. aud is used in rolling the f1ues of
locomotives about after they have become
incrusted with aIkali substance which
is found in all the water of this portion
| of the country. Ii is called among rail-
road men. 1.-The boilermakers' piano.
because of the harmonious sound which
| several scores of fiues in the machine.
when it is running, produces. Tue new
length viii be about twenty feet.
D. H Scott. of the real estate firm of
Scott & Scott, will head excursion OF
twenty five or thirty Iowa homeseekers
which will leave here here Tuesday night
on the Rock Island. The destination OF
the party will be Meade Center, in Me ade
county. and Bucklin, the new town
which the Rock Island people are build
ing n Ford county, thirty miles south
east of Dodge City. Bucklfn is now
thought to be the best prospective town
in Western Kansas, the Rock Island i.
| expending hundred thousand dollar:
there in the building of modern round
houses and other improvements necessary
| at a railroad division point The frs
trial trip train will be run over the new
route Feb TO Ell Passo- aud about the
10Th iI is expected the route will be
opened for all through trains from Her
/ rington TO EI Psso, when Bucklin will
become the division point for all passen-
4 ger and freight traffic between Herring
4 ton and Daihart. Texas. When thi:
route Is fully opened up to travel it il
said the Rock Island people will rsn theil
fastest trains over this line at the rate OF
thirty-six miles bour from Chicago te
Ell Paso--Topeka Capital, I'd