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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1908
Page
5
The piece notes how railroads cut labor and time by new feeding devices that coal, sand, and water engines in one spot. It contrasts old wood burning with coal fueled engines and the shift from bucket brigades to centralized, machine aided fueling. It emphasizes worker safety and efficiency gains for crews.
An American Locomotive Company built an articulated compound locomotive for the Erie railroad at Schenectady New York. Weighing 413000 pounds and 83.10 feet long, it is really two engines sharing one boiler. Despite double haulage capacity, a single pair of driving wheels bears less load than many ordinary engines.
Automatic slot machines at all German railroad stations provide two tickets for a 244 cent nickel, enabling passage to platforms only for those who already hold a railway ticket.
Mr. D F Conner a Cumberland Valley Railroad baggageman set a three year record covering 1905 to 1907. He worked 1 063 days traveling 174 793 miles and handling 67 148 pieces of baggage and 30 011 cans of milk.
Cedar Jac Miller recovers from pneumonia as Leola Chapman and other residents are noted ill. Several families visit relatives across Streitville Applepie Ridge Wadesville and Mountain View. Community members plan moves and attend a Little Mountain school flag raising event.
Summit Point West Virginia January notes list residents and relatives visiting for the holidays. Rev and Mrs Anderson and family, Col John Riley and sons Clinton and Lambert Riley from New York, Dr Comp Riley and wife from Baltimore, Paul Thomson from Norfolk, Clarence Snyder from Rock Hill DC, H H Logan from Norfolk, Gregg Wilson from New York, Leslie Coyle with brother Luther Snyder in Charlotte, Helen Kuykendall and brother Harry from Point of Rocks visiting, Bertie Roberte from Washington, Henry Shirley and wife from Baltimore, and Col R O Allen with Dr A Thomson visiting Alexandria.
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