Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-05-25
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: RAILROAD NEWS. :

line.
J. A. Mayer, roadmaster, is on the
Aberdeen line.
Il. S. Wakeman, chief dispatcher,
IS in St. Paul.
Business on the branch lines is very
light at present.
}. E. Nelson, master carpenter. is
out on the Aberdeen line.
Harry H. and Chas. F. Hardy paid
a visit to Minneapolis last week.
Conductor Canty is laying off for a
couple trips. Conductor Purcell is
relieving him.
n pile driving train is at work on
the Sioux Falls line. Conductor Nee
is handling it.
}. }. Gabriel has been appointed
roadmaster on the Yankton line to
succeed f. Green.
Z. j. Montgomery is relieving G. S.
Hutchlns as general yardmaster while
the latter is absent.
Iardmaster C.. S. Hutchins is at
tending the =. Of r. r. convention,
at Toronto, Ontario.
j. McNelis, roadmaster on the main
line, has been sick for couple of
months and has resigned.
e. Green has been transferred from
the Yankton line to the main line. as
roadmastcr, in place of J. McNclis.
Dispatcher Hardy went to Benson
to sec the game Of ball. Saturday.
He says the boys got ratified and
could not play ball.
The water is still so high between
futney and Aberdeen that trains can
not get into Aberdeen. The track is
covered with water for two or more
miles.
Ringling Bros,' circus will strike
this division at Willmar, June II.
There will be three trains altogether
and they will be on this division
about week.
Bridge Foreman VIM. Brandt came
up from South Shore to see the bows
and attend to some business. He
says Sunday afternoons are partic-
ul;SF'ly interesting. ->~.. -
James Durkin, late master carpen-
ter Of the Breckenridge division, is
out in Montana. We understand he
has been offered good position
under Supt. Winter.
Brakeman a. e. Harris sprained
his ankle quite badly last Saturday
night. In jumping from car to the
ground he stepped on the end of a tie
and slipped, with the above result. It
will be some days before he will be
able to resume work.
The Great Northern party, includ-
ing the general and division superin-
tendents and chief engineer, looked
over the ground here Friday, to select
site for the new passenger station.
1t will be placed east of Mill street
and a separate freight building will
be constructed. The plans include a
double track to the present railroad
yard, a new bridge over the river and
wagon bridge for drayage if the new
freight station is not erected. En-
gineer Stevens said he thought he
could promise the new station this
summer. This sounds like business
Wheelock's Weekly, Fergus Falls.
Among railroad men the idea o1
establishing a, museum for the preser.
vation Of railroad relics finds a great
deal Of favor. In the older railroad
Offices the clerks, in searching through
the records, frequently come upon
something or other worthy of preser.
walton in a public place, sometimes
curious and amusing, viewed in the
light Of later days. In the early days
of railroading it was the custom to
have one train day each way over
road. Train dispatching was then
an unnecessary business. If the train
men kept their eyes open they could
easily keep track Of the "other fel-
low,' as the other train used to be
called. When they met, the one that
had last passed a siding would back
up to it and leave the main track
clear for the other. On the old Wis
consin & Pokomoke railroad, Supt.
r. J. Henry thought it would be a
good thing to institute the custom OF
giving train orders, even though there
were only two trains a day over the
road. His first order read something
like this: =
Charley Marshall (who was a con-
ductor) will run until he meets Nc
Mullen the other conductor), and il
Charley is farther away from the sta.
tion than McMullen, then McMullen
will back back to the siding and lei
Charley go by. # McMullen is Tar.
ther away, then Charley will, bacl,
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