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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 18, 1895)
- _ - - - - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ " , - . - - . , - , - ; - _ - - - - - - - - - - - - - : - - - : - - - - -r - - - - - - ' - : - - ' - . - . - - . - - - . - - - : ' - - - - - - - . ' - - - ' - , ' - , - - - - . - - I : - - - - - - . , - - - -z--- " - - - ' - - - I \ - - : : iii---- : The Tribune Railroad Supplement , j1 ' 14th Yeae. McCook , Nebraska , October 18th , 1898. Number 22 1 4 rL = Th oca 1 ews. } Freight traffic is booming. The round house whistle is suffering with a severe cold. Lineman Brown was at Oberlin , making - ing repairs , first of the week. Engineer and Mrs , A. J. Chambers arrived - rived home , Saturday evening. Engineer Jack Moore lus been under the weather , part of the week. ' 1 F. B. Lewis drives a handsome team of bays. Have you seen them ? Mrs. C A. Dixon made a visit to her sister in Denver , fore part of the week. Dave Hulse made a flying visit from Oxford , Friday night , between trains. Hiss Clara Kleven of Culbertson was the guest of Mrs. T. M. Mundy over t Sunday. C. H. Weible had charge of the Arap- r shoe station , during Agent Edwards' absence. i 1t David Hulse is day operator at Oxford I t now vice E. L. Cann , transferred recently - ly to McCook. t Mrs. A. L. Knowland arrived home , Monday night , from a long visit to relatives - tives in Montana. Mrs. C. W. Bronson arrived hove , last I Friday night , from quite a long visit to ' her mother in Iowa. Maurice HeafY left for Goodland , Kas. , last Saturday morning. He has charge of the Rock Island tin shop. Dispatcher and Mrs. J. E. Robinson went up to Denver , Sunday night , to take a squint at the "Messiah" . Mrs" Frank Kendlen and sister , Miss Lizzie Stevens of Hastings , who is visit- jug her , went up to Denver , last Friday night , to see the wonder-working Schlat- ter. I Mrs. V. H. Solliday was summoned s to Red Cloud , last week , by a telegram , i announcing the illness of her brother , who was thought to be threatened with typhoid fever. Barney Sharkey's youngest child has r been quite sick forsome time , and for If 1 the past week its life was despaired of. At this writing , however , the child is getting along finely. 11tis. George E. Leming , wife of the agent at Gillette , Wyo. , and who has i been visiting relatives at Red Cloud has returned home. Her sister , Miss Sarah Knowles , accompanied her. The Western railroads are making a special effort and announce their expectation - tation of having a heavy immigration to Nebraska , this fall. This is reported to , have been a disastrous year for eastern renters. This fact wilt swell the exodus. It transpires'that Edward Smith "the I wealthy bachelor of Lincoln , Neb. , " who married a Pennsylvania girl in response t to an advertisement for a wife who was 1 not a new wont'an , is Edward Smith , an employe of the Burlington shops at Plattsmouth. "Banda" , the Pullman coach on No. 4 , last Thursday night , was badly scorched - ed , near Exeter. It was discovered on fire , probably set by the explosion of a lamp. The fire spread rapidly and only prompt action prevented a serious fire. The train was stopped and water carried from the engine to subdue the flames. The car went on through. About nine o'clock last Thursday night the large B. & M. ice house at this place was discovered on fire and in a short time was reduced to ashes. The flames are supposed to have originated from a torch carried by one of the employes who entered the building a short time 1 before for ice. The man has since been i discharged for his supposed carelessness. - Owing to the large amount of ice consumed - sumed here it is taken as a matter of course that the house will be rebuilt. One thousand dollars will hardly cover the loss.-Oxford Standard. l There was quite a celebration at Have- l lock , this afternoon , which attracted a crowd of people , many from this city. The occasion was the dedication of the first engine ever built in the Burlington i shops. The locomotive is one of the largest on the system and was completed , 1 t o day , ready to go out on the track. 'very workmen in the shops had taken art interest in the construction of the I engine and the "launching of the huge machine was an event" . The celebration - tion will be continued , tonight , when a grand ball will be given by the Burlington - t lington band at Walton's hall. The ball promises to be a social success of no small magnitude , and many Lincoln people have expressed a determination to attend.