The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-05-19
RAILROAD NEWS.
Friday is paw dav-

Friday IS pay day.
Q. H. Saule, P. L. Wright and J. A
Rice are new brakeman.
Engineer Frank Pickenpaugh is laid
up at his home with the rheumatism.
Roy Johnson Of the oil house re-
turned Sunday from a weeks stay in
Denver.
Brakeman Jesse ThOrson spent a few
days in Denver last week. He returned
to work Tuesday.
Friday from Denver where he was
called by the illness of his wife.
Conductor F. L. Curwin is laid mp
with an injured hand, the result of hav-
ing It pinChed by a cabOOse door.
Commencing last Sunday Nos. Al and
AZ now run IN and from Pueblo instead
Of terminating at Colorado Springs.
The maChinist apprentices. of Good
land viii play the Phillipsburg boys a
game Of base ball on Decoration day.
Machinist Ed Leech is working
nights, but daytimes finds time to ex-
ercise the brOnchO he recently bought.
Engineer George Fuller moved his
family this week to Colorado Springs
and viii do extra passenger work out
of Roswell.
Engineer Mike Stanton, who has been
running out of GOOdIand, has been as
signed to the ROswell-PueblO run on
Nos. Al and AZ.
Engineer A. @. Stephenson, who is
doing extra work on the LimOn-Denver
run, was here this week looking after
his town property.
R. B. HarmaR, a machinist, who is
suffering from consumption, has gone
to the home Of his parents. He was &C
cOmPanied by his wife.
Engineer Bob COots has begun run
ming again, and made his first trip
Wednesday since he was hurt in the
Flagler wreck, March IS.
The Brotherhood of Railway Mail
Clerks, which organization is FIVE wears
old, this week held their annual con-
vention IN Kansas City. There were
1000 delegates.
Engine 6O3, which went through the
car of horses in the wreck near Edison,
Nay g, IS IN the yards here. It is a
hard-lOOking piece of machinery and
may be sent away to be rebuilt.
Guy Usher has returned to Goodland
and viii take a job as brakeman in
freight service. He has been with the
Missouri Pacific at HOisington, Kan,
since leaving here several years ago.
The Rock Island has contracted for
l, 700 refrigerator cars. The recent in
quiry into the private refrigerator car
lines by the interstate commerce COM
mission and the conditions revealed, is
said to be responsible for the action of
the railroad
Engineer J. H. Bush and Brakeman
William Chambers, who were severely
buried by escaping steam IN the Edison
wreck, are improving at st. Francis
hospital, Colorado Springs. Fireman
E. ". Pratt, who was also hurt slight
", Is able to be about.
Charles Softer Of Colorado Springs,
who came here to ascertain whether the
man killed by train No. Is was a Greek,
and If so, TO take the body to Colorado
Springs, was IN Goodland Thursday.
He decided from the letters found on
the body that the victim was not
Greek, and returned to Colorado Springs
on the afternoon train
Memphis, Tenn, was selected by the
grand lodge of the o. R C., IN session
at Portland, Ore, for their next meet
ing to be held IN 1907. The officers
elected are the incumbents, and are:
Grand chief conductor, =. z. Clark;
assistant grand chief conductor, A. B
GARRISON; grand secretary and treas
urer. " J. Maxwell; grand senior con
duCtor, c. H. wilkins, ali Of Cedar
Rapids, Ia, and grand junior conduc-
tor, L. E. Sheppard, Philadelphia.