The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-03-03
RAILROAD NEWS.

George Floyd is now callbey at the
depot.
Engines 12z5 and 1858 are in the shop
for light repair.
Engineer ". Swearingen and family
are visiting in Topeka.
Roy Wolfe and r. J. Satterfeld were
visitors in Denver Sunday.
Engine 1875 was on the drop pit We'd
nesday for repair to pony trucks.
J. NJ. Walters is in town. He will 90
to Utah and may enter the service of
the Clark railroad.
Machinists Carney, McMullen, Lakin
and Oxford have gone to Kansas City,
having quit their jobs.
Q. R. Teeters is now working in the
carpenter department of the shops, as
sistant to Carpenter Vanscoyk.
F. D. Fletcher, stenographer in the
train dispatchers' Office, this week quit
his position here, and left for Pueblo.
o. NJ. River, of the water service de-
Partment, left Wednesday for Bethune,
Colo, to run the pumping station there.
F. c. WEIGH, general foreman of the
back shops, resigned Tuesday and w
P Brinker is acting foreman temper
arily.
Brakemen J. A. Miller, E. E. Ben
ningtOn, J. S. Walsh, Harry Jones and
A. J. Woodrow have been promoted to
conductors.
James Shafer and E. L. Hanson, two
telegraph operators, arrived here Tues
day. They will be assigned to duty on
this division.
The bridge gang was here this week
putting on banisters and ice chutes on
the Rock Island ice house, to prevent
accidents in icing cars for cold storage.
Walter and Fred Hunt have returned
from trip to New York state, and
their old home at Elmira. A brother
returned with them for q visit in Good
land.
Ben Tucker, formerly a brakeman on
this division, was here last week on a
business trip. He is now employed by
the Rio Grande Western at Grand juno
ton, Colo.
Conductor E. J. TiPPins, who has
been on Conductor COnverse's pas
senger run between LimOn and Denver,
IS back on his freight run, Converse re-
turning to work.
Conductor s. R. Goode is able to be
around town with the assistance of
clutches. He spTained an ankle two
weeks ago, and will be laid up for a
month with the injury.
Sanford Adams returned from Tue
son, Ariz., Wednesday night, where, in
company with Mrs. Adams, he has been
staying with the hope Of bene6tting his
wife's health Mrs. Adams remained
in Tucson.
It is reported the Rock Island has
placed an order for so, 900 tons of steel
rails for immediate delivery Most Of
the order IS for lightweight rails, and II
IS said that It will cost the company
s., 800, 900.
Peter Kilduf, general chairman Of the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers
OF the Rock Island with headquarters in
Chicago, arrived IN GoOdland Tuesday
and viii be here several days comforting
with the local brotherhood.
Dave Winchell, a striker IN the black
smith shop, received a severe injury on
Monday night He was striking with
jumbo sledge and, slipping, fell head
long against the anvil, bruising his
cheek and forehead badly.
Machinist T. P. RunneIls, who has
been employed in the Rock Island shops
IN GOOdland for several years, left for
Horton last week 70 take a machinist' s
position with the road there. He was
accompanied by Mrs. Runnells.
It IS reported that c. A. GoOdnow,
general manager of the Chicago and
Alton, IS to resign and accept a similar
position with the Southern Pacific
GOodnoW was general manager of the
Rock Island until about a year AGO
when he went to the Alton.
Fred Villas has lots Of visitors now.
His brother John wife. three children
niece and brother Of Ms. John Villas,
arrived from the old country Tuesday.
They are all from Bohemia, and the
young man, James Leibert, was a sol
der IN the cid country.
I'd Leech, a machinist, returned to
work February 20, after & vacation of
nearly four months. He Is at present
employed IN the round house, 6Eiug NJ
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