The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-04-21
RUMBLE OF THE RAILS
News Picked Up at Depot, Siding
and Round House.

New Haven & Hartford, the Boston
& Albany and the Pennsylvania i'm
volve an aggregate increase OF near
ly 2O,000,0 900 annually, and these are
only four of the railroads upon which
advances have been announced.
Most Of the advances granted since
the first of the year have been per-
centage Increases. Some, however,
are in the form of so many cents an
hour, and still others in the form OF
so many dollars a month. Two OF the
roads have simply announced the an
nual total which the advances grant
ed would cost their treasures, with.
out giving details.
The number of men benefited by
these advances has ranged from
few hundred, In the case of some
companies, to as many as 100000 In
the case of the company with the
largest payroll. The number of EN-
pioyes who have received wage in
creases since the first OF the year win
not fall short of half million.
The principal advances so far an
nounced have been made by the fol.
lowing roads:
Delaware, Lakawanna & Western.
Baltimore & Ohio.
Western Maryland.
Lehigh Valley
Chicago, Indiana & Louisville.
Chicago & Northwestern.
Pennsylvania.
New York, New Haven & Hartford.
Philadelphia & Reading.
Norfolk & Western
New York Central & Allied Lines,
Boston & Albany.
Erie.
Atlantic Coast Line.
Boston, Revere & Lynn.
This general advance in the wages
of railroad men is the second in a
period of four years. The last pre-
vious raise came in 1906-1907. Soon
after, in the fall of 1907, came the
panic, but the railroads. despite the
falling off in business, did not reduce
the wages then. Thus the present in
crease comes on the top of the one
four years ago,
Sewer connections are being made
at the Rock Island depot with the
main on Rock Island avenue. For
merly the sewer Of the passenger de-
pot emptied into the ditch just south
of the track
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A large map displaying the expanse
of territory which the Rock Island
tracks cover has ben received by To-
cal agent o. F. Boiling. The United
States is well covered with this sys-
TEN, extending from Chicago on the
east to Denver, Colo, on the west:
from Minneapolis and WATERFOWL. S.
d., on the north, to Galveston and Ell
Paso, Texas, on the south and south
west.
B. f. King travelling auditor of the
Western Railway Weighing Associa.
ton, was in the city Monday calling
on the local freight agents.
Eight more men were laid off yes
terday at the car repairing depart
ment OF the Iowa Central. The lay.
off includes men of all the different
classes of work of this department.
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Two new chairs have been added
to the office furniture at the offices
of the Iowa Central round house. The
chairs are for the use of the round
house foreman and the clerk.
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The Office at the car repairing de-
partment is shining under a new coat
of conspicuous red paint. The inter
ior of the office has also been painted
a drab color A new railing has been
placed inside to divide the office. A
new filing case has been placed on the
south side for the convenience of the
clerk in keeping record of the cars
repaired at this department.
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A base ball team has been organ.
lied among the day workmen at the
Iowa Central round house. The team
is going through some strenuous prac-
tice daily and hopes to be in condi-
ton soon to play some of the other
teams of the different departments OF
the road. A game will probably be
matched between the new team and
team composed of workmen at the
car repairing department. The men
feel confident that they can beat any
other team in the employ of the rail-
road and are just aching to cross
sticks with the team that dares chal-
lenge them. The lineup oof the team
is as follows Lester Monroe, C;
Brick" Reynolds, p; Fred McVey, IS;
E. Thorson, 1b; Ben Sager. 2b; w.
Landmesser, 3b: Amos Chord, II:
Mike Stuhlatz, CT: Frank Leibus, ri.
M. McVey has been chosen manager.
Walter Landmesser captain and W.
]. Monroe umpire. Clerk Mahan has
volunteered his services as mascot.
Herbert Anderson, locomotive fire.
man on runs 403 and 404 between Ben
nett and Clinton on the Cedar Rapids
division OF the Rock Island, Is in the