The Dickinson press., 1917-08-25
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Brakeman w. E. Eastman is at
work again after enjoying a lay-off
for three trips.
Brakeman Walter I. Griggs has
been on the sick list for the past
few days and unable for duty.
In 1906 the railroads had 900
freight cars. On December 81, 1916,
the number had grown to 2,518,855.
Conductor John Kima is back on
the job again after spending a week
on the north branch out Of Mandan.
United States has built 300, 900 cars
and $500 locomotives in twelve
months, according to a recent esti-
mate.
Railways of Canada have announced
their intention to increase freight
rates to points in the United States
Is per cent.
In the first four months of 1917,
the railroads of the United States and
Canada ordered 1,472 locomotives and
29,796 freight cars.
Union Pacific has placed an order
with the Illinois Steel Company for
10000 tons of rails, for delivery in
the last quarter of 1913.
A car load of coal off the track at
the Pittsburg mine on Tuesday called
the wrecking crew out for a short
time. The car was replaced on the
rails without damage.
The switch engine crews are all
working eight hours each, beginning
the first of the week on the new
schedule. Formerly two crews worked
eight hours and another worked ten
hours.
The well drilling machine has been
sent to the local yards and a deep
well is being drilled near the round
house. By this means the company
hopes to increase the water supply
at this point.
A smash-up between a switch en-
CINE and a road engine occurred in
the Glendive yards on Monday, result
ing in about $1,000 worth of damage
to the road engine. Nc one was in
jured in the accident.
Supervisor Pierce of Glendive and
Roadmaster Nelson of Mandan were
here this week on business. Road
master Nelson has been supervising
the construction Of a bridge near the
brick plant, east of the city.
Travelling Engineer Geo. Ernstrom
and family and Engineer Hodge and
family expect to leave today CFriday)
for a trip to Montana and will spend
their vacation near Boulder, where
they will enjoy good fishing in the
mountain streams.
Three heavy coal-cars ran away
from their locomotives and through
manipulation of the Pennsylvania
signal system and work of it's tower
men, the cars, flying on a d%own-grade
track at so miles an hour, were handl.
ed as if running on schedule and
stopped without a bump.
The round house fire department
responded promptly to the cell from
the city department during the opera
house fire Wednesday afternoon and
soon had a big stream playing on the
flames. A switch engine and the fire
car were placed as near the fire as
possible and kept there until all
danger vas passed.
Forty cars of stock will be shipped
from Wibaux today (Friday,) which
will require two special stock trains
for the quick run to market: Forty
four cars were shipped from. the
Montana division on Wednesday anc
twenty cars were sent out of Glen.
dive on Thursday. Twelve cars OF
sheep were also handled from a point
in Idaho. Medora shipped twenty.
eight airs of cattle and Belfelc
shipped twenty cars last Saturday.
The biggest silk shipment that has
ever been handled in a single train by
the Northern Pacific will leave Seattle
on the 26th and will be handled ove1
the Yellowstone division about next
Sunday. There are "a cars in the
special, which will, no doubt, be
double-headed all along the line. The
silk comes from Japan and is loaded
into refrigerator cars at Seattle fol-
the long drag to the New York City
importers. Shipments of this nature
are usually loaded into baggage cars
but owing to the heavy passenger
traffic at this season of the year il
was out of the question to use Sc
many baggage cars, so the refrigera.
tor cars we're put into use. The value
Of this trainload of expensive ex.
press is very hard to estimate but il
would NEAR a big fortune,