CrHE FRISCO "'"'" Qxilroad Shop Men-. Do You Get Paid,fov , P ''Hard"Work or "Heed" A.1 Hugh Christie-Railroader for 17 years. Now one of .\ICE a look, up and down thc hack America's Greatest Shop Tshop. Civc the car shed and rip track Authoritier. the once ovcr. Evcrywhcrc-yor~ see Incn at work-mcn, mrn, men. Sornr arc highly sk~llcdmcchan~cs, io~cmen.In- spcctors and lcadnicn. Thcy :irc Ihr "head" workcrs. 'l'hn. arc trainwl m<'n -and thcy gcL the Iiig~rhtp:iy in thc shop. Tho othcrs arc joh~ordinary work- men. Thcy do thc "hnril" work and come out, on thc short end on pily day.
ANYoflhcscordinar~~u~orkcrswillpct. Mhunauponaslt~Ingancikeepondoing thcsamc kind of n.ork lor many ycars lo come. %me w~llgain small promotions ancl a lilllc IxlLcr pay, huL Lhcy will givc up the hcst years of thcir livcs do~ng it. Olhrls will jump into the I~rttcrjoha. r~ghL ovcr the hcads of thcir fcllow workcrs. l~ecnuscLhcy arc quiclly pre- paring thcmselvcs Lor the johs ahead. Troirling for promotion is the only quick, scui' way Lo get 11.
I'm a railroader too. so I know what vou're uo afiainst .> carried dinnc; pail rnysc~i~fdra doze;^ Special Training for years till I ~otwine to what was holding me hack Evers Job -then I woke up and shot ahcarl. Since then. ., I'vc hrlped hundreds of othcr mcn into hctter Men on rliffercnt. kinds of johs ncetl different job and h~sgcrpay right in thc!r own hnc. Now k~n(!s of help. That s the way my Lralnlng is m rcady to help you-and I w~llhclp you. I'vc arrangrrl-spccial tralnlna ior cvery job. I give rou evcryth~ngyou must know toearn promo- cot a two million dollar concern wilh a tcn Year tion In thc kind of !\.ark vou lilir. hcst. I pvc you kord for hclping mcn into hcttcr jobs, hcmh~nd cwrvthmq ~hat w1I1 help you-nothir~g that me. I'vc cot fifty of the hcst, known shop cxpcrt.; won't hel;~you. I don't waste pour tmc. AT.\I 40ST cvcry man wastcs an hour or in the country li~~cdup to hclp me ltdp you. more of his sn:irc timc cvcrv dav. Yet If you really want a hetter job-ii you are rcally that onr hour'rlut inlo tracninh-out anslous to make morc moncy-wrltc me today. I'll Help You Win Promotion in10 Rottini rea'dy for a heltcr"joh- >la11 coupon for my hig free book. "Vila1 Facts When you are rendv for n hcltcr joh I'll lcll your has doublcd and tripled the pay of for Railroad Mcn"-get the details of my 110s ahout 11. 1 I1 kccp h~mposted ahout what tI~ous:~ndsof mcn. One hour a day amazing pay-raising plan. you know and nhal you can df:, ho when thrrr's properly spcnt, will posilively lift nn an ol~cn~ng?CIU won't he overlooked. And this intelligent man out of the "hard" wor% scrvlcr 1s (~rdyone oi a dozen valunblc featurcs- into thc "hcad" work class. Better Jobs-Bigger Pay- all given free of extra cat to the mcn I train. Quicker and Easier Send No Money-Mailcoupon Hit-or-mics evpericncc on your own job isn't cnou~h.Yon'vc Rot to study your job and thc job for Big Free Book just ahcad of you-Lhrn thc ~011ahead of thal- No matlrr what k~ndof work you are doing, no unld you reach thc top and gr,t lhe h~grnoncy matter wh~lycu may knnw, or whnl you have that goes with the biq job. Blrl I<-tihn1y Iruittr~~~ hcard about othor methods of Imnc training for it's rosy to do this-an hour a day of your spare railroarl men-sr.~ld inr njv book. I.ct me show you time is all Chat's nccdcd. In :I fcw short months the onc quick anrl'sure .way to hellrr jobs and you should bc ahlc lo earn promotion LhaL would more monrmvrich1 in vour own linc of work. Let take you years to get in any othcr way. mc provc trj y& how i can help you. It costs you TVEN n man gets to doing "hcad" nothing lo find out hul it may he thc turning ~orkinutrad of hard work, hc I~rglns polnt In your lifc. Pill out and mail thc coupon roenjoy life. IIcrloloniy nns morclnoney Lack of Schooling to me- NO IV. to spend lor the things he wants. but hc has :In casicr time all around. I~Ic No Drawback Hugh Christie, Chief of Staff liken his work. Ile enjoys doing it. Hc If you can read and wri:e I can help you. My lxgins to bc somebody-to get somc- homc tra~ninqfor hcttcr johs in railroad shop National Railway School wherc. Hc is satisfied becausc he is work. is s~mpl~ficdpurpcsely to mect the rcqulrc- Operated by successful. rnenls of mcn with l~tllcschool~~lg. It'b easy to read-casy to understand-and the most prac- Chicago Engineering Works, Inc. tical training cver prcparcd on railroad sub~ccts. Chicago, Illinois
HIS grcnt building is thc home of lhc TChicago C nglnccrlng Works. Inc.. two mill~onclollar insl~lulion.No doubt you have hcard of it and its rrcpulation for trainins men for better johs in Elcc- tricity. When you "honk up" wilh Hugh Chrislie ancl thc National Railway Schcml you will get thc samc wonderful Lraininq-thc sarnc unbeatahlc scrvicc- that has madc thousanrls of othrr men his pay successes. This Lwo million dollar concern positively guarantees it. has a secondterm under the hood!
