The Dickinson press., 1917-02-24
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Engineer Litch went to Glendiye
last Friday for treatment at the rail-
road hospital in that city.
Superintendent T. II. Lantry, with
headquarters at Glendive, went TO st.
Paul on No. 8 Tuesday in his private
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Joe Beres, former day clerk at the
st. Charles, has passed the examina-
ton and started braking on the Da-
kota division out Of Mandan.
The wrecking crew was called to
Lehiph and to Hebron the past few
DAYS on account Of some minor trou-
bles that are almost every day occur
rences to railroad men. Some cars
were off the rails but the damage was
very slight.
The full crew bill failed to pass the
senate this week and, like a great
many other measures introduced at
the present session, was permanently
lost. This bill provided for an extra
trainman on freight trains that
hauled over so cars.
An engine on No. A slipped a tire
at the Kniferiver siding Tuesday
morning and was temporarily laid up;
Fortunately No. a was being pulled
by a double header, the single engine
taking the train on without much de-
Law. Two men went down from the
roundhouse on No. 8 and repaired the
damage.
Roundhouse Foreman Kelley is just
about as busy as a man coul Well pc
this week, as well as the full round
house crew. The cold weather always
makes more work about the round
house and with the additional heavy
traffic to contend with the e is
kept on the jump. The big engines
are standing up well under the strain.
Max Beres, Jr., is undergoing all
the h%ardships Of being broken in as a
new "call boy" his student course
having begun a few days ago. When
Max has rounded up a collection OF
left-handed monkey w~renches, strap
oil. etc, that have a habit of straylng
to all parts of the division, especially
when a new hand is being broken in,
he will be a full-fedged employee.
No, 8 came through n day last
week with one mail car missing, it
having caught ire and burned up near
Rrainerd, MINI. The a was filled
with parcels post and other matter
outside of the first class and was en-
tirelv destroyed. How the car caught
fire is a mystery, although it is, gen.
erallv supposed that there was some
corob,,e+ihja material being sent thro
the mail.
Passenger trains have been operat-
ing somewhat nearer the regular
schedule time the past week, although
the coast trains have been from n
to three hours late on several occa-
sions. There is so much snow IN
through the billy country that the
least wind piles the cuts full in vari-
Gus places. Branch lines are in opera
ton again after being tied up for a
week or more. 81.
Traffic over the division the past
week, according to officials, has been
the heaviest in the history of the road.
There is merchandise Of all kinds
moving in both directions and the
traffic department is taxed to it's ut
most capacity in taking care OF this
great volume of business. In spite of
the heavy traffic there is no conges-
ton in the yards but the crews are
all kept busy keeping the freight on
the move.
The snow pillow crews went out
again this friday morning to push
through the drifts On the Ollie branch
south from Beach. Traffic on the
branch has been tied up more or less
throughout the winter months and
a light storm calls out the snow plows-
There are some cuts about fifteen feet
deep that fill up regularly and it's
hard bucking for the now plows. Re-
cent storms have made traffic very ir-
regular on the Killdeer and Mott
lines out of Mandan according to
passengers arriving in this city "
both lines.
Frank Smith, of St. Paul, who or
ganized the Brotherhood of Railway
Clerks here some few weeks ago, was
calling on the boys here this week to
see how they, were progressing with
their new organization. Clint Davis,
cashier at the freight depot, was
elected head Of the order and p. G.
Peterson was elected secretary. Meet
.ings have been held at the freight de-
pot in the past but arrangements will
no doubt soon be made to have regu-
lar meetings in nj Of the lodge
rooms. There are some twenty, mem
bers Of the organization in the city.
The B. of r. T. dance given in the
Elks hall last Monday evening was a
social event that will long be remem-
bered in railroad circles. The large
hall was taxed to it's utmost capacity
to accommodate the dancers and the
excellent music furnished by the Lyric
was thoroughly enjoyed.
There were about two hundred tickets.
sold for the dance, the proceeds of.
which can be used BY the Brotherhood
very conveniently. The committee ia
charge is. entitled to a great deal of
credit for the effort put forth to show
the trainmen and their friends a good
time.
Only a miracle saved one Northern
Pacific engineer from death. He was
driving No. A eastward at Myers,
Montana, last Saturday and just be-.
fore passing a sidetrack Where q.
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