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The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-02-01
FOURTEEN SUBSTITUTES
APPOTNTED BY THE FIRE CON-
 JfTSSIOHERs.

New Rule Adopted--Firemen Who Bor-
 row Money on Their Pay or Carry on
 Outside Business to be Dismissed--
 Fire Horse Is BaIEy--Chief An-
 nounces Location for New Men--Acme
 Wire Company Granted Fire PYotec-
 ton.
 A regular meeting of the fire commits sioners was held in their rooms in the city hall building last evening. Two requests for building permits were re- ceived and referred to the proper con- mittee.
 The chief reported that the new three-horse hitch arrived at No. 6's house yesterday. The center horse on the engine at No. 7's house has taken up the habit of baking while en route o5ffres recently, and if, after he is giv- en another chance to-day, he does not reform, his place will be taken by an- other. He has been in the depart ment's service for three years and, it is only recently that he has refused to do his duty.
 The chief recommended the buying of some new horses, and also reported the absentees for the month.
 Rule No. 1O4 of the department was amended last night. The amendment provides that no member of the depart naent will, dating from to-day, be allow ed to borrow any money in advance from anybody, on his salary, nor to carry on any outside business while in the employ of the department. Any fireman violating this amendment will be subject to immediate dismissal.
 The Acme Wire company's petition for fire protection at the same rate as is afforded to other nearby outlying industries was granted. The plant is located in the town of Hamden, where the old winchester plant used to be, and is only asshort distance beyond the city line.
 The following men were appointed substitute firemen: John T. Hussey, 43 Haven street; Thomas F. Naughton, 1S2 Franklin street; John F. Kenney. 21 Greene street; John E. Buckley, 1sS St. --ha street; Lawrence F. o'Rriena, 449
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-02-01

Congress avenue; William J, KilIoy, 55 Mill street; James Mortell. 360 East street; John J. Clancy, ITO Crown street; Francis O. Spaine, v Pierpont street; John T. Lynch, 5O7 East street, Francis L. Kiernan, 329 Winchester avenue; John P. Ryan, S25 Munson street; Frank W. Collett, Il Baldwin street; John Harrington, 35 Day street.
 The following assignments and trans fers were made last night, and they 20 into effect this morning: Nelson H. Hotchklss, No. 1; w. E. Buckingham, No. 3; T. F, Brady, No. 5; Louis Buss- man, No. B.; Samuel Isaacs, No. Il; F. H. H. Mayer, A. E. Wilcox and Francis H. Miller, to Hook and Ladder No. i; Louis s. Hagerty, transferred from No. Ii to Nc. 6; W, H. Goode No. g. Thom- as F.. Lowery, No. 3; Bernard Traut- man, Hook and Ladder No. 3.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-02-01
LELAND POWERS TONIGHT.

Henry Thompson Seton's Lecture Post
 poned Until February 6.
 In the series of the University Exten- sion course Leland Powers will this evening give Representations from Oli- yer Goldsaaiths masterpiece, "She Stoops to Conquer" MT. Powers inn personation of the various parts is said to be very fine.
 The lecture on Wild Animals" sched- uled to be given last Wednesday eyen-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-02-01
HOW TO CATCH HEALTH.

When our bodies are in a disordered condition, changes of temperature cause US to have what we call colds. This means that the body is so clogged with waste material, that is, material it cannot use, that it's action is enfee- bled; action is warmth. and when the
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-02-01
FUNERAL OF MRS. SLOANE

The funeral Of Mrs. Catherine Lee Sloane was conducted from the late home, 2S Grace street, yesterday af- ternoon, the Rev. Frank R. Luckey of- ficiating. Five sons and a grandson acted as bearers. Many friends attend ed and the floral tributes were profuse and beautiful. The interment was in the family plot in Westville ceme- tery.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-02-01

ing by Henry Thompson Seton was postponed on account of the heavy snowstorm. MT. Seton will deliver his postponed lecture on Monday, Febru- ary 6.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-02-01

Laxative Promo Quinine, the world wide Cold and Grip remedy, removes the cause. Call for the full name and look for the signature of E. W. Grove. 25c.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1905-02-10

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The Washington times., 1905-03-12
Exnress Car Held the Rails.

