Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-09-12
RAILROAD NEWS.

HAIlHOAO NEWS.
Anton Sundberg, tool checker, spent
Friday at the State Fair. -
Chester Emry resigned last week TO
attend the local high school.
Supt. Paul Heating, of the White.
fish Division made a visit in the yards
Saturday.
George Talmadge, store inspector
made his usual inspection tour in our
division Friday and Saturday.
The General Storekeeper, J. f..
Pratt of st. Paul, made a visit at the
different store houses under his con-
troll and visited the local store Satur-
day afternoon.
The Willmar derrick went to Ben
son last week. Two carloads of steel
girders had slipped from the cars on
account Of the stakes which had been
set in on either side to hold them had
become loose.
\ recent change was made in the
working hours of the car repairer's.
Hitherto they have worked by the
month receiving at an average, SIS.
Beginning this week they will receive
IS 1-2c an hour and IL pay for over
time. Sundays, which have always
been considered one Of the regular
working days will now be counted US
overtime and the stated pay given.
The long expected has finally ar
rived. According to the advice of our
Government the local division has
found it very convenient to employ
ladies in their offices. Misses Kath-
crime Lawler and Jane Murray are
now busy at work in the roundhouse
foreman's Office as tool checker and
foreman's clerk. George Lunstead,
who was the past clerk is now boil
err washer and Chester Emry, tool
checker, has gone to school. Altho
the ladies work night shifts, which to
most men are undesirable hours, they
declare themselves we'll satisfied with
their new positions and you may be
sure they are just as capable Of
handling the work as their male work.
ers. We have learned that several
young ladies from our city have TAX
en- up work in the cities and left some
time ago for their new scene of labor
We expect that more similar changes
will soon be made in other depart
ments where the male work can be
done by women.
The following are some of the in
teresting items taken from the car re-
pairers report for August: 1869 cars
of various classes including 1178 re-
pair CARDS or cars owned by other rail-
roadY were repaired during the past
month; PATS lbs. Of dope (similar to
waste) was delivered to different
trains passing thru the division; 104
pairs of wheels were changed on cars
of various classes; new ends were put
on "a cars, new decks on two cars
and new roofs on four cars; owing to
various causes the weight of the ma.
jority of the cars decrease more or
less during the year, necessitating
weighing all the cars annually to dis
cover such deficiency; 226 cars were
! reweighed during the past month and
the new weight stencilled on the cars
there are IS men now at work in the
car repairer's department, the daily
average of men repairing was 1886
and the daily average of cars pc,
man was 3.21 cars. The car repair
er's department is one of the busiest
Of the yard forces. Damaged cars
are coming in daily and must be re
paired as speedily as possible. Some
Of the work done demands skilled
hands and a large crew of men, bu
it is vital to the railroad that all car:
be in the best possible condition
More so at the present time when tn
urging demand for car transportation
is becoming greater each day.