The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-08
RAILROAD CHIEFS
OPPOSE Time SPLIT
AS HEARING CLOSES
Moving Central Zone Westward
involved Double Operation
Of Their Mems Minds

The hearing OF the railroads on the
proposed time zone changes In the
state was concluded at noon. today,
by J. T. Money. interstate commerce
commission examiner.
The railroads and state were given
until July I, to file any briefs they
desire. The examiner will issue q
tentative report, to which the parties
to the hearing can then object II they
desire.
This mornings session was devoted
to hearing some Of the big operating
chiefs Of the lines and trainnen Who
objected to split time on divisions,
many Of them representatives Of the
trainmen organizations. The chiefs
who were on the stand included w.
H. Corbet. superintendent Of the 500
Line at Enderlen; w. H. strachan,
general manager of the N. p. in the
eastern district, st. Paul: and D. E.
Rossiter, general superintendent Of
the Milwaukee. from Butte, Montana.
Splits Elsewhere Dangerous
The Importance OF their testimony
was that they opposed splitting the
time at other points west. General
Manager Strachan said 0lendive.
Billings or Laurel were not satisfac.
tory points for dividing the divisions
into time zones. These points would
involve operation under dual time,
a. they were not division ends.
For the same reason, Superinten-
dent Rossiter opposed making the
split at Miles City, as dispatchers
would have to work on two types Of
time over the transrnissouri division
eastward and the Musselshell division
westward to Harlowton.
They emphasized the necessity, for
safety sake, Of operating divisions on
one type Of time only, 50 that COM
mutations would be unnecessary
whenever time was considered, as
we'll as to avoid the use Of three.
handed watches.
Superintendent Rossiter said the
best place to split time was at Mo-
bSidee, as now, as the d~ispatchers
there worked in the westward direc-
ton only. There is q freight subdivt-
sion to Marmarth. but the passenger
division is to Miles City.
Involves Loss OF Jobs on Errors
]. A. Regain, Of Mandan. suggested
that. the trainmen had q big interest
at stake in this matter. An error In
operation means discharge. It often
would mean ending q mans life work
and he couldn't well place In anything
else. That Is why the tratnmen's Or
7anizations oppose the change. as an
increase Of hazard and confusion.
witnesses heard today were w. ].
Roberts, N. p. dispatcher at 0lendive:
F. D. Mack, conductor at Glendtve.
representing the brotherhood ana
grievance committee: E. M. 6hoemak-
er. N. p. engineer at Dickinson: M. g.
Brown, N. p. conductor at Dickinson;
6. E. Saunders. Mandan, who filed
the Mandan vote of June IL. 1921.
against changing to central time
there, 958 against to 342 for: ]. B.
Love, extra N. r. conductor at Glen
dive: A. ]. Pauquette, Glendiye en-
eineer: J. A. Regan, Mandan con-
duetor: ]. A. Sannon, fireman OF
Dickinson; J. N. Myers, Forsyth fire.
man.
Resolutions Of the Glendive city
council and the chamber Of commerce
protesting against splitting time
there, were filed by the Northern Pa.
cific attorneys.
A telegram from s. L. Fee, who was
10 appear for the Burlington. was
read and filed. He was kept away by
The Montana washoutS.
The state rested on the filing Of q
certified copy Of the time zone law
enacted hv the recent legislature.