The Goodland republic., 1903-03-06
RAILROAD NOTES.


OF indispOsitiOn-
Clyde Harper is nov on ths r..
list as brakeman
The double duplex force pump La
been put in place and coupled up
Fireman Charley Gregory, who has
been Ill with Ia grippe, is some better.
Another forge has been placed in
blacksmith shop, now making the fifth
forge IN the shop.
Night Clerk R ". Harris is laying
OF and has gone on q visit to Wan
ego, Kan ". g. Parker Is working in
his place.
Engineer Mcclellan has had an out
side entrance made by q stairway and
dOrmer door to rooms in the upper
story Of his residence
The wife and children OF Albert Far
row arrived here from HOisingtOn,
Kan, Monday morning Mr.. Fsrrow
is brakeman on the road here.
Firemen Bradley and Prime, Of the
stationary engine force, quit at noon
Wednesday. Round house helpers
we're put in their places temporarily.
Operator Boyer resigned March 1,
and viii 60 west. Night Operator Mag
nusOn takes his place and Mr.. Flsher-
~
Mrs. John ". DOdds arrived from
the east Sunday morning to join her
husband who is a Rock Island conduct
or here Mrs. -DOdds Is a lady Of pleas
ing address and viii find q welcome in
the social circles Of GOOdlsnd-
John Butler resigned his position as
section foreman at the yards here and
is now working as a clerk in the freight
Office. Jim Rice has Buffers place
temporarily and James j. Murray viii
take the place as soon as he arrives
from the east.
From February y, to March ,, nine
new hremen have been taken on.
Their names are MOrey, McGrew, Sny-
der, SwanstOn, COler, HalthuseD, Carr
Nicholas and Still Two were black
smiths helpers, two were hOstlers IL
the round house and the others were
new men.
W. r. Pitzer, a former brakeman Oi
GOOdlsnd, who killed a negro and
stabbed a bartender at RatOn, n NJ, is
in Jail there. The B. r. T. lodge oi
that place has written to the lodge
here laying the matter before it aud
asking for financial assistance that
Pitzer may have competent counsel
for the defense.
The Santa Fe trainmen won their de
mands for an increase in wages aud
the abolition Of the double header sys-
tenn. The wages Of freight men are iu-
creased ID per cent and passenger meu
II per cent. Double headers are to bC
abolished except on mountain divis
ions and will be used only for dOubl-
ing on steep grades
j. B. Kirkpatrick, master mechanic
nF - wis Of rrnl
Island, with headquart ers at Horton
has been appointed master mechanic
Of the northern division, with head
quarters at Cedar Rapids, Ia The ap
pOintment IS effective March /. Mr
Kirkpatrick was general foreman for
the railroad at GoOdland in 1890.
If the published reports are to be re
lied upon the Rock Island has pur-
chased the Frisco railroad, has secured
a joint ownership of the Santa Fe, and
will be converted into q big merger
making the Rock Island system the
largest combination in the world, own
| ing or controlling 1900 miles Of road
| Their combined roads will reach from
the Atlantic to the Pacific ard from
| the Great Lakes to the Gulf Of MeXi
CO.
During the storm engine 523 with
the wedge plow broke a journal OF bel
/ forward truck near Siebert Friday
| Being near the switch she was slid in
| on the siding. Carpenter ". L Whit'
and four men were sent out Friday tC
repair il. They got back Sunday
morning nearly worn out. The wOrl
/ was done in the open, in the worst o.
/ the storm. The journal was broken as
/ clean as though cut with q knife and
/ the wheel rolled out on the prairie.
| Mrs. Q. 9. Young left Friday morn
/ ing for SnOhOmish, Wash, where he
/ brother, John Boyle, is sick. Mr.
| Young has received q telegram sine
/ Mrs. YOung's arrival there sayini
/ that her brother was not seriously III
and Is getting better Since Mr. Boyle
! suffered a siege of typhoid fever b,
has been in different parts Of The
| country reeuperating, anC all will re
gret to hear OF his more recent sick
ness
The charges against Col Wilder
Metcalf and Gen. Frederick Funston
have been revived. The charges
against Funston are: "He did no
| swim the Bagbag and MariOlo river
under fire, but crossed one on a br idg
and the other on a pOntOOn. He ais
gave the order Take no prisoners
Major Metcalf and Capt Bishop shot
two Filipino prisoners; Metcalf, pro
NOTED for bravery at the battle OF Cal
ocean, was not in the battle at all
The National Securities company.
get-rich-quick scheme has been prOveI
a swindle and q fraud. Manager
Brooks and Secretary Smith have fed
/ Prosecuting Attorney Falk, Of st
Louis, Mo-, has their books and cor
respOndence which viii be placed II
the hands Of the grand jury. SenstO
Burton, Of Kansas. has been mixed uI
In the matter by permitting the rs
of his name for reference aud, as IL i
claimed. for a consideration. The eX
posure has created a sensation