Semi=weekly graphic., 1899-03-01
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4 very pretty refrigerator ear has been built on the rip track
 The steam shovel IS in the yard, receiving general repairs. The main track in the yard is be- [ ing raised and new steel rails laid.
 MT. Jack Da. has again been con- fined to his room with dumb chill.
 Engineer Grant has been given $ north end passenger run on engine 104
 Philip Bloom has resumed hfs duties on the rip trip after a short lay off.
 MT. George Hurst, 8 maehinist Tn the machinery department, is i'll with la grippe,
 MI. Ed H. Bond. a coppersmith, has resumed his duties after several days illLess.
 Twenty-Five thousand pounds of lead has beeh ordered for these shops for car brass use.
 MT. Gus c. Montague has returned to Texarkana, Texas, after flying business trip here.
 Mir. John Pullman, a maehinist ap- prentice, has resumed york after several days lays off.
 A large number of coach and par Tor cars are ready to leave both the coach and paint shops.
 Mir. Jack Roast. paint shop fore man, has been busily engaged in nursing a boil on his arm. MT. Pat Grafton, roadmaster on the south end, was in the city last week on important business.
 Engineer Lew Kumero has return. ed from q trip to Sedalia, Mo-, where he has been visiting relatives.
 TT e steam shovel will soon be in operation between here and Grace station graveling the track.
 A large gravel shovel 10x7 feet was built in the boiler department last week for use on the south end.
 Mir. Pat c. Chestnut, of the | oiler department, has been suffering for the past weeks with a sore throat.
 Mr. Elmar Richards, general man. ager of the Arkansas X Louisiana railroad. was in the city yes terday,
 MT. Will Mara, machipist form erly in the side rod department, has been transferred to the round house. Mr Frank Smith, q machinlst in the back shop, has resumed his posi- ton after q severe cold for several days.
 Mir. George Farnsworth. a me- chanie in the motive department, has severed his connection with this company.
 Conductos Chas. Harris, now run ming out of Maiden, Mo-, willabe among his many friends in this city next week.
 Ghas. Moore. fireman on this road with headquarters at Jonesboro, W as in the city last week, calling on his n my friends.
 MT. Johnnie Davis, after several weeks visit at Mobile, Ala, has re- turned and resumed his position as tool dresser.
 Engine No. 2, belonging to the M. V. & NJ. railroad, has been overhaul ed and returned to it's owner at Kendal's mill.
 MT. John Waits, q brakesman on the swinging local on the Shreve port branch, has been relieved on ac- count of illness.
 Mir. George Ladner, formerly with the brass foundry at these shops, has 1 accepted similar position with the Dilley Foundry Co. l T. H. Osborne, general foreman of the car department, with number of friends. spent few days hunting I of AHapo piy
 Lawyer ]. w Sheehan, of Little Rock spent a few days in this city last week. He Is personally interest ed in railroad affairs here.
 It has been estimated that from fifteen hundred to two thousand head of cattle were shipped over this road during the past week. The Texas Ranger. 8 private car abelonging to General Superintendent I ] A. Edson, is in the coach shop undergoing general repairs.