, 1901-06-03
RAILROAD NOTES AND
PERSONALS OF INTEREST.

repairs.
General Foreman E. NJ. Tierney
went to Walcott yesterday.
F. NJ. Taylor of Denver, representing
the Atwood employment agency, was
here this morning.
The circus train made the run to
Cheyenne all right yesterday and will
reach this city tomorrow.
William Mcbride. of the motive pow
err department of the Union Pacific,
left today for Topeka, Kas.
The local force in Assistant Super
intendent Whitney's office are at work
on the May pay roll today.
The new time card worked to per
lection yesterday, the trains arriving
and departing about on time.
w. |. Horton, travelling plumber for
the Pacific Hotel company, is here
from Omaha today. on company bust
ness.
Nine men were laid off here SatuT-
day afternoon. being ten per cent of
the force. This reduction occurred in
all the shops OF the Union Pacific sys-
TEN.
John A. hampton of Omaha, con-
nected with the construction depart
p,apt ,f III, 1Tpinr DnniEn 10 how, ON
business with the office of Resident
Engineer Wyche
Hoggin Bros stable of ace horses,
fifteen carloads in all, are en- route
from California to New York via the
Union Pacific, and are expected
through Laramie tomorrow.
The Union Pacific today received a
carload of beer from Denver for John.
son, a carload of sugar for the A.. S.
Peabody company, and a carload of
aimed goods for the w. H. Holiday
company.
Harvey Simpson, an old-time con
ductor on the Seventh district, who
has been running a train in Mexico
since leaving Rawlins, is back again.
shaking hands with old friends
Rawlins Republican.
John Fenwick, the Union Pacific en-
gineer. who has been running an en-
CINE for the company at Red Buttes.
,af mo- uritl ht. { n,,f1,+ tnlar nrl
they are occupying their own home at
the corner of Sixth and Custer streets
Superintendent Park. Assistant SUI
p~erintendent Whitney. Superintendent
of Bridges and Buildings Petersen.
~Roadmaster Putcamp and District
Roadmaster Frederick went west on
train No. 3 this morning on a tour of
inspection.
The new cutoff three miles west of
Edison. at the Edison tunnel. will be
opened in a few days. 1t will not short
en- the line materially. but it will do
away with three very sharp curves
and two bad bridges. 1t is now neces-
sary to slow down, but ave the new
speed.
In consequence of the installation of
new engines on the Union Pacific n
reduction has been made in the force
employed at the shops in this city.
The new engines will run for some
time without repair. while the engines
which were supplanted were in the
shops frequently. The reduction chief
ly affects the machine and blacksmith
shops.-Omaha Bee.
The employees of the shops here are
now working under the new system of
keeping time. Each man is furnished
with n blank, on which he notes the
number of hours he has worked during
uted. These slips are endorsed by the
foreman of the department, and at the
close of the day are turned in to the
general foreman's office. where they
are entered on the time roll and then
filed away for reference. For instance,
one mar yesterday worked eleven
hours on five or six different engines.
and the time put in on each engine
was noted or his slip.
at Crawford. Nebraska. has taken d.