Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-12-07
From the Dubuque Herald Saturday.
REMOVAL OF RAILROAD CONDUCTORS.
The Passenger Conductors on the Sioux
City Railroad Superseded.

Quite an important change was made
last Thursday, the Goth inst, among
the employees of the Dubuque 4 Sioux
City Railroad. Those two popular,
efficient, and well known passenger
conductors Cawley and Kellogg, having
born the tolls, privations, and onorous
duties pertaining to railroad life for
number Of years, have now been placed
on the retired list, and the bcrths that
they filled with so much acceptabillity
to the travelling public, will be occupied
by others. From his long connection
with the road Mr.. Cawley had almost
come to be regarded one Of the perma-
nent institutions thereof, and many
will hear hear of his leave taking with
surprise and regret. He was ono OF the
oldest employees of the road, and his
trains were among the first that sped
over the fertile praires to the westward.
The first train that ever went out over
the load was conducted 10y n Mr.. Smith
To Dyersville, early in the fall of 1857.
The next was run by James Northrup,
now deceased, and he was followed inn
mediately by Mr.. Cawley, who has re-
tanned the position ever since, aud re-
manned in active service for the COM
pauy nine years. Beyond a few delays,
ocCusioned by some minor difficulty,
Mr.. Cawley has never met with single
accident, and smashups, broken limbs,
broken heads, and disastrous results
generally never attended his train.
With the late extension of the road to
Iowa Falls being u distance of one hun
derd and fifty miles, the duties of Il
conductor have been unusually severe,
imposing q vast amount of care and re-
sponsibility, yet Cawley has always
brought his train through on time,
safe and in good condition. Hundreds
of our citizens who have travelled over
the road can testify gladly to his many
good qualities, aud he is conSidcrd u
prime tavoritc by all classes. ...
Previous to coming here, Mr.. Cawley
served on an eastern road for ten years,
and consequently has been for nearly
twenty years riding on the rail.p
We understand he intends to go East
soon on Il visit to his friends, and will
remain there during the winter. His
permanent successor on the road is Mr..
Charles Haincs, who has until lately
been in the employ OF the company as
engineer. 1t is understood that he
combines all the qualities requisite for
a first class conductor.
Mr.. kelIogg is also we'll known to the
travelling public, having run on the
road for nearly six years. The good
qualities THAI We have enumerated for
MIR, Cawley, can also be repeated in his
case. Throughout his whole length of
service he has won the respect ana con-
tidenCe OF his employers, and can num-
Der along the whole length of the road
a host of friends. His successor is not
yet known, though of course there
are any number of applicants for the
position. IS -
The removal of these gentlemen was
sudden and took many by surprise.
Thursday the train Of Conductor Cawley
was run out by Mr.. Edward Chamber
lain; and james Robb, the freight con-
ductor. took Kellogg's yesterday.
Their position of course is only tempo
rary. So it goes. The world is full of
changes i'm moral, social, polit-
zeal and business life, and these gentle
men have succumbed to the iron hand
of destiny. That they may be pros per-
ed in all of their future undertakings
that fortune may forever be propitious,
that time and place and circumstances
may all combine to favor them, that
they may never more be bothered with
passes, cursed with dead heads, insulted
10y drunken rowdies, stuck in snow
banks, or held back by heavy grades,
but be enabled always to bring them
selves through on time, is the fervent
wish Of al those who know them.
There was also rumor on the street
yesterday that "a couple of freight con-
ductors had been dcposcd, bat we were
unable to trace it to any reliable source,
and presume that it is without founda-
ton. Detectives were employed by the
company along the line of the road, and
it is from their report that the action
was taken.