The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-24
SAFETY FIRST
DEPARTMENT To
HAVE MEETING
Italian Instructor From Pitts
burgh to Address Railroad
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4 meeting of the Safety First de-
partment, to which the public IS in
vited, as well as all employees of the
Pennsylvania, will take place Friday
torium.
Sicnor n Spallone, of Pittsburgh,
the Italian-English instructor of the
Italian employees Of the Pennsy, will
be the speaker of the evening His
lecture on the English course in con-
nection with the Safety-First depart
ment will be illustrated with stereop-
ticon views.
The lecture is free to the public and
the employees, and will be held under
the auspices of the Safety First COM
mittee of the Richmond division
A reduction in the weighing charge
in weighing freight from so cents to
IS cents a carload has been ordered
b. the interstate commission. This,
II Richmond industries. Inbound
1isht when weighed before place
nient for loading and for weighing
cnpty cars before removal from tracks
Of industries. and outbound freight for
weighing- empty cars before placement
tor loading. for weighing loaded cars
when weight aScertained is not for
billing process, and on other personal
scales are named in The chief clauses
.cf the order
l. F. Waters OF the advisory board
CT the Pennsylvania relief association,
is on tour of ten days inspection of
divisions west of Pitt5burg, and after
an inspection of the Richmond divi-
sion. will go to Chicago. The work of
the relief association is bulletined in
all the local Offices. and each quarter
shows the statistics of relief.
E. r. Beatty. Road foreman Of en-
gines. Richmond division, has called
the attention of enginemen to the
y smoke nuisance complained of at Lo-
sansport, and the waiting of the pub
lie at the Somerville station. He asks
that due care be exercised in order
that the matters complained of may
be abated.
Time Table No. II A, effective Sun
day. Central Standard time, Pennsyl-
yania and G. R. & l. lines. has the
following changes:
The Northland Limited between
Mackinaw City and Richmond has
been taken off evenings. The G. R. &
4.50 train to Cincinnati, will leave
at Ais from now on. New time tables
can be obtained at the ticket Office at
the Union station.
Railroad construction gangs are lay
ing track, rails, and material along
The main track between the block Of
flee at Moslers and point one and a
half miles from that station. The i'm
provements are in progress. Employees
are asked to notice this bulletin by
superintendent Stimson when ap-
preaching these points.
The, Pennsy transfer house at Al
lance, o., will be closed about week
on all freight shipments on the lines
west of Pittsburgh, with the exception
of governmental and perishable goods.
Accumulation of cars, car shortage,
and labor scarcity, are mentioned rs
reasons for the temporary embargo.
Siftings and Personals.
Several br2kemen's runs on the
Richmond and Cincinnati divisions are
advertised by bulletin.
John Heidelman Of the Master Me
chanics office visited Sunday with rel
atfves In Boonville, Ky.
E. Morrison, G. F. Shoop, e. Livel.
sberger, three Of the Uncle Sam train
men, have been added to the Honor
list.
C. F. Hoeffer, chief clerk in the
Master Mechanics office, is on trip
to Columbus, O., on company bust
ness.
". F. Bond. chief of the Richmond
store department. has returned from
the convention OF storekeepers at Fort
Wayne.
Ralph Personette OF the Master
Mechanics office. reported fer duty
Yesterday with coat of tan from his
vacation trip.
w G. Metzger, chief of the Crew
dispatcher's office, took in the Hagers.
town Horse show, and Free Fair last
week. and is now talking Percherons
and Belgian horses.
Roy Wissell Of the NJ NJ. office, has
completed the third of his books. He
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