La Junta tribune., 1905-08-26
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C. b. Mcclellan is officiating Is
gang boss in the local shops
F. A. Grimes has been reinstalled
as day roundhouse foreman.
Superintendent Ayres' private car.
No 3s6. Is in the shops for new
coat Of paint.
j. w. Gorsueh, head blacksmith.
has twenty-seven men employed in
his department.
| Ten engines are on the drop pits
in the local shops undergoing a gen.
erai overhauling.
L. E. McAllister, formerly ma
chine foreman in the local shops. is
now the boss of the rod gang.
Engines 52s. s27 and 352 were re-
leased from shop quarantine this
week after undergoing a general
overhauling.
The timekeeper leads a strenuous
life these days. issuing discharge
checks and putting the names Of
new men on the payroll.
J. f. Ford. who recently came
here from Lynchburg, Va. has
taken the night job as "X-freight"
man in the general Office.
Engineer Cawley left last Wednes-
with the 1901 for Topeka. where the
engine will go into the shops to have
a broken frame repaired.
Engineer Ivan Kiser left Wetines-
day for Hutchinson. Kan, to join
his wife. who is about to undergo .
serious surgical operation.
Ora Morgan. who recently re
signed from the employ of Howe 4
Son. grocers, goes to work Monday
in the local shops to learn the trade
of coppersmi.h.
M. A. Martin. formerly superin-
tendent Of the bridge and building
department on the western division.
is now officiating as boss Of a gang
Of men on the rip" track.
Engineer John Morrow has been
granted a leave of absence for
twenty days. and has gone to Cali
fornia to join his family, who have
been visiting there for some time.
Engineer John Beard is officiating
at the throttle on Nos. 3 and 10.
between this city and Denver, dur
ing the absence of Engineer John
Morrow. who is of on a California
trip.
r. w. Crawford, foreman of the
bOilermaker department, is carrying
his left hand in a sling. While test
ing the steam pipes on Engine 1922
few days ago he had the misfor-
tune to fall. breaking two fingers
and being otherwise bruised up.
There are now nearly $50 men
employed in the various depart
ments Of the local shops. Of this
number nearly $50 are employed in
the roundhouse, and the remainder
represents nearly double the num-
Der employed before the new shops
were erected.
C. NJ. Taylor. mechanical super
intendent Of the western grand
division, has been in Chicago all
week attending an important con
ference Of the mechanical superin-
tendents Of the Santa Fe system.
There are rumors Of settlement of
the strike in the air.
Engineer Cawley arrived last
Wednesday with Engine No. 8l9, Of
the New Mexico division, from To-
peka, where it had been undergoing
a general overhauling. The sl9 was
blown up near Albuquerque about
two months ago. killing the engi-
neer, fireman and coal passer
Engineer Con Renahan is on the
watermelon and cantaloupe train
these days, and James Dornan is
officiating as conductor. The terri
tory embraced includes Weitzer,
Rocky Ford. Newdale and Swink.
The first trip was made Thursday,
and the train will be in service until
the close Of the season.
J. w. Gorsuch, head blacksmith,
has invented . clawbar for pulling
spikes in railroad ties which experts
pronounce to be the best thing in
that line ever turned out. Mr.. Cor
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