Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-04-18

pipes, while DR.. Machinist gets ready
to remove his wheels and send them
DR.. Tiresetter. After these two
small operations are performed Mr..
Locomotive is sent to another ward
where the whole class of doctors get
busy, DR.. Boilermaker says he must
have new crown sheet, DR.. Ma
chinist says he must have new set
of shoes and wedges, a new cylinder
head, the valves reset and his safety
valve regulated, DR.. Pipeftter says
his sand pipes must be renewed, his
branch pipes changed some and all
his air pipes clamped up in their
proper place, DR.. Jacketman says he
needs a whole new jacket, DR.. Car
penter says his sills are rotten and
must be renewed, DR.. Blacksmith says
his springs are weak and need re-
tempering. DR.. Electrician says his
lights are bad and his motor should
be tested and overhauled. So poor
Mr.. Locomotive is in a very bad shape
as he stands there on his artificial
wheels over the dissecting table (the
pitt. The class of doctors are busy,
each at his own speciality. There
must be no guess work about it, they
must each and every one of them
cure the defect that comes under his
supervision. Now suppose this is a
passenger locomotive, and any one of
these mechanical doctors makes a
mistake, he does not jeopardize one
life but hundreds of lives. The placing
Of a weak bolt in a certain place or
loose nut, a defective break shoe, a
loose tire and a hundred other things
that come under DR.. Machinist's prac-
tice, if done improperly, could destroy
a whole train loaded with people in a
few seconds. Yet he is not entitled
to a living wage because he has not
got a paper to show that he played
football or was a good oarsman in a
rowing combat at some big bungalo
sometimes called a University. Now
if DR.. Boilermaker puts in leaky set
of fues and Mr.. Locomotive can not
gather steam fast enough to make the
siding his order calls for and he heads
in to his meet right at the switch,
taking a number of lives manning and
crippling more, DR.. Boilermaker is to
blame. Or if Mr.. Locomotive is run
ming close time with a close meet and
DIR. Pipefitter did not repair his sand
pipe and the track is damp or frosty,
the wheels are slipping the engmeman
trys his sanders, they won't work, he
is losing time, he sees death staring
him in the face along with his whole
train load of people, his only chance
is that one of the doctors of the other
locomotive has made some mistake
and is losing time. So you see that
any mechanic who does not do his
work right is liable to cause a wreck
and cast any number Of souls into
eternity.
can say truthfully that in my 25
yeals Of railroad experience in vari-
Gus parts of the United States there
have been very few wrecks that were
caused by work sighted by the me-
chanic. Don't think that l refer to
all doctors in this case of professional
men, for we have a few attorneys at
law to consider. If you wish to see
who is getting the exorbitant wage
go to see one on little business. It's
$5 for advise and if he sees any more
in your purse it's $40 for a retainer
fee, and it all takes just about two
minutes time. Now it takes the me-
chanic nearly three days at hard,
greasy work, to make that much; yet
he is getting too much money. All
mechanics are not railroading, there
are auto manufactures, cash register,
phonograph, sewing machine and a
vast number of other trades in which
mechanics are employed. The go out
and work for five years for almost