The Winslow mail., 1926-03-12
Toots From The
Round House
By Charles Erickson

Oh boy The time has come.
During the past week there has
been some real action" taken in
regard to the enlargement of the
roundhouse. Several visitor
among them J. B. Ransom, head
of the power plant extension gang
on the coast lines, and B. P. Phelps,
engineer of extensions, who, after
collecting all the necessary data
issued orders for the changing of
steam and blower pipe lines i'm
mediately so that when the tear
down" gang arrives, about March
18th, everything will be O. K. tc
proceed with the remodeling pro
gram. Vice president John Purcell
was here last Sunday, while S. H
Wall, mechanical superintendent
and c. III. Hill, assistant to genera.
Etter, were looking the situation
over on Wednesday. Patient wait
ing is always rewarded
Extra turntable operator, JACK
Ennis, worked quite steady las
week for the reason that Lee Dover
was "laid up" with a bad cold anG
Louis WetZel had to lay off fol
some cause.
Both the second trick engineer
and the fireman at the power plant
G. H. Myers and Ray Cheromiah
are laying off for couple of weeks
vacation. Mr.. Myers is visiting re-
latives and friends in Indianapolis
Indiana, and other "back east
cities while Ray is enjoying fam
lily reunion in Laguna, New Mexico
The other two engineers and fire.
man are working dozen hour
shifts.
Machinist Joe Weiss finally just
had to lay off and take trip to
San Bernardino to see his family
He left last Saturday and is ex-
pected back the first of next week
Sorry to report Dave Garcia as
being on the absentee list on &C
count of sickness.
After resting up for nearly three
weeks in Los Angeles, during which
time he took in the latest shows
tions, our labor gang foreman, J.
e. Kleindienst, returned Tuesday.
Reporting for work next morning,
Joe declared he was again feeling
Jake" but that Mrs. Kleindienst
being still somewhat under the
weather, will remain in California
for awhile. Dave Cordova acted as
boss of the laborers in the absence
of Mr.. Kleindienst.
Sincere sympathy is extended An
tonic Aragon, whose sister died at
her home in Laguna last Saturday.
A promotion was handed to John
Melon the first of the month, ad-
yancing him from the labor gang
to George Hartman's crew of boil
er washers.
Because of Victor Gonzales being
off on a two weeks vacation, M.
Reyes has been temporarily assign
ed as G. c. man.
J. H. Bowen, representing the
Dearborn Chemical Works. from
which company the Santa Fe pur-
chases compound" for locomotive
boilers, was "among those present
as visitors the middle of the week.
Relief clerk Harry Sutherland
is working at Williams as general
clerk to the division foreman, while
Willis Little enjoys a short vaca.
tion. Harry can at least get some
of that mountain air.
Fred (Doc) Crosser has been the
whole Cheese" over on the rip
track the past few days on account
of general car foreman. R. " Ket-
ring. spending some time in San
Bernardino on business, and the
"A. R. A. clerk, Mrs Anna Pawley
senjoyed several days in Phoenix,
attending the convention of the
Women's Benefit Association. Anna
returned to work yesterday morn
ing and says everything went nice
ly at the meeting and that it was
/. decided next years convention will
be held in Winslow.
Leslie Hughes, engineer on the
2240, was also a bachelor during
{ the dates of the w. B. A in Phoe-
nix, as Mrs. Hughes attended as a
delegate from the Meteor City.
Les, however, boarded out"
From a grin to smile. The
other day when G. c. Cook, appren-
ftice, came to work he told the good
news with a box of cigars. 1t is
boy and weighed S1a pounds.