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Show SET LAKE ROUTE NOTES Engineer L. B. Waddingham, re- eently returned from France, made C his maiden trip on stock train Extra Ex-tra 3657 west, last Saturday morning. morn-ing. Trainman C. E. Hollingsworth who is on the Beet run with Shady Boyn-ton, Boyn-ton, let a dump lever tall on him while switching at Delta last Friday Fri-day afternoon. He was given first aid at the emergency hospital room of the Delta Sugar company, then taken to a doctor. It is reported he will not lose any time. Well, Well, would you believe it, the 3 66G has been released from the Provo shops and is breaking in for service. Station Agent D. E. Hurley left on No. 1 last Friday evening for the Commission City, where he will spend a few days with his family. Extra 3631 Cond. Bell, Engineer E. A. Olson, had a slight accident at 6th West street.'Salt Lake last Friday afternoon. Break beam came down, catching on crossing. No dam 1 age except a few ties marked. If the present business keeps up it will be necessary for the road crews to have some one introduce them to their families. Conductor Berkheimer was run as 2nd No. 2 out of Milford last Friday morning with a Hi-Ball train. Switchman Fred W. Luedke accompanied ac-companied his wife to Los Angeles where she will enter a hospital for treatment. Trainman P. W. Keeney arrived in Milford on No. 1 last Saturday evening and was immediately, placed on Conductor Martin's car for service. ser-vice. Captain John Stoyell was deadheaded dead-headed into Milford last Saturday in order to protect the high dry and dusty run account being shortage on train crews. Safety First Why are brakemen and firemen exempt from having to sign up train order No. 500. They are compelled to carry standard watches and register them just the same as a conductor or engineer. Cashier Wallace of the local freight frei-ght office is acting agent during the absence of Agent D. E. Hurley. Bids are open for a conductor and two stingers for the fourth district This will be an additional crew. Conductor Holmes left Milford last punday morning with 15 cars of sheep for Caliente on extra 3657 west. Business is just that good that the boys are getting their sleep lu their cabooses. Who said that he was going to put in a time slip for a run-around. Trainman Joe Cullinan with Conductor Con-ductor Wheat laid off Sunday morning morn-ing on account of sickness. Conductor Kelly is head pilot on Conductor Moore's car during his . - absence. No. 253. leaving Milford hist Sunday Sun-day morning. Conductor Latourette, tangled up with a fleet of hot boxes at Nad a and Lund. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Chapman of Black. Rook were Milford visitors last Friday. Mrs. Chapman is local ageut for the Salt Lake Route at Black Rock. Trainman C. E. Johnson has been assigned to the slow board out of Milford. Trainman G. E. Fitzgerald is switching in the Milford yards. Paul Clinton has resigned his position po-sition at the local freight house. Mitch Coon will assume the duties of the position having been promoted from the yard office. The first week of the National railroad accident prevention drive' ending at midnight, October 25th. 1919, shows that the Salt Lake Rt. passed through this period without a single reportable accident. j i Captain John Stoyell with a stock extra west, honored Capt. T. Martin between Milford and Caliente, Tuesday Tues-day morning with a run around, tis ;sad but true. Boys, be a square shooter. Give the clerks in our various stores a chance to enjoy the eight hour service ser-vice They, too. en. joy a little re-cretition re-cretition and fresh air. Do (your trading within the eight hour per- j iod. I ! Duringl917 more than 1S00 per-i sons were killed and more than 4 600 persons were sei'iously injured iu crossing accidents on the railroads of the United States. The greatest number of these accidents were cases of automobiles being struck at highway high-way crossings and of automobiles running into trains at crossings. It is toward the elimination of such con ; ditions that the activities of the National Na-tional Safety Council and of the Uni- j toil States Railway administration in I the present Accident Prevention Drive are directed. I That some plan be worked out in jail schools to impress upon the stu-t stu-t drills the importance of safety. Dai- ly talks by teachers in the class room i and safety contests between schools are suggested. That publicity be given the safe-' i tv movement in the Sunday Schools churches and homes. That necessary action be t;ioku. for the enactment of a stat law r-.--q-uring that every cmnloyed noren driving a motor vehicle p. -s ;v.t examination ex-amination before a board. |