. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . ned Richwood, at the stockpens; unloaded them, taking their engines,a car of cinders and a car of ties, picked upsection men, going to Areola. Because ofthe lack of a sufficient number of men, theyborrowed a road scraper, block and tacklefrom the Smoot Lumber Company and theyworked all day on Sunday until dark, layingup at Cowen, being unable to return toCamden-on-Gauley account of anotherwashout at mile post 96. Conductor G. joined this crew and they continuedto work in this territory until track wascleared on August 16. Double header crew, in
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . ned Richwood, at the stockpens; unloaded them, taking their engines,a car of cinders and a car of ties, picked upsection men, going to Areola. Because ofthe lack of a sufficient number of men, theyborrowed a road scraper, block and tacklefrom the Smoot Lumber Company and theyworked all day on Sunday until dark, layingup at Cowen, being unable to return toCamden-on-Gauley account of anotherwashout at mile post 96. Conductor G. joined this crew and they continuedto work in this territory until track wascleared on August 16. Double header crew, in charge of Conduc-tor W. B. Peterson, Engineer A. W. Pickens,Engineer C. E. Stalnaker, Fireman L. , Fireman G. E. Carrothers,Brakeman P. O. Snyder and Brakeman Perkins, were laid up at Camden-on-Gauley, Sunday morning, August 12. OnMonday, August 13, they took one of theirengines and worked Eastward, opening upthe track to Richwood, continuing at thiswork until August 16. Yours truly, (Signed) W. Trapnell, Superintendent. Baltimore and Ohio Magazine. October. 192j 95 Reminiscences of Our Oldest LorainDock Employe By F. W. Harmon. Correspondent WILLIAM KLINGBEIL commencedwork on May 11, 1876 for the C. W. R. R., his first duties beingloading coal with wheelbarrows from next loaded vessels with mast and gaff,used as derrick, swinging a half ton bucketto vessel and lowering to hold carefully,dumping each so as not to break the boats were small, the largest being notover 1100 ton. The two we loaded most were the C. and the Ohio, and nearly all usedsails. On June 2, 1877, we loaded theOhio, which drew so much water, nearly14 feet, that she could not pass the sandbar and was lightened of 30 ton, or abouttwo carloads, as carloads went the coal was taken out onthe lake and put on board again. Thewater was shallow at the mouth of theriver. Nearly every winter it filled up withsand. We commenced receiving ore in May,1879. Wor
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