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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1908
Page
2
Over 300 employee rules were adopted at a conference led by Union Hunt of the Indiana Railroad Commission and traction men. E2 class engines typically head to Columbus for heavy work. Twenty three engines are loaded in the yards, and with current traffic, no more will likely be moved to cold storage.
The notice states entering or remaining in service proves willingness to obey rules. Promotion requires capacity for greater responsibility. Rules are broad. a passenger can remind an on duty employee that tobacco use in an objectionable manner violates rule 9 of the traction code.
Superintendent J C Sullivan reports May results for the Peru division with 280 demerits issued for rule violations by engineers firemen conductors brakemen switchmen yardmasters clerks agents and operators. One operator was dismissed for absent without permission. Credits go to listed engineers firemen conductors flagman brakemen and operators. Fifty one employees earned six months of clean records.
The Panhandle is maintaining most of its large engines G.4 H.6 and E.2 classes for road work and most roundhouse repairs focus on these engines, with exceptions noted in the report.
Lew Sutters, a boilermaker at the Panhandle shops, may lose sight in one eye after an accident while chipping rivet heads. A steel fragment struck his eye ball, lacerating it severely and he was taken to the hospital for treatment. The Woodmen held their services in the morning with a large attendance.
Annual gauge testing in the shops checks steam and air indicators. Weighing tests determine accuracy. out of tolerance gauges are repaired or discarded.
BACK TO FULL HOURS Ft. Wayne Indiana June 9 The Pennsylvania shops here are gradually getting back to full hours and before long most of the men will be employed with regularity and at the same pay that prevailed prior to last September.
Daily notes list layoff and sickness among Panhandle firemen and engineers returning from vacation. Officials and line workers such as McCay Ingersoll Stull Navin and Huckleberry are in and out of duties or visiting locations like Indianapolis Marion Winamac and Bay City. Pension talks surround veteran enginee r Green who plans to retire after failing health.
The Kaw River at Topeka and the Missouri River are expected to be stationary by tomorrow afternoon with levels around 2644 feet on the Missouri end. The Kaw has fallen a foot at Topeka and North Topeka residents return home to clean mud as rail yards flood and railroad lines shift to higher ground. Crops are damaged but reported to rebound with a large future yield.
Manager Smyth of the Nelson Theatre secures Arthur Deming the great minstrel for Thursday Friday and Saturday both afternoon and evening. Deming is among the highest priced acts, appearing at leading houses in Chicago and New York and has a history of popular performances in Logansport.
Dr Louis Martin of the Pasteur institute hospital reports on diphtheria serum therapy. Early injection upon suspicion reduces deaths, though 20 percent of children under two still die from infected surroundings. He advocates reinoculation for persistent toxic symptoms and vigorous initial doses to avert fatalities.
The Calcutta health officer urged that no substitute for pure butter or pure ghee be sold in the new market. Stallholders would lose stalls for violations and adulterated milk sellers face ejection. The market committee and city authorities approved the recommendations and the market superintendent has been instructed to enforce the rule.
The text highlights Queen Maud of Norway’s hobbies and skills including sewing wood carving and bookbinding. It notes her camera work outdoor sports skating skiing motoring and cycling with her husband. It also mentions billiards and comparisons with King Haakon and King Edward in whist.
Tribune notes births from William Sny der family. Obituary of Dillon Marsh aged about eighty with funeral held at the family home and interment at Monticello cemetery. Reports of visits by Mrs. Minnie Gibson and others plus a horse accident injuring Edna and Lena Montgomery but no injuries.
Mrs Bell Marshall departed on Tuesday for fulness and sympathy. B B Richards and wife returned to Huntington Tuesday. The M E Brotherhood social at the parsonage Tuesday night was well attended and enjoyable. The M E church ordered a velvet Brussels carpet, ordered by F H Thomas. Warren Brown takes a week vacation from F H Thomas store with his wife visiting her parents near the Ohio line. Rev Taylor will go to Kokomo Thursday night to assist in Baptist services where baptism will be administered.
Camden Oscar Campbell and family spent Sunday with Pharos Robeson and family. Bertha Campbell of Flora visits her grandparents D. T. Wyatt and wife. Stella Garner hosts Edith Harrison and Myra Plank. Sun Wm. Plank north of town adds a four room extension. Attorneys Boyd and Stevenson in town. Russell Holmes and Paul Hay of Delphi visit grandparents A. N. Holmes and wife east of town. Bruce Wallace of Chicago arrives for a week with his wife and plans to move back soon. Baptist Ladies fish fry at the Chapel draws many for supper. Telephone outage due to moving the central office downtown. Remains of Mable Steiff buried in Camden cemetery after large funeral. A carrier pigeon stops at U. S. Gardner's farm.
The Royal Centre Reserves will go to Star City Wednesday to play ball. The baseball entertainment postponed earlier will be held at the Assembly hall Saturday night at 8 o'clock with seats on sale at Agness' drug store. The program promises an excellent showing by the boys.
Ser Rawei, a New Zealand missionary, will lecture at the Broadway Methodist church prayer meeting Thursday evening. He will describe life in his native country and his experiences as a savage.
Webb P Bushnell of Quincy TL spends a few days with his brother in-law Charles Zook on the North Side. He is chief engineer of the Sag Island drainage district and notes the recent rise of the Ohio river may require his return home at any time.
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