The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-18
WOMEN TO Get
TELECRAP PIERS
JOBS ON ROAD
G. R. & |. Establishes School
for Female Operators
Other Notes of Rail:
BY CHARLES pAviDeE HEMMlNo

BY CHARLES DAviDGE HEMMlNo
Accompanying a general order Is
sued by Superintendent Stimson, Is q
sketch of the Richmond railroad yard
changes. The order went into erect.
Monday. and shows that on the nam
tracks between a point just west OF
the Glen Miller Stock pens and point
about 500 feet east of the F. T. tower
said tracks will be moved southwardly I
to a new location. The train speed
here is to be not more than five miles
per hour.
The block signal and telegraph office
known as the F. T. tower will be NOV
ed westwardly about 1000 feet from
its present location to . point about
500 feet east Of Sixteenth street, and
located on the south side OF the tracks. |
At the junction yards from the west, |
a crossoyer from the eastward to the
westward tracks located just east OF
Sixteenth street and running track
connecting with the westward main
track Just east of the crossover and
extending to a connection with No. l
track In the Richmond junction yard
will be put into service for the use OF
freight trains and yard engines enter
ing the yards from the west.
a running track extending from the
west end of Richmond junction yard
to q connection with the westward
main track Just east OF Sixteenth
street will be put In service for the
use Of westward freight trains and
yard engines leaving the yards. The
general order issued by Superintend-
emit Stimson shows that service is the
main consideration, and Is relief to
congestion.
All agents on the Pennsylvania sys-
tenn have received circular asking
for assistance In canvassing for the
second Liberty loan issue among the
employees of their respective depart
ments. The G. r. &, !. agents have re.
ceived q similar bulletin. "Buy-A-
Bond" posters accompany the circuE
ars and bulletins. with instructions
how to best represent the appeal for
Uncle Sam. These have been posted
in the Richmond shops and offices.
]. B. Foyler, P. J. Zimmerman, J. e.
Wharton, C. r. Chambers, C. E. Bless
ing, B. Shipley, C. A. Jackson, store.
keepers on the northwestern system
of the Pennsylvania, concluded two
days conference at Fort Wayne Wed
nesday morning. Matters and meth
DDS Of supplying material, In view OF
the big increase In storekeeping work,
we're the principal subjects discussed,
and many papers and suggestions
were taken up.
The G. R. & l. has established
school for woman telegraph operators
at Fort Wayne. J. r. Belts, division
operator. has assumed charge Of the
school of instruction. A course Will be
given the students, and after taking
and sending have been we'll learned
the successful women will be placed
at stations along the division. Every
opportunity for practice will be given
at the Fort Wayne school.
Strings and Personals
H. r. Voelker has been appointed
General foreman OF the Pennsy shops
at Louisville, Ky.
A convention Of the bridge and
building departments of the railroads
opened at Chicago Wednesday.
DR.. E. o. Wood of Columbus, Ind,
has been appointed g company surg
con on the Louisville division.
e. NJ. Veneer, yard brakeman, was
missed, Wednesday. He is on the sick
hist.
Supterindent B. n. Hudson Of the
G. R & I. has bulletined instructions
on the new color changes.
Alfred Bietry, the popular young
caller, will go on the skylight calling
department
A. G. Hunt, crew dispatcher Of the
second trip, has returned from a
Whitemore vacation.
G. T Brown, assistant road foreman
OF engines, is visiting with his parents
at Cambridge, o.
Engineer Charles Sherer. with En-
glneer H. R. Foss, took in the La
tonia races, Wednesday.
D. NJ. Dryer. yard engineer at Ko-
komo. is enjoying weekend vuca-
ton at Carlton, o.
NJ A Blsh. engineer, is taking in
orchard supplies at Walton, and re-
ports apples IN plenty.
Fireman j. W. Hanning, one OF the
tonor list at the Great Lakes Naval
station, writes to Dispatcher Metzger
that he Is having the time Of his
life serving Uncle Sam"
A card from r. S. Butler. brakeman,
who is at Camp Taylor In the In
fantrv, says he Is training nke-a
warm place-and that the boys are
lome-sick.
Jack Thomas, Earl Perry and Frank
Keller OF the Round House Sports,
we're chasing rabbits south, Wednes-
day.
A W. McMasters, OF Fort Wayne.
raachinist, has been visiting old
friends in the Richmond yards.
c. H. Poust, W. A. Baker. Charles
Harris and Fred Ball are accused by
the Round House Club of firing a
fusillade at drove of rabbits, that IA
were killed, and that no one knew to
whom the rabbits belonged, but all