The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1898-12-22
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Conductor Henry Thompson has
bad hand, caused from box %
matches exploding while striking on,
on the box.
| Conductor Walkers train killed an
Unknown negro near the new freight
depot at Fulton Monday evening. tn,
negro stepped upon the track in front
OF the engine too close for Engineer
Hudson to stop.
Sporty Joe Finders is doing the hust.
ling act at the round house days and
Is kept too busy to keep his handsome
moustache cureld as in days gone by.
Lloyd Grimes, better known as
DADDY has been assigned to 2s3.
This is a good engine and there is not
a better engineer than Daddy on
this pike.
Joe Mccain has been pulling the
vanished cars for the last week and
Is all right,
,. ine hythorities 50 fulton are get
ttnf father severe on the conductors
of late While the blocking OF these
street crossings for every i've minutts
is very annoying to the public il is
fore 50 to the railroad people who
are doing their best TO get out Of the
place. The marshal is continually ar.
resting the conductors and imposing
fines upon them foi blocking the eros
sing longer than five minutes. With
In the last week Conductors Foster.
Davis and Anderson have been pulled
and fined e.. The city treasury must
be in a dilapidated condition, "No
wonder It's Democratic
Engineer winfree has brCn put back
ON passerfrr. He makes good eagle
eye on the glass Widowed cars-if ne
does kill wagon now and then.
James Bowls has been put back Ia
work after being held of for month
or more,
Hirk Hamilton, who filed various
positions in the yard here, has
resigned his position as yardmaster in
the Central City.and will spend the
holidays at home tNewbern).
Paul Jones, formerly swltchman in
the yard here, is In the city mixing
with his old associates. lie has a job
in Memphis but alas
Conductor McCutchen and family
have received passes from Supt. Phil
brick and will spend the holidays In
the Corn Cracker state with their
homefOlks.
W. O. Hessey is able TO be out. lie
and "Shorty" make a fine team.
They met No, 902 Tuesday with the
ambulance and carried back
a brakeman who had been knocked of
the train by wire while goingi nto
Memphis.
Freight trains are moving much bet |
ter this week. Chief Dispatcher Har-
Ian is moving them days while O. L.
+. and c. b. II. are looking after them |
al night. Second Ia came through
receiving only five orders and
and made no over time and hauled 15I
loads and 80 emptieS.
Trainmaster Fratcs came up the
line Tuesday looking after the boys. !
The line is about cleared for the fist |
time in two months.
+. o. Roberts has been employed as
conductor on the WiRgo.
Conductor Arnold is laying eff this
week on account OF sickness.
Clarence Holman, an old main line
conductor who gave up his run there
10 accept enc on the VI. so between
Columbus and Montgomery, is think
ing of comingback to the old reliable.
Conductor Curtis has been promoted
rom flagman and is now putting in
rood time.
Conductor Lee Nance is using
'rutches TO assist him about. He has
| sprainedf cot
The continued rains have DELAYED
he work on the New Memphis yards.
,hough they may be completed by
he first Of the year. In all probable
les the crews will then head out Of
Memphis instead Of Paducah, which
will be much better as their supcrin-
endent and trainmaster is there.
We hear that Luther Ncwhouse has
job running train on the cotton
'elt. He was one among the best
Iagmen on this pike.
Posey Anterior, an old East End
onductor, has job running train
ut Of birmingham for the Southern.
ithertOn is tirst-clasS conductor.
We learn Eugene BuckmaSter. for
ler conductor on the Wingo, has a
Ob running out 70 Atlanta.
Under the new management of the
1. &. o. all the passenger conductors
hat were discharged four or five years
I
go was given their places back a few
months ago. Perry Callahan, who
lad embarked into the drug business
nd Sam Neff the lumber business,
eturned with pleasure. But Jim
seynold, who is the proprietor of the
PALACE Hotel in Union City, declined
With thanks. Jim is and has always
'een very popular with the officials
nd they rendered him an annual pass
yer the entire system. The Palace
5 the only first-clasS hotel in the south
Without either saloon or billiard hall
neither closer to the Palace
han block, and stlll il does good
BUSINESS or the proprietor would have
ccepted his job back "A passenger
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