Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-02-24 | Page 3 | Quits Throttle

Quits Throttle N. N rm M i t ea l r y r rr WILLIAM CAIRNS Railroader for 46 years jears S. S L. L Engineer Retires on Birthday Husky good natured William Calms Cairns Coatsville avenue was on the shelf Monday Mr Cairns Calms a railroader for 46 of his 65 years retired from active active active ac ac- ac- ac tive employment on the Denver and Rio Grande Western railway railway railway rail rail- way company on his sixty-fifth sixty birthday Born In Pittsburgh Pa In 1876 he began his railroad career in 1895 when he went to work in Great Falls Mont for the Great Northern railroad Later he lie was was a locomotive en engineer engineer engineer en- en for the San Pedro Los Angeles and and Salt Lake route operating both passenger and freight engines for that road from April 1907 to May 1908 He also was employed as engineer engineer engineer engi engi- neer on the Colorado and Southern Southern Southern South South- ern line He has been with the D D. R.G. R.G. R.G. R. R G. G W W. 29 years jears ears and served most of that time as an engineer