The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-08-20
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SPARKS AND SPIKES.
(From Saturdays Dally,)

cut-ott by the tlrst OF next year, was
the statement made by J, w. Hurley,
general manager OF the Atchison, To-
peka Il Santa Fe railway,
I'VE are laying 800 miles of steel
this fall, part OF 1t connecting the
road at Wellington with the extern
sion OF the Belen cutoff at Wood
ward, Okla continued Mr.. Hurley.
This will be completed this fall.
The rest OF the steel is being laid
on the double track system between
Kansas City and Chicago. When a
strip OF second track IS completed be-
tween Ancona. ILL.,. and Chllllcothe,
H., the road will be double from
Chicago to Edelstein, 142 miles"
Conductor W. A. Campbell is on
the rest list for a few days.
Conductor John Mitchell and Eli
Smith have been home few days.
account of the steam shovel breaking
down.
Conductor Moran S. Boyer is TAX
Ing few days off the local this week
with Lupher in his place.
Special Agent Stewart returned a
few days since from a visit in Ken
lucky and Tennessee, but the same
day he arrived he had to go up into
Kansas on official business.
Brakeman H. G. Cornish was up a
few days from Canadian this week.
Brakeman Cordes has gone on
with j. j. Wells in place OF Walling.
Brakeman Frank Bush and Wal
ter Cromwell are on with K l. Read
on the Clovis-Roswell local.
e. f. o'Connor, formerly general
yardmaster Of the c. & S. at Denver,
has been appointed yardmaster at
Clovis, a position just created.
The many trends of Harry C. Nj
chols will be glad to see him in SER
vice again soon.
Operator Freeman has been ap.
pointed agent at Higgins, Texas.
w. T, Haggart is acting as chief
clerk to General Manager Turner
during the absence OF c. NJ. Mccul-
Tough.
Pat" Fagarty is holding down a
turn as operator at the Santa Fe tenn
porarily.
Brakeman F. R. Walling is taking
a short law off and gone to Dayton,
N. NJ, to visit relatives.
j. w, Roso, formerly on the Santa
Fe has returned home from Sapulpa,
Okla.
Conductor Lon Montfort is still
laying off account serious illness of
his wife. ]. S. Hill is on his run
between Canadian and Wellington.
W. D. Benjamin, of the auditors
office is contemplating a trip to Los
Angeles in few days.
The Canadian Pacific intends to
fight he shopmen to their utter
most. They are now preparing to
import strike breakers from the
mother country and are now building
houses and making preparations to
care for them and announce their
determination not to give in to
strikers.
The death of Charlie Stewart is
universally regretted among the rail-
road men, all Of whom speak very
highly of him.
1t Is expected to resume ballastlng
on Monday or Tuesday
The cutoff or new line from Hig-
gins, Texas, to Shattuck, Okla, was
thrown open to traffic at 2 p. m.
Wednesday, This leaves Goodwin,
Okla, about one mile from the road
and opens up new town called,
Holstein. 1t also makes 1t better
for train crews as they will handle
the same tonnage from Woodward
to Amarillo, cutting out the various
changes along the road, account OF
hills.
Travelling Auditor G B. Coleman
has been out on the s. K. this week.
Conductor Perry Everlne and
family are expected to return this
week from Chanute, Kan.
The Orient has crossed Red river
and is laying steel in Texas.
In speaking to a labor organiza-
tion Mr.. Bryan said:
II am glad to be associated
with you in the bonds of this or
ganization for two reasons: In
the first place, because you are
the representatives of the great
labor organizations OF the coun-
try, and you represent one OF
the most intelligent branches of
tha labor no Tho country. you