The Newtown bee., 1888-11-30
Railroad Rattle.

Heman Aldrich, who was boss of q construction gang on the Derby exten- sion, is now at work on the main line near New Milford, with q gang of 12 men, laying rails. When that is finish ed, he expects to be set at work at the new bridge just below New Milford.
 While switching at Pittsfield, Monday morning, the passenger coach of milk train No. II jumped the track and broke the trucks. Conductor w. E. Spencer ran to Bridgeport with the com bination car and the freight.
 One of the most successful young men connected with New England rail- roadng, according to the Evening Sun, is John B. Frost, who is present master of literage for the Housatontc road at pier 49, East river. Mir Frost was train dispatcher, for number of years, on the New York division of the New York, New Haven 6 Hartford road when that division was under the charge of W. H. Stevenson, now general manager of the Housatonic system.
 An exchange says that the fastest train running on the New York divi- sion of the New York, New Haven and Hartford is the special newspaper ex- press, which leaves the Grand Central every Sunday morning, making the run to New Haven, 7S miles, in one hour and 40 minutes.
 The Shepaug road, officially the She paug, Litchfield and Northern, did a bus ness of S70, ,39s, of which S13, ,6s0 was net earnings, all of which has been spent on the terminal conveniences at Hawley- vile. The floating debt remains at Sl0,- GOO.
 Richard Ives, baggage master on the express freight leaving Great Burlington at 5 45 a m, fell between the cars at Len OK Furnace. He clung first to the brake beam and then to the car axle, but final ly lost his grip. Two cars passed over him, but, without touching him and he i is recovering from his injuries at his Bridgeport home.
 The Consolidated road took in 9,970,- 036, last year and spent S, 1886, ,3l7, leav- ing 10 per cent. profit and surplus be sides.
 Brakeman Casey says that he did not lose S200 on election, but that Conductor Colt lost $500.
 Baggagemaster David Dovey has re turned to his position on the express
 freight. He has been on the local freight
 John Massey, an express freight brake
 man, was struck in the side by car a
 Pittsficld, last week, laying him up for
 few days.
 I Col Stevenson has earned the thank , of the public by winning his gallant figh
 to stop all Consolidated trains at Bridge port. The Park City, on the one hand is of tco much importance to be slighte and State law requires all trains t
 come to a full stop before crossing tn
 tracks of another road. The depot q Bridgeport, too, is too densely crowde with humanity at the hour the fast Col solidated express has gone through an the railroad commissioners are wise 1 I hear Col Stevenson's protest and requil 2 the Consolidated monopoly to stop a , trains at Bridgeport, either at the sta | ion or before crossing Fairfield avenu
 How Walt Ferris would like to sshun i, himself, $ as the boys say, on the ne .tl Argentine Pacific line from Buen Fl Ayres to the foot of the Andes, whe there are 2l1 miles of road without curve. There is no wood on the weste
 part of this plain and metal ties will
 used.
 ' . Charles R. Corey, baggage master m <, the Middletown branch of the Conso Ir dated road, caught his hand while cor ce < ling cars, Saturday and had several {
 gefs bsdly slnashe1.
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