Connecticut western news., 1874-12-25
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Housatonic R. R. Matters. standing the hard times, the "boys" over at the repair shops of the Housatonic R. R Co.,, in Falls Village, manage to keep pret- ty busy. When there last Friday we found two or three locomotives in various stages of repair in the machine shops, and several cars being built and some repaired. The locomotives of this road are hereafter not to be ornamented so highly with paint as heretofore. They will be very substantial ly but plainly dressed, having very little or. uamentation. Artist Mundry does not pro-
 pose "to stand around all the day idle" notwithstanding this fact. If tbls new or der of things permits him to snatch an hour or two occasionally from the sterner duties of his department, and paint up cluster of grapes, basket of peaches, pears, &c., or perchance landscape, we have yet to learn 4cho will find any fault;- and by the way, while there, he showed us some thing about as fine in the line of fruit paint
 ing, as anything we have lately seen, which we understand he is finishing up tor Mr.
 Richardson, of Lime Rock. Speaking of pictures, reminds us that in the office be- yond, over the affairs of which, chief clerk Watson pr"sides with so much grace, hangs d large frame of small pictures that inter- ested us very much. Some years ago some body high in official position on the Housa- tonic R. R., conceived the idea of having a picture of every employee on the road, and the result is, large frame of ambro- types, which now hangs in this office. as alluded to above. At the right upper cor
 neris picture of the late Charles Hunt, who was at tie time the pictures were made "President and Superintendent" In the opposite upper corner is that of the late En. gineer Sterling; we'll say right here, that to see this picture, W hich is so true to lifc-ot this venerable engineer, is worth making long journey. MT. Sterling was the first engineer to run a locomotive over the Housatonic road, and he spent his whole life in the service of the road after it was opened. To see this picture carried us instantly back to the days of yore, when a dry goods box with numerous holes jack
 knifed through it for the insertion of the various brakes and levers necessary for the management of well behaved engine, an6 in which we could spend whole days, blow
 ing the whistle and ringing the bell, was tC us the acme of human greatness. In thi! frame are pictures of many others, whose faces were once familiar but are now seen no more; because the places that once kL eW them, know them no more. There is also quite number who in those days occupied positions of responsibility and trust, anl who have continued in the service of tn, road, climbing higher and still higher, til now they represent some of the highest DO stiohs attainable. Superintendent Frank lin. Master Mechanic Morris, Conducto
 Stillson and Engineer Bronson are amonI them; looking young in years to be sure but that they acted we'll their part in thos
 days is apparent from the fact they ar
 now there.-Ah, ha! there's Depot Agen
 Cogswell of the Lee station, and he tot lis in for life.'' The company might abou as we'll "shut up shop" entirely, as to at tempt to run that very important statlol without the supervision of Mir. CogswelI 'As the mountains are round about Jeru salem," so is Mir. c. round about amongs things there, and it IS well it is SO.