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THE FRISCO EMPLOYES' MACAZINE 827 FRISCO BUILDING .. ST. LOUIS WM. L. HUCCINS. Jr., Editor ' MARTHA C. MOORE. Assoclofc Edlfor WM. McMILLAN. Adoerflsln# Manaaa
I I VOL. IV FEBRUARY. 1927 No. 5 I
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Contents of This Issue
PAGES "Littlc Gcorgc Started Something"...... 4 .--I Crrrtoorr by I. I-. (;odsc>, Frontispiccc, "Fct)ruary" ...... 0 Great Tubs of Multc~iRock Produce P~.otl~~ctsThat Gavc Crystal City Its Same...... 7-8 liailways of Arnerica Superior to Those of Eurupc ...... 9-10 13y Snrntrrl 0. I)rrirri Large Frcsh M'atcr Spri~igon Frisco Lincs Truly a \Yonder oi tlic Ozarks ...... il Frisco Lines Pletljies to Aid in Abating Smoke E\-il...... Tcsas Employe Uses Frisco Ilospital and Follows Cobb's Ilsamplc ill Writing Expcricliccs ...... 14-15 Frisco Proud of Progress in Dairy Industry It Fostered ...... 10 Frisco Clerk Oldcst Me~nberof Famous Orclicstral Society ...... 17 Ozark Chamber of Comnicrce Pays 'I'ributc to Frisco ...... 1S Frisco Will Spcnd $21,00O,OGO in 1927, Presidc~ltKurn Annou~~ccs...... 20 Accident Preuentio~~Work Off fur Good Start for 1927 ...... il Veterans' Association Appeals for Aid to Makc Reunion a Success ...... 22 Rough Hantlling of Cars 011 Frisco Uccreasctl in 1026...... 21 The Pensioli Roll ...... 2') Ho~ne~iiakers'Page ...... 30 Spring Togs for Miss Frisco...... 31 Tlic Twili-lit Hour ...... 32
I3tiitorials ...... 34 Flashes of XIerri~ncnt...... 35 rI - he Frisco Mechanic ...... J/-47- - Frisco Family News ...... 48-84
THE FRISCO EMPLOYES' MACAZINE The Frisco Employes' Magazine is a monthly publication devoted primarily to the interests of the more than 30,000 active and retired employes of the Frisco Lines. It contains stories, items of current news, personal notes about employes and their families, articles dealing with various phases of railroad work, poems, cartoons and notices regarding the rervice. Good clear photographs suitable for repro- duction are especially desired, and will be returned only when requested. All cartoons and drawings must be in black India drawing Ink. Employes are in~itedto write articles for the magazine. Contributions should be typewritten, on one side of the sheet only, and should be addressed to the Editor, Frisco Building, St. Louis, Mo. Distributed free among Frisco employes. To others, price 15 cents a copy; subscription rate $1.50 a year. Advertising rates will he made known upon application.