-Lincoln Evening News , Fri- day. a I ' J _ _ j _ t # . b : McLean is firing 317 on freight. Tipton is firing 315 on passenger. 0. P. Yarger is operating at Akron again , Mrs. Sheber returned home on No. 5 , Sunday night. Brakeman W. D. Beyrer is on the sick list , this week. Mrs. J. H. Burns was a Hastings visitor - itor , Monday. Mrs. Will Brown is entertaining her father from Colorado. 210 is on the Red Cloud run while 66 is in the shops for repairs. Assist , Supt. C. H. Harman was down from Holyoke , Wednesday. CallerBlanding , , wife and mother went up to Denver on No. 5 , Monday night. There are no men on the Trainmen's extra list now. The boys are all at work. Frank Harris is expected home tomorrow - row or Sunday , much improved to health. W.W.Webster made his first trip as a passenger brakeman , Tuesday evening on No. 5. G. A. Noren made a trip on the 315 on No. 3 , while Engineer 'Bailey was in Lincoln. Brakeman. Cox of Republican City is braking for Couductor Washburn during the rush. Roadmaster Hagberg has quite a rep. utation among the railroad men as a sportsman. Mrs. Sam Gildner went up to Haigler , Tuesday evening on No. 5. Sam is there as extra agent. The Holbrook Herald says that all the section men but the bosses have been discharged , as is the custom , in each Oc- tober. Engineer Dunavau attended the Potato Day celebration at Greeley , this week ; and Jack Burton pulled the throttle on the 238 during Dunavan's absence. Ananias and Robert Paver are not "in it" with Culbertson , night foreman , for anecdotes and railroad lies. All of them are pastmasters in that line , however. Freight business is looking up wonderfully - derfully since the inauguration of cut rates. There were two sections of No. 77 , a special from Red Cloud , and 63 , Sunday afternoon , and they all arrived within a short time. i TIME T8.1 LE. GOING EAST-CENTRAL TI IFJ-LEAVES. No. 2. through passenger. . . . . . . . . 5:55 A. M. No. 4.local passenger. . . . . . . . . . . . 9:80 P. M. . No. 76 , freight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:45 A. M. No. 64 , freight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:30 A. P. ! . No. 80 , freight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10:00 A. Df. No. US , freight , made up here. . . . . . 5:00 A. D1. GOING WEST-MOUNTAIN TIME-LEAVES. No. 3 , through passenger..11:4o P. 3f. No. 5 , local pasaseuger. . . . . . . . . . . . 9:15 P. M. No. 63 , freight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SOb : P. bf. . No. 77 , freight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:20 P.M. No. 149. freight , mae up ore..8:00 A. P. ! . . IMPERIAL LINE.-MOUNTAIN TIME. No. 175 , leaves at. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:00 A. bt. . No. 176 arrives at. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:40 P. bl. 'NoTE : No. 63 carries passengers for Stratton. Benkelman and Haigler. All trains run daily excepting 148,149 and 176 , which run daily except Sunday. No. 3 steps at Benkelman and Wray. No. 2 stops at Indianola , Cambridge and Ar- apahoe. No. 80 will carry passengers for Indianola , Cambridge and Arapahoe. Nos. 4 , 5,148,149 and 176 carry passengers for all stations. When No. So is annulled No. t4S will leave at. S.oo a. m. central time. You can purchase at this office tickets to al. principal points in the United States and Canada - . ada and baggage checked through to destination - tion without extra charge of transfer. For information regarding rates , etc. call on or address C. E. MAONB. Agnetl To California in a Tourist Sleeper. The Burlington Route personally conducted - ducted once-a-week excursions to Colorado - rado , Utah and California are just the things for people of moderate means. Cheap , respectable , comfortable , expe- ditious. They leave Omaha every Thursday - day and go through ; without change , to San Francisco and Los Angeles. The tourist sleepers in which' excursionists travel are carpeted , upholsteredin ratan and have spring seats , spring backs , mattresses , blankets ; curtains , pillows , etc. Only $5 for a double berth , wide enough and bigenough fortwo. Theroute lies through Denver , Colorado Springs , the wonderful canyons and peaks of the Rockies , Salt Lake and Sacramento. For rates and also for illustrated folder giving full information , call on the nearest - est agent of the Burlington Route or write to J. Francis , G. P. & T. A. , Omaha , Neb. Special Rates. General Missionary Convention of the Christian Church , October 18-25. Texas State Fair and Dallas Exposition , October - ber 31st to November 4th. Corbett- Fitzsimmons Fistic Exhibition , October 31St , 1895. For the above meetings , to be held at Dallas , Texas , we will sell round trip tickets to that point at one limited first class fare. Tickets on sale October 16th to 31st , inclusive , limited for return to November loth. C. EE. MAGNER , Agent. _ - N , . . General News. . The Pennsylvania railroad company will build a $2,000,000 passenger station at Pittsburg. The Pennsylvania road lately made a run from Landover to Anacosta , 5.i miles in 3 minutes , even , a rate of 102 miles an hour. The use of green lights to indicate "all clear" at night is approved by the American Railway association. Hurrah for progression. The "Panhandle" has a rule that requires - quires trainmen to report the kind of coupling when a train brakes in two on the road. The new bridge of the Gulf , Colorado & Santa Fe across the West bay at Galveston - veston , Texas , was completed and opened for traffic the first of the month. Chicago has 1352 trains leave and arrive - rive daily. Of these 294 are mail and express , 640 are accommodation , and 418 are miscellaneous freight trains. The depot and roundhouse of the R. N. & 0. at Cape Vincent on Lake Ontario - tario were wrecked by a storni , lately , injuring twenty people , two fatally. Engineers on the "Big Four" are in clover owing to the revival of business. They are earning$13o tot6o per month , while conductors earn $ t2o to $130. Russian interests have secured charters - ters and will build several railroads in Persia. Turkey will sooner or later be gobbled up by the Bear. England's not in it for all the bluffing. The Erie canal will shortly have a trolley equipment and the tow-path mule will be canned for European consump- tion. Everything obsolete goes to the "scrap heap" , nowadays. THE TRIBUNE is nothing if not at the head of the process. What do you tltinkof our railroad supplement ? To keep in the "head-set" you must subscribe for this household necessity. It is reported that a Russo-American company will establish a locomotive manufactory in Russia , to be managed by Americans. Their first order from the government is for 300 locomotives. Train robbers , last week , in Indian Territory , held up a train and after three hours hard work secured 85 cents for their trouble. If they had tackled the "peanut" they might have got more. The Russian government has placed with the Baldwin Locomotive works an order for forty engines , twenty each for passenger and freight service. Thus does the Eagle gradually encircle the earth. Storage charges upon baggage were lately abolished by the Burlington. . It seems strange not to get your leg pulled now when you go after your "turkey" . Remember this or you'll get your head bumped just the same. On October 6th the C. , B. & Q. put on a new train from Chicago to Texas points via the M. , K. & T. from Hannibal. It leaves Chicago at z p , m. , arriving at Dallas on the evening of the second day , and at Houston on the following morn- ing. The drought in the region of Altoona , Pa. , is so severe that the Pennsylvania railroad company is drawing eleven train loads of water daily to that city from Hollidavsburg , which is the only town for miles around that has water to spare. All the wells in several districts are going - ing dry- . At Sioux City , Iowa , they are building the Pacific Short Line bridge which , when finished , will be the handsomest bridge over the Missouri river. Its length is 1goo feet , four spans , two fixed spans in the center of 500 feet each , with a draw span on each side of the river of 470 feet each. The two draw spans will obviate the expense of keeping - ing the channel at one point. DIFFERENT METHODS OI EXPRESSION. The Foundry is responsible for the following : The German-Dunder and bhlitzen ! Run me the stairs down , shut me der. water off , its leaking a whole lot much ! ! The Frenchman-Zounds ! Stop ze watair. Ve air so foolish zat ye work not right ! ! The Englishman-Shut hoff the water ! The bloody pipe his leaken hall hover the blooming 'ousel ! The American ! ! ! Shut off the stop , the water is squirting allover ! ! ! S TILE LONGEST LOCOMOTIVE RUN. A correspondent in London has sent us the following announcement of a long distance run by a locomotive , which has been published in several English papers "Tltelongest continuous run of a locomotive - motive was accompliohed by a Webb compound engine , the Ionic , on the London - don & North Western railway , September - ber 8th. In the recent races between London and