The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-01-10

forced among the engineers, conduc-
tors, firemen and other trainmen of the
Lackawanna Railroad, and the an
nounceInent that some are to be drop
ped from the pay roll as result Of
information obtained through detec-
tiyes is a source of anxiety to many.
The rules of the railroad do not
prohibit the men from drinking, but
it lays down certain rules that have
been disobeyed in the past, but which,
the high-up officials say, must be
rigidly adhered to in the future.
The clause that prohibits trainmen
from even entering saloon heforeibe-
ginning a run will be rigidly en-
forced, according to the new orders,
as the noticing of an engineer or
conductor in drinking place when
he is about to begin run in which
hundreds of lives will be in their care
is thought by the officials to cast sus-
picion as to the probable safety of the
train while in their hands.
A verdict of SIC, 500 has been award
ed to Thomas Rehding against the
Central Railroad of New Jersey.
Rehding sued for injuries received at
Roselle, where he was struck by q
train He was unconscious for seven
weeks and partially lost the sense of
taste and smell.
The directors Of the New Jersey
Central railroad have declared quar-
terly dividend Of 2 per cent. against
III per cent. at the last payment out
of the earning of last year. President
Bare Of the Reading company said
that he did not care to designate this
dividend declaration on New Jersey.
Increase in wages has been an
nounced by the Pennsylvania Rail
road as follows:
Yard conductors to receive 20 cents
an hour for day time and % cents
for night work. the average day duty
being ten hours while night duty ID
for IL hours; yard brakemen will re-
ceive 10 cents an hour for day and %
cents for night; road engineers and
firemen, for passenger engineers from
So. 80 to $500 a day, firemen from
50. 10 to 1920 per. day; for road
freight engineers, first class, $S.6 to
So. so day, second class, from $S. 30
to So. 90 day, third class from IS. 90
to SO. 90 day; freight firemen, 50. ID
to 1926.
The Courier News, of Plainfeld,
is still after the New Jersey Central
Railroad because THAT road is not
engaged in serving the public.
1t is making petty economies, such
economies as hamper the service; Of
run down the physical condition Of
the road as in the end, make reduc
tions in dividends necessary.
Wait. The time is coming wher
the Central Railroad will be man
aged, as it used to be managed, in ar
absolutely first class manner, but moi
until huge blocks of it's stock ars
locked up in investors strong boxes,
sold at rate considerably higher thar
the very high one prevailing today.
Wait. y
Conductor Wilson, of the Glassborc
accommodation on Saturday evening
found among his passengers woman
with six childen, with ticket for the
mother only. The woman explained
that her offspring were all under
years of age. The conductor scratched
his head and walked TO the smoker.
He asked some of the occupants of
the car to solve the problem. None,
however, ventured an opinion. Fin
ally DR.. Hunter, of Westyille, boarded
the train, and Mr.. Wilson put the
question to him. Go ask the wo-
man, = said he, "how many twius
there are among the lot. " He did so.
These two in my lap and those two
in the corner of the seat are twins, =
said the mother with smile