Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-12
RAILROAD NEWS.
REWARDS FAITHFUL MEN.
Hartman Employees With Long Rec
y. CrdS RECEIVE KcCOgnitiOn.

About two months ago an order
Went into effect on the Hartman sys-
TEN having for Its purpose the recog-
| milton of the services of Its employees
who had been in its service with a.
clean record for 10 years or more.
The form Of reward adopted was that
for 10 years service the employee
should receive for himself an annual
PASS over the district in which he
| was employed; for Is years service,
ANNALS for himself and wife over the
| division of which his district forms a
part and for 20 years or more, annual
passes for himself and dependent
members of his family over the sys-l
tenn.
As a result of this order,Paul Thorn
assen. agent of the Oregon Short Line
at Kaysville will receive the last re-
ward named. He has been In the con-!
tinuous service of railroads now ems
braced in the Hartman system for Is
years. He began railroad life as an
errand boy in the general Offices 1.-THE
old Utah Central in 1881, and continu-
ed there until 1885. when he went to
Murray as chief clerk and operator,
under -. J.. Mcintosh. In this capacity
he served from December. 1885, to
July 1888. From August, 1883, to May
1892. he was chief clerk and operator orator
{at Sandy, under w. r. Scott. On May
l6, 1892, he came to Tiaysville, and.
with the exception of two months, from
March Z to May s. 1893 during which
time he was stationed at Nephi, he
has been III charge Of the office here
Ii Sear--making a total of Is years or
uninterrupted service, with a clear
record. The Layton agent, William J.
Cawley. eXcels Mr.. Thomassen in
length OF service He has been en-
poyed continuously for 50 years. He
started with the Utah Central later
going to the Union Pacific and then
to the Short Line. His employment
has been all within the state. off, Utah.
Mr. Cawley enjoys the distinction of
having helped in the building of three
of the lines. now embraced In the Har-s
Erinlan system. At IA years of age he
was running a team and scraper on
the Union Pacific, and he subsequent
8ly worked on the Southern Pacific and
the Utah Central. Only two other
MS agents. The man who holds the
record is A. Hanson at Srnithfield
Cache county. He entered the service
in 1875, a. year before Mr.. Cawley,
ana nearly five years ahead of Mr.
Thomassen, who holds third place.
SPIKE AND RAIL.
II. S. Kerr, brother of Kenneth G.
Kerr, district passenger agent OF tne
salt Lake Route, arrived III otit !-s,ho
late yesterday afternoon from a trip to
Europe.
John S. Ross, travelling passenger
agent of the Southern Pacific, with
HEADQUARTERS at San Francisco, IS a
visitor in Salt Lake today.
IT. G. Dawson, general baggage man
aser OF the Salt Lake Route, is en-
route east TO attend a. meeting at Cht-
cage OF all the general baggage agents
of the country.
General Manager w. II. Bancroft.
General Superintendent J. NJ. Davis,
and Chief Engineer William Ashton of
the Oregon Short Line. are still in Ida
no on tour of inspection. They viii
20 over the Yellowstone branch line
before returning.
Arthur a. CaIlister. secretary of the
Utah state board Of sheep commits
sioners, has issued a booklet which rail-
road men and sheep owners will find
very handy. The booklet contains
summary of the wool industry III the
state. Il directory of the large owners,
and 4 resume of the sheep laws the
state.