The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-21

company's freight car equipment. OF
this number 10000 are undergoing re-
pairs.
The wolf hunt at Warneryille last
week was not very productive of re.
suits, the storm weather cutting down
the attendance OF expected hunters.
Mr.. and Mrs. h. b. Kaufman left
Monday morning for a short wedding
trip through Iowa, stopping for short
visit at Alton, Iowa, for a visit with
Mrs. Kauffmans parents.
ID. X. Robertson, n Madison business
man for more than a quarter of cen
fury, retired from active business last
week. Mr. Robertson was treasurer
and one OF the original incorporators
of the Hume-Robertson.Wycof com.
pany at Madison.
North Nebraska railroad men are
passing through another winter with
the snow pillow an unknown quantity.
There has been no trouble with snow
at all on the western lines of the North
western, the only train delays due to
the weather resulting from trouble
with Iowa connections where a snow
fury interferred with traffic on one
or two occasions.
The Western Pacific railroad, which
leads all railroads in the use of cleo
trio motive power, has decided to
equip its entire system with electric
engines. Electric motive power will
be used on the entire line for haul.
ing both freight and passenger trains.
1t is said the increased capacity of
power for hauling loads over the
mountains will be 70 per cent.
There is a steady stock movement
through Norfolk just now that is help
ing to swell the volume of east bound
traffic. From ninety to hundred
cars of stock are being handled each
day by this division of the Northwest
ern. OF these cars at least seventy
each day originate west of Norfolk
and pass through this city. The
freight movement west is still light.
The Northwestern experienced a
spell of prosperity Saturday morning
The Bonesteel train came into Ere.
mont in crowded condition and after
unloading at that point there were still
one hundred and thirty-seven passen-
gers and another passenger coach was
added for the accommodation of the
travellers. For some time the train
has only carried two passenger
coaches and they have been sufficient
to handle the traffic until Saturday.
Railroads have expended less money
for supplies since inaugurating a pol
icy of retrenchment last summer than
ever before. AS a result it is pre-
dicted in some quarters that an unus-
ually large sum will be required to
meet the demands of the various div
isions. 1t is believed that with an in
creasing demand for supplies some of
the roads will spend more in the next
six months than ever before in the
same length of time. The supplies
will include all kinds of machinery
and material to be used in the yards,
shops and terminals.
The Chicago, Burlington and Quin.
cy and the Union Pacific railroads
have been notified by eastern roads
that there will be no cooperation in
selling reduced homeseekers' tickets
this year. Other western roads will
doubtless receive similar communica-
tions from the Eastern Passenger as
ISOLATION. Complicated tariffs owing
to the differences in the passenger rate
laws of the various states are given as
the cause for the refusal, but western
officials allege the action is due to
eastern jealousy. The eastern rail |
roads are said to have adopted the pol |
icy of refusing to induce fasteners
to settle in the west.