The Paducah sun., 1904-12-19


Chief Harry Lloyd, Paducah's
baseball manager, stated this morn
ing that he had been assured every
convenience would be provided at the
ball park, and that the players would
have everything necessary when the
season opened,
"The management has assured me
that the grandstand Will have club
house. a shower bath and a means of
heating water. We will have lock-
ers. and In fact. have just as many
Accommodations as are found in any
ball park" he stated. Chief Lloyd
is hard worker and although the
season is several months away, is
working just as hard as If it were at
hand.
OF all classes OF railroad employees
the wrecking crew probably has the
most strenuous life to lead. having
to suffer more hardships than the
nagman. who often has to go back a
mile in a cold. drizzling rain or snow
TO flag a train.
A wrecking crew member has to
go out at any time in the night and
his work Is of the hardest kind. He
has to work a wreck in snow or rain
and in all sorts Of places. The work
does not stop at a certain hour like
other employees who work in the
shops, but he has to labor and suf-.
fer until the wreck is cleared.
This kind OF life toughens a
man" one Of the wrecking crew stat
ed this morning as he pulled on his
overcoat and made for the derrick
car preparatory to going out. 81
have been on the wrecker for some
time and when | went to work first,
thought would never live through
IT. II gives health, II you can stand
the first few months. and do not
regret that have experienced as
much as | have. Wrecking crew
men are hardy lot and are not men
who can be picked up anywhere"
Mr.. Charles Hart, the well,known
|. c. blacksmith. has a fiat-top Ger
man derby hat he occasionally wears
about the shops for fun. He didn't
know what fond memories this hat
could arouse until he let Mr.. Ed.
Wheeler. foreman of the tin shops.
have ii the other day.
BY some mistake Mr.. Wheeler lost
his top piece and asked Mr.. Hart to
loan him his for a short time. Mr..
Hart proffered the German derby
which Mr.. Wheeler accepted with a
smile. well knowing the ludicrous
appearance he would present making
his inspections about the shops with
such a funny-looking piece Of head
gear.
NJ. Wheeler was coming through
the machine shops when all of
sudden a strange German machinist
lately from over the sea, ran up to
him, jerked the derby OFF his head
and fairly Rugged II in his delight
TO see such familiar piece OF
headgear. He snapped hats with
Mr.. Wheeler and nothing could pull
the flat-top. German derby away from
him. IL is the style hats worn in
some parts of Germany and the Ger
man machinist had not seen one since
he arrived in this country.
Mr.. Wheeler did not keep the ma
chinist's hat, but gave II back TO him,
but nothing would induce the German
to give back the old fiat-topo
'''
Mr.. r. ]. Turnbull, the popular /.
c. master mechanic. has a musical
turn of mind which he used to
great advantage several years ago in
devising a chime whistle for locomo-
tives.
II was working as a machinist in 1
the west many years ago" he explain
ed, "and noticed that all chime whis-
ties sounded harsh and anything but |
musical. had never had occasion to /
plan a whistle and of course this was
a little out of my line, but / began |
thinking OF how much prettier II
would be II whistle could be devils
ed to give forth a clear harmonious
musical blast, and when had any
time to spare would plan of a reme-
dy. knew that It required as a gen.
eral rule four tones to produce har-
monious cord. and began experiment
ing on the plano to get a pretty cord.
also looked into the tuning Of pipe
OrqonQ and hafOrp long had my plane /