Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-11-03
RAILROAD NGWS
By E. " alter Noram an

train leaves St. Louis after supper, arriving at Hot Springs in time for breakfast.
 Conductor Walter Conyers, of the Cotton Belt, Is in Memphis today transacting private business.
 Machinist Will Warrington. Of the local Cotton Belt shops, left last night for Helena on private business.
 The Fort Smith-TeXarkana iin@s freight traffic officials met Friday at the Fullerton building at St. Louis to formulate cotton compress rules anG regulations The lines represented were the eoa Mountain, the Cotton Belt. =tha Kansas City Southern, the Caoctaw. tae Frisco, the Texas and Pacific.
 The gross earnings for tie St. Louis Southwestern railroad for the third week in October are $l75s2eS, 2 gain of s2399
 
 T9,a gross earnings for the tit-y-o@a "eqe5 n Texas for the past yeaf. end i@ : JU2e 90. 1901, agsregat S5s.Ita#- -c6.3t. as compared with s46.e95,- .tt4.be fo. the previous year. l89ll,..; aa in case =ef sls,s;s>:2, ito, nearly aH of tho principal lines showing heayG increases.
 The reporter of this column was n receipt of a letter last week from Mr. X. J. Cleveland. formerly foreman ot the round house ot the Cotton Belt at this place In the letter 1 found the following clipping: MT J. 5. Baker on last Saturday resigned hls position as master mechanic Of the termlnal railway aad -Nr. A. J. C!eve- k ...j has La appointed his sucee5 soe. 1r. Essaes is well Enoan H h ~ ofty. .havtng been #With tae i.sass- ara Minnesete ana late9 with the Ter ,atnai. He has helt tha position et master n1eehente= faf tae# #psst tvo za,.5 His intentions are not laown at tsIis 6ae. &.z elevelaad Is . falt- eo.=s s=.#3l=al fsa ex-s,=e53se. !EaEiase
 aaa =7sfta the =d.55.1z. reaas n n a.tg ia fafioes eapa tles Whzn T. 2. Adams went to Missouri as master mechanic for one Of the south ern roads. the Cotton Bet Inc. MT Cleveland went with him as roHa4- house foreman. lie did not like tEe pace and retafned some tune ago. Us manE friends fa this cify VIII be gIaaz t2 lear of his good fortune Nr. Cls.staaG is with tsc= =laE5e suDer19r 4a}masl 3ad fea ssfa2 Railway com pay .eI Superior. Wisconsin. While IT. Cleveland ~as roGndhog.a foreaaa ef t.a Cotton Belt at th. place ha Va naao friends than any ctheH o.isial that was ever with the Cotton =Baft. lie atzTavs lad q knd word for h.s employees and never sct them know t4at he WAS ther superior. He was always reaos 10 help zhIs mon and aeysr spoke harsh word - .Aenl. I-e were# ogeralls and assisted hls men whenever he found them n trouble w!1n thfer work. and always ree@,vta moro work from his mea through hls generous acts than any other foreman that eyor had charge of that place. When the news reach cd the boys Of his resignation, tho !: quickly petitionea him 10 remain With them. They dld all in theIr power l9 get him to remain. but as he had the other good oner ia view, they found t useless to ask him agaln. Mr Cleveland. who is an expert mechan- ic and whose motto e vays was. "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you has certainly wen hun many lanrels an friends along tha Cotton Belt especially among the Foys with whom he came in contact. ed he left me Cotton Be, wrh the highest esteem that any foreman h93 eyer rceeivet. His new position as master mechanic Of the above name-t road alone shows his record of the past. wish him continued success
 T a2albana Is now suffering from a water famine and water IS now far- nisheG onE to private residences.
 Spoelal Agent L K. Wheeler. C! .ae Cotton Belt, is ia the city on lmpost- ant business