The Dickinson press., 1917-07-07
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Fear of serious washouts on &C.
count Of high water has caused extra
precautions to be taken by Yellowstone
division officials. So far no breaks
have occurred on the division, but
exceptionally high water in the
Yellowstone river is causing grave
concern. ..
A new locomotive reflector will be
installed on all engines of the N. P,
a contract having been closed with
the inventor, J. L. Boyd of Glendive,
representing the Northwestern Cab
Light Reflector Co. of that city. It
is said that the reflector enables the
engineer to read his orders without
the slightest difficulty IN the darkest
nights, and that without the neces-
sity Of switching on his light, as must
be done under the present arrange
ment, and the dial of the steam gauge
is also visible at all times. Cost Of
installing is $25 less than under the
present system of lighting, and there
is said to be no chance Of wiring get
ting out of order and fuses blowing
out, as at present.
j. M. Rappelje, general superintend-
ent of the N. p, declares that the
N. P. will be called on to handle
more of government traffic than will
any other northern road. Reason for
this, he says, is because the road is
a land grant line, and in return for
the thousands of acres granted it
agreed to handle COVE nment bust
ness at half rates.
Starting this month, the N. P. will
begin paying it's employees twice a
month, instead of monthly, as in the
past. First pay day under this new
schedule will be on July Is, and it is
thought that the second will be on the
31st, pay days Of succeeding months
to be on similar dates.
Helger Larson and Almon Vreden-
berg, fireman and brakeman on this
division, with their wives, are visiting
in Saskatchewan, Canada, where they
will remain for a short time.
Miss Mary Stark Of Mandan will be
employed in the local freight office
during the summer. She will come
here from Glendive, where she has
been employed for a short time as
clerk in the freight office.
Old headquarters building at James,
town, home of the dispatchers, super
intendents and office force of the Da-
kota division for years, is being RACED,
and the material will be used else
where. The old station building and
lunch room building are for sale.
Inventory of N. P. property in this
city will probably be begun in the
near future, in order that state off,
Gals may be given required informa-
ton for aid in making assessment fig.
ures of the property. Equipment OF
roundhouses and shops, snow fences,
station buildings, freight houses, load
ing platforms and sheds, and every
improvement on the right-of-way will
be listed, and the railway company
must present this information to the
state board of equalization before
August 1.
Announcement was made last Sat
urday by President Hannaford of tbs
N. P. that all employees of the system
who receive less than $4,000 a yeal
will be paid a bonus Of 10 per cent Of
their wages for six months, or Janu.
airy L, 1O1C. VIlcIS oC1V1SC 1ldo 1lO'
been continuous, the bonus will apply
only to the wages earned during the
period of continuous service last pre-
ceding January /. Employees who viii
be laid off on account of reduction Of
force will also receive bonuses.
F. M. Swope and family spent the
Fourth in Glendive, going there Tues
day on No. 7.
Engineers Persons and McPhee are
taking short layoffs, and ire taking II
the big Glendive three-day celebration
Miss Myrtle Parker, employed ir
the roadmaster's office, spent the
Fourth in Glendive.
Clint Davis and Pete Fox spent the
Fourth in Taylor, where they starred
with the Dickinson team in the alb
breviated battle with Taylor.
Miss Mary Stark Of Mandan is the
new N. P. storekeeper at Dickinson
She succeeds Harry Flanagan, who
left for Seattle Monday on No. 3. Mr.
Flanagan will spend a few days with
his mother, who resides in Seattle
and will return through Dickinson en-
route to New York. He will sail from
there July 81, to join the ambulance
corps in France.
Conductor Frank Kirby, who has
been employed between Forsyth anc
Laurel, has transferred to the Yellow
stone division, and is now working be-
tween Dickinson and Mandan.
Brakeman J. E. Turner spent July
4th in New England.
A. G. Nutting and F. E. Christoff'
erson, signal inspectors employed ir
installation of the automatic block
system on the Yellowstone division
spent the Fourth in Glendive.
Superintendent Jacobus passed
throug Ugh Dickinson, en- route to Man.
dan, Thursday on No. 4.
Most Of the lady wipers at the
roundhouse took a layoff the Fourth
and made the trip to Glendive fol-
the celebration.
A crew of trackmen is employed in
putting in new ties for all the round
house tracks.
Switchman j. B. Larson has been
absent from duty for about two week:
owing to illness. MI. Larson and
family went to Mandan Tuesday on
No. 8 for a visit.
J. J. Kelly, roundhouse foreman, at
tended the Elks' picnic at Mandan
Sunday, and reports a fine time. The
picnic.w was held in a grove about two
miles from the city and there was a
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