The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-11-21
SOUTH BUTTE.
What Is Going On at the Depot and
NeighbOrhood.

Conductor Flanders will run into South
Butte as his regular run hereafter.
Quite a commotion has been created by
the suspension OF Conductors Peaster, on
the South Butte run, and Snow and Met
calf, OF the Ogden run, all three passenger
conductors, and Conductors Thornburg
and Fletcher, OF the freight trains between
Battle Creek and Ogden. These conductors
have been suspended for carrying blind
man and boy along the line. 1t appears
that the blind man was used as decoy.
One conductor told him that he would
carry him only to the next station. There
he was taken up by the freight conductors
and carried along the line. The conductors
Justly claim thatit goes against the grain to
put blind man off, between stations. The
spotter even had the exact language used.
It is said another conductor on the north
ern end OF the Utah Il Northern Railroad
will be ordered to report at Pocatelo for
| the same offense.
| Superintendent Eek, OF the construction
| department, has a full force OF carpenters
| at work ON the new round house.
Quite a change is being made in the run
| out of South Butte. From to-day ON, only
! two engines will be used between Eagle Rock
| and South Butte, but four crews, the same
as heretofore, will run to Eagle Rock, 2l1
miles, and lay off day and night, instead
Of running to Spring Hill and return.
Engine No. ST. which brought the pay car
in last night will remain here, and Else will
take her on the Garrison run. Engine No:
SO willgo on freight, while engine No. 80 will
60 to Eagle Rock.
The Shot Gun engine OF the Rio Grande is
only leased to the Utah & Northern railroad
company for 40 days.
The boys are happy The pay car arrived
last evening, and will leave this mOrningfor
Anaconda and Garrison.
Uneasy lies the Conductors head these
nights" for he does not know when his
official head will fall into the basket.
Engineer Bentley is having engine No. 93
fitted to the snow plow, and will be ready
to ''buck snow" in few days. This will
be the third winter for him at TIE snow
plow. In talking to Engineer Bently, lie
says ''it's only childs' play in Beaver Can
have seen us buck snow two years this
coming winter. l was down on the HALEY
branch The snow was from fifteen to
twenty feet high; higher than the engine
stack, and we only made three miles in
five days; in that time we were constantly
at it. We were all pretty well tired out
when we got through. 1t is tiresome work.
We are here, there and everywhere. We
do not know what rest is on u snow block
> ade. We sometimes lay down for a couple
of hours, but we usually have the hand on
the throttle all through a snow blockade
Engine No. 1884, OF the D. & r. G., can't
be turned on the turntable at South Butte,
as she ia too long. Mr.. Mitchell says he
, has to put two men at work every time she
comes in and uncOuple the tank and turn
, ! the engine around, and then recouple the
tank. This will consume % over an ,,,im hoha ,la
every turn. 1t is expected that a Will be
? put in shortly for the purpose OF turning
, the passenger cars.
Engine No. 164, of the Denver q Klo
7 Grande Railroad, brought in the passenger
, train Yesterday. She left Spring Hill 90
minutes late. However, Engineer Hoyt
and Fireman Pyper, brought her in on time.
The boys call her "a shotgun" She travels
very we'll, and is capable OF making faster
= speed than the time schedule allows. IL ls
Z expected that she Will soon run between
T Eagle Rock and South Butte.
Engineer Hoyt was sent up from the
: ! south to run on the northern end OF the
road, as the engineers running into South
:. Butte are worked too hard.
! Engineer Else and Mr.. Gardner are ex
: | pected to arrive this morning. 1t Is SAID
! that they will have an eight-wheel cal
I attached to the passenger train to carry
: the game.
e Charles Miller, who used to be the con
ductor of the Garrison freight, from South
y Butte has been promoted to the passenger
= run to Eagle Rock and return. Mr. Miller
deserved this promotion, as he has risen
e from the brake to Il passenger conductor
+ We congratulate Mr.. Miller on his pro
i motion.
d Conductor Gus. Hageman is very PROUD
6 OF his four-wheel car, as 1T is an improve
!, ment on having freight car for q caboose
Conductor NJ. B. Mills has taken Charlie:
@ Miler's place on the Garrison freight, thu
putting him next in line OF promotion Tor
passenger run.
= Conductor Cook received a message tt
report at Pocatello. Mr.. Cook left Tor tina
;. | place last evening. He has been one OF tn
~ | most faithful conductors Oh the road.
" Civil Engineers are setting corner-stone
d in the corners OF the Utah u Northern dt
pot grounds.
George McGarrahan, who has been suffer
ing with rheumatism, can be found hereatte
II on the hill on engine No. 50. George says n
q experiences considerable pain yet when n
,r throws the lever over, but he expects to b
d all right again in week or so.