Willmar tribune., 1917-08-15
RAILROAD NEWS.

Harold Krogfos succeeds Leroy
johnson as ice foreman.
Joe zScheinbloom, material clerk,
spent Saturday in St. Paul.
Leroy johnson is now employed in
the grain inspection force.
George Olson has BEEN promoted
from Oiler to car inspector.
The remodeling of the cinder pit
has now begun and concrete will be
used.
Electric lights are being set up
around the rOundh0use and the store
house.
George Jonicks resumed his duties
at the roundhouse after enjoying a
weeks vacation.
G. A. Bruce of St. Paul, general
master mechanic, is here ON a tour
of the different divisions on the G. N.
line.
One half a carload of gas has been
received from the Railroad Service
Co. for the new welding and cutting
machine. :,
Fred Olson, relief agent has now
been promoted to night operator to
succeed Earl Andrews who is now
day operator.
The tubular we'll outfit has been
taken to Devilla, N. D., where it will
do the same work as was done at this
division the past month.
Henry Peterson, brakeman, is TAX
ing the. place of Austin Sunberg,
chief clerk at the yard office, who is
enjoying a weeks vacation.
Earl Andrews, night operator, has
been promoted to day operator, sue:
ceeding John Styles, who has left for
Minneapolis where he will take
charge Of the school Of telegraphy
there.
Robert Conway has again been re-
instated as fireman after being off
duty for almost two years, due to in
juriess received in the accident which
caused the death of Engineer Howard
Staples. -
The roadmaster, John Czok, master
carpenter, F:1C. Beese and H. E.
Christ, assistant engineer of st. Paul.,
will leave Monday morning for a thoro
inspection of the bridges and build
ings in this division.
A. E. Danielson, engineer; Sig. o.
son, machinist; Clarence Danielson,
time keeper; William Danielson,
machinist, and E. F.. Sterling, store
keeper, made fishing trip to Lake
Florida last Friday and caught quite
a mess 2of fish which inclued some
dandy pike
The air brake instruction. car ar
rived Saturday and will begin classes
this week.. There are two two-hour
classes, one at nine in the morning
and tie othersat two In the afternoon
Al 1thesa, sinstraletion of the operation
and composition of an air brake is
given in this work and all parts of the
brake are explained separately.
The following, items were taken
from the master carpenters report
for the month of July: Concrete pill
ings were driven for five trestle
bridges west of this division, repairs
on the tubular wells we're completed,
a new gasoline engine put in for fur
nishing water for the roundhouse and
numerous bridges were repaired.
The pile driver in charge of A. l..
De Long is at present working in
North Dakota on the Aberdeen line.
After completing it's work there it will
be moved to Huron, where bridge No.
ia will be rebuilt. This bridge is
one of the largest in the Northwest
and is built over the James river. It
measures five hundred and sixty feet
long and thirty-six feet high.
Plans and estimates have been
made for the building of a brick toi.
let building for the employees of the
yard Offices and roundhouse. The
approximate cost of such a building
will come close to $500, and will be
thirty-eight and one-half feet long and
twenty-four feet wide. A most suita!
BILE place has been selected west OF
the machine shop and work on the
new building will probably begin in
the near future.