The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-09-15
RAILROAD NEWS.

Roscoe Halstead is now night bag
gageman at the depot
w H. McAllister has moved in one
of the ThOrson houses.
Switch engine No. 40 has been put
in repair and viii be sent to work in
| the yards at Fairbury.
It is reported that II. G. Patrick,
! a passenger conductor on this diYi-
sion, has lost his position
Machinist Charley COngdOn left
Wednesday morning for a visit to
his family at Colorado Springs.
Nj. and Mrs. Louis FarrOw return
| ed Friday from their wedding trip to
Kansas City and points in Oklahoma
W. 3. Throw is a new machinist
here, and comes from Valley juno
ton, Ia, but his home is in Kansas
City
]. ". Usher. who is filling the posi-
ton Of trainmaster temporarily, is
/ Denver receiving treatment for his
| eyes
George Cooper is now stenographer
for J. A ROLAND, head clerk of the
material supply department Of this
/ division.
Machinist Dixon left last week for
a three weeks absence on a trip to
the Lewis and Clark exposition at
Portland.
W z. Dauchy, formerly with the
Rock Island, has resigned as division
| engineer in charge Of the Culebra
/ work on the Isthmian Canal
Murray Reed and Glen Kimmel,
! clerks in the master mechanics Of
fee. left last Friday to enter the Colo
RADIO state university at Boulder.
J. W Purvis recently purchased the
! Amos CiaxtOn property, southwest Of
the machine shops. Mr.. ClaxtOn will
/ build d twO-stOry house south Of the
r. J. Jones residence.
| Engine 1914 went out * The shops
I Wednesday. As it was leaving the
| transfer table it missed the track and
was only got back again at the trun-
, table, as the north track is on a slight
curve.
". J. Adams OF Kansas City, land
and immigration agent Of the Rock
Island, was in town Thursday on bust
ness. he is a brother Of Sanford and
Henry Adams, engineers Of this di-
vision.
Three engines got of the track in
the GOOdiand yards Monday night.
The yard force worked all night get
ting them back on the track The
spreading Of rails was the cause Of
the trouble
G. NJ. BettertOn, fOrmery employed
here, but for the past six months
working as clerk in the general fore
mans office at Fairbury, returned to
his former job in the master mechan-
les Office, Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. R D. Wolfe OF Colo
RADIO Springs arrived in GOodland last
week Mr. Wolfe, who was a clerk
in Superintendent AbbOtt's Office
there, has taken a place in the master
mechanics Office in GOOdland-
Engineer J. L Boyle returned Non
day from Denver, where he has been
assisting in getting trains in and out
Of Denver during the great rush Of
people to the @. A r. encampment
Mr.. Boyle is a good railroad man, and
fits in in more places than running a
locomotive.
D. Q. Schuur, father Of A. \.
Schuur Of the master mechanics Of
fee. arrived in GOOdland Tuesday. He
is on his way home to Cleveland, o.,
from the G. A r. encampment at
Denver He Will spend a few days
with his son here. before leaving for
the east
F. H Knapp, who is employed in
the train service here, returned last
week from about a months visit to
his mother in La Crosse, Wis He got
back in time to help out on the last
run Of the big excursion traffic to the
Denver encampment
Mr. and Mrs W c. Bevington were
in town this week to pack and ship
their household goods to Marceline,
No, where Mr.. BevingtOn has a dis
patchers' position with the Santa Fe.
Mr. Bennington was trainmaster here
until a short time ago, when he re-
signed
Engineer John McSteen, who has
been running on No Is and 19 be-
tween Kansas City and BelIevflle, has
been promoted 10 the position Of road
foreman Of engines OF the Colorado
DIVISION with headquarters n GOO,1-
land Charles Riley, who formerly
had the position, has resigned -
Belleville Telescope.
The Farmers National bank cashes