The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-01
Hours of |. G Machinists and
WOOdwOrkers Increased.
The Good News Was Given Out to
the Workmen
Today.
TIME TO BE INCREASED

The machinists and woodworkers in
the employe of the local l. O. shops
were agreeably surprised this morning
when they reported at the check win
dow for the time checks, to learn that
the hours In the woodworking depart
ment had been increased and an order
sent out for an addition to the work
ing forces in the machine department
OF the shops.
The woodworkers have been work
ing eight hours day but the order
increases the working day to nine
hours, and with the coming of longer
days, another increase In hours will
be made. The regular work day in
the summer time is ten hours and on
account of the great amount Of work
on hand the officials will not be slow
in reaching the time limit.
The increase in the mechanical de-
partment could not be satisfied here,
and the road had to send out Of town
to secure machinists. When the cut
in forces was made ut the beginning Of
winter, the men ell left the city to
procure work elsewhere and only those
who could secure work here ut foun-
dries and machine shops remained. An
addition Of fifteen machinists was or
dered.
The working day in the machine
shops lie eight hours, like the other de-
partmepts, but some maohinists work
ten hours on account of the aooumu-
lated work. The regular work day will
be increased to ten hours when the
days increase in length, and . nine
hour order is expected in this DEPART
ment this week.
The laborers in the shop yards, espe-
cially the car repairers who have to
work on the jacking track, experience
much suffering from the cold, and this
morning had several big fres built in
the yards where they would go to get
warm from time to time.
Cars are run in on the jaoking track.
lifted up by hydraulic jacks which Of
ten freeze over night and have to be
thswed out before they can be Sssd
ana the car repairers then crawl under
the cars and begin work. It requires
little time to chill them to the bone
and here is where the fire comes II
handy. The amount of work Ia de
creased by the cold weather but the
cars have to be repaired and the cal
monkeys" have to work despite thu
severe weather.
Last night the fast flying passenger
train, No. 1903 and l04 came in OF
time for the first time in many weeks
The freight traffic and weather hat
delayed these trains and the resump-
ton of regular schedule came as sur
prise to the travelling public.
/ The dispatchers and division officer
have gotten a move on themselves o
late and are cleaning up the division
Of all accumu, lated freight, moving i
away as fast as it 10 brought on fo
shipment Chief Train Dispatches
North has been devotiDg his entire at
tention to cleaning up the Louis>,'ll'
and south end divisions and has 40.
complished a great deal in this work.
This morning Superintendent W.
J. Hills, of the N, O. and st. l.. road,
and several other division officers left
in special car over the roac on an
inspection trip extending to Memphis.
The train left here this morning al
7:2O and will be out two days, proba-
/ bly,. This is the first special inspec-
ton train over that road in some time.
Mr.. U. II. Clark, chief clerk to
Master Mechanic T. +. Barton, has
returned from Louisville where he had
gone on a short visit to relatives. Mr..
John Digger had been acting as chief
clerk in his absence.
Miss Adsh Enders has returned from
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