The Ennis Daily News (Ennis, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 160, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 12, 1935 Page: 4 of 8
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THE ENNIS DAILY NEWS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 12, 1935
Pioneer on Railroads
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The Cotton Seed Crushers Industry Are Loyal Railroad Supporters
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“took off” from his duties as may-
or, and kept patients waiting at
his dental offices while he official-
ly ushered1 in “Railroad Week” in
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LEATHER FOOTWEAR
CHOSEN FOR QUINTS
Chicago, Ill., June 12.—The first
leather footwear for the Dionne
quintuplets was selected Tuesday
at the shoe manufacturers’ fall
opening.
The selection was made by Dr.
Samuel J. Hoffman, pediatrician
at the Cook County Hospital, act-
ing as a representative of Dr. Al-
lan Roy Dafoe. Of a fashionable
type, the shoes are sizes No. 2.
The material is white leather with
leather soles.
The shoes will be sent by air
mail to Dr. Dafoe.
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they will be of benefit to the country tomorrw. Because the
railroads are a vital industry in the nation we should show
our appreciation to them.
closely interwoven with
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The cottonseed crushing industry has always been one of the most loyal supporters of railroads. Rapid mov-
ing of the products to and from the mills is vital. The railroads have solved this problem by supplying serv-
ice adequate for our needs. The industry, is therefore, fully appreciative of the railroad industry and the
benefit it has been to the cotton seed crushers industry.
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ived at Tyler I found a letter
otifying me that I was discharg-
d for .failing to give the correct
ar numbers of the wrecked cars.
I went to San Antonio to apply
or a job as brakeman west of San
Inton iq on the G. H. & S. A.
Vhite- men were employed as
rakemen from San Antonio west
•nd negro brakemen were employ-
'd fromGlyden to Houston. I was
given a train from Glyden to
Houston, with two negro brake-
men. While I was there the com-
pany changed from negro to white
brakemen. One morning while tak-
ing the number of my train at
Houston, I noted the car men were
packed* the box and went on and
train. At Chaney Junction the
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MAYOR CLARK AS ENGINEER
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ains were often in the ditch. <
ey did not have frogs and in-
nes to put the cars back on
e rails. We used wood off of the
5 gine tank. All engines burned
>od at that time. A train crew
asistedof a conductor and three
akemen. The third brakeman
is a. telegraph operator because
a trains were so often in the
sch. This operator would get in
uch with the train dispatcher.
In 1883 I was running a freight
ain from Tyler to Waco. At Cor-
cana we picked up a coach and
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’’Above is shown Mayor J. P.
Clark as he posed Monday morn-
ing., as ans engineer on one of the
large Southern Pacific 2-10-2 en-
gines.': The accommodating mayor
lssengers from Corsicana to
aco. One day I would haul pass-
igers in a box car caboose be-
ruse a crew had ditched the
ach the day before. On August
. my train consisted of a caboose,
No box cars and one flat car. I
.ad orders to meet the west bound
rain at Axtel, the first station
ut of Waco. One of the box cars
a my train was loaded with cotton
ies. The arch bars of this car
roke and stuck in the ground
ind turned over the box car and
very car behind it. I transferred1
passengers and baggage to a flat
ar and was standing at the meet-
The railroads of the country have given adequate trans-
portation service for over a century in America, and their
service is still safe and best today.
We gladly join in celebrating "National Railrod Week,”
and salute an industry that has many times proven its worth.
known as the “Angel Maker,” the
I. & G. N., was known as the
“Last Chance,” and when you
could not get a job anywhere else
you went to the I & G. N.
In regular order I was promoted
from brakeman to freight con-
ductor. Then I ran a mixed train
from Corsicana to Denison. I gave
up the mixed train to take the
position as yardmaster at Corsi-
cana. The division moved to En-
nis February 1891. I came to En-
nis as yardmaster. As yardmaster
in Ennis I had charge of employ-
ing the brakemen on the road. In
1900 I left the yards to take a
position as passenger conductor
from Ennis to Denison, which I
held until October 15, 1927, when
I reached the age of 70. I had
been with the company forty-four
years. During that time I worked
under several superintendents;
first Mr. Quinlan, better known
as G. A. C., then Mr. Daffan, who
was promoted from passenger serv
ice to our present Mr. Hollimon,.
whom we all respect and admire.
