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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1902
Page
7
The scale shows wage increases for enginemen and trainmen on the Wabash line with a 10 percent rise. Passenger conductors earn 100 dollars monthly for 3,000 to 4,000 miles, higher for over 7,000 miles. other crews receive per mile adjustments. The Nickel Plate line will handle a large cotton shipment. President Canniff is in the city.
Fragmentary OCR text notes no new statements from President Rapney and no signals of an imminent end to the Wabash strike. Mentions committees in St Louis conferring with President Raansey, with little detail available on progress or outcomes.
Advertisement claims seven to one weight gain from one pound bottle of Scott's Emulsion. It promises improved appetite digestion and energy, a fuller body and better use of ordinary food with claims of quick flesh gain and vitality.
Nine semi ohr enlir spans planned for a new bridge over ravine, western Brandyene branch, and to carry the Pennsylvania main line over the Wilmington and Northern packs. The project coincides with Pennsylvania officials' movement and staff changes in Pittsburgh.
Denied but believed a settlement being arranged as to-day. Workers at Tilton remain out. about twenty men affected and the system is closed for machinists, boilermakers and blacksmiths. J McChafton, chief signal engineer of the Pennsylvania lines west, began an inspection trip from Clack Junction in a special car with subordinates. interlocking panels will be inspected. Diptheria illness hits the Philley family with three children ill. other relatives report similar cases but no serious results expected. Pennsylvania railroad awarded a contract to Goll & Co to build a stone arch bridge across the West Branch of the Brandywine at Quarryville Pa, fifty-four feet south of the current steel bridge, with a seventy-five foot span and four tracks elevated forty-nine feet above the Brandywine.
Reports detail actions on CS and HL railroad requisition business and renovations at the Peon-Vania south depot with painters preparing walls and ceilings. A Pennsylvania machinist suffered an eye injury from a steel splinter, while a fireman at Pennsy Hues took time off for a painful eye. Annual earnings compilations show September gains for 108 roads, with net increases linked to more working days and strikes elsewhere. A Wabash train faced delays from a broken cinder, and engine No. 28 was damaged prior to a collision arrival at New Haven.
Report notes a Nickel Plate train issue in Port Wayre with President Canniff overseeing operations. Train details mention forty cars and a special civ, with a car detached while the city was in transition.
A heated public works session debated widening Taylor Street with strong remonstrances from property owners. The board postponed action until December 18 after caustic exchanges over assessments and benefits, while approvals were granted for sewers in multiple alleys and related work.
The council finance committee met to review health department requests. They recommended reducing repairs funds to 200 rather than 500 and adjusting the contagious disease prevention allocation to zero, with no full details remaining.
A scattered local docket shows a petition for road vacation before the board of commissioners, appointments of viewers, and ongoing suits. George Neukamm seeks $200 on a mortgage claim. Meyer Bros & Was druggists contest a store lease from 1908. Guardianship and numerous minor items appear amid routine court actions.
Italian composer Mascagni and his company, after a troubled tour from New York to Boston, will present a concert at the Temple on December 15. The program features selections from several operas and the complete Cavalleria Rusticana, conducted by Mascagni. The troupe, once near destitution, has found support in Boston and is now poised for a prosperous season in Dallas.
Fragmented OCR item lists names like Gibson Picinres Gilbert Pictures Copley Prints and Arcade Jeweler. Mentions Whe onsie hoes fae Werny in hoeky and Pearl and Ora Beads at Dallan Green's with Star Shoe Store pricing of AS 3.50.
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