The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-07-02
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IN BRIEFS

The Buckhannon and Northern Raj.
road Company have put hand ratings
along the incline from the street 10
the ticket Office and from the plat
form on the tracks to the station. This
is to prevent any accident at night to
passengers using these platforms.
Mr.. S. D. Brady. chief engineer Of
the B. & \. railroad. is in Morgantown
looking over the new work being done
there by the company.
There has been quite a delay in
erecting the butterfly shed along the
track platform where passengers
alight from the trains, due TO the ma.
terial being late in getting here. II
is expected to arrive here this week.
however, in which case the carpenters
viii! be put to work on 1t right away.
General Superintendent F. E. Blaser
and Monongah Division Supertnten-
dent ]. NJ. Scott. OF the B. & O.. are
in the city today looking after the
company's interests. They arrived in
Mr.. Blaser's private car on train No.
II, The West Virginisn," this morn
ing. After taking into consideration
any Improvements that have been re.
quested the party will leave for
C%larksburg. There will be a special
train leave here at $50 p. N. today,
taking Mr.. Blaser's car TO C!arksburg
and then east.
Conductor B. F. Hamilton Of the NJ.
R., has secured a leave OF absence for
a few days.
Night Clerk Brooks Hall. OF the To-
cal yard Office. is off sick. He may
leave tonight for Clarksburg on d
short trip to visit a doctor there.
L. L. Ice is working the turn OF
Brooks Hall at the yard Office at
night.
There is quite a little friendly rival
~ between W. E. Foley. assistant
yard master, and Fred Kearns. yard
clerk, as to the ability OF their sons
in the swimming line. The c~ontrover-
Sy has lasted for three weeks now,
and all the office as we'll as the yard
employees are highly interested. In or
der to settle the argument the fathers
will take their little sons TO Valley
Falls next Monday. independence Day.
and have a swimming race. There
will be no prize offered to the winner.
The party will consist Of the families
OF both the interested fathers as well
as all who may desire to witness the
contest. Both Mr.. kearns and Mr.. Fo-
ley are past masters IN the art Of
swimming and each claim that their
own son are the best for their ages
in the city.
Brakeman Harry Holmes has taken
the day turn on the Shinnston train.
Brakeman E. ". Groves has been
assigned to the night Monongah yard
turn.
Fireman C. c. Morris. is holding q
vacancy on the day Shinnston tempo
rarily.
Conductor F. H. Brumage, after re-
turning to work after a weeks illness,
has been compelled TO lay of again.
He is at his home in this city.
NJ. R. Merrifeld, conductor. is work
ing Conductor Brumage's turn on the
Fairmont and Clarksburg pickup.
Brakeman o. Miller has secured a
short leave of absence yer I%ndepend-
ence Day.
There seems to be a persistent ri.
NOR about town that the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad and the Buckhan-
non and Northern railroad are going
to run excursions to Pittsburgh, Sun.
day. July 4, 1915.
Both OF these railroads wish to deny
this. as neither OF them have any in
tention OF running Pittsburgh excur-
sions before July is, when the B. & 0.
will u one.
Brakeman G. A. Holman has been
assigned to his regular turn on the
NJ. r. merchandise run.
1t is reported from the division su
perintendent's Office at Grafton that the
allotment for the month Of July is con-
Siderably larger for the Monongah
Division than for the past year. 1t IS
$4,000 more than for the preceding
month. but it is also understood that