The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-08-17


Travelling Car Accountant haynes
was here last week
Conductor c b Noon is laying on
on account OF lines
Conductor Andy Vessel has return
ed from an extended stay in New York
Yardmaster Oswald at Ilmon is on
duty and Brakeman Ed Swan is in his
place
Engineer Hugh Robertson went on
his run last Wednesday after an ex-
tended layOh
Conductor ]. N. Dickinson, Of the
ROswell-PueblO freight run, was in
town Wednesday
The master mechanics office viii
be moved into new quarters the fore
part Of next week
Two new cabOOses have been re-
ceived here They are numbered
Conductor S. B. Hubbard is on
Conductor YOung's run, who IS on on
account OF sickness
Conductor Walt Hunt has been re-
! lieved Of passenger work and is on his
car on the east end.
Yardmaster E. J. Wilson has left
/ GOodland to accept the yardmaster-
ship OF the yards in RoswelE
Dispatcher E Powers has resigned
/ his position and accepted a position at
Pueblo with the Missouri Pacific.
| w c TrOutman, Of the master me
/ chanic's office, is spending two
weeks vacation at his home in Gar
rett Ind
/ Twenty additional stock pens have
/ been ordered put in at the Rock Is
land stock yards in GOOdland- A hay
] barn 20X30 feet. viii also be erected.
/ The passing tracks at many Of the
stations on the Colorado division viii
\ be extended. Ruleton and KanoradO
are among those that viii be extended.
Mr.. and Mrs J. w DOdds and Mr..
and Mrs. A l. Young made up a
i H. -
Il the mountains Of Colorado this week
] Cecil Modem, who has been on the
| extra list as conductor, went out on
i the Denver run Monday as brakeman,
owing to the 'slOwness' Of the extra
work
| The passing tracks have been order
| ed extended 500 feet in the west part
L Of the yard. Other tracks will also
be extended in the west end Of the
| yards.
The Rock Island is building a sid
/ ing five miles west Of GOOdland that
l is three-fOUrths Of a mile long. 1t IS
| intended probably for sidetracking
! freight trains.
! Conductor G. E F1ke has taken
i vacation and in company with his
/ brother Harry, and father, J. n.
/ Fike, Of Colby, will go to New Mexico
/ for a hunting trip.
] Bert Morse, a machinist apprentice
/ who has served two years and three
Il months OF his time in the GOOdland
| shops, quit Saturday and left for his
/ home in Phillipsburg.
| Engineer Joe Berry is at work again
/ after a few weeks layOff, which he
| spent looking after the political af-
i fails Of the Eleventh ward in Denver,
/ Of which he is an ex-member.
Alfred 7. Hawk OF Chicago, chief
| architect Of the Rock Island lines,
/ was here Saturday to make a rough
/ draft Of the proposed new boiler and
pump rooms Of the railroad shops.
7. J. Flesher, an engineer on the
! Wabash out of Stanberry, No, was
here Friday. He owns a quarter sec
| ton of Thomas county land, near
| Brewster. Mr.. Flesher returned to his
! home Friday night
Engine 1924 went to the Moline
/ shops last week for a general over
/ hauling. This engine made 112, 900
miles since it had been Overhauled.
An engine generally makes a mileage
| Of but 10000 before il is given a gen
| eral overhaul.
| Mrs. Q. r. Fletcher left Friday eve
ming for Long Pine, Neb., in response
/ to information that her brother had
| been run over by a railroad train,
| losing an arm and receiving other in
/ juries. Mr.. Fletcher is cashier at the
| freight depot,