The Goodland republic., 1906-01-12
RAILROAD NEWS.

Blacksmith COnyers was on the sick
list Wednesday.
Frank Randall OF Colorado Springs
was here this week
Conductor VIII Taylor is on Con-
ductOr JOyce's run while the latter is
in Chicago
Conductor E. E. Bennington return
ed Friday from a trip east. Mrs.
Bennington VIII return later
Chief Clerk-W- A Woodward was
at Fairbury Wednesday on business
for the master mechanics Office here
Conductor J. H Leyden returned
Saturday from a few weeks vacation
spent with his mother, who lives in
HiIlsdaIe, III.
Bert Keith, formerly an engineer of
this division, but now in business in
Denver, was in GOOdland last Friday
and Saturday.
Brakeman Louis Farrow has taken
a run on the local with Sunday lay
over at Phillipsburg, and will make
his home there.
". D. C. Smith Of Topeka, the
accountant for Offices west OF the
river, was here Wednesday checking
up accounts in the mechanical de-
partment-
E. J. Wilson, formerly a conductor
here, but who has bene raiIroadfng
out Of Leavenworth for a few years,
has returned to work here in the
train service.
A T. Brown left Friday morning for
Albuquerque, y. NJ, where he has a
position with the Santa Fe road as
umekeeper- He was employed in the
master mechanics Office here for
several months.
Clyde E Brown, clerk in the mas
ter mechanics Office, was called to
Selling, Okla, last week on account
OF the illness OF his father. Three
days after he arrived there, his faith
er died, and he went with the body
to Fayette, o., where interment was
made.
Conductor and Mrs. J. S. Walsh
left on No 42 Tuesday for a visit of
about two weeks at Rock Island, Ill,
where Mrs. Walsh's parents are Iiv-
ing From there Mr. and Mrs Walsh
viii 90 to Washington county, Ia
where Mr.. Walsh will visit with his
Old-time friends, for he lived in that
county when he was a boy. They will
be absent about four Weeks.
Startling totals are in the figures
which the Railway Age prints in its
! issue Of January 5, showing its annual
statistics Of the car and locomotive
/ business. The figures show that in
the twelve months just closed the rail
ways Of the country have ordered
/ 341,315 freight cars, 6,z65 IocomO-
/ tives and $3.50 passenger cars II
/ 1904 the figures were: Locomotives
2,5SS5 passenger cars, 2.z13; freight
/ cars, 1851
Conductor = T. Joyce left last week
/ for Chicago. Mr. Joyce is the lOca
! chairman OF Prairie View Division No
L 276s Order OF Railway Conductors
and viii meet with the general chair
/ man OF the Rock Island system II
/ Chicago. Among the business to com,
/ before the meeting is the election o.
a general chairman for the ensuing
two years The nominees are J. 7
/ joyce, william Stephens and II
Lloyd Mr- Lloyd holds the position
/ at present
/ The protective board OF the Broth
/ e-hoOd OF Locomotive Firemen finish
ed its meeting at Kansas City by con
irming- the agreement made in Chi
cagO last week with the officials o
the Rock Island system, cOverfn,
/ wages and condition Of work OF tn
I fremen employed by the road. Tn
contract expires in December, 1906
but IS renewable then The relation
/ between the Rock Island system an,
the association are entirely friendly.
said J. J. Hannahan. grand master o
the Brotherhood OF Firemen OF tn
United States and Canada @Our las
agreement lasted nearly eight years
and We think that the new one ma.
be IS successful"