The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1909-09-16
RAILROAD NEWS


Seattle today
A. T. Newman, superintendent
OF the Shaver News Co., was in
town on business ON Tuesday.
Engineer c. B. Hart brought his
engine in from the Fernie branch
for repairs last Saturday night.
Engineer Ernest Smith went to
st. Paul last Monday, as y delegate
to the General Adjustment board.
Engineer Ernest Smith returned
from Hillyard last Saturday where
he had been visiting his family for
Il few days.
Robert Rcnfrew has resigned his
position is oiler at the roundhousc
and left last Monday night for San
Francisco
Chas. Smith is taking P. l.. For
Gums run and p. l.. Forcum is
taking H. 7. Mayficld's run while
he is laying off.
Fireman Wallace Hamill and
jim Dyer fshcd for Il couple OF
days at Essex last week and made Il
fine catch of trout.
Brakeman Albert Ness left Tues
day for Grand Forks. \. d., where
he will spend a 3O-day vacation
with friends and relatives.
A new siding has been construct
ed midway between Seville and
Bombay and will be known as
Carlow Station, No. 100.
Fire started in the Great North
crn wood pile at Essex last week
and as there was no way OF lighting
it 80 cords Of wood were consumed
A. P. Sheridan has been appoint
ed work foreman at the roundhous2,
assistant to Dave Phelan, and Chas
Coleman now has charge OF the all
t work.
JAS. G.. Riach, romdhousc fore
man at IIillvard, passed thru here
! Friday on his way to st. Paul where
he was called to attend his brother
who is dangerously i'll.
While Master Mechanic Delaney
is taking his vacation IT the coast
y J. NJ. Carral, general travelling en-
ginecr OF the Great Northern sys
y tenn is officiating in his place.
'. Fireman Joe Woods returned t,
: work last Thursday after being of
:, several months He is hosting OF
the day shift at the roundhouse an,
Fireman Grub has the night shift
: now.
; Conductor J. ". Donaldson ant
, wife moved to kalispell last Satur
day where they have taken room
-, for light housekeeping while Mr.
j Donaldson has the night run OF
> the branch.
A coal chute pocket slide fallin?
u down at Essex last Saturday causet
II considerable damage to an engin
y that passed by, ripping up tn
jacket and damaging the cab, bu
+ no one was hurt.
$ Going into effect last Sunday
n the telephone system for dispatchin
II trains was put into service on tn
west end and is proving very sat
er isfactory and convenient system TO
n handling train orders.
of The roundhouse officials here ar
a trying to have several improvement
made at this place They hav
, asked to have four more stall
-, added, so as to have back sho
q for doing heavy repairs, and ne'
~ tools and machinery have bee
w, ordered, including an S-foot planel
Engineer Peter Gutensohn, VIII
has been laid up ever since til
- wreck he had at Ural on July l.
81 has returned to work on his SAN
as old run, No. l and 2 on the we.
C. end. In spite of his terrible e,
ol perience he does not feel the lea
bit dubious about going to wol
to again.
n Engineer Harry Lands, accom-
T. panied by Mrs. Lands, came ov'
VI from Hillyard last Sunday. NJ
}" Lands left on Monday for st. Pau
where he will meet with the gencr
ISIS adjustment board of the Brothe
IS, hood of Locomotive Engineers,
i'll which he is secretary. They wen
at into session yesterday.
us The locomotives on this divisic
III are now being equipped for Eighth
fires. A valve is put into tt
cr branch pipes with fittings to viii,
an IL fifty foot hose can be connectC
gs and the injector is used to force Il
II. water. With 200 pounds of stca
he in the boiler the injector throws F.;
lie inch stream of water in Il very ctfe
Fl tive way.
We Last Thursday after he retuln'
- from a tri p over the Flathead re
tie crvation, J. w. Davis was surpris'
on and pleased to learn that he h;
ct been appointed travelling engine
IS on the Kalispell division by Mast
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