1908--Railroad Issues

 

From the Friday, November 22, 1907 edition of the Potsdam Herald-Recorder:

 

The Norwood News says:--To illustrate the swiftness with which the railroad company is doing business nowadays we are going to tell our little experience. Last January we found the need of our office required a new type cabinet to receive the new faces of job and newspaper type which we were purchasing for use in our office, and ordered a specially constructed cabinet, at an expense of a little less than one hundred dollars. The cabinet was shipped from the Hamilton works at Two Rivers, Wis. on the 10th day of January last and evidently was lost to the world until yesterday morning, when it arrived in Norwood and was reported by our enterprising truckman, James Long. The goods were on the road ten months and eight days, occupying longer time in reaching its destination than an overland trip to California in 1849.

 

 

From the Friday, March 20, 1908 Potsdam Herald-Recorder:

 

The law which went into effect March 4, limiting the run of a trainman to sixteen hours has been heard from. Employees of the New York Central say they do not like it and complaints which have been made are expected to come up for discussion with the railroad officials at an early date. An employee of the company stated Thursday that the greatest grievance the men had was due to the fact that the terminals were often reached after a run of fourteen hours in which case they had two hours deducted from their pay. "What we contend is that we should be allowed for a whole trip in such cases," he said, "and should not be compelled to dead-head it to the next terminal at our own expense-Norwood News.

 

Sportsmen cannot use New York Central baggage cars for their hunting and fishing paraphernalia after March 1. Notice to this effect has just been sent out. Pack baskets, tents and tent poles, which have been transported as other baggage in the past, will have to be forwarded by freight or express unless the sportsman can find a corner of his trunk to accommodate them. Railroad officials said the new ruling was due to the crowded condition of baggage cars during the summer. It was pointed out that it is difficult to get room for trunks without accommodating extra baggage-Norwood News.

 

From the April 20th, 1921 edition of the Potsdam Courier & Freeman:

 

The Norwood and St. Lawrence Railroad recently added two motorized hand cars to its track equipment. One is operated by Charles Scott, in charge of the Waddington end of the road, and the other by C. W. Merkley at this end of the road.

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