Aberdeen the trains on this road stopped at Crewe to change engines - gines , losing three mimutes by stoppage and about two minutes more hi stopping and starting. On the date named the unparalleled feat of running from Euston to Carlisle , a distance of 2993 miles , without changing engines or stopping a moment on the road was "accomplished. The experimental train , consisting of a guard's van , two composite carriages , two sleeping saloons , another composite carriage and guard's van , weighing in all about 112 tons. It left Euston at 8:45 : p , m. and reached Carlisle at 2:38 : a. nt. , having performed the journey in , seven minutes less than the scheduled time of six hours. The speed averaged nearly SI miles an hour. The only alteration made to adapt the engine for its long run was to fit larger oil boxes on the larger parts , but it was afterward decided even that was an unnecessary precaution. Mr. Whale and Mr. Earl , assistant locomotive - tive superintendents from Crewe , traveled - eled on the train. There were no passengers - sengers on the train except the officials. The previous record long distance run was between London and Crewe-I58 miles. The officials expressed the opinion - ion that the journey could have been accomplished - complished in an hour less time if high speed had been attempted" . We dislike very much to strip this "unparalleled feat" of its glory , but the fact is that a continuous run of nearly twice the distance was made on the Pennsylvania railroad nearly 19 years ago. To be accurate , it was 438.5 miles , the distance between Jersey City and Pittsburg. The train was the Jarrett and Palmer transcontinental - al special train , which left New York on June I , 1876 , and made the run of 3,313 miles to San Francisco in 84 hours and 17 minutes , with 72 stops , at the rate of 40 miles an hour. We are indebted to Mr. Theodore N. Ely , chief of motive power of the Pennsylvania - sylvania railroad , for our information concerning this performance. The special train which was to be used for the trip was taken from Pittsburg to Jersey- City,43Smileswithout a stopin about I I hours. No special mention was made of this run at the time , as it was only incidental to the Jarrett and Palmer trip. The west bound run of the special train , from New York to Pittsburg , a copy of the schedule for which appears below , was also made without a stop , and at no time was the speed of the train less than 30 miles an hoar. The schedule - ule was not very fast , it being part of the throughschedule from New York to San Francisco. The same locomotive and cars , which were brought east from Pittsburg , hauled the Jarrett and Palmer Company restward , but one locomotive being used for the entire round trip of 877 miles , and but one stop being made in this distance. Miles. ' Actual time. Schedule. 0 Left New Fork 12 40 a. m. 12:40 a.m. 1.0 " Jersey City 12:53 " 12:50 " b.8 " Trenton . . . .2:00 " 2:02 " 8d " Mantua.:39 " - 4o " 154.4 Lancaster..4:25 " 4:26 " 191.2 " Harrisburg.IS " 5:2o . " , 322.8 Altoona . . . :12 St' 5 439.5 Arriv'dPtttsburg10:53 " itoo " A WIDE RAILROAD. Colonel James Andrew , general manager - ager of the Pittsburg Steel & Iron Co. , is said to have devised a novel means for the transportation of freight between Pittsburg and Lake Erie. His plan is described as follows : There would be four rails laid equl-distant , at the present gauge. The cars would be wholly of iron and steel , and have trucks with 8 or 12 wheels , placed under each corner of the car. Thus each car would have from 32 to 48 wheels , carrying from 200 to 250 tons each. The locomotives would each consist of three boilers , with from 24 to 30 driving wheels of small diameter. This would give great hauling power but slow speed. They would be capable of hauling a train of from 3,000 to 5ooo tons at a speed of from to to 12 miles an hour. The inventor figures that the cost would be less than a double track road and that the capacity for traffic would be four times greater than at present.