The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-23
0. 5. |. AWARDS GOLD
AND SILVER MEDALS
Railroad Employees Are Made
Happy for Christmas by
Their Own Work.

Nothing has been awaited with more
interest this past year by the thousands
OF employees of the oregon Short Line
than the results OF the regular annual
inspection trip OF the whole road re-
Gently made by the leading officials in
II special train. The awards were made
public Wednesday in booklet issued pS
Every man connected with the road had
his work examined thoroughly ana
marked according 10 n certain score
Every little thing counted. \ stray TN I'm
freight yard counted against the man
whose duty it is 10 keep the yard in
good condition. Even tho dust ON The
window pancs OF the most remote coun-
Try station counted against that station
agent.
ON the other hand the agent of this
most remote and least important station
stood just as good a chance TO win the
gold medal as did the man who has
charge Of the union station in this city
Every man Tor once was on an equal
footing.
The judges even kept their scores TO
themselves. not showing thcm 10 one an
other, so no one could even guess the
outcome I'LL all the figures had been
turned in and compared at Headquarters;
Even the judges did not know and had
no way OF finding out
The contest was fair and equal in every
way and on il depends promotion and
increase of pay IL one did well or no pro
motion and no raise II one did not Win.
The results OF this contest have been t,lc
main topic OF conversation ;or weeks
among AL the Oregon Short Line en-
ploYes.
The medals viii reach the winners in
time Tor Christmas They were made
by The BOYD Park company OF this city.
Following are the awards:
Best division Idaho division: w. II.
Jones. superintendent; score, ~
Best district: Nampa district. ldaho
II. tel. adm = sI
Best section: Section No. 5s Idaho di-
vision; Patrick Brennan. foreman; score.
96.5.
Best stations AIidlakc. Kaysyille and
Mcndon Utah; Ross Fork Elva and Ash
ton. Ida, Dillon. Mont: Orchard. Rich
field and Nampa. Ida; Ontsrio' Or and
Wciscr. Ida. each scoring 10.
Best pumping stations; Namys Battle
Mountain and Bcowawc. New. Garland.
Utah; Shoshone. Gooding. King ILill.
Clenn's Ferry. WciSer and Paycttc, Ida,
and NySsa. Or. each scoring 10
Best shops; Ogden. Utah, scoring as.
Best section houses and grounds: Sec
tions Nos. and los. Utah division; sec
Best signal charging plant: Pocatello,
Ida. scoring 10.
w. H. Jones. superintendent. score, 92.1
o. S. L.. Montana division; w. 7. Arm
strong, superintendent: score. go: .. >.
L.. I lSn ulN lcb'Il. ~ - .'NNNfhs'''i'
pcrntendcut: score. 9l.9: s. r. Co. Salt
Lake division; II. {. Manson, superin
icndcnt: score. 9l.I.
Branch lines: o. $. J.. Montana d.
vision: score S5.i. 5. L. Co. Salt Lake
division; score. Si.6. o. s. l., Utah dt-
For best district. all divisions. gold
medal: Nampa district. dmho division.
.. S. L.; score. 1892; Tim Donoyan.
''1uln',SV. N a,.i.;n.s. ,.old
medal: Glcnn's Ferry district, Idaho di-
vision O. s, L.. section No. jS: score,
ss.5; Patrick Brennan. foreman.
For best section on each roadmasters s
division. Nsmpa district, section no. ~:
score. $50; r. \. Brown. foreman q. ;.
l.. Utah division. Salt Lake district. sec
foreman :. p. Co. Salt Lake division,
Sparks district. section No. II. score 945:
j. Gidca. foreman. = p. Co. Salt Lake
score 9i.3 i. J. Kicrnan. foreman O..
:. L.. Utah division. Cache Junction dis
trict. section No. 1ol; score 94.3; NJ Mo-
ran. foreman. O. 5. L.. Idaho division.
$40. Mike Vcitri foreman: O, $. l.. Ida
ho division, Kemmerer district, section
No. 3; score. 93.9: W. =. Stewart, fore
man. O. 5. L.. Idaho division. Pocatello
Blaser. foreman. 5. +. Co, Salt Lake d.
vision, Carlin district. section No. 32;
score, 1876. Thomas DunmEan. foreman.
O. s. H., Montana division. Idaho Falls
district section No. L.; score. % =;
Frank Wilson. foreman. <. y. Co, Salt
Lake division Wells district. section No.
a5; score. 92.9; u, Labate, foreman. o,
s. l.. Montana division. Lima district,
section No. liS, score $3.50: n. Chris
tcnscn, foreman. s.. y. Co. Salt Lake di-
vision. Nevada &; California railway. sec
tion No. ] score. s9.S NJ. Harte. fore
man. .. $. L.. Montana division, Yel-
lowstone district section No. 30e, score.
Sg5, Joe Plastino foreman.
For perfect stations, gold medal: Mid
lake. Utah: Mrs. NJ. +. kalb. operator
i[aysyille. Utah; Paul Thomassen. agent
Mendon. Utah; r. G. Bassett- agent
Ross Fork. Ida Walter Davis. agent
| Elva Ida. Il. NJ. Fullmer. agent. Ash
! ton Ida. r. r. Drollinger. agent. Dillon
! Mont; :. II. CarI-uthers, agent. Nampa
| Ida. T. NJ Mcpherson, agent. Wetscr
| Ida J. w Laplsh. agent. Ontario Orc.
| il. O. Dranc, agent, Orchard. Ida; Mrs
NJ. e. Collins. agent, Richfiold. Ida; f
A Wilcox. agent.
For perfect pumping stations, silver
medal Valny. Ncv.: c. Marker. pump
er Battle Mountain. Nev.; +. Eads
pumper. Beowawe. Ncv.; G. Bradford
| purnper; Garland, Utah; Davis Jones
| pumper Shoshone, Ida; c. r. Wheeler
pumper Gooding, Ida. William Rich
ards. pumper. Glcnns Ferry, Ida.