The Winslow mail., 1921-12-23
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. :;
NEWS IN OUR LOCAL !:
RAILROAD CIRCLES

WuSlc HS UdO Uccu LOT luC past lew
days in connection with matters per-
tanning TO the Brotherhood of Rail
way Clerks. Mr.. Grafton is division
chairman for this organization.
Engineer Gus Leseman of San
Marcial, New Mexico, is in the city
visiting his son Harry Mr.. Lese-
man is Engineer on the Rio Grande
division.
Engineer Grand Division w. W.
Kelly of Los Angeles was i'll the
city the first part of the week. While
here Mr.. Kelly met quite a few old
friends Mr.. Kelly was located here
as division engineer prior to being
transferred to the coast.
Transportation Inspector Erwin
B. Hebert has been called to Los
Angeles for a business conference at
the general managers office at that
point He expects to return the lat
ter part of the week.
Brakeman Dinty Moore has re-
turned to this city after accompany
ing the remains of Brakeman r. D..
Sowell to his former home at Flo
nation, Alabama Word has also
been received from Mrs. Sowell that
she and the family Atood the trip
very nicely and that the many kind
acts in their sad hour of bereave-
ment here will never be forgotten.
Machinist Ray Snee while at work
at the shops here, last Friday morn
ing was the victim of very serious
accident In some manner he re-
ceived a head fracture while work
ing on an engine. He was rushed TO
the emergency hispital OF this city
where he remained in state OF
coma for several hoursa He was
taken to the Los Angeles hospital
and at this writing is reported to
be improving.
Superintendent J. D. McCully. Div
ision Engineer r. C. Kline, Assistant
Division Engineer Roy c. Chambers
and Secretary Walter More have re-
turned from Gallup where they made
a business trip Tuesday and We'd
nesday of this week.
The MANY friends here of Joseph
p. Metz of the Prescott roadmaster s
( office, will be pleased to hear ot ms
recent promotion to the position OF
division accountant at San francls-
co on the Terminal division. HIS
successor has not yet been announc-
ed. !,
Cashier j.. w. Kiles of the local
freight office has bid in the position
Of revising clerk at the Phoenix sta
tion and will leave for that point IN
the near future. He viii also move
his family to that point. His sue
cessor has not been announced.
David B. Crozier has arrived in
this city from San Francisco where
he has been located for the last few
years. Mr.. Crozier was formerly a
conductor on the albuquerque divi-
sion
Dispatcher William Enright has
returned from San Francisco where
he accompanied Mrs. Enright for an
operation. He reports her getting
along very nicely at this writing.
Mrs. Mae Snee Pierce, head stem
ographer in the superintendent's Of
flee is now at Los Angeles, having
accompanied her brother to that
point. During Mrs. Pierce's absence
Mrs. Helma Anderson is looking
after the machine room work.
Car Distributor Edward AlsdOrf
and family returned Wednesday of
this week from their vacation trip
at Topeka, Kansas. j. p. Harper,
who was looking after Mr.. Alsdorf's s
work will return to his position as
stenographer
Mrs. John Grafton, wife of Main
tenance Clerk Grafton, leaves this
week for Osawatomie, Kansas where
she will spend the next few weeks
visiting friends and relatives
Miss Maud Bussert of the machine
room of the superintendent office
returned this week from Albuquer
que where she had been for week
end visit.
The yellow Pullman sleepers now
being operated on No. / are an OBJ
ject of interest. These cars are Chi
cago, Milwaukee and ST. Paul equip
ment and connect with the Santa Fe
at Kansas City and thence to the
coast. 1t is understood that they
will operate for Several weeks or
during the holiday season.
The many friends of Brakeman w
e. Hubbard will regret to hear of
his sudden death at the Gallup hos
pital the first part of the week. The
remains will be taken to Noble, IL
linois, for burial.
General Manager Frank A. Leh-
man of the Western lines was in the
city the first part of the week from
his headquarters at Amarillo, Tex
as to Los Angeles. Mr.. Lehman il
we'll known to number of local
railroaders, having been in charge
Of the Loss and Damage meetings
prior to being promoted to the posi-
tion of general manager.
Due to washout trouble on the Los
Angeles division the east bound
trains Wednesday and Thursday ant
possibly today will be late. Advice
was not given out as to the extent
of the flood damage.