- The Railway Age. The New York , Pennsylvania & Ohio railroad at Cleveland has built a novel unloading chute for handling cars of coal in unloading vessels. It has a long cylinder into which cars run and are fastened - ened , then the cylinder is revolved sufficiently - ficiently to tip the cars so they will unload - load immediately , when the cylinder is rolled to its former position and cars withdrawn. IS cars an hour , though 5 cars were unloaded in It minutes , is its record. , d The Russian government has had fir e church cars built for use on the Trans Siberian railroad , They make two sto p s a day and are embellished with the accessories - cessories of the Greek church. t So many workmen in the Col'iimbu shops of the P. , C. , C. & St. L. came to their work on bicycles that a stable had , , to be built to accommodate the steeds" ISO are housed and checked each day. China has authorized a railroad to be constructed from Peking to Chin Kiang , and possibly to Shanghai , a distance o f 750 miles , Crossing the Yangtze river will be the principal engineering obstacle in the way. The Santa Fe will put on a limited train from Chicago to Los Angeles , Cal. , on October 29th , to make the run in three days. This is in opposition to the Southern Pacific's Sunset Limited train from New Orleans. The Railway Gazette published , last week , a record of accidents upon railroads - roads in the United States for the month of August last. It includes 53 collisions , 71 derailments , and 8 other accidents , a total of 132 , in which 49 persons were killed outright and 140 injured. The "Big Four" has issued instructions - tions that if a married man is killed in the company's employ his wife , or cliil- dren , if old enough , shall be given employment - ployment , wherever' ' possible , to aid in supporting the family. A number o f widows are now employed under this order. The British government will construct a line of railroad in Africa from Mom- brasa on the Indian ocean to Victoria Nyanza , a distance of 65o miles , at a cost of $9GOOo0O. It now costs that government $ i85,000 per year to transport - port its stores to the lake. Labor from India will be used. In England , after the Dorchester races in September , is an annual difficulty for the traffic managers , owing to the enormous - mous crowds in attendance. Some idea of the mass of people handled can be realized by the following. Between 3:30 : and II p. m. 120 ordinary and special trains were dispatched to all parts of the country in one day. The Pennsylvania railroad operates a line ofeabsin connection with itsdepot in Philadelphia , to protect its patrons from the exorbitant chargesof the city hack- men. Withi the opening of their new station - tion at New York City a similar service will be establised. A cab costs 25 cents for a mile and a half , a four wheeler4o cents , same distance ; baggage extra. The C. , B. & Q , at Aurora , Ill. , has established - tablished a novel brass foundry , exclusively - sively for truck journals , in connection with their shops. It contains six furnaces - naces whose tops are flush with the floor as usual. The draft is supplied by a fan. The is out-of-door plant practically an - - affair , although perfect in all its appointments - ments , and has a capacity of 300 brasses' per day. On the Paris-Lyons-Mediterranean railway - way in France they have recently fixed clocks outside of its locomotives , on the side of the locomotive next to the station platform , in order that passengers can observe the time and that agents can more conveniently note the exact time of arrival and departure. In spite of the great vibration the clocks are said to show no variation. In 1841 the Great Western railroad , of England , made a contract with a firm at Bristol to stop all passenger trains ten minutes at Swindon for 99 years , in consideration - sideration of the erection of suitable refreshment - freshment rooms for which a rent of a penny a year was to be paid. This has become such a burden that , as they could not break the contract by law , they paid $500,000 to the firm to release them. A high wind at Milwaukee , September 23d , caused a fatal and most unusual ac- cident. While a laboring man was returning - turning home from work , in the evening , and walking a half a block away from the C. , M. & St. tracks , he was picked up by the wind and blown down the hill over the track. Just as he landed on the track a switch engine with fife came cars along and passed over him , killing him instantly. Festival of Mountain and Plain , Denver , Colorado , October 16th to 19th , 1895. For the above occasion we will sell round trip tickets , October 16th to 19th , inclusive , good for return to October - tober 21st , for $9.4o. C. E. MAGNER , Agent. t . lt a r Y I Ii t t . t i . T w 1 1 - ! . r k 1 , :1. : I : M1 KIMMELL I j ' Mc000K , NEB. rrillt6r . r AND W i Statloll6r.i i . * I PUBLISIIEP OF AND DEALEIC IN Loa1 Blafiks books , I BOOKS , S6d16 BOOKS. t DEALER IN I Office Sunlles AND STATIONERY OF ALL KINDS. TRIBUNE OFFICE , WIRST DOOR NORTh UT THE POSTOHFICE , 0 Y I ; t 1 l1 t . y -.w