The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1905-06-16
RAILROAD NEWS ITEMS.

last Saturday.
. Conductor Ii. G. Brown returned tc
! duty, Thursday.
; Charles Wesley is a new sweeper in
the round-house.
j. Press, round-house sweeper, re-
signed on Monday.
M. E. Wells, boiler Inspector, was
here, first of week.
Engine BOB, a new D4, arrived from
Havelock, Thursday.
Machinist W. A. Smith of back shop
resigned, Thursday.
f. Ploussard is a new apprentice in
Egan's gang. this week.
Ben Crawley is a new wiper in the
round house, this week.
G. f. Douglas and F. w. Knape are
new helpers in the machine shop.
H. Blackmore of the round-house
force is visiting in Denver. this week.
Fireman II. f. Connolly is visiting
relatives in Nebraska City, this week.
Clyde E. Lyle has deem helping in the
agents force at headquarters, this week.
The great officers special passed east
through McCook, Tuesday about noon.
Rumor has it that one of our young
m%achinists is about to become a Bene-
dict.
Conductor A. G. Bump injured him
self in carrying a ''bull chain" and is
off duty.
Engineer w. A. Cline is taking En-
gineer Clark's run a few days on the
branch.
Conductor and Mrs. o. R. Amick are
visiting in Grand Island during his in
disposition.
Floyd and Fay Stayner are visiting
in Edgar and Lawrence during part of
their summer vacation.
Conductor Eph Benjamin returned
home, Wednesday, and is serving on
the grievance committee now.
Engines 1862 and GA went in the
back shop, Wednesday, and Engine 1884
came out of back-shop, Monday.
Heavy rains, Thursday afternoon,
resulted in four washouts between Kene-
saw and Juniata, which delayed trains
several hours.
A. E. Heating has been transferred
from the boiler game to the machine
shop, and will be shown on the rolls as
an apprentice.
@. A. Deloy has purchased the Smith
cottage on Manchester street now oc-
cupied by E. M. Bigelow, and will short
ly occupy the same.
Switchman j. l.. Crotty and Con
ductor G. L. Ellis are down from Denver
in attendance on a general grievance
committee meeting.
Engineer j. E. Sanborn was at head
quarters on Wednesday. He is off duty
at present and may not return to the
Burlington service.
A slight fire on the new Red Willow
bridge now in course of construction
was quickly extinguished, last week,
without much damage.
The clever artist who "worked" that
''Kimono Kod' on Johnnie Morrissev in
last weeks Republican evidently over
looked the Ladies'Home Journals copy
right.
Clyde Lyle, ~telegrapher, returned
from a visit to his home at Skidmore,
Mo-, close of last week, and expects to
resume work in the service and be as
signed to duty o
F. B. Weidenheimer of General Sup't
Byram's Office is at McCook division
headquarters holding an examination of
all employees in the company's service
connected with the running of trains,
trainmen, enginemen, ~dispatchers, etc.
Conductor P. F. McKenna had the
presidents special over the McCook di-
vision, returning from Hastings on
Thursday evening in charge of the pay
car special. Conductor F. M. Wash
burn had McKenna's regular runs mean
while.
The Burlington bridge over Sand
Creek, five miles east of Denver, was
partially destroyed by fire, Tuesday
afternoon. A temporary structure was
soon cribbed up and the delay to traffic
was but slight. The financial loss is
not large. The officers special was for
tunate in being on this side of TIE bridge.
The Pennsylvania railroad made a test
run of train from New York to Chicago,
-
fiat on Monday last. This, it is said,
broke all records for that distance. This
remarkable test was accomplished by
two special trains, both carrying officials
of the Pennsylvania system. The run
from New York to Pittsburg was made
in eight hours and fifty minutes, and the
trip from Pittsburg to Chicago was timed
at eight hours and twenty minutes. The
tast thorOuphl v demonstrated the ability