The Winslow mail., 1925-10-30
Toots From The
Round House
By Charles Erickson

cars every DAY over tne A1Duquer-
| que division and the close of this
month little over a thousand To-
comotives will have been handled
over the local turntable.
Then passenger traffic isn't to
light either Today, for instance
there will be two sections of train
No. Il, and five sections of our
crack California Limited, No. g.
One reason for this is that the
weather is probably getting little
chilly back east, but the best rea-
son is that the back east" excur-
sion rates will be "out of date on
November 1st Anyhow we sure
have the business.
Mrs. Lawrence Hitchcock of San
Diego, California, is visiting her
father-in-law, W. D. Hitchcock. She
is accompanied by her two daugh-
ters.
And it is sure a keen mill, the
new II ton draw cut shaper for our
machine shop arrived and was most
etflclently unloaded by the rip
track Wrecking crew via the der
rick. The j. B. Ransom, installa-
ton gang from San Bernardino,
will be in Winslow soon to set the
new apparatus up.
E. E. Cowboy" Holt finally got
back from his San Bernardino trip.
Instead Of coming home with the
gang, Cowboy strayed off to meet
up with some of the Hollywood
movie queens and got stranded.
Fred (Cy) Perkins, from Topeka,
paid us visit last week and sur
prised the setting up of the stoves
in the roundhouse Good work Cy.
Walter Fortimier, instructor for
the Oxwel1 Welding company, from
San Bernardino, is a shop visitor
today, as is air brake instructor,
G. w. Chambers.
Word has reached US that Henry
Balfay, former boiler maker in
Winslow shops and now working
at Williams, has made the fatal
matrimonial leap. Congratulations
Glad to see Harold Sterling back
at work after his absence on ac-
count of the grip.
Santiago Osi spent most of last
week in Laguna, New Mexico,
where he was called on account of
the illness of his sister. However
she is now getting along o. K. and
Santiago is again on the job.
The absentee list expanded enor-
mously last Saturday, Sunday and
Monday, due to the football players
going to San Bernardino from
where they brought home 19 to 7
victory, and King Nomotos' hunt
ing expedition which consisted of
Tommy Yamamoto, S. r. Nomoto,
Kanyi Nomoto, K. Uchida, S. G..
Nomoto, and H. I. Nomoto The
last named was the only one to
bag a deer"
Upon the return of P. P. Fireman
VIM. Lockwood, from a few days
vacation in Los Angeles, fireman
Roy -Cheromiah and P. P. boiler
washer, John Chavez, lit out for
the mountains to try for some wen
ison food"
Oh boy! He admits having
reputation. For the reason that
the superintendents office ran short
of pencil pushers, chief clerk Mark
Smith was asked if he could spare
anyone, whereupon Noel Caldwell
was loaned out. Don't loose that
"Pep" Noel
Joe I4evva was hired to fill the
vacancy in the labor gang caused
by the RESIGNATION of Edward Ruiz
who will make his future home in
old Mexico
On account of eve trouble Anton
10 Saracino has been sent to La
euna for treatment where we hone
he wont have to remain lone. Her
man Castian0 is rel ewing him as
firem9n's hoIper in tho power r1ant.
Lest Monday and Tuesdav r. c.
Abnll spent at the Grand Canyon
oa business for the shopcrafts as
sociotion.
Didn't like it but he may come
back. They generally 20 0rca thew
ct . toetn of cur "big outdoors. .
y IT, Nevfn9 loft tho first Of the
wee7, for Chicngo. otter spending
few weeks with his uncle, G. H
RTvors.
T. r. Puroh. 50 it is said was
seen reDairing the fence at the
r0undhOuse gate tho other even'ne
What's the matter r L., is your
car too wide?
It is not cheerful 7 renort an
! oth6r personal injury added 10 our
list Monday when A. Ortego. lab
! orer was unfortunate in getting his
foot badly hurt bv pair Of driver
| wheels His brother, who works
| in the storehouse. ACCOMPANIED him
to the Los Angeles hospital on No
1. the same day.
It's here folks Speaking of the
new Bnick six sedan purchased by
c. NJ. Hitchcock Keen eh, Charlie,
Last Tuesday Newt Oliver missed
the first shift since ne hired ouf
two years AGO. And that was be.
/ cause of sickness. Newt has the
| best record in the shops for he has
only been late twice in that lengtI
Of time also.
John V. Pine and Harold a Han
sen are the handles attached to thl
two new apprentices who arrived
from San Bernardino for som.
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