La Junta tribune., 1906-02-14

Avenue.
FoR SALE Dairy of twenty COWS;
east of the North La Junta school
house. Inquire of f. G. Askey.
FoR SaLE-Horse. buggy and har-
ness; cheap if sold at onee.-S- G.
Scott. Cimarron and Sixth street.
FoR SALE OR RENT Of 800
acres, mile and one-half from rail-
road track. Inquire of J. p. Brad
ish.
| Frank Cawley. day caller. has been
promoted to the position of chief
clerk 10 Roundhouse Foreman Web
ber.
Work will be commenced in a few
days on a 60x90 foot extension on
the west end of the storehouse plat
form.
Grover Nixon, chief clerk to the
general forman, is back at work
once more after weeks lay-off on
account of sickness.
Stations are being put in between
La Junta and Dodge City for the
manual block system. and it will be
in operation in the very near future.
The big Santa Fe shop is crowded
with work and everybody is working
full time and then some. Six new
machinists went TO work Monday
morning.
The entire floor of the roundhouse
is to be paved with brick. The
Necessary material is now being un-
loaded and work will be commenced
in a few days.
The Santa Fe is installing eight
''tell-tale clocks" at various points
around the shops and yards for the
use and benefit of the night watch
man. who in the future will be re-
quired to report every hour to their
respective clocks.
Extensive improvements are being
made on Superintendent K. j.
Parker residence on Third street.
Besides a two-story addition. the
entire house is to be remodelled and
made one of the swellest and most
up-to-date residences in La Junta.
X. K. Stewart arrived Monday
from Topeka to take charge of the
Santa Fe store house at this point.
Thomas Sculley. who has been in
charge here since last June, has been
transferred 10 the store house at
Albuquerque and left for that place
yesterday. The change is a promo
ton for Mr.. Sculley.
The Williams-Smith-Rice Dry
Goods Company, which has been
closing out the 5. X. Mendelson
stock. closed deal last week for the
purchase of the stock of the Harry
johnson Dry Goods Company. of
Pueblo. The stock inventoried
nearly 5000, and was sold to the
highest bidder for 80 cents on the
dollar.
The Santa Fe and the other trans
continental lines have reduced the
time schedule of their limited trains
between Chicago and Los Angeles
about two hours. None of the roads
have been able to make the time
under the present schedule. and to
avoid the stigma of always being
behind time the roads agreed to make
a slower schedule.
C. F. Althen arrived home last
Friday morning from Lowell. Mich.
where he has been visiting relatives
for several weeks. He was accom-
panied by his brother-in-law. NJ. f.
Simpson, who will assist in the big
going out of business sale" inaugu-
rated today at the store of McCarty
& Althen. Mr. Simpson is the lead
ing clothing merchant of Lowell.
Preparations are being made to
put in new well back of the round
house. The city dads ought to get
busy in an endeavor to effect a sale
of the city well to the railroad COM
pany before it is everlastingly too
late. No reasonable offer should be
refused, as the present well will be
of no use to the city when the new
water plant is in good working
order.
| l.. J. Custer, storekeeper for the
Santa Fe at Albuquerque, has been
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