HE was pulling 4 Liixc1 train anu
about two-tlfirds down couple OF
empty freights ahead of the regular
coaches jumped Naturally the whole
business landed IN a smash. Grandpa
ad lust trlckled out tWo or three fingers
from the jug into n Tin can and Was
raising It to his mouth when2the express
car comnercai In sway from. st,ie to
side. He swallowed the drink just 10
save 1t from the wreck ana scrambled
TO the side door. but the express car
held the rails He was standing at the
door trying to think straight when the
train conductor e,1me running up toward
the engine. Then tie old .ear thought
of the report that had to go in signed
by the conduct and engineer, telling
how the wreck occurred ana the exact
position on the train ar every member
of the crew when the wreck. occurred.
It kind of struck him that 1t would
sound bad TO report the engineer in the
express car when the snlashup happen
ed. He leaned way out IF the door and
yelled at the conductor.
oh, son. he shouted in voice that
asas somewhat shook with anxiety. You
want to remember that when the wreck
occurred. the enei'seer was or the right
Size window seat-:'lfs right hnnd on the
throssle-hiss left hand on the reversing
lever which was pulled back 10 tie
liInit-Iis feet braced against the side of
the cab--and he stayed With his engine
to the last.
The Washington times., 1905-03-12
A Responsible Position.

There Is a fascination about the work
OF the man In the block tower at the
north end Of the Pennsylvania railroad
bridge that holds the attention eff one
watching the system for the first time
Your respect for the quiet, seif-contain-
ed man in charge increases in proper
. ton 10 the information Of his duties
you absorb. He has absolute authority
over every train that crosses the bridges
; leading from Washington TO the South
That means the trains OF the Southern
railroad. the Washington Southern, the
Chesapeake and Ohio. the Atlantic
Coast Line. the seaboard Air Line and
the Washington. Alexandria and Mt.
Vernon electric cars.
: An average Of two hundred and fifty
trains pass the tower every twenty four
hours II Is the main line between the
North and South for three large COM
pa nies that carry the majority of the
winter tourists 20 the Carolinae, Geor-
aia. Florida and Louisiana A conserva-
tive estimate OF the number of pas
sengers carried on these trains every
year would be about 3, 900 souls. Dur
ing the last fiscal year one road of ffl.
siz-tbe Southern Railroad-carried
something more than 80. 600 passengers.
The personal fortunes of these travel
efS III Lnf aggregate Wodio amount II
more than a billion and half dollars
Only a few days ago one special train
bound for aiken 9. G.. carried a party
whose fortunes amounted 10 more than
<s9. ess1. go.
This shows to some extent the re-
sponsibility resting on the man Ia the
tower. A single mistake of his might
not nscessitafe danger. but It would
cause confusion. delay. and endless
disorder. His hand is constantly on
he pulse Of railroad life in his terri
tsry. He is ever on the move. pulling
the great levers which control the
switches. telegraphing to the other
end OF the bridge, touching this or
that electric beg as q signal, receiving
telegraph messages. watching for
trains, and. between times. recording
ali he does an his long report sheet.
4 representative OF The Sunday
Times recently paid Q visit, 10 the
man In the tower and watched his
Hork for hours It was like watching
stage magician. His movements
were mysteries to the uninitiated on
locker. Apparently he was familiar
with every minute working OF the en-
tire line
From q. n. until >. M the tow
sr Is under the care or Z. 4. HanaiI-
ton. OF the Pennsylvania Railroad
he WAS assigned to his present posi-
The Washington times., 1905-03-12
Nzromn1 He SNzzch1s.

Son. he says to me, there ain no
harm in whisky. but these new-fangieci
idiots at headquarters are plum fanatics.
It's getting so I can't take a drink
around town., and I have to look the
other way when / go past a saloon.
I keep it in my room and when / wans a
bFacsr / wait unfit If gets dark. Then
] sneak upstairs-sliut the door--Iock it~-
leave the key in the hole-pull in the
shutters-ciose the windows-pull dowll
the biinds-turn the looking glass with
its face to the wall-pGt out the light
climb under the bed-aud take my drink,
laughed at the old man and told
him 1t looked like he was taking whole
lot Of precautions Well, sir. it WASH t
three weeks before he went out on his
run, let the water get too low in his
boiler, and burnt up his engine. The
master mechanic says:
That settles 1.-THE old man was
drunk again'-and fired him.
Yes. but you want TO remember he
played in luck lots Of times that he
ought 70 have been fred" volunteered
ono of the party, How. about that
Wentley grade smash-up? I took the
wreclipg train out and Jim told me
what the trouble was. 1t seems Grand
pa had a kid fireman that trip thai
he'd been breaking in. The old man let
him run the engine about twenty miles
and decided he was getting on fine.
The Washington times., 1905-03-12
NcwIrom the htzzr
ro-SzSa,i,s on fhe Sl5sn4
heHf TO aNona TYR 70
cross7AS br10Iae.

