The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-04-27
NOTICE IS
SENT men
TO RETURN
Large Addition to Payroll When
Operations are Resumed May l
Expected Complete Crew
Will Be Maintained

Beginning May l. the Rock Island
machine shops here will open again
full blast, after having been practical
ly closed for period OF nearly six
months. It means that putting to work
OF about 800 skilled mechanics, which
will release a monthly payroll OF ap-
proximately $500 over the general
amount released month by month
through offices, yard men, enginemen
and other employees of the Rock Island
system here
kilograms. letters and passes have
been sent out from the master me
canic's office here to points all over
the middle west, north and east, to
men who left here when the shops
closed last December but who still
hold their seniority at this shop. These
men win begin to arrive here about
Friday and wiz continue to come
struggling in for ten days.
In point OF importance, the Chick.
asha shops stand fourth among the
Rock Island shops. Si,is. ILL.,. stands
first, Horton, Kan. second. Shawnee,
Okla. third, and Chickasha, fourth.
During the time the shops have been
closed. there has been a small force,
composed mostly of apprentices. main
tained here Over each department.
one skilled mechanic has had charge
of several apprentices in that particS
ular department, and the small amount
of work assigned TO Chickasha has been
turned out in that manner The cut.
effective last December, affected
every shop on the Rock Island system,
with the exception OF Silvis and Shaw
nee, which two alone remained in full
force.
Local men are OF the opinion that
the orders from headquarters opening
the Chickasha shops, mean that a
full crew will be maintained here in
definitely. For a brief period last win
Ter. the shops were re-opened, but the
force was small This time, with the
force ordered, practically as large as
the shops will care for. ii is believed
conditions win remain open at least
for the remainder of the year
Though some Of them have spent
several months elsewhere the fore
men OF the various departments when
the close came. will again assume their
old jobs on May l. A. Hamilton, gem
eral foreman, has remained here in
that capacity during the close and has
acted also as roundhouse foreman. r.
Il. McCune, boiler foreman, has re-
manned on the job here. T. r. Stoner.
blacksmith foreman win return to his
old job. as will NJ. J. OLeary, machine
foreman, and r. 3. Cook, roundhouse
foreman. w. j. Logsdon, car foreman.
NJ. II. Bogue. copersmith foreman; c..
C. Gowdy. painter foreman. and A. d.
Luke, carpenter foreman. have remain
ed here since the close of the shops.
As far as is known, the mechanics thai
went to make up the old force, but
who have been employed in other
shops over the country, will return to
Chickasha and their old jobs.
The maintainance of the local shops
depends entirely upon the offices at
headquarters, the men in charge of
the local shops and offices having
nothing to do with the size of the
force here. About the first of every
month stated allowance is received
for each particular division on the
system. The men in charge of that
system must arrange their expense to
come within that allowance. The
roundhouse is practically fixed ex.
pense, for it must be maintained. When
an allowance is materially cut, the ma
chinists, boilermakers or back shop
men suffer. as in these departments
are practically the only places that a
big cut in operating expenses can be
made.
The announcement Of the re-opening