The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-06-17
THE MEN WHO RIDE ON THE ENGINE
Enjoy a Day off on the sanks OF
Beautiful Lake Maranocook.
Their Wives and Daughters Help to
Make the outing Pleasant.
chief Engineer Arthur Talks Of the
Affairs OF the 8rotherho ID.

hood of Locomotive Engineers, Il. G. Hil-
born, chief, enjoyed their annual reunion
and excursion yesterday. Such are the de-
mands of trade and travel that Sunday Is
the only day on which these useful men can
meet in body and make day OFF, with
their wives and children.
They went to the lovely Lake Maranocook
again this year, their last visit there being
five years ago. A more perfect day could
not have been given them as to weather and
not the smallest incident occurred to mar
the pleasure of the occasion.
General Manager Tucker of the Maine
Central gave the Brotherhood two special
trains to the lake, one from Portland and
the other from Bangor. The Grand Trunk
gave special from Island Pond to Danville
Junction, and the Boston q Maine and Port
land & Rochester provided transportation
for their engineers.
The Portland train left the Union Depot
about 7.30 with company of some $50, in
the care of the popular conductor Day. Wat
son and that skiliful engineer Eugene Shor-
ey in charge of one of the Maine Central's
best locomotives. The run to Lake Marano-
cook, some 60 miles, was made in hou.. aud
30 minutes, with seven stops. The Bangor
train reached the scene shortly after with
300 more, and among them Mr.. Arthur, the
head of the Locomotive Brotherhood of the
United States.
Fully one-third of the company assembled
were ladies and place of worship could
hardly have been more decorous and order
ly. 1t was an exceptional class OF men there
the strong, cool, level headed. brave fell
lows who guide the iron steeds and die at
their posts If it need be for the safety of
their passengers. And their wives and chill
dren were with them in pleasant recreation.
1t was as noble and interesting body as
one could desire to be with.
After an hour of social intercourse Chief
Hilborn called the meeting to order in the
grove The committee aud prominent rail-
road men were upon the platform and the
audience in the circling seats of the am
phitheatre to the number Of perhaps one
thousand, many people from Winthrop aud
the neighborhood having joined the assem-
blage.
Prayer was offered by Mr.. Goody, a thee
logical student, who alluded to the necessity
which compelled the engineers to avail them
selves Oh this particular day.
Mr.. Arthur whose name Is familiar
throughout the land as the chief Of all the
locomotive brotherhood organizations, was
then presented He is solid. sensible look
ing man of mature years with slight buzz
on the tongue, suggestive OF sturdy and hon
est old Scotland.
Chief Arthur alluded to the small begin
nings of the brotherhood when twelve en-
gineers associated themselves together TWEEN
ty-six years ago. Now they have four hun
bred aud twenty-six Subdivisions and a
membership of twenty thousand men. They
have their magazines and an insurance asso-
citation which has distributed over three mil
lions of dollars.
Speaking Of strikes. Mr.. Arthur said that
be had been quoted as saying that he could
see no condition where strike was necss-
sary. This was not correct. There might
be position Of affairs In which strike
was the last and emily alternative. When
railroad officials will not listen to the griev-
ances Of their employees respectfully pre-
sented and again and again refuse them a
hearing strike is the only alternative.
That was the position of affairs with
President White on the Boston & Maine.
They had been beaten in their strike with
the 20" road, but it had been terribly expen-
sive business for the stockholders. IL cost
| the road millions Of dollars. and the stock
declined from Sl26 to Sc cents. Mr.. Arthur
thought there need not be the slightest diff
Guilty between employers and employed in
the several railroad organizations if there
Il could ha a fair nndarsta ndino
He spoke some earnest words Of wisdom,
especially to the young men,as to the import
ance of sobrlety and faithfulness to their
duty.
| Mr.. S. Sewall, the inventor Of the safety
car heater, then spoke brieHy, as did also
Messrs. Martin and Noyes Of the Grand
| Trunk
Mr.. d. Fl. Swan Furnished the dinner and
| 1t did him much credit. Considering the
Idifficultyof supplying sach Il really excel
lent menu and all in great abundance, it was
something especially notable.
The party was photographed after dinner.
The ride Home to Portland was made in an
hour land 40 minutes, lnany miles being
covered in less than minute.
Among the well known railroad m en- pres
ent in addition to Chief Arthur were j. N
Morton, locomotive foreman of Portland
Division Of the Grand Trunk; Warren
Noyes, same position on the Gorham. N. H.,
division Of the Grand Trunk; p. B. Bailey,
of the freight department of the Maine Cen
trial: Mr.. Thompson Of the P. & r. freight
department; John Cloudmau, foreman in
Waterville repair shops NJ. c. R. R.; }. E..
Sewall, superintendent Sewall Car Heater
| Company; the veteran engineers, f. NJ.
Cobb, George Webb, Geo. Tobey, Robert
Austin, j. M. Littlefeld and others.
The committee on transportation were g..
II. Babb, L. Ii. Foss, L. Ii. Doyle, f. g..
Small. The committee of arrangements
were j. f. Doyle, Bert Richardson. K. G..
Harlow, q. Z. Waterman ID. Linscott,
Frank Littlefeld. Otis Freeman.