Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-03-09
RAILROAD SIGNALS,
A New Code and What il Denotes.

n lump upside GOWN on an engine Sig
nifies that the fireman is drunk; the
smoke stack upside down that the engin-
eer is drunk, and the engine upside down
denotes that rail was up.
A hot box signifies that the engineer
is dry. Time will be given to attend to
the matter.
A red flag on the rear of passenger
train denotes that adivision s11perintend-
ent is on board.
Seven toots of the whistle denote that
there is q calf On the track. The fire.
man will go OUT on the pilot and attach
two green flags 10 his tail. The calf will
then run as an extra. If he doesn't
maze schedule time call the coroner.
When baggage master acts as con-
ductOr he must put on airs-two airs If
on regular train and three airs if OF an
extra.
Eng1nemen mustnot use the oil can for
whisky.
Before leaving the station the conduc-
tor must call out the name of the last
station passed, and each passenger must
name tie place he is from.
On arriving at station the conductor
and engineer will go into the telegraph
office and write home to their families.
They will stay there until they know
their train is behind time. They will
then run Eaek to the next station.
Each passenger may ask seven ques-
lions of the conductor between each two
stations. The conductor must answer
these questions civilly, without swearing
or looking mad.
Conductors must look after the COM
fort of passengers. When the conduc-
tor is looking after female passenger.
the baggage-master will look after the
conductor, and a brakeman will look af-
ter the baggage-master.
The passenger must punch his own
ticket. He shall then tell the conductor
where he was born and where he expects
to go to when he dies. The conductor
must also be punched.
At the end of every trip the conductor
must make written report of the num-
Der OF cars, color and age of passengers,
together with any accident that may
have occurred.
On arriving at the end of his route the
conductor shall be stripped and searched
with a tooth-pick,. nallbrush and fine
comb, to see that he has no tickets con-
cealed about him..
To each subdivision of ten miles there
shall be one laborer, two foremen, three
supervisors and four assistant engineers.
Each of these shall have two clerks.
The supervisor shall make daily in
spection of track. This can usually be
done best from the smoking car of the
passenger train.
Foremen must visit their sections at
least once week, unless they are very
busy at home.
They must before each annual in
spection have the roads swept, the ends
of all ties sandpapered, the faces of all
entertainments shaved, and all fences and
telegraph poles whitewashed.
All subordinates must chew coffee for
week before inspection, so that their
breath will not be offensive to the in
speeding officers, none of whom ever
drink.
Policing must be rigidly enforced
Arrest any laborer who takes a switch
for his wife's back or uses a frog for a
bait. If he don't want a shovel let him
take pick
For repairing the track select the time
when most trains are due. Stop work
for thirty minutes before and after the
arrival of each train. Better sacrifice
your own time than the lives of the COM
pany's employees.