La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-07-02
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has been assigned to the run in the
railway mail service recently va
Gated by Harvey Wood.
Perry Eaton is now calling IN
the daytime from the round house,
taking the place of his brother.
Fred. who is firing switch engine.
L. E. Farr, a brakeman, was
knocked off the train Saturday at
Grenada, and was injured severely
on the right arm and side. The
projecting arm Of mail crane
struck him Dodge City Republi-
can.
At a meeting of Spanish Peaks
Lodge No. gas, Brotherhood OF
Locomotive Firemen, held last
Monday evening. the following
officers were elected for the ensu-
ing year: Master, ]. H. Roddy;
vice master. ]. c. Campbell sec
retary, 0. w. Mccartney; col
Iector, ]. c. Murphy; receiver, F.
l.. Mccartney; chairman, protec-
tive board, F. l.. Mccartney /;
board of trustees, Jerry Miller, !.
II. Smith and ]. w. Brown; board
of adjustment. F. l.. Mccartney,
!. Fl. Miller, H. w. INLAND.
Albert Spengler. of Pueblo, who
is in the civil engineering depart
ment of the Santa Fe, was in town
several days this week with sur
veying party. They surveyed q
line from the main track to Nc
Mems brickyard, upon which 1
spur will be built Thursday they
we're engaged in ascertaining the
fall from the level OF the water in
various artesian wells in this local.
ity to the Santa Fe right-of-way.
The railroad company is evidently
thinking of sinking an artesian
well in this vicinity from which .
gravity flow of water can be Sc
cured.
George Hancock, assistant SUI
perintendent Of machinery Of the
Santa Fe, has issued the following
circular with reference to the pool
ing Of engines: To engineers and
hremen commencing July Ist'
Freight engines on entire line will
be pooled. A sufficient number oi
engineers and firemen will be as
signed for freight service, and will
run first in and FIRST out on their
respective divisions from all termi-
mails on any engine selected for the
trip. The engineers and firemen
now holding regular engines to
constitute the pooled crews. Ex-
ira men to remain as at present.
When business is such that regu-
lar men are unable to obtain suffi-
cieDt rest, extra men according to
seniority shall be placed in the
pool Instructions have been is
sued to division officers to obtain
greatest possible mileage from en-
gines assigned to passenger service,
as far as possible to double crew
engines.
The Santa Fe pays its employees
5000, 900 each month and in so do
ing will contribute to the govern
ment war fund S7, per month
or $2s, 200 year. When the gov
ernment levied tax on all checks
the Santa Fe was at once con-
fronted with additional heavy ex-
pense. The matter was thoroughly
discussed as to whether the road
should discontinue the manner Of
paying with checks and resort TO
the system of paying with pay
car or not Several reasons pre-
sented themselves in favor Of each
of the systems. II checks were
used the road would have to pay
81, 100 per month war tax. On the
other hand. if the pay car system
was adopted it would require three
pay cars to cover the entire system
and the expense of the three cars
alone would be $a, 500 per month.