The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-04-29
G. N. RAILROAD NOTES

G. N. RAILROAD NOTES
General superintendent w. R.
Smith of the central district and gen.
eral superintendent F. S. Elliott of
the western district and F. Wear,
superintendent of the Butte division
passed through Wolf Point on spe-
cial + Alb and A-24 on the rea of
train No. % Tuesday en- route to
St.Paul.
Homar Bassett, Paul Tillisch and
F. Slater, transportation inspectors
of the central and western districts,
also j. E. Jennie, station Inspector
of the central district, were on No.
% Tuesday for st. Paul.
Master mechanic R. R. Schulz,
who was injured at the Dodson pit
a few days ago, is able to be out
again.
Geo. E. Slade, dispatcher, who
formerly worked at Wolf Point and
later went to Minot, is returning to
Wolf Point to locate here perman-
emily.
Dispatcher S. R. Twyman of Sol
diers Summit, Utah, should arrive
in Wolf Point May LIST to locate here
permanently.
o. Backlund, clerk in the superin-
tendent's office, has resigned and ac-
cepted q position with the Cooper
ative Store at Havre as bookkeeper.
j. F. Blodgett, assistant chief line
man, with headquarters at Great
Falls, is in Wolf Point on business.
w. Meyers, operator at Bowdoin,
is doing relief work here while OPP
orator Owens is away on his honey
moon.
A. w. Schillings, agent at Balm
vile, together with his wife, expects
to leave for St. Louis the first of the
month for a sixty day leave.
A. D. Kroft and wife, second and
third trick operators at Tampico, are
off for six months and being
relieved by Miss Hill and Mrs. John
Superintendent A. E. Knights
made a business trip to Havre Mon
day.
The steamshovel at Dodson is load
ing about sixty cars of gravel a day,
and being unloaded between Wag-
ner and Coburg.
Assistant general superintendent
Sesser has resigned and expects to
take up duties with another railroad
soon, but has not made it known as
yet where he will locate. No one has
oeen appointed to succeed him.
Mrs. w. C. Johnson, wife of one
If the operators in the telegraph Of
ice here, is confined to her home on
of sickness.
Geo. Button, clerk in the super
ntendent's office, who has been con-
med to his room at the Sherman
lotel, is back on the job again..
A safety melting was held in the
treat Northern hotel Saturday, APP
il 24th ard was we'll attended and
ne of the best meetings we have
ad, there being % visitors, includ-
ng C. L. LaFountaine, superintend-
mt of Safety First. The next meet
ng will be held at the Great North
IN hotel on May 29th. :
Yard Office News :
The yard Office is all cleaned up I:
nd is, without a doubt, one of the /:
est offices on the system.
Conductor Boyer had the misfor- :
Inc of dropping a journal on Sun :
ay p. m. about 1:3O. The main
was tied up until about 8:15, No :
being the only passenger train :
lffering any delay. :
Pierce Sinnott has ben hired as a :
vitchman and is working on the 4 :
clock shift. :
Conductor Fox has returned from Z
I. Paul and is again holding a regu- :
r car on the first district. z
Brakeman E. Farrell has reported :
r work after being off for several :
Us due to sickness. ~ Z
The chief clerk of this office has Z
wearing a sad look on his face E
ely. No wonder. His lady friend e
ne and the travelling engineer in e
But then he informs us that &
e is returning Thursday so we may e
pect a change very soon e