March 14, 1895
Sut Galer worked in the house most of last week and Link Rippel fired in his place. Frank Atha exchanged places with John Noah last Saturday and let John fire south so he could be at home over Sunday. We have a new Road Master, our old friend and townsman, Mr. Clod Evans. Success to him.
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March 21, 1895
Sam Turk, the extra engineer pulled the freight a round trip in Cheny's place last week. The hostler at Des Moines had the misfortune to get his hand badly mashed, and Mr. John Noah went up to take his place till he gets able to work again. Tarleton fired one trip for Galer, also Ripple fired for Joe Kennedy as his fireman was sick, but all are at their places now...
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April 4, 1895
Mr. Wm. Hedge has been on the sick list for a week...Mr. Con Miller has returned to work again. Norris Knox the old bridge foreman, takes his old place on the bridge force again...Our new road master, Mr. Clod Evans, is right after business for the road...Our superintendent, Mr. Dawson and Mr. Fred Peck were over the road two days last week looking up the bad order cars that were set out along the line...Mr. James Jolley is the only machinist in the round house now and James is holding the work down pretty level...Your humble writer learned that Mr. French went home Saturday morning, sick, that puts machinist Daily to the front till French returns...The painter Dave Clark is around casting his eye over the ten as thought he would give her a black eye.
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April 11, 1895
Mr. French was called to Illinois to attend the funeral of his grandmother, last Friday...Charley Tarleton is still on the sick list, also Mr. Hedge...The car repairers are putting in good time on repairs on the cars. The weather is good for them...The painter, Mr. David Clark has given the ten a "black eye," sure enough. Jake Musgrove is keeping his eye on her; she is just what he wants he has so much yard work to do in Des Moines...
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April 18, 1895
John Noah went home and reported sickness in his family; can't tell when he will go to work...Link Ripple is filling the old hostler's place at Des Moines as the old hostler got his hand hurt some time ago...Mr. Hedge, the blacksmith helper came back to work again; Charley Tarleton put in his appearance at the pump house...The ten is out and took a trial trip to Des Moines, Saturday and met the freight at Jamison and brought part of her load to Osceola. The eight has just hauled a heavy train from Des Moines, twenty loaded cars. Who says that the road is not doing anything...Mr. Dawson, our master mechanic will have a hard time of it now to keep up the work as the men have been cut down to eight hours per day. Some of the men that have families can't keep them on eighty cents per day...The section men go on today, (Monday). The boys look a little blue just now.
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May 23, 1895
Mr. Robbins, our boiler man, went to Des Moines one day last week to do some work. The weed burner went out on trial one day last week and our general superintendent, Sherwood, was with the boys to see it work. It does the work all right and will do away with the weed cutters on the road... The painters are just about through painting coach No.6 ...The car repairers still have their hands full of work and the prospects are that they will have, as the cars cannot do so much running and not want repairing...The yard boys have the yard cleaned pretty nicely and that is as Mr. Dawson will have things...The bridge men are on the north end of the line at work and will be there for some time.
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August 1, 1895
We have a new man to run our stationary. Commenced work Monday Morning- our old friend and engineer Mr. Johnson. He ran an engine on the road a long while...The car boys are getting along with their work on that last batch of cars that was run in for repairs all right...The company has sent down fifteen thousand feet of lumber for grain doors. That means that they are going to haul lots of grain this summer and fall...There is a good deal of stock in the country from the way Mr. W. B. Emary and others are shipping stock over this road...
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