El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-08
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MExICAN SWEPT DUST ON HIM

MExICAN SWEPT DUST ON HIM
And the G. II. SWitchman Took ii
Out of His Hide-Fifteen Days
Bulletin-Other Record Suspen'
sions.
The following additional bulletins
complete the unusually large mum per
of record suspensions and credits pup
Hshed by the Ell Paso division OF the
g. II. for the month of October.
A brakeman has been given niteen
days bulletin suspension for allowing q
pair of wheels to slide fiat on car In
the mart of the train under his control
and supervision.
A check clerk has been given thirty
days bulletin suspension for gross
neglect in not having east bound loads
properly trimmed after portion OF
load had been unloaded for delivery TO
another line.
An engineer has been reprimanded
ON the record for cutting of his en-
zine, which was the head engine on q
double header, and running consider
able distance ahead of the train with
out the permission or consent OF the
conductor.
A switchman has been given fifteen
days bulletin suspension flor assaulting
q Mexican car cleaner, who he states
swept the dust from a car upon him
while he was engaged in I'm coupling a
states that he demonstrated with the
Mexican, who continued to cover him
with the sweepings from the car. 1t
seems tn at the Mexican did not under
stand the English language and was
innocent of any intentional offense.
An engine in q terminal yard upon
q dark night was backing up through
coal track aud came into collision With
Auosher engine that was standing on
Che track without any one in charge OF
1t The switchman who was giving
the engine instead of going ahead to
see that the track was clear as he
should have done. Considerable dam
age resulted to bothsof these engines.
The switchmau at fault has been dis
charged from the service of the COM
pany.
Two engineers have been given ten
credit marks each for picking up and
carrying to division headquarters loose
engine equipment which they folnd
NJ different section houses and other
places along the line.
Ten sdays credits have been given
IN engineer. who finding two mules on
the right-of-way, stopped his train and
aurned them outside of the rigAt-of-
way fence.
A fireman has been given ten days
credits for discovering and extinguish-
ing fire in pile of ties which he was
passing.
A brakeman has been given fifteen
days credits for firing his engine q
distance of forty-fve miles at time
when the fireman was taken Ill and un-
able to do his work.
A conductor on q west bound extra
charged his engineer with making an
unusually bad stop at the water tank,
which the engineer denied. The con-
auctor expressed determination to re-
port the matter to this Office and pro-
seeded to the telegraph Office to do so.
He wrote q telegram which the en-
sineer said contained false statements,
and after the telegram had been writ
ten and handed to the operator the en-
gineer took it away from him and des-
sroyed it. This action was entirely
anwarranted on his part. He should
been sent to this Office and stated his
case after he arrived here, so that the
matter could be properly adjusted. He
had no right to destroy a telegram
written by q conductor or any one else
and he has received ten days bulletin
suspension for such action.
An engineer has been reprimanded
on the record for derailing the front
trunks of his engine at an open switch
in q terminal yard. He states that he
saw q light down near the switch and
supposed it was the brakeman. 1t
turned out that the brakeman was at
the station, some distance away. En-
gineers are expected to exercise parti
culsr care and avoid getting their en-
RiHes off open switches.
Two section foremen working at q
wreck permitted the Mexicans In their
charge to carry off lot of canned
goods and other merchandise, which
was discovered hidden in the bushes
by the roadmaster after his arrival.
The section foremen referred to have
each been given a bulletin suspension
OF fifteen days. Section foremen are
expected at all times to protect the
eonpany's property in every manner
possible, and especially to prevent the
An operator has been discharged
from the service of the company for
failure to deliver a train order.
A section gang was unloading Gin
ders at a way station. and in order to
get the car near the switch stand where
it was desired that they be unlOaded,
. switch was thrown for the siding and
the car pushed up in that direction.
After the cinders were unloaded, the
gang pushed the car back on the side
track, but neglected to throw the
switch for the main line, with the re-
suit that train ran into the sid ing and
struck one of the fat cars, breaking a
brskebeam and two or three Stats in
the pilot. The section foreman Is as
sessed thirty dsys bulletin suspension
for this omission. Section foremen
are expected to personally supervise
the throwing of switches when it Is
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