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Only last two of the four paragraphs that I have included are about Will's work, but the first two paragraphs serve to set the stage, and anyway, it's interesting to hear the virtuous white laborers being contrasted with the unhelpful black workers. I naturally wonder if the extra high wagers that the blacks were offered were anywhere near as high as the wages given to the white workers.
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Ice Hampers Railroads.
The Central Union Station will not be available for resumption of passenger service for several days, principally because of the ice that covers the tracks in the "ditch" approach to the depot. At 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon there was six inches of water under the ice. A large force of men will be put to work removing the ice just as soon as the water lowers sufficiently to permit them to work.
Big auto trucks were used by the L. and N. to break a way through the street ice to give access to the West End freight sheds, and switch engines plowed their way through the railroad yards, pushing gondola cars, into which white laborers threw the broken ice. One of the aggravating features is the shortage of labor. Many negroes yesterday were standing about fires in the neighboring streets, watching the work, but refusing to help, although extra high wages were offered.
Lieutenant Colonel William P. Stokey, officer in charge of the Cincinnati District No. 2 and the Louisville District, Corps of Engineers, returned yesterday from Louisville, where he directed operations looking toward the rescue of Government boats and barges which were torn from their anchorage at Pritchers' Ky., two days ago.
He says the boats are imbedded in ice 12 feet thick and there will be little opportunity to get them out until they get into the Mississippi River. They are being protected as much as possible on the trip down the Ohio, he says, and stand a chance of safety. Colonel Stokey has been advised that the steel gate torn from Dam No. 14 has been recovered, and that the ice has dislodged all of the lower lock gates in the Kentucky River Dam No. 1, four miles above Carrollton.
The Central Union Station will not be available for resumption of passenger service for several days, principally because of the ice that covers the tracks in the "ditch" approach to the depot. At 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon there was six inches of water under the ice. A large force of men will be put to work removing the ice just as soon as the water lowers sufficiently to permit them to work.
Big auto trucks were used by the L. and N. to break a way through the street ice to give access to the West End freight sheds, and switch engines plowed their way through the railroad yards, pushing gondola cars, into which white laborers threw the broken ice. One of the aggravating features is the shortage of labor. Many negroes yesterday were standing about fires in the neighboring streets, watching the work, but refusing to help, although extra high wages were offered.
Lieutenant Colonel William P. Stokey, officer in charge of the Cincinnati District No. 2 and the Louisville District, Corps of Engineers, returned yesterday from Louisville, where he directed operations looking toward the rescue of Government boats and barges which were torn from their anchorage at Pritchers' Ky., two days ago.
He says the boats are imbedded in ice 12 feet thick and there will be little opportunity to get them out until they get into the Mississippi River. They are being protected as much as possible on the trip down the Ohio, he says, and stand a chance of safety. Colonel Stokey has been advised that the steel gate torn from Dam No. 14 has been recovered, and that the ice has dislodged all of the lower lock gates in the Kentucky River Dam No. 1, four miles above Carrollton.
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This is one of a series of newspaper and magazine items over the years about Will's work for the Army Corps of Engineers. You can find the whole list here:
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This must be the cold spell that Mama Margaret had mentioned in a letter the previous month:
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Big auto trucks were used by the L. and N. to break a way through the street ice
L. and N.: Wikipedia says:
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad (reporting mark LN), commonly called the L&N, was a Class I railroad that operated freight and passenger services in the southeast United States.
This is one of a series of newspaper and magazine items over the years about Will's work for the Army Corps of Engineers. You can find the whole list here:
2.
This must be the cold spell that Mama Margaret had mentioned in a letter the previous month:
3.
Big auto trucks were used by the L. and N. to break a way through the street ice
L. and N.: Wikipedia says:
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad (reporting mark LN), commonly called the L&N, was a Class I railroad that operated freight and passenger services in the southeast United States.
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