The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-05-23
ENGINEERS BACK
FROM DETROIT 7

Members OF the local union. Broth
erhood OF Locomotive Engineers, who
attended tho national convention OF
The order, one of the most important
and successful In yenrs, have return
Cd from Detroit Mich. thoroughly
pleased with the legislation enacted.
officers elected and business trans
acted John w Smith Of Sparks Of
holally represented Ogden OF inter
est 10 all railroad men is tho fol-
lowing account al one day's proceed
inGs which appeared in the Detroit
Free Press OF last Tucsday
Members OF the Brotherhood Of
Locomotive Engineers arc delighted
with their new office building in
| Cleveland. but they do not let senti-
ment Interfere with business. They
enjoyed themselves for two days de-
dlcatIng the building. but they were
on hand bright and carly yesterday
for the business session and took up
the question OF financing the cnter-
! prise.
The office building will cost lit
tie over 81 .20l, 900 when completed OF
this amount 81 100000 has been paid.
having been taken from the surplus
fund of the order. which Is a pretty
concrete example of the fact that tho
brotherhood is enjoying prosperity
Regarding the balance due the pIopo-
Sition came up as 10 whether it should
be raised by assessment or let the
building pny Itself out
Earning Capacity Good
No decision was reached point
of order putting the matter over, but
it is quite probable that the balance
VIII he paid from the earnings Of the
building, which are conseryatively
placed at $4,000 a year In addition
10 the 400 Offices the building has
fine auditorium, seating 1400 and
equipped with a magnificent organ.
/ There are a number Of singing So
cieues in Cleveland which Will rent
the auditorium at $t00 night and as
the seats can easily be remoxed 1t
will also be frequently used for as
semblies and dances
II. +. wills. vice grand chief of
the order, left Tor Washington yester-
! day to look after the interests OF two
i bills now before congress which the
brotherhood favors. One provides for
| the federal inspection of locomotive
boilers similar to the inspection of
| marine boilers. aud the other reduces
| the number of continuous hours men
engaged In the movement of trains can
be worked from l6 10 IA hours.
Take Time for Discussion
Most OF yesterday afternoons ses-
sion was devoted to the discussion OF
proposed amendments to the CONT
tuition and bylaws. and whether they
, pass or not the delegates want 10
thresh them out
You know" said one Of the officers,
our men are pretty steady lot who
don't lay off more than once in two
years. Nowadays the managers of
railroads want their engineers to
work steadily and they do it Before
| / became an officer | ran an engine
% years straight and did not lay of
a month in that time
To prove his assertion the officer
called TO a passing delegate. Say.
pal. how long since you laid off7"
We'll" answered the delegate.
! this Is the first excursion I've had in
&c years. and | am making the most
OF it,
He Is a fair sample OF the run of
Delegates continued the official @Of
course the same set Of delegates new
er get together. and in every conven-
| tiOn new ideas come up which are
| discussed and voted on We aim to
! do our work thoroughly. for nothing
| is gained by trying TO rush matters.
Besides. the convention Is I'm the ma
| ture Of vacation for the delegates,
and they are entitled to time for en-
| joylng themselves"
Test Stopping Device.
The feature for the engineers today
will he the testing OF an automatic
train stopping device. which win take
place at O'Clock this afternoon on
the Pere Marquette railroad near
! Michigan avenue The device Is such
! that where n train enters q block al
ready occupied the air brakes are an.
tomaticaly set and the train brought
TO a gradual stop.
The inventors are r NJ Cain and
John La Barye both Old railroad men
on the Pennsylvania system. and to.
| days test Will be under the super
vision OF the block signal and train
control board Of the interstate com
merce commission. Professor NJ. E
Cooley OF Aan Arbor, chairman of
the board. and W. p. Borland Of
! WASHINGTON. secretary will be pros.
I ent and Lhey will have the assistance
OF James Burt and T.. Calhoun gov
ernment inspectors. special train
carrying the invited guests viii leave
tho Union depot at | O'Clock This aft
ernoon
Preliminary tefts of the device
were made yesterday and they proved
eminently satisfactory. a light en-
gine, running 40 miles an hour stop
ped in 100 feet. and later the same
engine with the throttle wide open
was stopped in about the same dis.
tance For tho third test an outbound
freight consisting OF an engine and
| % cars. was given a grade. and It was
| stopped In thirty seconds. the distance
| Travelled being SIS feet.
Running Engine AZ Years
One Of the old timers among the
engineers is Robert Murphy. OF Kan
sas CITY. who pulls throttle on the
Union Pacific. He Is nearly 60 years
Of age. straight as an arrow and does
not use glasses.
| II have been running an engine for
81 years now" he said Yesterday aft.
ernoon. "and they will lei mo con
tinue II can pass the examination
for another year. and a half. Then
| they VIII pension me. Until a spell
| ago I had through run. but / gave
| Il up for an accommodation run which
GETS me home every night. and | only
work three days week, On our road
.on rofirc at r. -. i,