The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-07-29
Ann Arbor Ry. and Shops.

and Menominee.
Engineer John FISHER, of Cadillac, has
been in town few days this week on bust
ness
Engineer Charles Miller, of Toledo, spent
Sunday in this city.
VIM. Barnes, air brake expert, has been
in Durand the past week giving his pupils
thorough examination. A class of ten
is examined at one time and there are twen-
ty classes. SO far the standing has been
good.
in the shop on account of poor health. He
left the first of the week for Howell to visit
his parents for few weeks.
Guy Stanton, of the tin department. Is
spending the week In Lansing.
John Cardwell, of the dispatcher's Office
at Durand, was here the first of the week.
Frank Wren was in Vernon Sunday call
ing on friends.
r. j. Tick. of Toledo. was in the city
Saturday.
Joseph Alderman, of the machine depart
ment, cut his fingers quite badly few days
ago while running the steel shears and has
been unable to perform his duties since the
accident He left Tuesday for Frankfort
for few days recreation.
William Barrsford Jr. returned to work
Wednesday after enjoying a weeks outing
with the members of the Episcopa! choir at
Pine Lake.
John Mcclellan was In Lansing Saturday
calling on friends.
o. s. Caruthers is in Manhattan this
week giving the shops at that place thor
ough whitewashing.
Engine No 2 broke down Tuesday while
running near Cadillac and was brought to
the Owosso shops for repairs,
Engine No. 4 is receiving repairs in the
machine department
The painters and carpenters are still
working on hour time.
with its front end badly dem Jlished, While
running at good speed near Ann Arbor 1t
smashed into the rear end of the work train
and suddenly came to stand still. The
dis6gured but fortunately the trainmen es-
capped injury.
Jas. Wannacott and wife are spending a
few days at Crystal Lake fishing.
A large crane is being constructed near
the wheel press TO be used in hosting the
wheels and axles in position.
John Pulcipher, machinist, held the lucky
number-244-w which drew the horse given
away Saturday night by Mrs. w. r. Glib
son.
Harry Noble returned home Monday from
short outing in the northern part of the
state.
The Ann Arbor Car Shop Outing Club
enjoyed few hours rest in Gould's grove
Sunday.
William Holmes will take his annual va
cation next week.
Chas. Thiede has been appointed foreman
of engine pit No. 4 j. Schlickenmeyer is
his assistant
| II. Gregg, a member of Co g, has favor
ed several of his friends in the blacksmith
shop with very interesting letters. His ex-
periences since he left Owosso are many and
varied and are much enjoyed by his old
friends,
Most people regard machine shop as a
place of work with no pleasures whatever
connected with the hard labor. This how
ever is not true as may be readily seen by
taking walk through the shops here.
Everything is arranged for the mems con-
venience and each person has some scheme
of his own which adds to his comfort. The
latest thing constructed is large fan, not
unlike the common electrical fan often seen
in drug stores and restaurants. 1t was
made by Chas lux and Harry Thompson
and Is model The fan is about five feet
long and is placed so as to give nice breeze
to the whole east end of the department,
where it is much enjoyed by all the men.
Caboose No IA after undergoing general
repairs was sent to the paint shop Wednes.
day for new coat of paint.
Yardmaster Cuddabeck, of Ann Arbor,
was in the city Tuesday.
The repair work In the shops is very light
nearly all of the company's cars being In
good repair. There will undoubtedly be ar
abundance of work on passenger coaches
however, as soon as the excursion season
is over and the cars are brought In for theil
annual repairs
j. Tawse. VIM. Omen, s. Gellaty and j.
Neelan returned home from Frankfort We'd
nesday where they had been doing repair
work on the company's boats for the past
week.
w. w. Satton, carpenter, went to Crys
tai lake Wednesday for a weeks outing.