The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-01-13
Ann Arbor Shops and Railway

John Mcclellan has recovered from his
siege of illness enough to be back at work.
Supt W.. f. Bradley was in the city
Thursday on business.
Engineer Harry Bradley, of Toledo, was
in the city Tuesday.
L. II. Howard returned to Philadelphia
Tuesday, after remaining to see the two
Baldwin locomotives properly delivered,
and accepted by the Ann Arbor Ry.
George Palmer was i'm Durand Wednes-
day and Thursday to work on slight re-
pairs for one of the engines.
Engine No came into the shops Tues
day with a broken driving tire. No. 7
came in Monday with broken circulation
tube.
Engine No. 2Ol is In the shop for new
truck wheels and a snow plow.
Engine No. 26 went out of the shops
Tuesday after slight repairs. Nos. 5, Is,
and 81 are still In the shops.
Coach IA is being Overbauled in the
carpenter shop.
Master Mechanic Robert Tawse was in
Toledo on business Monday and Tuesday.
Engine No. 81 broke twelve inches of
the flange of one of the drivers Wedn sday
morning. near Clare, and is now in the
shops here for repairs
The grip has done its work in the shops
this week and the following is a partial
list of this weeks victims of the malady: ".
Barnes, Victor Darling, J. Stewart, Walter
Darling, Charles McCarty, A. Amspoker,
Ed. Koch, Chas. Thiede, Henry Ackron.
James Thompson, and W. L. Fauser.
| s. X. Van Tifflin was struck on the nose
by stick of timber while directing the un.
loading of some heavy lumber and was
quite severely bruised. He has been laid
up several days as result.
Jake Haupt is acting as night watch in
place of Fred Sanftleben who is taking a
vacation long enough to 60 north and look
over farm which he owns.
Geo. o. Dyke, of Mt. Pleasant, spent
Tuesday and Wednesday in this city visit
ing friends.
John BOwes, who was so severely In.
| jured December 18th while working on the
big punch. returned 10 work for the first
tine the latter part of last week His face
shows by Its scars that the wounds were no
slight ones.
Two Owosso boys were sent to Frankfort
Monday to help take care OF the increased
business at that terminus. Floyd Bailey
will aid as operator and Arthur McDan .el
as car checker.
Ed Broeffie and John Flemming we're in
Durand Tuesday night and part of We'd
nesday looking after coach repairs.
Engine No. Al, one OF the new Baldwin
received last week, was found to have a
slight scratch on one of the main journals
after getting II here and 1t has been In tne
shop most of the week having 1t fixed up
again. The engine was accepted by the
Ann srbor company, however, as no other
defect showed up and this was one probably
received on the way out here from the
shops.
Engine No. AZ, the other big new Bald
win vent through Owosso, north bound,
Tuesday morning with the 'Cannon Ball'
through freight. While here No. IA was
unable to start out with its load and partly
to test No. AZ, It was coupled to the other
and started 1t out at lively rate, drawing
the other engine as vel as its train. The
two engines, Al and AZ, are likely to be
favorites. 80
The new Baldwin No. AZ had its cab
badly smashed by colliding with a coal
chute near Cadillac Wednesday, and is in
the shops for repairs before being run a
half week. -.