I have seen the H. & T. C. as
it was known in the early days as
the “Angel Maker” pass under the
management of the Southern Pa-
cific. It is now the best managed
and best equipped road in the
south. Today with a number of
Ennis citizens I had the pleasure
of passing through the Sunbeam’s
air-conditioned coaches. There is
nothing finer for comfort and
pleasure in the land.
The old days with their trials
and hardships were but blazing
the way for the modern comforts
and efficiency.
H. P. BARKLEY,
Retired Conductor.
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needed a brass. We did not have
a brass 3 to. fit the journal, so we
packe the box and went on and
tried to make Walker Station for
we were to: meet a west bound
train that - had the right of way
over us. The brakeman flagged me
down, I cut. the engine off and
went, in• and left a flag. When I
came back to the train I found
the . journal was off and lying in
the box. . When I got to Glyden I
got off, and another conductor got
■ on. , -
. I wantedto get back in North
Texas, I entered the service of the
H. & T.; C.r\on Nov. 2, 1883 as
brakeman from Corsicana to Deni-
son. AtJ; that time the H. & T. C.
Used hand brakes, bald face cattle
cars, a box - ear for a caboose,
the link and pin for coupling.
When a brakeman applied for a
job you could look at his hands
and arms and tell if he knew
anything .about brakeing.
The brakemen were paid $1.60
for the trip from Corsicana to
Denison, if it took one or more
days to make the trip. The H. &
T. C. burned coal from Denison
to Corsicana, and wood from Cor-
sicana to Houston. When a brake-
man was promoted to iconductor
he was allotted the middle divi-
sion. That was from Corsicana
to Hearne where they burned wood
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■ ’exas &St. Louis Railway Com-
ny at Tyler in the fall of 1881
; brakeman This narrow gauge
• ad had just been completed from
•" yler to Waco. There was no bal-
st under the track and in wet
atherthe weight of the engine
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When the train stopped at a
“wood station” the brakeman went
along the train looking for “burns.”
If he found any he took them
along to help "wood up.” White
men were employed as brakemen
from Denison to Corsicana, and
negroes were used as brakemen
from Corsicana to Houston.
In 1883 the H. & T. C. began
to ballast the track from Denison
to Corsicana. The gravel pits were
at Miller, five miles south of Dal-
las.
The road had three "rush sea-
sons” of business. The first was
the stock rush, the second was
the grain rush in North Texas,
and the third was cotton, in these
seasons every trainman had work.
The H. & T. C. had no opposition
in North Texas. On the North Ena
division, which was from Denison
to Corsicana, 18 cars was a train.
From Corsicana to Hearne, 24 cars
was a train.
In those days if you did not
drink you were in a class by your
self. The road had no “rule G”
which prohibits drinking or hang-
ing around saloons. The saloo
was the first place that a call boy
would go to look for a trainman.
Bint times have changed now much
to the uplift of the men.
In the early days each road had
its sobriquet. The H. & T. C, was
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Through the observance of the first National Railroad Week it is hoped to arouse in the minds of the Ameri-
can people a keener appreciation for the valuable service this great industry has rendered to the nation, and
to remind us of the fact that the railroads are still an important factor in the further development of our in
dustries.
National Railroad Week is of interest to Ennis people because their intersts are
those of the railroads. The very existence of Ennis is ।
this reason alone every Ennis citizen should have and show a proper appreciation for the welfare of all rail-
roads and the Southern Pacific in particular.
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The Ennis Daily News (Ennis, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 160, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 12, 1935, newspaper, June 12, 1935; Ennis, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1518465/m1/4/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Ennis Public Library.