The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-10-23
RAILROAD NOTES.

". N Hoag IS laying OF owing 70 an
injury 10 his left hand
The boilermskers viii give their first
annual ball Thanksgiving.
]. II. Reipeu, Of the Fairbury divi-
sion, is q new brakeman here.
G. 2. Pratt and NJ. A. Wurtz are two
new 6remen from Saginaw, Mich.
Z @. Stark, employed in the car de-
psrtments is quite sick with fever.
Girls JeriD, a boilsTmaker, has gone
to Denver 70 spend brief vacation
Monday was pay day. About $1,000
was paid out 10 employees at this point.
7. ". HOag left Monday night for
Chicago TO take treatment for a throat
difficulty.
The big steam hammer was being
put in place in the blacksmith shop
Wednesday.
Another large planer will soon be
installed in the north shops The pit
has already been excaFated for the
foundation
Engineer W Mcclellan, Of the LimOn-
Denver run, Is in town. He Is taking
a few days vacation
r B. Weaver, who recently resigned
as general foreman in the shops, has
removed to Moline, III.
Harry Wood, who has been acting
agent 1t Burlington IS back &C Rsmab,
where be was formerly stationed
Machinist Brock Smith is very sick
at the home Of his parents in Kansas
/ City with typhoid fever.-HOrtOn Com
mercial.
Engineer ". Swearingen, OF the ROs-
Well-PueblO run, came IN on Engineer
Stsnton's engine last Saturday, trad
/ ing OF for a trip.
W. ]. Lawrence, division superin-
teudent at Cedar Rapids, Ia, has re-
I signed Lawrence was at Que time
superintendent Of this division.
Fireman Reed is on crutches TEN
/ pOrarily. He fell between an engine
and the coal chute at Limon, sustain
/ ing q painful injury TO his right leg.
J.H. Baker, accountant in the sup
/ erintendent's Office, IS q late arrival IN
/ GOOdlsnd. His wife is with him and
/ they desire to secure rooms or a four
room house.
/ A GOOdland fireman came down the
/ past week to have DR.. Curry treat his
rheumatism Alter a few rubbIngs the
/ doctor had the man 50 that he could
l walk around as good Is ever.-Pbillips-
\ burg News.
/ r. J. Jones, formerly section fore
man, but for some time employed IN
the car repairers' department, was seri-
Ously hurt Wednesday on the rip track
I By having a heavy timber fall on him
Earl Parker, formerly Of the depot
force, was in town Saturday. He has
been acting IS agent at LImOn in place
OF Tom OiBrien, who has been on leave
/ Of absence for several weeks. Parker
IS now station agent at Burlington.
Charles Ross, an engineer on the
Rock Island At Dalhsrt, Tex, is Ia
town aud may 20 to work here for the
road. SIR. Ross has quit the DaIhsrt
division. He was an engineer on this
division for a short time several years
ago.
Conductor n. q. Patrick and crew,
Of the Roswell Pueblo run, was here
Saturday, bringing in train owing 70
! a scarcity of GoOdland crews at ROs-
! we'll. Patrick Is an old timer on this
division. He has been on passenger
most Of the time the past year.
Joe Tickle, who has been tagging on
| q passenger train between here aud
Colorado Springs, has quit aud gone
TO Fairbury where he hopes to catch
on braking on freight Joe says there
is not enough work to do on a passeu-
ger train to keep him from being red
headed all the time.-PhillipsOur
News.
( Doug Hathaway, formerly an en-
giueeF on this division, but for nearly
two years past travelling engineer of
the Kansas division, was recently ap-
pointed master mechanic at Fsirbury.
Hathaway is q thorough mechanic aud
a good railroad man. He was foreman
Of the shops aud round house in Good
land for several years before ne went
on the road as engineer.
The Rock Island limited, esstbound,
crashed into an extra freight train,
i westbound, while running at q high
rate of speed, at Oxford, Ia, Sunday.
/ a dozen persons were injured slightly,
but no one was seriously hurt. The
conductor aud engineer OF the pRssen-
ger train leaped and sustained slight
injuries. About thirty persons were 10
the dining car when the shock came.
The impact was terrific aud the tables
we're upset aud the dishes smashed.
Many persons were struck IN the face
and on the head. The passenger en-
CINE was turned over on its side aud
demolished while the freight engine
Was badly wrecked
The Horton Commercial says: "A
big order for new machinery for the
/ Horton shops has been sent in. Forty
more good mschinists and bOilermak-
ers could be used here at once and
there is talk Of sgsin eularging the
machine shop. The Trenton shops are
TO be discontinued the first Of January,
after which only light round house re-
pairs will be made there The Chicago
shops are being transferred TO Moline,
aud alt the heavy work Of the system
will be done at Moline and Horton.
/ The good things always come 10 those
/ Who wait Horton has waited for some
time, and is now about 20 realize heav-
lily on the long time investment. The
town Is full now to overlooking, aud
the demand for houses enormous and
in CreasiDg.7
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