Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1913 — Pension for an Old Engineer. [ARTICLE]

Pension for an Old Engineer.

Peter Tellin, the oldest engineer of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad, has been retired on a pension. Tellin has been employed by the Santa Fe 44 years and was the engine driver for the construction train when the road was being constructed west of Florence. He fought Indians who opposed the coming of the railroad and was held up often by buffalo crossing the tracks. For many years Tellin has been driving the engine on fast passenger tralnß between Hutchinson and Kinsley.