Bob
I’d love to read the article but I can’t find a readable copy at the moment. Can anyone help with this? Just in passing, a couple of pieces on the subject.
The officials of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Ry. have made new rules respecting the use of intoxicating liquors which extend to employees in all branches of the service, including the track, bridge and building departments. The general
rule is as follows: “The use of intoxicants by employees while on duty is prohibited. The habitual use or frequenting of places where they are sold is sufficient cause for dismissal.” The custom of soliciting fees or subscriptions for any purpose is prohibited
and employees are also obliged to pay their debts in observance of the following rule: “An employee subjecting the company to the service of a garnishment of his pay will be liable to dismissal and shall be held responsible for all expenses incurred by the
company in connection therewith.” In the book of rules issued by the passenger department suggestions by employees regarding the service are invited. Rule 14 reads: “Suggestions designed to improve the service, to increase business or likely to be of general
interest to the officers of the company will be appreciated.”
Railway & Engineering review 1902
I’ll pull out some more and perhaps send them to the Zephyr Editors for a Time Capsule.
Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ
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Subject: [CBQ] Booze on the Burlington
For you history sleuths always on the lookout for interesting nuggets on the Q, I'm thinking of Rupert or Leo, for example,j I ran across an interesting tidbit in old issue of Railroad History published by the Railway and Locomotive Historical
Society. The issue contains listings of articles "worth reading." I noticed this pearl: "Employee Alcoholism on the Burlington Railroad, 1867-1902," written by Paul V. Black in the October 1978 issue of "Journal of the West". I can't imagine what strategy
the railroad employed to end drinking on the job in 1902.
Bob Herrick
