Under the
RAILWAY
LABOR ACT
Special Board of Adjustment No. 226
Hearings April 9-30, 1958
Dallas, Texas
Award
NO. 12
PARTIES TO DISPUTE:
STATEMENT OF CLAIM:
THE ORDER OF RAILROAD TELEMAPHERS
MISSOURI-KANSAS-TEXAS LINES
Group
2
CRT Claim No. 23-27-22 in behalf of .fi. T. Hubbard, (resigned) Houston, Texas,
for eight (8) hours' pay at the minimum rate for Telegraphers account Signal Maintainer
1. H. Copeland using the telephone at Eureka Yard Office on October 6, 1957 at 3:30 a.m.
in violation of Rule 1 (a) and 1 (d) to contact the Train Dispatcher, at Waco, Texas,
to report repairs having been made block signal circuit after having filed a message at
Houston reporting such repairs to have been made.
FINDINGS:
Rule 1 (d) allows a penalty where the telephone is used by someone other than the
agent or operator at a "closed office". Eureka Yards is within the terminal limits of
Houston. It was not a "closed office" within the meaning of Rule 1 (d) when Copeland
notified the dispatcher that repairs had been made to the signal. Such communication
did not belong to an ORT employe as a matter of contractual right.
AWARD:
Claim denied.
/a/ W. I. Christopher
W. I. Christopher, Employe Member
Deputy President, 0. R. T.
3860 Lindell Blvd.
St. Louis 8, Missouri
Dallas, Texas
August 1, 1958
/a/ Daniel C. Ropers
Daniel C. Rogers, Chairman
Fayette, Missouri
/a/ A. F. Winkel
A. P. Winkel, Carrier Member
Ass°t. General Manager
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Lines
Dallas, Texas