Albuquerque morning journal., 1915-01-05
COWBOY FIREMAN
LEADS $1,000 COMRADES

Nearly every member of the fire.
mems brotherhood calls him "Bill. >
This is their way OF showing their af-
fection for William S. Carter. presi-
dent of the Brotherhood of lsocomo-
tive Firemen and Enginemen. Bill
Carter also possesses the entire con
fidenca of his brothers in the ranks
The reason for this Is well known
among the $4,000 members Of the or
gan2adon Nearly every fireman
whose livelihood Is derived from
scoOping coal OF turning oil into the
furnaces of our modern locomotives is
familiar with Mr. Carter's career.
Although comparatively young
man, President Carter's lite may he
accurately divided into ten chapters
| These chapters could be headed Cow
/ boy Ranch superintendent" Fire
man on an Old Woodburner," Bag
gage Man. Switch Engineer "Lo-
comotive Hostler,r Locomotive Tcngi-
neer,' Editor and Manager of the
Fireman's Magazine Secretary and
| Treasurer of the National Organiza-
ton" and president OF the same"
lie was born in Austin, Tex, Au-
gust ~, 1859. and his boyhood days
were spent in western Texas, at that
time n wild frontier country. There
We're no railroads in that section then
and the great ranches were few and
far between. There were virtually no
| improvements of any character west
OF the Colorado river and the only
evidences Of advancing civilization
We're the dugouts of the ranehers
who owned the cattle that erazed on
the public lands of the state. Con-
Meeting with the outer world were
tho xVfpae of tbp eapapurnonf tala-
graph running from Fort Worth to
where the city OF ltl Paso is now To-
Gated.
Up to Is years Of age, Mr. Carter
led the life of a typical cowboy. There
were many Indians In that section
and the theft Of cattle was a common
occurrence Mr.. Carter recalls that
ordinarily the Comanches were the
/ offenders and now and then there
would he little brush or skirmish
between the cowboys and the red
skins However the Tonkawas were
friendly Indians and President Carter
remembers them as quiet and peace
able people. The bucks were good
scouts.
In those days there was large
ranch which was widely known In
that part of Texas as the Dacus ranch
an Brushy creek and when Mr. Car
ter was well into his teens because
Of his knowledge Of cattle and bust
ness ability he was offered the super
intendeney Of this place. Shortly az
terwards he assisted in the sale OF IL
and the new owner promptly drafted
him as manager Of small wooden
tramway which was used to bring In
green lumber from the forest
! took the jot Mr. Carter re-
lates, "and il was my irst experience
as railroad man. The cars We're very
small and three large mules hifohed
IN tandem furnished the locomotive
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nfRT0es ana wah he superintendent
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