The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-10-11
CARS FOR SECTION MEN.
Experiment Being Made on Lines In
Southwest,

Lincoln, Neb, Oct. 5.-The Rock
Island has for several months been
publishing an employees magazine, de.
voted to the good of the company and
its service. 1t opens its October num-
ber with a quotation from Ebert Hub
hard: "An ounce of loyalty Is worth
pound of cleverness." Continuing a
long quotation from the same author
the magazine says: "And don't for
GET forgot won't do in business"
The magazine is largely devoted to
news and gossip gathered from the big
system. 1t tells of a new departure in
railway maintenance departments as
follows:
Experiments are being made with
motor cars for the use OF section men
on both the southwestern and Choctaw
districts. Two cars were ordered for
service on the Salina branch and one
car each on the Billings and Tecumseh
branches. 1t has been found that the
cars are capable of hauling twelve or
fifteen men and two push cars fully
loaded with ties, so that it appears that
by the use of the motor cars section
men may get to and from their work
more quickly and also accomplish a
much larger amount of work than for.
merly."
The Rock Island Is to build a new
eating house at Pratt, Kan. Motive
power terminal appliances and a new
freight depot are planned for Eldorado,
Nwa - Tie, iii l. Ioi 4
on the old grade west Of Amarillo,
Tex, and the remainder Of the grade
to Tucumcari. N NJ, will be fitted with
rails during the following year. It is
said that new wires now being placed
will be in position before the first of
the year and that by that time careful
handling Of wire matter will relieve all
telegraph congestion.
The magazine publishes a depart
ment under the head For doing more
than duty" showing where merit
marks have been bestowed. 1t Is
shown that out of seventy-five to
eighty rewards bestowed thirty were
the regular fireman had been disabled,
had become i'll, exhausted or had de-
serted his post OF duty. Men thus re-
warded were engineers, conductors,
brakemen and fiagmen. One station
agent was rewarded for prompt action
following cyclone that destroyed the
depot and scattered the records over
large territory. He recovered his
records after the storm and saved the
"on hand" freight. Many marks were
bestowed on men who did more than
duty in getting important trains over
the road and in avoiding terminal con-
gestion by the use Of their brains. The
following tells where one man was re-
warded, even though his efforts to do
brave act were not successful:
Fireman John Ramey, Oklahoma
division, ten merit marks for attempt
ing to save the life of small child
who was sitting on the track in front
Of an approaching passenger train.
AS soon as the child was noticed Mr..
Ramey went out on the running board
with the intention OF catching the
child from the pilot, but he was unable
to reach the pilot In time to prevent
the child from being killed"
A Nebraska man secured merit
marks for a similar performance as
shown by the following statement:
Brakeman d. H. Emery, Nebraska
division, ten merit marks for pulling
man out of the way of moving train
in Fairbury yard, August %, which
was the means of saving the man
from being severely injured by the
train"
At Chickasha a train crew was re-
warded for switching train when the
yard crew did not put in an appear
ance. An Iowa operator discovered a |
broken flange in passing train, STOP
ped the train and avoided a wreck and |
was rewarded.
Referring to men not In line for re-
ward. the magazine says: "The man
some met plans IN. youfJY