The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02

ness of the company.
Engineer and Mrs. G.. w. Starks of
Denver have been visiting relatives here,
this week a few days.
Conductor and Mrs. V. H. Solliday
left, this week, for Terre Haute, Indiana,
on a visit to relatives.
Conductor and Mrs. G. R. Liggett left,
this week, for Hamburg, Iowa, on a
visit to the homefolks.
The Burlington expects to have an
electric light plant in operation at ALI
ance, this fall, to produce the light for
the shops, offices etc.
Conductor Eph Benjamin has been off
duty, this week, on account of the i'll
ness of his wife. Conductor G. j. Smell
has the No. 14,222 during his layof.
Engineer William Kohl was up from
Republican City, Sunday, with engine
159 for slight repairs. He and Fireman
Nash left for home on Sunday evening.
When the general superintendent
establishes his headquarters in Alliance,
my, won't they be pulled up! They
won't play with US of but division SUI
perintendent grade, we fear.
Presence of mind and nerve saved
Night Switchman Stephenson from I'M
pleasant possibilities, Sunday night. He
fell in front of a moving car, but man
aged to get in the clear before the wheels
caught him.
1t is good for sore eyes to see the fruit
in Master Mechanic Archibald's place
in the northwestern part of the city.
He has a block of land we'll planted to
fruit of all kinds, and such peaches,
plums, pears, and the like it is hard to
duplicate.
Dispatcher A. Calhoun, who was
united in marriage, last Thursday at
Wymore with Mrs. Cuttings, arrived
home on No. 3, Saturday night. They
are making their home at Mrs. Mary
Mullen's at present. He resumed his
trick, first Of week.
Extra Conductor II. r. Childress was
thrown off of a box car at Funk, Tues
day, on his head and shoulders, sustain
ing quite painful injuries. He was taken
at once to Holdrege, and at last account
was getting along nicely, and no serious
effects are expected.
George belong, formerly of Old Mex
leo, and later connected with the Santa
Fe at Albuquerque, N. NJ, is in Have
lock, this week, guest of his father-in-
law FL. G. Daley. Mr.. belong is now
employed by the Burlington at McCook.
-Havelock cor. Lincoln Star.
Master Mechanic Archibald, his son
John and L. Mcconnell arrived home,
Wednesday night, from their trip up in
Cody, Wyoming, country, and heal the
national park. They report a great trip.
High water made fishing difficult, but
they caught $50 nice mountain trout, one
day.
The Lincoln Journal guesses that H.
Q. Bryan is 10 be the new general su-
p~erintendent at Lincoln, in charge of
the east end of the Burlington in Ne
braska. Byram was recently with the
Rock Island as a general superintendent,
and before that assistant to Vice-Presi-
dent Warrell Of the Rock Island.
The Burlington coal sheds at Republi-
can City were entirely destroyed by fire,
Tuesday of last week. The loss is
placed at $1,000 The large sheds, part
of which was but recently built, two
derricks, twenty-four buckets, about
fifty tons of coal, a car of lime and pIas-
ter, four empty cars and part of the
stockyards fence were burned.
The Kansas City Star is authority for
the statement that the Burlington rail
road has completed plansfo the expen-
diture of 0 900 in the development
of holdings in Clay county, Missouri,
opposite Kansas City. The company
will build many miles of tracks and
switches and use them to store freight
cars and for general yards. These i'm
provements are in line with a plan to
divert st. Paul and Minneapolis wheat
from the eastern seaboard to the gulf by
way OF Kansas City, which may be ac-
complished when the Burlington com
pletes its proposed line from Kansas
City south.
The carpenter force here has COM
menced the work of placing plastic lag
ging about all the stationary boilers on
the McCook division. They are now
working on the three in the round house
here. After which they will go to Den