Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-03-06
TO POLISH UP
r MEN
Pure English and Good Form
Is Required on c. & N. w.
NEW RULES PREPARED
Familiar Vernacular of The Rails To be
Abolished After April1 1. Those En-
ployed Must be Polite.

Pol1teness, such as rules the social
circles of the best type; model Eng
lish, of the sort taught in universities;
and uniforms which could grace the
neighborhood parlors of Prince Henry
these are to be on the regular
schedule of the Chicago & Northwest
ern road after April 1.
A new code of rules, embracing
these departures, has been issued by
the company, and trainmen are being
examin ed as to their knowledge Of
the subject. Every day from 200 to
800 of the employees file into the Of
fees in the various yards and for ten
or twelve hours ponder over whether
a sidetrack is an auxiliary, whether
a newsboy has the right Of speaking
before he is spoken to, or whether
hats should be taken off when pass,
ing through a diner or the parlor car.
There is no such thing on the North
western road as a whistle signal-un-
less it is talked over in the round
house. That s%creeching sound has
become an "audible signal" The man
gazing from his window in Cuyler is
to no longer see ''the running Of
trains" but instead watches the
movement of trains" When trains
are disconnected in the future they
do not ''break apart as they used to
but they part or separate"
+ On April l there will be no SEN
gineers'' on the road, but all will be-
''enginemen." When trains were de-
layed along the road and the conduc-
tor was asked the reason, they used
to say: Were sidetracted." Now
they will inform the suburbanite that
'sthis train is on an auxiliary waiting
for a train of superior right to pass"
OF course these new terms will not
give a great amount of light to the
~untraveled citizen, but he, too, will
be educated in time to lone to un-
derstand that the Northwestern is
pioneer in the adaptation of univer-
sity English to railroad affairs. His
education is expected to be far more
rapid than that of the mar who used
to be called the ''hind end brake
man," but who is now to be known
as "the man IN charge of the rear end
of the train"
But Introduction of model language
is not all. The men are to learn true
p%oliteness. For years the North
western has been known to have one
of the best and most considerate of
working force but hat is not enough
Conductors were expected IN the
past to 'remain with their train un-
til the passengers have alighted."
Now son the arrival of Gheir train at
the terminal station they must remain
in full uniform until passengers have
alighted." There are to be no more
cases of passengers going by their
station, t'for on leaving a station pas
sene er brakemen will pass through
the train from the front to the rear,
and when about one-third the length
of the car from the forward end, with
closed doors, will announce in a clear
and distinct voice the name of the
next station and then proceed to
within the same distance from the
rear end and make the same an
nouncement."
These rules were framed by r. II.
Ashton, General superintendent, and
w. A. Gardner, General Manager.
They contain also the instructions as
to the full duty of the men. They
are framed in accord with the stand
ard rules adopted by the American
Railway association. 1t is expected
they will be adopted in part or in
full by all of the other western roads
going into force on the Union Pacific
about the same time as on the North
western.
The men on the Milwaukee division
already have struggled with the exam
nation. Those on the Galena dlvis-
ion will finish up this week, and those
on the Northern Wisconsin and other
divisions will be tested in Milwaukee
and GAINESVILLE in a few days. The
tests are in charge of an Assistant
Division Superintendent, an engine
man. and a conductor.