Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-21
Railroad Notes

w. II. Arnold, of Chambersburg
and formerly a clerk In the pas
senger service of the P. r. r., was
in town last evening on a furlough.
He entered the naval service last
January and is on the u. S. S. Vir-
ginia in the storekeeping depart
ment. Arnold says he likes the
service and has been in many u S.
ports, but never in European waters
A splendid response to Superin-
{ tendent Johnson's appeal to Middle
division trainmen resulted on Thurs
day when they moved total of
S,074 cars, 1922 being taken past
Denholm and 1852 being inter-
changed with the Tyrone division.
The record was III more cars hauled
than the figures for Wednesday.
Harry 1. Blake, formerly in the
service of the Cumberland Valley
Railroad Company, has been ap-
pointed superintendent of the Penn
sylvania Railroad power plant at
Pitcairn. When the Cumberland
Valley took over the operation of
the Chambersburg & Gettysburg
trolley line Mr.. Brake was placed in
charge of the power plant at Cham
bersburg.
Announcement was made at Union
SloIiOI lO-idy, WIleIl IL IeQucSl WAS
made for New York division time
table, that consolidated time table
| for the Pennsylvania, the Philadel-
phia and Reading and the Baltimore
and Ohio railroads between Phila-
delphia and New York had been
issued in the interest of railroad
economy
In two days the men at the Read
ing Railway shops in Reading sub
scribed for $25,500 worth of war
savings and thrift stamps.
Six of the men employed in the
steel car department at the Reading
Hog Island as riveters. Their places
were promptly filled at the shop.
There is a perceptible falling off
in the freight trade on the Reading,
officials here said to-day. The local
business is holding its own. but the
merchandise trade shows a decided
slump.
The fast Black Diamond express
of the Lehigh Valley Railroad was
thrown from the tracks by the trick
of an eight-year-old boy, near
! Wilkes Barre. Edward Gouse, a boy
of Carey Patch, was playing on the
railroad tracks, and just before the
coming of the big train placed two
heavy bolts on the rails. The pony
truck of the engine hit them and
was thrown off. The train was
stopped in time to prevent injury to
the passengers.
The Lehigh Valley Company has
been placed on trial in the Federal
Court in New York city, together
with Fred e. Signor, its freight traf-
fic manager, and Charles Schaeffer.
and Charles Schaeffer, Jr., hay and
/ grain dealers, charged with con-
spiracy to violate the Elkins law pro-
hibiting railroad rebating. The rail-
road company is accused of dis
eliminating in favor of the two
Schae effers in the matter of providing
| freight cars, expediting their move
ment and rebating on freight rates.
William G.. McAdoo, director of
railroads, refused a request made on
behalf of the railroad securities
owners that the railroad administra-
ton enter into an agreement by
which a friendly suit should be
br ought by one of the roads to test
| the form of contract and that the
decision of the courts should subse-
quently be incorporated in the con-
tract
The cabooses of Reading freight
trains which must be assisted up the
steep grades, are now cut off and
placed in the rear of the assisting
engine. While nothing serious has
happened to any of the cabin cars,
the change was made to avoid the
possibility of an accident. The rail-
road officials are now experimenting
to ascertain the delay and the cost
of the stopping of the trains to re-
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