ton nine years ago, when the tower
was first built. and is therefore the
oldest man IN point of service Of the
three who do the tricks.
His knowledge OF the block system
as applied to the switches and tracks
leading to the bridge is SO thorough
that hiss duties are performed with a
Fapidity that would be impossible for
q man less thoroughly trained. It is
his pride that everything crossing the
bridge during his trick. from fast
mail trains 20 trolley cars, is hustled
across with the greatest possible dis
patch.
The interlocking system used at the
bridge makes it practically impossible
for 3 serious wreck TO occur Every
train has to wait until its special signal
drops before crossing either way. The
signal is worked by a lever. which cam
not be moved until certain combina-
tiGn is worked which sets the tracks in
the proper position In other words.
until the line is open for the approach-
ing train, the signal cannot be dropped.
Il is held by a combination lock not
unlike that used on the vault doors Of
bank, and the engineer knows that
when he sees his signal there must be
a clear line ahead
The Washington times., 1905-03-12
Pay W emit On.

Bill, he says to the superintendent.
that little squirt you've got in charge
has laid me off fifteen days just because
I let the boys go to a church sociahls
down the road and lost d. couple Of
hours. I've been running On this road
thirty years and I want re know il &
kid young enough TO be nay grandson
can lay me off for q little thing Ike
that
1.-THE superintendent scratched his
head awhile He was one of these slow
talking men.
:. Well. I'll tell you. Mack. he says.
That younsster is IN charge and what
he says has to go We must have dis
eig,line. you know But that viii be al
right. You take your lay off and cons.
into see me tomorrow. I'll fix up some
pa sses around the country for you ana
your pay viii go on while you re OF.
But don't let the kid down there know
about IT.
Il hate TO break up this conversation"
observed the tower man who had Just
concluded a talk over the wire with
Waterloo as one Of the engineers cross
ed his legs and Launched forth on a new
story, hut YOU people can go South, IL
you want TO -, the lines clear.
There was a rapid scramble down the
steps. followed in a minute By a sharp
loot from the dirt tram engine The
operator stepped aEaek and heIned to
throw the levers. As tfIe indicator drop
ped he waved a lantern before the north
windows. and with q rattle OF eTnnIies
and the click-ciicktng of the trucks;
across the frogs. the long irssiesSesi
took the bridge" last long farewell
whistle floating back through the night
announced that the evenings entertain
ers had gone south.
The Washington times., 1905-03-12
"Flying" Cars to the Siding.

but when it came to switching cars.
the eompanys rules made a hit with
him. There was one that instructed
the conductor to put a car on the
switch by f1itching one end of it 10 the
engine with a long chain and dragging
Il slowly into position. The old Joker
would burn up two and three hours
every day following that rule. while
every other conductor on the line would
fly cars to the siding
Excuse me for interrupting. said
The Times man, ..but what do you mean
by flying cars to the sidins?"
You break the train IN three pieces to
cut out a ear in the nHiddle-pu1l ahead
with the first section and crowd the
brakes on the third When the first sec
ton passes tho switch tho switchnan
throws il over to catch the loose car.
and then closes it.. The first section
slows down-eoupies IN with the third
ana goes aheaa without stopping. while
the car IS heinz. slowed down on the
sidetrack With hand-bralkes OF course.
every road in the country does that II
they didn't do it at the Chicago stock
yards they would get year behind their
work in one day. But the old man
claimed 1t wasn't safe. and he'd get oui
The Washington times., 1905-03-12
A World Apart.

