Re: 8 O'clock In The Morning Ray Nelson Pdf Download
Lora Ceasor
I was a fireman and I worked mostly on the Lardeau trips which consisted of leaving Nelson at about 9:30 at night on the freight train at Procter. Then while they loaded the train on the barge, I prepared myself for work on the [SS Moyie] boat. I'd go to work at midnight on a six-hour on and a six-hour off deal. That's how they worked on the boat in those days.
That was in 1940. I worked on there in 1940 and 1941. As I say, you usually worked six-hour shifts. When you left Procter at midnight, it was a steady grind all the way up the Lake. Sometimes you went into Kaslo to make a switch, if they had a car of coal for Kaslo or something like that. Then you would proceed to Lardeau. On arrival at Lardeau, you would have, more or less, your six hours in and your relief would take over and you would go and, most of the times, to your room and go to bed cause you'd be all-in from shovelling coal for the last six hours.
They took the train and it took approximately six or seven hours to go to Gerrard and back and do the switching in-between at Marblehead and whatever they had along the way. Howser sometimes. And usually when they came back, loaded up, you were back on duty again. So, it was no easy task. You earned your $2.46 a day, which you got, working out to about two-bits an hour. Eventually we got back to Procter. When they unloaded the barge, we usually rode back to Nelson on the train. More or less got there on a Saturday morning, early.
Well, passenger trains run but you see, Saturday was passenger day and way freight day on the boat. They didn't require the second fireman on passenger days cause they left Procter at 7 o'clock in the morning, Saturday morning, and they did all the local stuff up and down the Lake and passenger stops, when they had passengers. We usually got back to Procter, on that Saturday run, around 4 o'clock in the afternoon. 4:30.
Oh, some of them just went for a ride. It was just an around the Lake ride and others, we'd have some for Johnson's Landing, Argenta or any place like that. Some of them would go in on Saturday and stay a week and come out the next week.
Well, when I was on there, it was approximately ten men. You had two engineers, you had the Captain and the Mate and you had three deckhands and two firemen and the cook. In between, like going up the Lake, the Captain he usually took the boat and barge away from the Wharf and started up the Lake and the Mate would take over and he would steer the boat up the Lake for a certain length of time and then one of the deckhands would go up and relieve him. And everybody took a turn, like the deckhands, in particular, and they all took a turn at the wheel. And then they had other duties too. There was always clean-up here and there. Sometimes they just took the firehose and washed the decks all down. Depending on what they'd been hauling. If they had a load of hay or something like that, they'd just open the gangway doors and take a firehose and wash the deck down. Get rid of all the excess hay. Always something to do.
"I look at this as a blessing just to get this far in life to have this opportunity to play in the NFL," he said. "Jacksonville is close to home (and UF), so I'll still be around my family and friends. I'm real excited about going to Jacksonville. They're going to add another Gator to the team and I'm ready to play for them."
In an ironic draft-day twist, Jacksonville traded the 17th pick to Denver and the Broncos promptly picked up the pass-rushing defensive end they were looking for. The Jaguars then drafted Nelson with what had been Denver's first-round selection.
Even though the Jaguars had a huge draft need at free safety - and head coach Jack Del Rio attended UF's Pro Day specifically to watch Nelson's workout - Nelson said had no idea the Jaguars were going to pick him, with either the 17th or 21st selection.
"It was a stomach pain," Nelson said. "I've been up since five o'clock this morning pacing and trying to stay busy and keep my mind off the draft. I was pulling my hair out. You don't know what team you're going to end up with. I'm real tired now."
"We're excited about getting a playmaking free safety from right down the road," Del Rio said at a news conference shortly after the Jaguars picked Nelson. "We feel like he's a guy with special range who has speed and athleticism. He can cover from sideline to sideline."
With Moss, there is no question how the Broncos plan to use him. Denver went into the draft looking to upgrade an outside pass rush and Moss was considered one of the top pure pass-rushers in the draft.
"Any time you're 6-6 and have that speed (4.70 in the 40-yard dash), you have a chance to put pressure on the quarterback," Denver coach Mike Shanahan said at a news conference in Denver on Saturday afternoon. "Moss is a guy who can put pressure on the quarterback for years to come."
