The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-06-28

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r. SOAACA oP~AS 49,
day at Grafton on a visit.
H. 3. Smith. OF the warehouse force,
was in Meriden Saturday and Sun
day.
A. F. McWilliams assistant train
master. OF Grafton, is in Fairmont to-
day on business.
Conductor Fred Brumage, who has
been i'll for the past week. returned
TO work on the ". r. pickup this
morning.
c. G. Wrick. conductor, returned to
work this morning on the Clarksburg
and Fairmont local. He was on duty
due 10 an injured foot for FIVE days.
Brakeman G. E. Miller, OF the N.
r. is on duty for n day taking a
rest.
L. T. Toothman. conductor on the
NJ. R., is away today. c. F. Bolyard
is working the turn.
On the 18th OF July the 3. & 0.
railroad will run an excursion TO Pitts
burgh, McKeesport and Braddock.
The train will run via Morgantown
and Connellsville. The fare will be
$500 round trip. and tickets will be
good only the one day except as pro-
vided for by the Interstate Commerce
Commission for Illness. etc. The
schedule for the train shows 1t leav-
ing Fairmont at 5 O'Clock in the morn
ing and returning. leaving Pittsburgh
al 4 O'Clock in the afternoon. This
allows about seven hours in Pitts
burgh.
Curtis Malone. the day caller at the
yard oftice, returned to duty this. morn
ing after spending his vacation in
Morgantown and Opekiska. He haH
been gone two weeks.
Oscar Miller. brakeman on the NJ.
R., returned to duty after being away
due to sickness.
Conductor c. Higginbotham resum-
ed work on the Chiefton turn today.
Cor Hess, machinist helper al the
shops here. was quietly married last
Thursday at Clarksburg. The bride
was Miss Evaline McDougal. OF Worth
ington. W. Va. After a short honey
moon TO the nearby cities, MT. ness
! returned 10 work this morning.
The motive power department at
Baltimore has sen to the local snop
a new iS-bolt lathe. This Is some
thirR. that the local shop needed bad
" and with the e lathe in opera
ton will help facilitate work at the
shop greatly.
There will be an inspection party IN
Fairmont tomorrow from Baltimore.
The PARTY so far as known will con-
sist Of General Superintendent F. +.
Blaser, general superintendent OF mo
tive power; F. H. Clark. J. N. Scout
superintendent of the Monongah oil
vision: NJ. H. Cakes. mester mechanic
at Grafton, and the local DIVISION stan:
The party will make an inspection Oh
the conditions at the local shops, n
also look around the companys prop
erty in general.
Mr. B. Kimmel, Of Grafton, is here
installing a new three.inch airline
from the round house through the
ward This is for the purpose OF test.
ing all trains TO see that the brakes
are in working order and to be aole
10 do so at all times. The new me
will hermit testing Of any amount OF
trains or cars as may De neeeSS'
without delay. c-;S;.h -
confined to his home threatened Win
typhoid f&er. ,o,,.
Wayne Satterfeld. blacksmith help
or ar the local shops. has taken tne
nosition OF blacksmith with the VIZ
rinia and Pittsburgh Coal and COKE
Company at Kingmont.
The hest record made by the Monon-
psh division since they have oeen
Ieening records was made in the
Fairmont shop in the past " months.
For this period not n engine lanune
has been reported. This reneSIs
credit on the superintendent Oh sne
division. but the real credit IS uuS
N Forearm c. D. Summers, VINO mao
been working diligently for some tlme
~ make the Fairmont shop the pest
on he line. Inasmuch as talrmont
heretofore has had an especially nao
name for sending engines out OF Tue
shon in moor condition this makes tne
record all the more praisewortny.
Enpineer &, E. Smith, on the NJ. II.
district, has been of for the past IVY
weeks learning the road on the Son-
nellsyIIle division. This is necessary
so that he may handle passenger
trains out Of Fairmont on that ol'lS-
ion. a. tho
local car shops, had his arm a
ma bed Saturday. He was IN the
oct oS iacking up a car when the JACK
sIinned and caught his arm between
Il and the car. Although no bones
were broken the injury was a very
nainfuI one. The wound was dressed
an the Miners Hospital after Which
he was sent home.
Engineer John Sullivan viii leave
tomorrow for Pittsburgh, where ne
will take a weeks vacation. While
there he also expects 10 loo alter
some business in which he is inter-
ested.
c pirnic at the park were: Il. W.
Brannon, T. J. Deegan, J. c. Corners
Mr.. Brannon in speaking for the PAL,
" saws that everybody there enjoyed
themselves greatly.
For the first time in many months
the car shops at the Fairmont repair
tracks worked Sunday. Six days a
week has been the most that any OF
the men have been working, but due
10 the heavy increase in business. It
has been found necessary TO work
seven days a week for a while.