The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-07-14

Murray Reid has taken the place
OF George Randall as material clerk
in the master mechanics Office
The Rock Island has placed an or
der for twenty-five way cars with the
Mount Vernon Car Manufacturing
company.
Oliver Ferguson, an apprentice in
the shops. had his right foot mashed
by a casting falling on it Wednesday
afternoon
The south drop pit in the shops has
been extended about 20 feet to ac-
commOdate most OF the largest class
OF engines
Engines 1919 and 1880 are nearly
ready 20 90 out Of the shops They
are receiving their coat OF paint pre-
paratOry TO going on the road.
A l. James and T A Cooper are
two new dispatchers. Mr. James
comes from the Union Pacific and MI
Cooper from the Northern Pacific
Ross Halstead Of Pueblo, Colo, is
here looking for job with the Rock
Island He lived here several years
ago and was employed at the round
house
Brakeman Frank Ross, who has a
run from GOodland to Colorado
Springs, came in the first OF the week
for visit with home fOlks--HOrtOn
Commercial
Mike Griffin, an engineer on the
switch engine at Roswell, is spend
ing a few days on at GoOdland. he
is a brother Of Engineer J. V. Griffin.
Engine S42 is in the round house
for drop pit repair. This Is one Of
the new, large passenger engines 1t
had to have new brasses for driving
axeI boxes.
Tuesday evening one Of the engines
while taking water, tore down the
water crane Engines now have to
back into the yard near the round
| house and take water by means Of
hose
Fireman George Johns and Miss
Annie Smell, two GOOdIand young
/ by getting married on that day at
Norton They tell it on themselves,
/ therefore it must be so.
| Conductor W. 7 Aurand Of the
/ LimOn-Denver run brought the first
/ section Of No. 10 to GoOdland Sunday
/ night The second section, from Colo
| RADIO Springs, which was caught on
( the other side Of the wrecked freight,
/ had to 90 around by the Rio Grande
! to Denver.
During the washout on the Rock
/ 1SldIlQ last week near scandal Kan,
| passenger trains were run over both
/ the Burlington and Union Pacific Sew
| eral crews were sent all the way from
| Denver to Omaha on the Burlington,
| and those that went over the Union
| Pacific through Kansas went as far
! east as Mcfarland
! Pete Kilduff Of Chicago, chairman
Of the grievance committee Of the 10
| connective engineers of the Rock Is
land system, was n GOodland Monday
| mixing with the railroad men, espe-
| cially the engineers. He is an old
| school mate Of William Walker, back
in Illinois, and the two had not met
before for twenty-eight years.
| c. o. Miller quit his job in the car
repairing department Monday, and
] will rest up for awhile. He thinks he
! has an abscess in the stomach as he
| experiences a gnawing sensation there
! continually, and manipulation upon
the surface reveals a tender spot The
! ailment is the result of an injury Mr..
! Miller received some time ago.
The new rule on the Rock Island
| regarding the handling Of equipment
/ which went into effect last week, is
| already greatly simplifying the work
| The distribution Of all equipment is
/ now handled through the Office OF
/ W. NJ Hobbs. assistant to Second Vice
| President H. Z. Nudge. Mr.. G. P.
1 Johnson, who formerly held the pO-
| sitiOn Of superintendent OF car serv-
| ice, is now acting as car accountant