The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-06-03
WEALTH.
rayaasfer Jss-elya OF the Unten Pa
. q and His Trips.

cine and HIS Trips
omaha Herald.
Mr.. s. 7. Josselyn. paymaster OF the
Union Pacific railroad, returned yester-
day morning from n paying-off tour
over the main line and branches Of the
Union Pacific railroad. Learning from
q gentleman connected with the rail-
road company something Of the remark
able features OF this great trip. which
Mr.. Josselyp makes every month with
the regularity Of clock work, a repre-
sentative Of the Herald called upon him
ut his once yesterday afternoon and
received courteous answers TO his in
quiries.
Mr.. Josselyn left Omaha on May II
and proceeded westward, paying all
employees OF the railroad and telegraph
company at the stations rs he went and
graders and gangs Of workmen at what
ever points they happened TO be en-
countered on the road. He went west
ward to Duncan, thence northward
over the Niobrara q Black Hills road,
forty miles ir length; returning passed
westward TO Grand Island, where an
other round trip was made v G the q
miles now completed OF the Grand
Island & st Paul railroad. lie then
went through TO Ogden on the main
line, northward over the $40 miles Of
the Utah q Northern railroad, returned
to Cheyenne, passed over the Colorado
Central, 1874 miles. lover which narrow
gauge line rs well as that Of the Utah q
Northern and the narrow gauge Colo
RADIO lines he was obliged TO transfer his
business and funds TO n narrow gauge
carl proceeded TO Golden, Denver.
Georgetown, Central City, over the
Denver & Boulder Valley road and the
Denver & Caribou road, and returned
to Cheyenne over the Denver Pacific.
He then returned to Grand Island
where he started southwark ON the
Denver, st. Joe q Western, paying
from Grand Island 10 st. Joe, q dis
lance Of 252 miles, and from Marysville
to Beatrice and return, 80 miles In all.
He returned from st. Joe to Omaha,
100 miles, reaching here yesterday
morning.
The number Of miles of railroad tray
ersed during these fourteen days was
I, 100, while the number of miles actu-
ally travelled was 5000, or the remark
able average Of 257 miles per day.
While engaged in the actual labor Of
paying OF their a was run only days
and generally with special engine. The
number Of employees paid was in the
neighborhood Of 5000 and the amount
paid s40s, 600, an average Of sso.1 0 per
man.
The a In which this jour- ey was
performed is the new p~aymaster's car,
a perfectly equipped Office with power
full safes, ETC., for the good keeping Of
the funds. The car also is equipped
with sleeping berths and with arrange
ments by which cooking can be done on
board. The paymaster of the U. p,
however, finds 1t more comfortable and
convenient to securc meals ut eating
houses and hotels along the line. Dur
ing a portion Of the trip-the main line
MIR. Josselyn Is accompanied by n
clerk. The remainder he performs
alone. Two good guards, well armed,
accompany the car, and while paying of
are on guard at the doors. The work
Of paying of is remarkably rapid, the
rolls giving the name Of every man and
the amonnt due him, and the paymas-
ter's check in his book rs he pays. to-
gether with the inspection Of. the fore.
man or station agent, who has charge
OF the men, and who sees that only the
proper ones appear, and prevents any
chance Of o mistake. Where q man Is
not present in person to get his money,
and has no good reason for being alb
sent. he must wait for his funds until
the car comes around again. A fore
mans certificate, or other good evil
dence OF a mans inability to be present,
secures him his money from the pay
masters Office Immediately upon his
| return.
Knowledge Of the approach OF the pay
car is received by the men through the
telegraph operators at the respective
stations, who give them time to be pres
ent on its arrival. As soon MS the car
stops the work OF paying Is entered
upon. and in n little more time than
the usual stop Of an express train the
men are paid and the a proceeds.
During the two weeks during which
the paymaster is in his Office at the U.
p. headquarters he has not only to make
preparations for his approaching trip,
but he has to pay also all the hundreds
Of men ut headquarters, shops, and
Omaha and Council Bluffs stations.
Men at headquarters are paid on the I'd