Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-18

5g.[1! kSsNyr-@ city Win eaStern
2EIIU connections foun
:vlSsJxA ssSk themselves prepared
..-r- to offset the work of
their striking employ
es This applies In
the matter of clear
ing away debris created through ire AMI
Wrccking of trains and engines. Each d.
vision OF an eastsrn road has It's wrccking
crew. and among this body Of srIeptiiic
track clearcrs are to be found several men
who are particularly adapted to this kind
OF work. They take as much pride in TIE
handling of men and derrlcks as an ngl-
heer does OF an exceptionally good iocomo-
tive, and through quick handling of certain
wrecks attain reputation that spreads
over the entire road.
The great destruction or property In PITTS
burg IN 1877. IN the way Of engines aud
ears and l,ss of time through the block
hu'hE OF tracks, warned the managers Of
what they could expect whom the signal 10
autt work 'was isINen in thitago. From
each nhr ~ tho wrrrhlhs crews Of the
eastern end of tho roads tritain mon of
known ability IN their lite were select ai
hhd rushed toward the windy city, h "a
not necessary ~ tell here oI tho many hun
~ The SCORES ot locomotives kt.iei ar ,ierait=
"l These hin, Oh arriving al thor ,iestt=
nation, found confronting them miles and
miles af track bihekaiei with I'M, Debris ar
oars ana locomotives and IN many plares
the watts AMI tiet burned and teis,sd Nov,
lheE handled themselves Ia this tryInu N, b.
uatlnh demonstrated that their enplays,s
hheW with whom they were deeltnu and
FURNISHED much cause tor wonirrment an
'he part "t the Western press aud thou-
,ohlh ut uhl' nh,rH, Ia three days' time mo
ru'' wayne yard, which Was said In IA,
'nr ''hlef az the trouble, WaH cleared nf nIl
"us' "''nh, now ties and rails nut ,iown
" r,. ,"U m'u''" "e'n on the spot 10 prevent
'''''"iT'h'e OF tho work of duatrttCtlou
~" Nr"chrrs' Nr,urn,
majority of the members of the nan
'"1 ile cub assembled one ninht RECENTLY
on tho porch ct the little oil house down an
Missouri avenue. to liHton to tho account
gwen 10y Que of its momhcrs of his trim in
'hleaHo a. one uf tho wTuckera This man
was hiH. bury follow, with shpuId,rz m 4,
appeared Ia measure n yard acroaa, and
arms that almost reached his knees When
not ~ Us" Nfoeh clearing businrsa IA, Il en-
ll"S"d III the shops ~ the cumpany Tho
WI'shng crew or this city Generally Norl =
south from Washington. the tracks north
,''a ''"'H care ~ bJ the baltimore T.,
The reading public frequently comes across
a good account IT how a wreck Ia brouu M
about, but II IN not often that n is
given the details Of how the debris IL cleared
away u ~ an Interesting sight To see A
wreck handled by experienced man, es-
p"clhlly IL You are anything Of a practlcal
TAN or mimi, II generally happ,ns that a
hIeting glimpse from n car window liz about
nn me travelling public sccs IT u wreck,
anu thre"-fourths thank their lucky stars
, mat they were not nearer when the damag go
before them was wrought
An Evening Star reporter, knowing of IN,
Nl',kets return from Chicago and bellcv.
ing that he would make "a bee line FOR his
| old haunts-tho Rail and Tie Cub-aTIa,
hls days work was done, had antIcIpa p1
| ltn hy about Ave minutes, AMI MnR ptnonu
,h" crowd that welcomed him when he put
| In an appearance. Tho wrnrknr was 4
!"fIy good ta|hvr, aud knowing what tho
| boys were waiting FOR INN ediatply beaar
| to tell the STORY of HIS trip tho exciting IN.
etieh's therein losing nothing through IN,
| telling He sHld
n. r-,ia ITS Experience.
when I reached i'ltlsbura, with rlshI
| companions. I found about twice thu, nun,
tnr there Wnitmp hl rs, ana tuauihar ~,
wn'u rushpi nh ~ tho srena nt irnutia
| FROM the thih ~ The mpu I aathasat tbst
| onrh hhi uNutr uhn hni hppn Thrush IA,
name experience hutnfp, Rnd that an ~ a.,
hhd - hnit h"r,ut ~ hilphs rhu, have b
nasty faahlnh "f d,orrlnh urun onr'a hool
! "huH ~ M"'h nni hprfiNma hhn ~ hl,
sun1ua Inr dave ~ ~ ilWp, M nf 10 ay,unt
| lhal W. Wunid suuhsr tHhu uur pndnrr,
| WIN y stray hului, 40 u Iiu Ia Tho hand,
| az . llHlHr II not nearly % dangerous 40 4
| Wlrk
| 'Whaa We arrived ~ Chipsso We war,
| rhth ElNun ,ihIIHr ~ about twenty nv,
| hrn, Wru,,hihs rhF hnd u duui II, Mhe,
| W. started TOT The yard ~ clean up the moi
| ainhHslin Tho tracks whispered sun noth
| MSS W VS. an thny say IN navel, IN Iht
| way uT profanity that made my hesh Oresu
| che alsht before rs was something terrihi,
| and Went way ahead ut anything that hai
| come under my experience In the Wreokinl
| business.
When my ear reached the point assIgne,
! Ia u told the men "a lie low, aud | wen
! uut To look the situation over. In the ma
! IN mont or me were burned ears and half
! destroyed locomotives mixed together In 8
manner that knew would take hard worI
| To unraYel ! mapped out my plan OF at
| tack and gave the order to begin. Some OF
the cars had only the trucks and iron trim
| mings left which were knit together Xix,
lattice work. 1t Is wonderful how the Ion
| iron brace rods of n car nook themselves
| octopus-like ,around every ching within rcacn
| we had 10 shake this conglomerate mas.
| up to get q good hold. Then we through,
out heavy drag ropes and wire cables an,
| tied them around the mess. Then L CAV,
| the signal to the engineer to back away
but 1t was no good, the wreckage held to
| gether like that mass mp at Johnstown thai
was plated with barbsd wire. Then 1 trlef
| jerks. but snap went the rope and we haC
| TO dodge FOR our life, as you all know an
| elephants trunk Is not In II with q broker
| rope under such circumstances.
| Then l took to untying the mass piece
| meal; parts of II were dragged here ant
| there out of the road some OF II rolled dow,
| a convenient embankment. We had orders
| not to lose time In trying to save anything
| and those are the orders for me- 1t was
| simply mash together and drag away
! He Met His Match.
| I'VE had n comparatively easy thing of IL
considering the surroundings, and after W,
had done our share Of the work In that 10
cality. my crew, with the car and engine
were ordered a considerable distance ou
on the road. where two locomotives had
| been thrown into a deep canal Here I me
my match for the first time ! ran the en-
| CINE on the little bridge and decided to re
| move them by means of tackle let dowr