Semi=weekly graphic., 1898-12-21
GATHERED BY OUR REPORT FER IN AND ABOUT THE
 COTTON BELT SHOPS.
PASSENGER TRAFFIC GOOD
An Accident-M Many Visitors Last Week-Mr. J. T. Wilson Elected
 Grand Master Foreman


 has been quite heavy for the past week.
 Mr. M. Adami, one of our hand somest travelling passenger agents, is still soiourning here.
 Mir. T. W. Kennan, formerly super intendent of this road, but now traveling for a St. Louis house. was shaking hands with his old friends nere last week.
 John T. Wilson has been elected grand master foreman of the Amer ican Railway Traekmen's Associa- tion.
 The sign which was placed up at the depot warning hackmen an6 draymen to stay away from there has been blessing to the public.
 A large forge has been placed in the boiler department.
 The gross earnings for this road for the month of November were $69 ,924.
 Quite q large number of the shop boys will spend this Christmas out of the city.
 T. H. Osborne, general foreman of the car department has returned from a short business trip to Chi cago,
 Mir. Roy Atwood d former Pine Bluff boy but Low of Cairo, H., at which place he now holds a respon- sible position with the Illinois Cen tral road, will spend Christmas here with relatives.
 Engine 153 has been turned out of the repair department after being overhauled and receiving new set of fiues.
 The yard masters office will he enlarged in order that the clerks may have plenty of room for their work.
 Engine 172 while on the road last week with about fifteen cars loaded with stock, ran into an open switb colliding with box car, severely damaging the pilot and number plate on the engine; also smashing the box car to spinters. Fortu- nately no one was hurt.
 Mir George Hutchinson, a machinist in the machine department, is again confined to his room with fever.
 The large planer which recently received slight damages caused by the breaking of one of the side wheels. has beenrepaired and is now in running order.
 A large number of stock trains passed over this road last week.
 MT. F. B. Nichols, carpenter on the riptrack, is reported better after a lingering illness of two weeks A dry goods department has been added in the new store room. The pay car arrived Monday and paid off tle emplyes. Another new bolt enter has been made at these shops which is regu- lated by air.
 MT. l. E. Boyce has returned from q business trip to Tyler, Texas.
 Andrew Carson can again be seen at the desk flashing electricity over the wires after several weeks vaca- tion.
 Engines ll5 and l30 double headed out of here last Friday with sixty | ears of merchandise from the north. MT. Frank Jennings has secured il position with this company s rate ing clerk in-the motive department. 1 Twenty-Five new fiat cars which were built in the car shops were run out Saturday and are now ready for use.
 Messrs. k. c. Wolf and George two well known and efficient air brakemen ave returned |
 
 from Shreveport, where they have heen doing repair work for this company.
 John R. Robinson, carpenter on the riptrack. is quite i'll at his home. 1 Elsewhere in this issue will be seen | the announcement of the engage ment of the Booth-iee nuptials. Mir. George Klein. who has been employed as night ticket clerk at the depot for the past year, has severed his connection with fh;o