The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-10
RAILROAD NEWS ITEMS,

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goods over from Herndon, this week.
Engineers Ford, Finn, Bowen and
} Inglis are pack into freight service.
The agent at Yuma has resigned and
that station is bidding for a new occu-
pant.
Conductor Humphrey is laying off at
tending the annual election of officers of
! the b. of r. L.
, Conductor J. w. Line gets Nos ID and
16 between Red Cloud and Oxford, c..
Bunstock braking for him.
Agent James of Culbertson has been
transferred to Bloomington as agen',
! going down on Wednesday.
Seven firemen went to Denver, Tues
day and Wednesday nights, to better
themselves in the matter of runs.
} The extra boards in train and engine
service have attained proportions. this
week, unequalled in several years.
Conductor w. II. Brown has been as
signed to Nos. 5 and II between here
and Wray. p. E. Potter is braking for
him.
Conductor S. E Callen went up to
Denver, Sunday, after the Willard spe-
cial, which he conducted on east, Tues
day.
Mrs. n. B. Bush, wife of the comp.
any's agent at Almena, Kansas, is visit
ing her parents Mr.. and Mrs. f. D. Bur
CESS coming over last week.
The yard engine at Red Cloud has
been taken off and crews out of there
will make up their own trains until the
economical spasm has subsidized.
Vice President Daniel Willard has
been going over the lines west of the
river, this week, and pay rolls every
where nave been cut to the core in con
sequence.
Engineer Jacob Matz returned, first
of the week, from Denver, where he has
been visiting his parents since his injury.
He will not be able to resume his engine
for some time yet.
Vice President Daniel Willard was at
McCook headquarters, Tuesday after
noon, and had the boys doing Il fine
stunt of side-stepping to avoid the sweep
Of his snickersnee.
Engineer Fred w. Bosworth went up
to Denver on No. 3, Tuesday night, and
will run on the Denver-Alliance line on
passenger hereafter. The family will
remain here for the present.
General Manager Holdrege and Sup't
Young were with Vice President Will
lard in his inspection trip over this di-
vision, Monday and Tuesday. they meet
ing the vice presidents special in Den
yer.
Under the new arrangement the Nc
Cook division conductors, Pope and
Harvey, who have been located at St.
Joe are returned to McCook and Wy
more division crews will not run west of
Red Cloud in the future.
w. M. Stoner has been given and has
accepted a clerical position in the gen.
eral superintendent's office at Alliance.
Congratulations. Mrs. Stoner packed
the household goods, this week, and
yesterday shipped the same to Alliance,
where she and the baby followed.
The changes under the new time table
made it possible for the company to
close the night telegraph office at the
following stations: Edison, Holbrook,
Parks, Laird, Pinneo, Dixon, Keenes- !
burg and Derby. Bloomington has also
been closed as a night station and a
night operator established at Franklin.
With the advent of the new time card
two passenger crews were taken off the ,
main line. Beale goes to the Oberlin
line, Hachett to the st. Francis line and
Carmony and Bagley from the st Fran
els line back into freight service out of
McCook. Quigley goes from the ODER
lin line to the St. Francis line with
Hatcher. !
A freight crew is taken off the st.
Francis line and way freight is handled
by the passenger ttains west of Atwood,
the freight crews working between Or
leans and Atwood. One crew is also
taken off the OberliE line. Conductor
Nash comes back to McCook from Or
leans and Cassell and crew go from Re-
publican to Red Cloud.
The new time card effective, last Sun
day, takes off Nos. 10 and 16 west of
Oxford. Nos. 5 and II are installed be-
tween McCook and Wrsy for local ser.
vice, No. 5 leaving here at $50 a. m. and
arriving at Wray at noon; No. II leaving