SPECIAL BOARD OF ADJUSTDIENT N0. 117


ORDER OF RAILROAD TELEGRAPID;RS

and

MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY


Claim of the General Committee of The Order of Railroad Telegraphers on the Missouri Pacific Railroad that:

        1. Carrier violated Rule 1 and Rule 2 of the Telegraphers' Agreement when it permitted or required Conductor G. 0. ::c_1.=and to copy train order No. 260 on September 14, 1955, at Watova, Oklahoma,


        2. Carrier shall be required to compensate H. V. Fat-;on, the senior idle available extra Telegrapher for 8 hours at the prc -rata rate of pay for September 14, 1955.


OPINION OF BOARD: While ex?.sting facts in this claim are not identical with those
 present in Docket No. 18, said claim under consideration here
 involves the same parties and '.:be same rules as were present in Docket No. 18, Award
 No. 18, previously considered by this Board.

 It is t- --=acs of the Board that the controlling factual situation here present, when consida-ei :.:i the light of the cited rules, is comparable to that considered and applied in the aforesaid award. For the reasons stated and to the extent indicated in Award No. 18, this claim is denied.

          FINDINGS: The Special Board of Adjustment No. 117, upon the whole record and all the evidence, finds and holds:


That the Carrier and the Employes involved in this dispute are respectively Carrier and Employes within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act as approved June 21, 1934.

 That this Special Board of Adjustment has jurisdiction over the dispute involved herein; and

        That the Carrier did not violate the effective agreement.


        AWARD: Claim denied.


                  SPECIAL BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT N0. 117

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                    Livingston Smith -- Chairman


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C. 0. Griffith Em a Member G. W. J hnsjon - Carrier Member

 St. Louis, Missouri July 10, 1956