Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-15

apprentice, is now s0l )ufuthS NJ
Eureka Springs.
One of our passenger brakemen
has q new call at the eating sta
lions, "Tweuty minutes for dining"
Mrs. Fannie Cason, OF Tillar, Ark.
ia the guest 0f Engineer Lawrence
Dixon and wiz.
The big excursion over this road
TO Memphis ON TIE Dist il going to
be the excursion Of ths season.
DR.. c. NJ. Lutterlah, OF Jonesboro,
stopped at the company's hospital
at Tyler. Tex. for a few days while
enro.te to Goreicana, to vi 4lt friends.
MIR. William Barlow foreman of
the upholstering department is still
visiting his relatives at LeYens-
worth, Kansas, and will remain
until the first ii August.
There is d chill tonic being sold at
Texarkana, at one Of the leoding
drug stores called Cotton Belt {"
Now boys there is not any cause for
| us to shake. We take the Cotton
Belt every day. Set?
After the first Of August this road
will use Illinois coal only. They
will not use any more Arkansas coal
use Illinois coal it makes quick stea m
and takes less.
Koadmasters Phillips, OF Nader;
Barnett, OF Joneshor0; and FOLSOM,
of Louisville. are in the city today
among ftiends.
Mr.. Alex Good win. white brake
man on the Arkansas and Choctaw
road had his arm mashed eff. He
was taken to Texarkana, where the
above road ordered him to be taken
and had medical aid summoned.
Mr.. Good win is we'll known here
among the road men.
Our hustling travelling passenger
agent, Mr.. n. Adami. Informs us
that he had given rates over this
road To Il big show and shooting
gallery combiled, composed OF girls
who want To locate here for couple
OF weeks In August.
General Manager f II. Britton
while dow in Texas was hoaored
with the election by che citizens of
Palestine, Texas, as their president
fer the silver water service.
Wei! Well The reporter met one
of our former rip track employees
who claimed he was now firing on
the road and Just returned from
trip with 2G7. Up II. inquiring how
the gentleman was doing at his new
position, we found out that he
was not EN- ployed by this company
at all and upon close inquiries 1t was
found out that the rip track gentle
man was only dreaming.
The two big passenger engines
have arrived and are now Gu the
south enc with heavy freight trains.
These engines are numbered 40 and
IL. They tip the scales TO 100 tons
each. when equipped for the road.
Two more OF the six nav engines left
last Tuesday from the K ,gers Loco
motive works and will arrive here
tomorrow.
Tue total number If casualties to
persons on account OF railway acct
dents throughout the country for
the year ending June 30, was Il 743.
the number of persons killed l23,
the number mi lred A 500. The num-
Der OF passengers Killed during the
year was 2a9. an increase OF Is, and
the number injured 3 d42, an increase
OF 49T, OF one passenger was killed
for every 1873 023 carried and one
injured for every 15l79S carried. OF
railway employees 2,2l0 were killed
and 81 1923 were injured during the
past year throughout the country.
Mr.. Dick George. Il car repalrer
on the rip track, has severed his con-
nect1on with this coTEpany and has
accepted position with the sawyer
& Austin Company.
Until further notice all freight
trains except No. Is stock and fruit
trains Will approach Stamps under
full control, expecting to find main
line occupied by switch engine BE-
tween the hours OF a. IN. aud p.
N. Engineers and conductors will
govern themselves accordingly.
Superintendent Seff issues the fol
lowing bulletin to conductors:
Complaint is being made by Super
inten lent Iiggett that the condue-
tors on the Texas division are expe-=