GEORGE DEERWESTER
Entered service Jan. 28th, 1890. Residence Delaware, OH. Married. Age 36 years. 5 years experience as conductor, CCC&I, Cinci Division. Discharged for leaving car of stock without waybill and for going to bed without notifying headquarters.

Suspended 5 days July 5th for leaving cars on Hammond lead, did not back them into yard as rules required.

Promoted to freight conductor March 25th, 1890. Suspended 10 days Nov. 10th, 1890 for disobeying rule 117(?). July 29th reduced to position of extra brakeman for letting rear end of train 82 of which he was conductor collide with front portion at Monterey Coal Dock July 21st resulting in damage to 5 cars. Conductor Deerwester was in the caboose. Brakeman Porter was on the caboose platform and set only the caboose brake. Train had broken in two about 1/2 mile west of coal dock, when engine and 11 cars (head portion) stopped at dock for coal the rear portion ran into them. Brakeman Porter discharged.

Feb. 9th, Suspended 5 days for failing to make target stop Newton Crossing, claimed his lamp and both of his brakemen's went out account high wind. Reprimanded April 4th for not giving more personal attention to switching, his brakeman doing at Servia Feb. 16th, 1893. Resulted in damage to cars.

Suspended 7 days for failure to report at Palmer office for orders, May 5th and 7th, 1893. Caused delays to other trains. Suspended 10 days from Aug. 23rd for allowing his engine (317 on 1st 82) to go past block signal while in danger position, to coal dock at Hammond Aug. 17, 1893 in a dense fog, resulting in a collision with No. 87.

Suspended 5 days for wrangling with dispatcher 30 minutes at Rochester on 1st 86 of Nov. 8th, 1893 before he would sign an order to let 2nd 86 pass him. Garnished at Chicago Feb. 27th, 1894 for $3.80 for board by M. Dinneen. Suspended 10 days for hauling Erie car 51639 on freight from Chicago to Huntington in 1st 82 of March 10th, 1894 on wrong bill which caused 24 hours delay to car.

Reprimanded for burning off a journal on NYLE&W 6163 on 2nd 94 of Aug. 12th, 1894. Suspended 7 days for running from Bippus to Huntington on short time ahead of No. 12 on No. 86, Sept. 12th, 1894. In effect 21, notified 20. Expires 28th, 1894.

Suspended 7 days for running from Bippus to HD Tower on short time against No. 3 on 2nd 86, Sept. 30th, 1894. Suspended 15 days on account of his train, No. 87, parting and colliding at Kankakee Oct. 11th, 1894. He failed to see that men were at their proper posts. Suspended 7 days for not making proper reports of accident to his train. Had (To Page 257)

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a broken journal on No. 94, Dec. 5th, 1894, sent neither GS-1 or GS-2 until asked for. Suspended 7 days from April 12th for hauling Fitchburg car 6814, (machinery, from Binghamton to New Bremen, OH routed via Lima and LE&W) from Huntington to Chicago in 2nd 85, March 18th, 1896. Suspended one round trip for leaving II&I (Indiana, Illinois & Iowa Railroad) main track switch open at North Judson Jan. 21st, 1897.

Suspended one round trip for handling Erie 65295, Griffith to Huntington in 2nd 90, April 12, 1897 on an altered bill, no authority shown for change. Suspended 7 days from August 1 for hauling U.P. car 9719 loaded with shingles for Munster, OH routed via Rochester, into Huntington on July 21st, 1897.

Suspended 7 days from Sept. 30th for damage done SWSCL 4249 to the amount of $85.60 at Boone Grove on August 27th, 1897. Result of attempting to shove in spur with 22 cars ahead of engine and but one brakeman on top, Deerwester being in the office at the time.

The following was crossed out:
"Changed color of lens in marker, contrary to standard which nearly caused an accident to passenger train at Germany Feb. 4, 1899."

November 6th, 1901 - As conductor on No. 83, had cut his train on passing track at Griffith to make delivery of 23 loads to the EJ&E, leaving 14 on passing track. 2nd 86 arrived with 54 cars and with but 10 minutes to clear No. 8's block at Highlands. Had to cut off engine and set 83's train on the middle track and by the time they pulled in the clear, delayed No. 8 eight minutes. Deerwester should have pulled rear end of train in the "Y" which would have given 2nd 86 a clear track. Poor judgement. Notified 11/27/1901, file 4997.