The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-10
Report of Santa Fe Watch In
spectOr Montgomery.
Performance of Watches of EN-
plOyes in Train Service.
3 PERFECT WATCHES.
w. G.. Cunningham, I'll. G.. Rust
and Charles Sharp.
Many Others But Few Seconds
Slow or Fast.

| tor H. S. Montgomery of the Santa Fe
| is being printed and will be out in few
days.
The report covers some 20 pages and
gives the performance of every watch
used by employees of the Santa Fe who
are in the train service. The Santa Fe's
system of watch inspection is the best
in use by any road in the country. 1t
has been so pronounced by many ex-
perts and the jewelers. Monthly, which
has given a description of the watch in
spection of nearly all the roads in the
| country, has announced it the best and
most complete of any.
Watches passed into service are first
rated TO the following positions:
Pendant up, dial up, cock up dial
! DOWN.
Watches are required to perform
within limit of error not exceeding six
90 seconds from position, P. to D., or
P to G. in a twenty-four cd hour test
for each position.
AS an example: A watch running
three seconds fast in position p three
seconds slow in position D., and three
seconds fast in position c., would be
passed into service, the extreme varia-
ton being six 90 seconds.
A greater variation in either of the
positions would condemn it. 1t is i'm
material whether a watch runs fast or
slow when being tested for truth of pO-
sitiOn rating, because, if the position
rate is correct, it would be merely a
question of regulation to bring it to the
30 seconds per week limit as required.
This is the only system that has the
watches rated in the three positions.
Time signals are sent daily at 10 a. m,
Central time, from the Master Clock
of the Western Union Telegraph com
pany, st. Louis, (whO compare time
daily with the Washington, d. c., U.
S. Naval observatory to all telegraph
stations on this road. These signals are
automatic clock beats, repeated over
the wires by the Master Clock.
The standard time thus received is
kept at certain points on the division,
and any question of time arising is set
tied by this official time.
The following are some of the best
performances of watches in the differ
ent divisions. The rating is given in
the three positions, viz, pendant up, dial
up dial down; denoting fast and de-
noting slow, in seconds for "A hours
performance.
Chicago, Engineer G. c. CalIzins, If, 0,
At
Chicago, Engineer F. W. Childs, 0, If.
Is.
Chicago, Engineer E. T. German, If,
0, 0.
CorwIth. Engineer W. S. Trudean. Is.
IS, Is.
Chillicothe, Engineer C. F. Cooley. 0.
If, IF
ChiIlicothe, Conductor c. Hershey, 0,
Marceline. Conductor W. s. Boone, o,
Marceline Conductor J. c. Pagan, IS,
Is, IS.
Marceline Conductor D. sayer. IS. 0.
streator Engineer F. Donohue, As. Is,
Ft. Madison. Engineer c. H. Norton.
0, 0, As.
Fl. Madison. Engineer c. Tucker, Is,
Fl. Madison, Engineer H. L. Dudley,
Is, IS. IS.
kansas City, Conductor C. G. sulIi-
van. At, o. At.
Kansas City, Conductor E. E. Ives, IS,
0, Is
Argentine, Conductor ]. B. Dehoney,
IS, Is, Is.
Argentine, Conductor c. w. Hunt, 0,
Is, IS.
Argentine. Engineer George Camp
Argentine. Yard Master w. G. Cum
Topeka, Engineer William Rain. 0, IF,
Topeka. Engineer J. E. Thomas. Is,
Is, IS.
Topeka, Eugene Drew, 0, 0. IS.
Topeka, Assistant Yard Master J, S.
Young, SIS, Is, 0.
Topeka, Engineer H. G. Rust, 0, 0, 0.
Topeka, Engineer Charles Sharp, o, o,
Atchison. Engineer Thomas Fortune, O.
Leavenworth. Engineer A. Islip At, At. At
St Joseph, Engineer J. E. Vincent, 0,
Nickerson, Engineer Peter Tellen. 0.
Emporia, Engineer A. Dean. IS, IS, 0.
Emporia, Engineer o. Smith, At, 0, At.
Strong City, Assistant Yardmaster H. J.
Tompkins, Is, IS, As.
Florence, Engineer NJ Rakestraw, o, o,
Newton, Engineer B. G. Wimans, Is, O. 0.
Pueblo, Engineer Frank Moore, If, O. O.
Dodge City, Engineer G. A Conrad, 2f'
Dodge City, Conductor F. A. Dalton, If.
Denver Conductor Theo. johnson, IS.
La Junta, Engineer John Husser. 0. As. 0.
albuquerque Engineer F. Ewing, Is,
IS. 0.
San NIarcial. Engineer John N. Lyons,
East Las Vegas. Engineer A B. Moore,
East Las Vegas. Conductor c. H. Ma
East Las Vegas. Conductor John Quig-
ley. As, 0. O.
Ration. Conductor F. J. Mulhelm, As, As. 0.
Ration. Conductor J. d. Martin. o, Is, 0.
Chanute, Engineer j. r. Scott, o. II. O.
Chanute. Conductor ]. D. Keith, o. If, 0. /
Wellington, Conductor George Marriott,
Of, Q, 0.
Wichita, Engineer L. NJ. Johnson, Is. 0,
The three perfect watches that were
YardmaSter w. @. Cunningham of Ar
gentine, Engineer II. G. Rust of Topeka !
and Engineer Charles Sharp of Topeka. |
Some watches rated the same number or |
seconds fast or the same number slow in
the three positions are likely to run per- |
feet when properly regulated.
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