This system prevents a man in charge
OF the tower from making d serious
bIunder, put a little act of carelessness
age anu certainly tie up six railroads
for many hours. The bridge is the most
important single point in the lines TO
the South. and the time made or lost
there affects the arrival and departure
% some of the most important mail and
passenger trains Ia the United States.
Within the four walls of the Four
feenth street tower there IS a little
world with an atmosphere and a Lam
guage altogether apart from the great
outside. There is a suggestion of supe-
rtority to the mere men who bounce
pass on the window seats of the iocomo-
tiVes which seems TO be q happy blend
of the arrogance peculiar TO MISSISSIPPI
steamboat pilot houses and the Czariike
authority of the chief train dfspatcher's
office. The man at the throttle of a
fast limited train for the South. ten
minutes behind his schedule and busn-
ing with impatience tossecnre the main
lire. may "hit the bridge. under a full
head Of steam, but ne cannot crowd
the man behind the lever.
You sit over in O. corner endeayoring
TO occupy the smallest possible space to
listen and learn. That Is, The Times
man aid SO On the occasion of his visit
to The tower. He learned many things
In the course of a few hours. He faith
omed the mysteries of the vernacuIar
IN time he knew that him is the en-
gineer waiting hun5ly Cor permission to
pass the bridge. He came 10 realize
that all reference 20 trains must be by
number only and that an aliusion 10
"fi1frfysffve.'' for instance. must neces-
sarily indicate a southbound train which
The Washington times., 1905-03-12
Train Dispatcher Tore His Hair.


We were up there a couple OF hours
and in the meantime the train Dispatch
er, who was a new man appointed from
q Northern road. commenced to burn VI,
the wire. He wanted TO know why
IS wasn't reported cut Of the
station. The operator wired back
that rs was in the siding and the boys
had gone to a church sociabIe. They tell
me that what that train dispatcher said
when he got that message was soTre-
thing impressive. II seems he was hold
Ing a through New York train for the
CONNECTION He tied ufs the wire with
one order on top of the other TO the con-
ductor of IS.
1.-The operator relayed them up 10 the
sociabIe. but IL WASH no use Inc Ola
man Just laughed at the tram dispatcn-
er-said that IS wasn't expected 10 run
on schedule and never had. When ne
got good and ready he rounded up the
boys and we pulled out.
when we got to the end OF the run
the train dispatcher was dancing I'D
and down on the station platform. he
had torn out his hair and was chewing
the ends off his fingers. He was so mad
he couldn't talk for q while. When hsa
came to- he told the old man he was Easds
or for fifteen DAYS without pay. Ha
had the right to do this as he was diyi-
sion superintendent besides being chieT
train dispatcher.
The Old man jumped the night train
and went up to see the general supertn-
|tendent. They were bFothers-in-IaW and
old side partners,
The Washington times., 1905-03-12

trip.
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The Washington times., 1905-03-12

- : :
Thirty
The man behind him throws his
weight on the lever numbered 10 and
locks It with a snap. AS rapidly as he
can move he closes Il. IS. &c. p and 81
and turns to the north windows Above
the noise OF the city you hear the low
rumble OF an approaching train In
something less than a minute a strong
electric glare lights Up the block tower
ana the Iabyrfn9.. Of steel rails The
clock above The operators head shows
6:5s
Let him go south sings out the man
at the KEY.
The helper slides down the line OF
levers and pulls down number II Nov
lag Up the line he moves number Is and
then 3. A hundred and fifty feet down
The track you see3he top signal on the
indicator pole drop swiftly. Before IT
has ceased to vibrate there is mighty
rush and the floor beneath your feet
shakes violently. You catch a kineto-
scenic vision OF many brilliantly lighted
Pullman cars racing past the tower
Another moment, and there Is nothing
IN sight but two red markers that gioz
like two fiery eyes as they are swallowed
uY, in the steel arches of the new bridge
across the Potomac. 1t Is just o clock
and train number 3I--otherwise know,
as the Southern Railroad PALM Limited
has taken the right OF way and is rae
ing for the east coast Of Florida.
The Washington times., 1905-03-12
ga uay7e n4< So07h- IEW J1z<IH-Uzk
acrS the IoT0n3 euhtcH<sokber5s
zhe z,a1eee &c f<Yg greet zzsI<s<ds

Tbs kid swore he would
hold her IN all to the good
and the old man drffted
| back. He had a dead straight
| tip tslat there was a jug of
| whisky going through on
the fast freight that passed
for az express car, He and
the messenger melted the
| wax off the top and drove
a knife in the cork. All they
had TO do then was to turn
the knife and the mountain
dew would come out nicely.
Wen, sir. they had a great
time together and got prop
erIy loaded.
'.While this little feast was
going on the kid up front
was having some= fun of his
own-ae was experimenting.
It seems he had a clue that
The Washington times., 1905-03-12
Operator in Charge of
lower at the New
Long Bridge.
All Trains of Five Big
Systems Must Obey
His Orders.
Interloeking Swift he S
Minimize Danger of
Bad Wrecks.

