. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . TEN-TON WAGON SCALE BUILT AT CUMBERLAND IN 1882 connects with the main line at Great Cacapon,W. Va., and runs south across country for adistance of approximately one mile. The accompanying picture is that of S. , who for forty years has served ascarpenter and carpenter foreman on the Cum-berland He encountered many hard ^inters andhigh waters during his long period of service,but his alertness at all times enabled him tomake speedy repairs to bridges and buildings onhis territory when occasion required. He isknown by his fellow w
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . TEN-TON WAGON SCALE BUILT AT CUMBERLAND IN 1882 connects with the main line at Great Cacapon,W. Va., and runs south across country for adistance of approximately one mile. The accompanying picture is that of S. , who for forty years has served ascarpenter and carpenter foreman on the Cum-berland He encountered many hard ^inters andhigh waters during his long period of service,but his alertness at all times enabled him tomake speedy repairs to bridges and buildings onhis territory when occasion required. He isknown by his fellow workmen as the Old Boss. S. B. SPONSELLER Martinsburg Shops Correspondent, W. L. Stephens The picture at top of page is of a ten-tonwagon scale that has been in use at Mt. Airy,Md., for thirty-five years. The scale wasdesigned, by the late Jacob Engleman in 1882,and built imder his supervision in the scaleshop, then located in Cumberland, Md. The scale shop was first started in 1877, inCumberland, Md., with Mr. Engleman as itssuperintendent. The man in the centre of thepicture is W. H. Airy, who came to the Balti-more and Ohio from the shops of the FairbanksScale Company, where he learned the scalebusiness. Mr. Airy did the mechanical workin building the scale shown and this is thethird time he has overhauled this scale. Hehas been in the Baltimore and
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