Great Tubs of Molten Rock Produce Product That Gave Crystal City, Mo., Its Name
Trip Through Mammoth Plant of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, an h Important Frisco Industry, Constitutes An Education in Itself
P RYS'I'AL CITY, 1\10..on the Frisco's river division is \\ell
named.- It is, indeed, a crystal city, for just across from the Prisco station is located the largest plate glass factory west OF the i-\lleghenies, a branch of the largest plate glass factory in the world-by name, the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company. Daily and hourly, great shects oi glass are molded and polishetl antl 7 placed in the stock room. Daily '. this tremendous plant, covering eighty-six acres: hunis with life, and an inspection of the workings of its many departments is of w startling interest. Many years.. ago,. in the thirties, a few cap~tal~stsformed a company in New Haven, Connectic~~t.called (,i IIPYQ~z~ie7~ of ('ijl~lnlGi(y plni~t of the P!ltsDui.qh Plate Glnss Colilpaltg'. the "~issouri~~llinoishlineral 8i Lancl Company", and endeavored to locate and enter sand, soda ash, limestone and cullet (broken glass). such mineral, agricultural and timber lancls as might Produced in furious heat, the cast glass must support become valuable as the country improved. Forest mighty cooling stresses. If these are safely passed, Shepharcl, a mineralogist and geologist, was sent out difficult mechanical manipulations are still to come. to examine and locate lancls in the West. I-Ie located 'I'he buildings located on this eighty-six acres of silica or sand rock near Crystal City, which, from tests land are of enormous size. Among the larges ones made by the Thames Plate Glass Worlts of England are the furnace hall, 900 feet long by 150 feet witle; proved to be 9.4 per cent pure silica. the grinding antl polishing department, 500 x 800; the The finding of such a large amount of this santl rock laying yarcl, 100 s 400; the rough laying yarcl, 100 x proved to he the first consideration for the estahlish- 7.30, and the warehouse, 100 x 400. ~nentof this large factory in Crystal City. ,, The manufacture of glass starts from the great llle original company, formed in Detroit, was cave which contains the 99.4 per cent pure silica sand. called the American Plate Glass Co~npany,and the This cave extends back for three-quarters of a mile Crystal City plant was not established until 1872. The and it is estiniatecl that the supply of this pure silica I~ranchfactory, of course received all its supplies from santl is inexhaustible. Dug out OF the ground, it is r the Detroit firm, and wishing to find a name for. the hantlled to the sand drying house by cars, where it is city located on Frisco Lines, they decided upon "ATew washed and dricd by hot air, placed back in a car and Iletroit". The natives, however, thought Crystal City hauled to the preparation room. The glass company much nlore appropriate, and so the little city hecanle has t~vosmall engines of its own, and many box cars known Iq the products which this large factory pro- which handle the material to every plant on the eighty- tl~tced. six acres. The ground is a network of tracks. i-\s a consequence of the money payic of 1873, the t1 1he pots in which the mixt~ireis placed for heating, glass works had to succumb, and the property was are of great interest. They are made of clay, fifty-six sold to a new organization called the Crystal Platc inches wide by thirty-three and one-half inches deep, (;lass Company. In 1895 that company was absorbed and require years of preparation and last only a few by the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, which plant [lays in service. The glass company must produce its has grolvn until toclay it is ackno\vletlgetl the largest own pots, since the clay must I)e treated with great plate glass conilztny in tile \voi-Id. care. In many of the Pittsburgh I'late Glass factories The making of plate glass remains one of the very there are as many as 5,000 pots carried in storage. difficult arts. Many che~riical problems attend the These pots are made OF certain selected clay, and melting of every hatch of raw material, composed of each one is capable of melting one and one-half tons of glass at one time, antl of supporting a sustaiuetl fects antl cut accordingly. 'I'hl~s a large piece of glass tcmpcraturc of irom 2,500 to 3.000 tlegsees 1~;lhren- may, through defects, he rctl~~cctlto a dozen pieces of heit thsough- nearly one (lay ant1 a night. \.arious sizes. In making the pots, the selected clay is gl-o~untl. ,I \ lw nest opel-ation is the grinding and polishing screened ant1 mixed accurately \\;it11 certain constit- \\.l~ichis done on tables \vcigliing scventy tons each, uents, then kneaded. n~uchas a baker I\-neatls tlo~~gh.\\.hich tal)les are on \vheels and may be moved from one I-Iand\vorl\- is thcn necessary 1)ecause a slight defect, 1)lace to another. The 1)ieces of glass are placed on even a small air cavity woultl cause the pot to crack the table in ])laster oi I'aris casts, then towal by motor in the furnace. The 1)ot maker Ix~iltls111) the pot la- car to a place beneath the grinders. 