The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-15

didn't gtVe me nothing C1tuSe l!ey sa!u
my cows was on thar land, an said
|sI1l be gol1darned IL this here company
| ever gets any more OF my money, no
morn It shnnt r. 81
Although the scientific advance In rails
way mechanism has eliminated many OF
tho former hardshlps and dangers OF the
brake1nen. yet this class OF employees Is
none the less ecesslty-1ndeed an 3es-
sential-in train-handling. And as the
man from Texas, with the bowie-knives
strapped around his waist said In answer
to the query If such things were often
needed In the Lone Star State, ut might
be monstrous embarrassing to be without
en-, for when you do need EN- specially,
you pintedly5 do need 'em bad T.
The brakemen have the reputatio OF
being we'll posted on the current thoughts
and actions OF the powers that ho-when
they got to "prognostcating" things are
on the tapis and something is going 70
happen! They are good yarn-splnners,
too. "A good one is told OF new or.
extra brakeman before the days Of rigid
rule examination, The conductor OF the
passenger train on which the new man
was to take his initial run, told the
lnewly-uniformed to watch him and ne,
would give pointers. "Now. I will call
out the stations at the forward end OF
| the car and you must say the same
thing at this end" said the cap" Pres
emily tho fast,flyer rolled INTO 49,, JOINS ms.
ductor 'same at this end, voclperated
! the brakeman!
The firemen are surely hard workers,
They have very little let-up on shovelllng
coal In the fire-box while the train -
moving, It is related Of a man VINO mao
succeeded In getting n position as fireman
flor a long season of importantly that
- polvo trim he Resigned IllS
position, ms he felt MS II he had shovelleo
all tho coal In the mines But tnere's
nothing like "knowing your business ana
the firemen are cheerful and contented
set of faithful men. !. Y. -
RICHMOND DIsPATCHERs.
The editor tells me an illustration, glv-
Ing sectional view OF a dlspntcners
Office Is accompanying this article
have heretofore referred to the functions
az the dlspntcher. The dspa tchers office
is the clearinghouse of the transporta-Y
ton department. 1t Is never closed
day nor night, Sunday. Fourth or July,
/. Christmas, nor any other time, The
mon relieve each other at given times, and
in cases of sickness or forloughs extra
men arc put on and the endless cham
coases not its windings for single hour
The chief dispatcher holds a most re-
sponsibe position, and his duties are gem
orally arduous, FIe does not engage -
tho actual handling of the trains, hra
hence la relieved OF that nervous tension,
hut he has to oversee the general WORK;
look after the proper distribution Of en-
gines and equipment. supply cars for To-
cal orders, SEQ that all his stations are t!
supplied With competent operators, MAKE
out a multiplicity OF reports and other
exactlng and important duties, too nun
onted IN Richmond are Mr.. G, s. Wright
for The Chesapeake and ohloi Mr.. Will,
Iudypeth, for the southern; Mr. Joseph !
Witt, for the 5.eaboard Air Line; Mr.
Thomas r. Gooch for the Richmond.
and Potomac. and Mr. y,
a. Cole for the Atlantic Coast Line. Mr.,
Wright of the Ghesa peak eSand ONO. ~