Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-22
ENGINES AND CARS
IN GREAT DEMAND
Pennsy and Reading Are Ex'
periencing an Unusual Rush in
Freight Business

With the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company rushing all stored cars into
service. and the Philadelphia and Read
Ing Railway putting forth every. eff
fort possible to secure, more engines.
indications point to record freight
business between now and April l.
| Superintendent N. w. Smith has is
sued orders to get out cars stored on
the Hollidaysburg branch and along
the old Portage branch. Cars needing
repairs are going to shops and yards
and those in good shape are being dis
tributed to various divisions to supply
the present demands for freight cars.
At present the Pennsy freight business
Is Keeping up to former records with
an increase at intervals that will bring
the total January movement above last
years figures
trouble to avoid freight congestion be-
| cause of shortage of engines. Every
. crew on the Lebanon Valley and East
Penn divisions has been on the move
iet.up in sight: The heaviest traffic
is from the Rutherford yards. the ship
ments of soft coal and coke now ex-
ceeding all previous records.
Because of the activity in the soft
coal trade, the Reading is sending from
150 to 260 cars to the bituminous re-
Maryland roads keep showing the fuel
into the Rutherford yard as rapidly as
1T can be transported
The first of the announced changes
In the running of crews on the Phila-
delphia and Reading Railway, went in.
to effect to-day, affecting passenger
Harry ,Cupp, conductor, No. 80 and
aha aharner, No and No. =. will have
Gaffrcey will be changed from No 4 and
No. 8 to No. and No g. #. n. Jones,
on No. l and No. 6, will get No. ! and
No 4; %. b. Spangler, who had charge
n IN &c
10; Joseph H. Missimer, who for years
ran No. 3 and No. 8, will get No. ri and
No. 8: Charles T.. Shambough. who ran
No 81 and and No. No. IL The hens engiGeerss eearse and
fremen will run the same as at pres
ent
David HepfOrd. for many years an
engineer on the Pennsylvania Railroad,
a charter member and the first super
intendent of the Sunday school of the
E, Elfth Street Methodist Episcopal
Church, died yesterday at his home, All
Maclay street. after an illness of sew
eral months. He is survived by his
d9Iahughter&s; 9Iha as & Mrs Homer Shoema ker, Mrs.
Alice, Nellie, Vinnardia Hepford, and
one son, Herbert P. Hepford Private
funeral services will be held Monday
AFTERNOON. at o'clock. Mr.. Hepford
may De viewed Sunday afternoon be-
tween 4 and 6 o'clock
preliminary meeting for the or
gantzation of an Employees Benefit AS
ISOLATION for men employed In and
about Enola and Marysville yards. was
held in the Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION, at Enola, last night and was
attended by 200 employees. The meet
ing was presided over by w. r. McNeal
w. L. Fisher was chosen secretary. The
new organization will be conducted
along similar lines to those followed
by the employees of roundhouse No /.
Dues and assessments will be collected
to establish fund for the aid of sick
and injured members and for death
benefits. The finance committee in
cludes, Albert II. kerstetter, w. r. Nc
Neal and George w. Fisher. of Enola,
and G. M. Donahue. of Marysville The
following committee was named to
look after members and investigate ali
cases. of injury and sickness: W. C.
Wright, Harrisburg, to look after
residing in Harrisburg; F. w. Heckard
and j. M. Stinefelt, trainmen; William
l. Troup. engineers and firemen, and
Charles +. Miller, clerks in the EnoIa
yards, and l. M. Adams, engineers and
firemen: G, M. Donahue, trainmen, and
j. A. Nevin, clerks in the Marysville
yards. Another meeting will be held
next week. at the call of the chair
man.
William A. Pef.on, aged 3s, died last