~ LOSE up the northDound
trolley" calls the operator;
Ninth street has reported
ss9rIlyf-fv-f,1ks
The Washington times., 1905-03-12

When the report went In that was
what 1t said about the engineer, all
rigi1t-and they both swore 10 1t. OF
course none OF she boys was going to
give the old man away
No Sense In Rules.
Your friend ought 20 have had Cap
tain Mack back of him as a conductor, q.
broke In another lordly person IN blue
Jumpers That would have made q
pair to draw to. We ran together back
in IS. when I was pulling a short
stack engine on the old Gordon Air
Line in Alabama.
'"fle Cap used to claim that there
was no sense in most of the rules of
the company. Our road was an cid mar
row gauge sjerk-water. and at one
place the rails were laid for several
miles inside those OF a standard gauge
read that rented cur company d right
of way over their ties We used TO
break down once in q while on the main
line OF the big company, and would
have to crawl underneath the old wreck
that they had the nerve to call q loco
motive and patch her together. Well,
while / was under there I would be
scared TO death. j never knew what
minute was going to be the next Why
vas | scared? Because that old joker
wouldn't let the fiagTnan go back and
No, sir. ne would say. and then
swear like 81 fiend. that flag rule Is
blank blank foolishness. It's the train
dispateher.s business to protect US front
enough OF my own without doing his
work for MINI.
The Washington times., 1905-03-12
"Grandpa" and the Kid.

Son. he says. do you think you
all can steer this here coffee pot for
the next half hour?,
:. Sure thing says the kid.
8 Well son. says the old man. I'm
feeling all shook up and [ wanf 60 so
back to the express car I'm going
to leave her to you, but YOU w8at to
be careful.
The Washington times., 1905-03-12

the best way to get spete out OF tIEe
old wood burner was 10 sam hsf at
the top of grade under z1ail steam
choke her off and LET her sizzle down on
a coast. He figured he could beat es-
ery record of the road that way, and
he sure did.
The Washington times., 1905-03-12

Y Y
The Inside Life.
Unless the evening of his visit was ga
exception to the rule, there is a wealth
OF material and q mine of pure gold fer
writer ambitious to chronicle the fas-
cinatiIg inside railroad life who will
spend few NIGHTS the tower. The
men dressed IN blue Jumpers who
lean back In luxurious ease putting on
short-stemmed pipes. tell quite casually
of things that would bring Joy to the
soul of KiIling. Their phraseoIogy is
highly technical and altogether delight
full.
One mantle engineer of a dirt train
reposing on the siding-spahe of a wreck
that had occurred on a Western road the
preceding day.
Engineer must have been drunk OBJ
served one of the party HE went dead
against a plain signal
Like the time Grandpa hit the wood
bridge on the old K. S. & W.. sug-
gesfcd a fireman in the other corner.
"Peor old Grandpa, " unused the en-
gineer who had first spoken. Did he
ever tell you his hard-iuek story?'s
Which onee:'' inquired the fireman,
eynicalls.
The engineer removed his pipe and
blew thin column of smoke toward the
ceiling A slight smile lit up his smoke
stained face.
..I ran against him the day before I
came East" he said. 'sIIe was cussing
the new management It seems they had
shut down pretty hard on the boozinG
that was going on among the boys.
Grandpa. was surely sore.
The Washington times., 1905-03-12
Amusing Stories of the
Inside Life on Old
Time Roads.
Youthful Fireman S Love
for Fast Time and
It's Results.
Conductor Holds Train
to Take Crew to a
Church Fair.

his little chain and hold lis up at SONS
little flag station for an hour
One night we ran into town on time
for the first time in five years. The girls
OF the town came down TO the depot and
told the old man they were having q 1T
the boys TO take it in. He debated the
question for while and asked the boys
how about it. They all jumped at the
proposition. so he told me to put her on
the siding. and we al blew up 10 the
town hall