Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-09-19
RAILROAD NEWS.

Thomas Alan, boomer brakeman,
has let: the service. He plans to
leave next week for Jerome, Iowa. his
home town. "
Edwin Stenson. stenographer for
w. Ball spent Saturday
Visiting in the cities. Il
A regiment of railroad men has
been organized by officials In St. Paul
and it's ranks are being filled rapidly.
A similar one has been raised on 9th
or railroads and with great success.
Thus far the new regiment has re-
ceived many recruits, none however
from the local roundhouse or yards.
1t has been divided into three main
units, viz: First, trainmen and engine
men; second, track men; and third,
forest men and other employees en-.
gagged in clearing the various lines.
A number of the local employees are
considering this opportunity of join
ing Uncle Sans forces with men of
their own occupation.
John johnson, machinist, was bad
ly scalded by steam Thursday after
noon. The right side of his face and
his nose were severely burned. He
returned to his work, however, after
applying some soothing salve,
The Willmar derrick was again call
ed out Thursday. This time two
freight cars had become derailed at
the west end of the yards. In a short
time, however they we're put back on
the rails by the use of the wrecker.
Two new engines were received on
Friday from the shops in St.. Paul.
They are of the 5000 class and have
the numbers 3095 and 1896. They will
cost the company about 100000 each,
but will facilitate to a great extent
the tremendous traffic carried on by
the local railroad. They have auto
most recent of the conveniences in
vented for the railroad business. The
firemen will thus be relieved of the
most difficult part Of his work, that
of shoveling COAL These new engines
will pull 1000 tons on normal pull
and have GO inch drive wheels. They
have received name of their own,
and are called "Mickey's."
H. E. Frost and Pat O'Neil, organ
izers for the Benefit Association for
Railroad Employees, secured twenty
new members and insurance Policies
drawn up. This insurance is conduct
ed as all other insurance.
The wrecker has a weeks job be-
fore it. Along the whole division have
been placed for years past, box car
houses, or cabins, where the track
men have slept and made themselves
at home. These have always been on
wheels and so could be transferred
about as conveniently as desired. But
at present the railroad officials see
the lack of good wheels and in order
to Increase their rather insufficient
stock they plan to remove the wheels
from these cabins and set the cabins
on the ground in convenient places.
Moreover the cabins are not very Of
ten moved from place to place and so
may as well be deprived of their
wheels. There are great number of
these along the line and the derrick
will cover the whole division and lift
the bodies from the wheels and set
them down in selected places.
The fire whistle blew Thursday af-
ternoon. 1t created quite stir in the
usual peace of the roundhouse and
vicinity land caused most of the mea
to leave their busy work and rush to
the scene of the "fre." They saw a
dense cloud of black smoke near the
paint shop and heard the fire whistle
blown by the engineer on the west
track. They responded right royalty
and soon arrived at the scene of the
blaze and also the cause of the fire.
The man in charge of the paint shop
was having his house cleaning day
and was burning all his scraps which
consisted mostly of oil. The cause
learned, they returned and adjourned.
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Carl Nystad, car repairer, will be
the only railroad man in the local div
ision who will be called to the colors
Wednesday. He is a veteran car re-
pairer and the local yards will miss
him badly. The railroad men all join
in wishing him the best of luck in his
country's service.
Carl Bjorkman, car repairer, re-
turned Monday to his work after an
absence of 80 days and five hours due
to bad sprain in his knee which he
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suffered by fall.
| Joe Scheinblom, clerk at the store,
spent the week end in the cities visit
/ ing friends.
! Edwin Stenson, stenographer and L..