The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-07-24
RAILROAD NOTES.

RAILROAD NOTES.
Saturday was pay day on the Rock
island.
Mach1nist Hill has quit and gone to
Denver.
More sidetracks are being laid south
Of track No. 6.
Engineer William Mcclellan is now
on the Denver passenger run
The freight house has q new force Of
six men all from Colorado Springs.
Fireman Frank Cunningham has
taken a vacation and gone to Denver
Dode Adams, Auer's baker, quit and
has gone to work in the railroad
shops.
Machinist Fred Nestlebush has re-
turned to GOOdlaDd after a months
vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. J.. Mcbride and son,
Frank, have returned from q months
visit to Struthers, o.
Mr. and Mrs G. E. McCaslin and
Billie Williams left Tuesday morning
for visit in Wisconsin.
Conductor J. ". Usher, who has
been on passenger for the past month,
is back on his freight run.
The-switch engine now works night
and day. Two switching crews were
necessary owing to the large amount
Of work.
Engineer Tim Foley, who has been
on the switch engine at. Roswell, in
Nike Grihn's place, is back to Good
land again. D.
Engineer II. Brosso is on the pass
/ enger service between Limon and Col
orsdO Springs. He was formerly on
| the Denver run
Charley Taper has 20 e TO work
again in the shops. He has been
working st the carpenter trade for q
| couple Of months
Louis Farrow, son Of DR.. ". H Far
row, has returned from Dalhsrt, Tex,
and has accepted a position as brake
man on this division.
/ A. NJ. Wood is acting as railroad re-
lief agent at Burlington, Colo. o.
| Woodward, the regular sgent, is sick
| and has gone to Metcalf, Ill, to recup
crate.
Fireman Reed moved into the John
/ Chambers house Wednesday. He va
Gated the furnished rooms in the
Leonard brick which be has been Oc-
| eupying.
| Business has so increased on the
1
/ put on. His name is Carl Wertz, Of
Roswell He goes on at midnight and
works until noon.
| @. r. Scroggins, OF Dalbart, Tex, L.
/ F. Spear, Of Alliance, Neb., 81. kellogg,
Of Las Vegas, n. NJ, and Oscar Fraud
sen, OF Salt Lake City, Utah, are four
new iFemen here. They are all exper-
fenced men.
The rear trucks OF g car loaded
/ with coal left the rails on the coal
siding Wednesday forenoon and tore
up the track for several car lengths,
and blocked the switch engine until
the damage vas repaired.
/ G. B. Hickman; Of the firm of Rick
man & Thomas, who are doing grading
/ on a large contract for the Rock
/ Island, was here Saturday on visit TO
/ his family, which reside on his ranch
/ the old John Bray place.
". A Remington, Of Geoeseo Ill, ar
rived in GOodland wednesday. He is
l here on business with the Geneseo
livestock and Cattle company, which
owns q ranch in the southeast part OF
OF this county. Mr.. Remington is
superintendent Of the stock yards on
the Rock Island system
One Of tho largest engin es on the
| Rock Island system arrived here lately.
Engineer Shaw is in charge and viii
pull through freights on the GOOdlsnd
| Phillipsburg division. II is known as
| 1454, and is from the Iowa division. IL
takes six steps 20 get up into the cab.
1t is q tsn-Ehesler and is 50 large that
the headlight csnght on the smoke
jack as they we're housing IL in the
roundhOuse at Phillipsburg the other
day.
P. 81. Arthur, grand chief Of the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers,
dropped dead while speaking st q ban
quet closing the annual union eonFen-
ton OF B. Of l. Z. at Winnipeg, Maito-
be-, Friday. Mr.. Arthur had Just
risen TO respond 70 q toast and re-
peated the words at may be my part
Ing words to many Of you" when be
fell backward dead, from heart failure.
Arthur was wiper in 3 round house,
cleaning engines which other men
brought IN; be Vas fireman; he was
an engineer. But be died as the chief
Of the most successful OF American
trade unions. He Eas 3 grand and q
good man.