Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-05-03
DEPOT DOINGS.


possessor of a fine new car equipped
with electric lights, self starter and
all of the latest conveniences.
w. NJ Hood in the private car Pa
cific passed through northbound
Wednesday evening. Mr. Hood is
chief engineer for the Southern Pa
cific.
F. L. Canish, expert in the South
ern Paciric's signal department, with
headquarters at Dunsmuir, has been
here for a week or ten days, super
intending the installation Of apparat-
us in Ashland and adjacent territory.
fhe Southern Pacific company is
installing Hoeschel signal warnings
at the main grade crossings in Med
ford. No warning will be installed
at the Main street crossing, however,
as the company has a flagman on
duty there.
4 Thea trical troupe which passed
/ through Tuesday was the source of
much entertainment to the usual
gathering OF railroaders. Foot races
with both the masculine and feminine
elements participating was feature
which was most appreciated.
j Fifteen date palms are being cared
for by the baggagemen at the local
depot and will be set out in the sta
ton parks. The palms were sent
from Norwalll, Cal, by Superintend-
ent Metcalf. Some doubts are evinced
as to whether the palms will thrive
in Ashland's climate. The fan palm
does well here.
The payroll on the Sacramento di-
vision of the Southern Pacific has
doubled since January and February.
During those months, according to
superintendent j. H. Dyer, the di-
vision and shop pay rolls were about
100000. Since that time men have
been put back to work and now the
roll for the two departments totals
approximately $65O,OOO.
We had a real live nebleman in
town recently, in the person of Sir
Thomas Shaughnessy, president of
the Canadian Pacific, who passed
through here in his private car Kill
larney, attached to No. 16, on the
way north from a trip to the exposi-
ton. He was accompanied as far as
Ashland by Superintendent Fitzgerald
and other Southern Pacific officials.
Strawberries in car lots are being
rushed through here daily on passen-
ger train schedules for northern cit
les, principally Portland, Seattle and
Spokane. On Monday three carloads
were re-iced at the local cold storage
plant. Most OF these berries come
from the neighborhood OF Fresno
Cal. Four such cars were handled
Thursday.
Catching the spirit of the loca
Identification movement which was
started by the Civic Improvement
Club ladies, the Southern Pacific
Company is not to be outdone and
has large force of painters at work
putting a new coat of paint on the
station house The railroad parks
are now artistically laid out and. form
a beautiful addition to Ashland's
parking system.
c. r. D. Jones of Ashland left
Tuesday for Cleveland, Ohio, to rep,
resent the Southern Pacific engineers
of Shasta division at convention ot
the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-,
gineers. He will extend his sojourr
to Washington city, New York, Buf
falo and Niagara Falls. His wife is
with him, their children beling lef
with his mother at Sacramento.
The biggest chain ever seen il
these parts passed through here las
week, bound for the S. p. shops a
Brooklyn, near Portland. 1t wal
over one thousand feet long. Tht
links, two feet long, were made o
iron three inches in diameter. Every
body thought it was an anchor chair
for one OF the big warships, but i
turned out to be one OF the appliance
used by the railway in its wreckinl
operations
George Siemantel arrived in tn,
city recently to spend two week
with his wife and his daughter, Mis-
Margaret, and Mrs. V. o. n. Smith
Mr.. Siemantel is master mechanic OF
l the Plains division of the Santa F,
railroad and has his headquarters a
Canadian, Texas. Canadian not be
ing a particularly pleasant place t
live, Mr.. Siemantel's family cling t
good old Ashland. Mr. Siemantel ha
been on his present job since October
1911.
The following assignments hav,
been announced from Dunsmuir: G
A. White, w. d. Gill and A. b
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