. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . onstruction of the Springfield and Illinois South-eastern, which became the B. & O. Southwestern. had a passenger run as soon as the road was builtto Taylorsville, a distance of sixteen miles. He has heldthat position continuously ever since. Mr. Weller hasa clear record, no passenger ever having been killedon his train. At the age of sixty-nine he is still welland hearty, and running 148 miles from Flora to Shawnee-town, 111. A novel method is being employed by Burlingtonofficials and employes to lessen the frequency of acci-dents. Safety Po
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . onstruction of the Springfield and Illinois South-eastern, which became the B. & O. Southwestern. had a passenger run as soon as the road was builtto Taylorsville, a distance of sixteen miles. He has heldthat position continuously ever since. Mr. Weller hasa clear record, no passenger ever having been killedon his train. At the age of sixty-nine he is still welland hearty, and running 148 miles from Flora to Shawnee-town, 111. A novel method is being employed by Burlingtonofficials and employes to lessen the frequency of acci-dents. Safety Postal Cards addressed to the superin-tendent are put at the disposal of the men, who areencouraged to write on them suggestions for makingconditions as safe as possible. Roily Marquart, freight car foreman at East St. Louis,111., was lucky enough to be able to spend the holidayswith his parents and friends at Sandusky and ChicagoJunction, Ohio, and incidentally, while in that neck ofthe woods, to visit friends at Toledo and ENGINEER It. E. WELLER Mrs. Lucile Thomas, the estimable wife of the as-sistant freight car foreman, is away at this writing,visiting her parents at Garrett and Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Thomas now reside at East St. Louis, 111. W. W. Calder, general car foreman at WashingtonShops, with his wife, have returned to their home aftersojourning with friends and relatives at Garrett, Ind. Charles W. Murphy, employed as freight car inspectorat East St. Louis, 111., who has been off duty for severalmonths on account of sickness, has returned to his duties. Howard C. Thresher, employed as machinist at theFlora, 111., shops, has returned to work after spendingthe holidays in the mountains of West Virginia. Oq hisreturn, he opened the eyes of his fellow workmen andbosses by unloading his Christmas bride and they willreside in Flora, making a happy and valuable addition. The accompanying photograph shows the residence ofLocomotive Engineer Andy Haag, W
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