"You can make something up about a guy's height or weight and stuff like that. But you can't measure other stuff, like his drive to be great and make plays. I'm going to go in there and give it all I have. I just feel very blessed to have this opportunity to be drafted and play in the NFL and I hope to make the most of it.."
An automobile trip across the continent that will be watched with a great deal of interest will start from this city this morning. It will be undertaken by Dr. H. Nelson Jackson of Vermont and S.K. Crocker of Seattle, both of whom are at the Palace ready for the journey. All attempts heretofore to go overland in an automobile have come to grief either through the machines breaking down or because long stretches of sand were encountered through which the horseless carriages could make no headway.
Dr. Jackson is a man of wealth, who is very fond of automobiling. Mr. Crocker is a devotee of the new machines and expert as a chauffeur. He is also very handy at repairing, a faculty that may prove of value. Dr. Nelson has provided the very latest kind of gasoline machine, large and commodious and 20-horsepower. Enough gasoline can be carried to run the machine 250 miles.
My darling Swipes. We leave in the morning for Oroville... the last railway point we will have until we strike Ontario, [Oregon]. When we get there the worst will be over.
I can run the car as well as Crocker & have rather surprised him... We take 2 hours on and 2 off at the wheel. He is a mighty good man.
I am fine... and the only trouble is I miss you so.
Nelson
We met a red-haired young woman riding along on a white horse.
"Which way to Marysville?" I asked her.
"Right down that road," she said and pointed. We took that road for ... miles and then it came to a dead end at an isolated farmhouse. The family all turned out to stare at us and told us we'd have to go back.
We went back, and met the red-haired young woman again.
"Why did you send us way down there?" I asked her.
"I wanted paw and maw and my husband to see you," she said. "They've never seen an automobile."
[Horatio Nelson Jackson]
Quite a flurry of excitement was erected Saturday evening by the arrival of an automobile. Very few of our citizens had ever seen this, one of the wonders of the century, and large crowds gazed with curious interest at the horseless wagon. The Indians especially never tired of gazing at the machine. Indeed had a flying machine lit down in their midst it would not have created greater astonishment.
Jackson is a "wealthy Vermont gentleman" who bet $3,000 on trip. The running time to Alturas was five and a half days; about 125 miles per day, without accident or incident worthy of mention. "The rubber tires on the machine were somewhat worn and a new supply was ordered from the East by telegraph to be sent to this place. A stop of two days was made here to await their arrival, and on Tuesday morning the adventurous travelers resumed their journey."
The way the streets of Lakeview were lined with people Tuesday afternoon, one would think a circus was coming to town, or a 4th of July procession was about to pass. While it was neither, the people's curiosity had been aroused from a report that an automobile was coming this way, and that if they wished to see it pass it was necessary to have a seat in the front row, otherwise it might go through at the rate of 90 miles an hour, and would be out of sight before they could run a block.
It drove in sight at just 4 o'clock and the crowds surged forward to get a first look at a real live auto, a machine that nine-tenths of the people of Lake county had never seen. The machine drove up in front of the Hotel Lakeview and stopped.
The Chauffeur inquired for a blacksmith shop, having had a mishap coming over the rough roads.
We zigzagged as best we could... Sometimes we went north instead of east; at others [we] even went northwest... bringing us back... where we had been before.
Coming to the bank of a river, we judged from our maps and compass that it was [the] Green River, and we resolved to follow its downward course... When night came on we made camp beside the car, and... having lost our cooking outfit and provisions, and [it] being an uninhabited region... went to bed without any supper.
We are spending most of the time trying to get out of water and mud holes. We buried our car completely in one and after working a half-day to get it out again, three Italians came along, each packing a heavy bag. I explained to them that the next stop was twelve miles away and that if they would help us out I would take their baggage in for them.
This they consented to do and in about an hour we were on our way again. After delivering their luggage to the section boss we started on for Bitter Creek, crossing two rivers over the railroad bridge. We had no trouble in crossing railroad bridges... With practice, bumping over bridge ties is no great task. Sometimes, though, we had to hunt for five miles to find a place where we could get our machine on the... track.