Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-25
RAILROAD RUMBLES
POST REPRIMAND
BULLETIN TODAY
Weekly Report by Middle Di-
vision Superintendent
Issued Today

Enola, May 25. - The weekly
discipline bulletin issued by. N. W.
Smith, superintendent of the Mid
die Division of the Pennsylvania rail-
road, were posted here this morn
ing. Similar notices were posted in
the Harrisburg and Marysville yards.
Most of the offenses by the employees
were of a minor nature and resulted
in reprimands and suspensions.
The list follows:
Causing engine to run through
switch: One freight engineman
reprimanded.
Handling train roughly, resulting
in draw head pulling out of one car
One freight engineman reprimanded.
Failing to keep proper lookout
when approaching passenger station,
resulting in damage to baggage
truck: One freight engineman sus-
pended two days.
Failing to notice hot box in train,
resulting in detention: One freight
engineman reprimanded.
Collision: Three freight engine
men suspended two days; one freight
engineman suspended one round
trip; four yard enginemen suspended
two days; one yard brakeman sus-
pended two days; one hostler rep
rimanded. -
Derailment: One freight engine
man suspended two days; one yard
engineman suspended two days; one
freight brakeman suspended two
days.
Not being on hand when wanted
for duty: Two yard enginemen
reprimanded; one yard fireman sus-
pended two days; one yard brakema n
suspended one day
Misrepresenting conditions in or
der to secure transportation: One
freight fireman deprived of all pass
privileges foS the year 1918.
Sitting in cab in dangerous posi-
ton: One freight fireman repri-
manded.
Removing spigot from passenger
coach: One freight fireman sus-
pended one week.
Removing material from CONS
pany property without authority:
one freight fireman suspended one
week
Refusing to work as assigned: 4:
one yard fireman suspended two
days.
Refusing to respond as ordered
one passenger brakeman suspended
one week and warned.
Violation of Rule &c" by drinking
lntoxicants while off duty: One
freight brakeman suspended one
week. Te
railing to report for duty after
haVing been properly called: One
yard brakeman suspended one day.
improper conduct toward assistant
yafd master: One yard brakeman
suspended two weeks.
Draft collision: Two yard brake
men suspended two days; two ward
orakemen suspended one day; twelve
yafd brakemen reprimanded,
railing to hold freight train at his
block station as ordered, resulting
IN detention to passenger and freight
trans: One signalman suspended
one day.
railing to rewind mechanism after
making test of slow release, result
ing in signal failure: One signal
maintainer reprimanded.
Faulty inspection of car. resulting
in detention One car insnectoT
reprimanded.
Faulty inspection of locomotive.
resulting in detention: One loco
motive i'Spector deprived of 10
per cent bonus for a period of seven
days
Absence from duty without per-
mission: One machinist deprived of
bonus for two weeks; one machinist
helper suspended two weeks; one
laborer deprived of bonus for first
half of May; one boiler washer de-
prived of bonus for period of two
weeks.
Failing to deliver message as in
structed, resulting in train. not be-
ing stopped: One messenger repri-
manded.