'I'hc machines boriously, making rolls of clay \\.it11 his llantls and that rotate the taldes cover an area of fifty square fonning tlie great receptacle, layer by layer, with feet, measllre morc than fifty feet from Inse to top infinite care. \\'hen finisl~ctl.the pot must be storetl and ~-equire no tors of 300 FT. P. to drive them. Thc iron1 six months to a year for "seasoning", ant1 even nlassive iron runners that revolve over the surface of then it is tested hefore it is placed in ser\,lcc. the glass to grind it, have an :dtlitionnl combined There are twenty huge furnaces in the fl~rnaccroom, ~veight of 124.000 pountls. ;\s the t:hle revolves. each holtling t\\dvc 1):)ts. 'I'he 1)atch of saw mate- water antl sand-first coarse, thcn finer sand-are fetl rials is ~)laceclin the pot and the pots are placed side untler the runners, \vhich are loweretl slowly, until I)y side, twelvc to a furnace, and thc work of mclting the entire \\-eight rests on the glass. The surface in hegins. Esperts maintain close watch over the con- this manner is ground with a1)solute uniformity antl all ditiou of each one. \\lit11 long iron testing rods they irregularities are worn away. \\'hen the grinding is draw out small quantities as samples. Three tlitferent finishctl and the s~trfacewashed, the tahles are nloved timcs materials are atltletl to cach 1)ot during the to the polishing machine. where retl ositle of iron, twenty-four hours cnch pot is in the furnace. commonly laiowu as rouge. finest of ;[I1 a1)rasives. is \\%en at last the heating is conlplctctl. an clcctric fetl ~uitlcrthe revolving runncrs, \vhich, in the ~)olisl~- crane clasps tlie hot pot with a pair of mammoth tongs ing ~)~-ocessarc 1)ufYing disks of felt. eigl~tceninches aid lifts it through the door of the furnace. \\-ork- in tlianicter. 'fhe glass then tala on the brilliant pol- men stand reatly with long iniplcmcnts to skim the top ish of plate glass. of the inolten glass, swiftly re~noviii~-any slag or in- It is completely finishetl on both sitlcs before it is purities. hother crane swings the pot over the tmken from its cast, after wliich it is washed and is casting table, a great steel slat) of 200 tons in weight, thcn reatly for cutting. 'Its original thickness when thirty-two feet long I)y twenty feet \vide. :in in- it went to the @ntlers was about half an inch. Now, ge-enioi~sdevice tilts the pot and pours its contents so after these varlous olwations of grintling :u~lpolis11- that it flows the full width of the table. steel rollcr, ing. it has I~cenretl~~c~d one-half. weighing twenty-five tons. advances antl rolls the It is no\v ready to be cut into pieces of any tlinien- moltcn mass flat. the thickness of \vhich is determined sion. 'I'here was in store stock one large piece of platc by gauges. Roth talk and rollel- arc watcr coolctl glass nleasuring 151 s 2-38 inches, one-fourth inch to prevent warl)ing untler the great heat. and whcn thick rultl weighing al)l)rosimatel~.816 1)ountls. ?'his the roller has completed its \vork, the mass \vhich only large size 1)l:lte glass retails for from $200.00 to a few mo~nentsbciore was a \vhite hot fluid, lies on the $1.000.00 ant1 more. 'I'iers of glass suitn1)lc for wintl- steel table a retl hot slleet of glass. in area al~outthc shieltls were also in stock, the pricc of whicl~aver- size of the table antl half an inch in thickness. ag-es aro~mtl$4.00. 'J'he glass m~stnow procectl, without delay, to the 'I'hc IJnioil 1,lectric Compn~ly furnisl~es all the annealing ow-somc 800 fect long. !\n electsic in- ~o\vesfor running thc nlachinery :111(1 lights of this stallation carries thc glass plate thro~~gl~il \cry slowl!, enormous plant. --so slowly in fact, that it recluires Li\.c hours to tra- .,\ recently atltletl tlcl)art~uentof this glass company \use the 800 feet. 1)uring this slmv ~)rogress,the is its frametl mirror clclmrtmcnt. JIirrors are nlatle, 1)late passes s~ntler gratlunlly reduced tc~uperaturcs, niountetl, hevelletl and decorated in 1)eautiiul cut tle- minutely controlled. \\-lien it finally reach:.h thc cntl. sips of flo\\,rrs ant1 leaves, ready for shipmcnt to it has bccome cool enough to I~a~~tllcand has acq~~iretl cities to I)e sold at relail. thc rccluisite toughness. It is then examined for de- (A'ow 1ur11to 1'11yc 25, plcusc)
Pnge 10 E~X&CO~MPLO&S'@WZINE Pebrttary, 1927
Every year the railways are spending many millions "If there is a wreck on a railroad in England, or of dollars in eliminating gratle crossings, but the public France or Germany," said the editor, "there is a authorities are constantly opening new roads and streets governnient investigation at once. In our country the over railway tracks, with the result that the nwnber investigation is made secretly by the railroad author- of highway grade crossings is still increasing. Not only itics, and the facts hushed up in order to protect the are the railways each year spending many millions of reputation of the railroad." dollars to eliminate highway crossings, but they are ,lhis* statement is entirely incorrect. The Interstate also carrying on a nation-wide campaign to try to Commerce Commission has a Bureau of Safety which educate n~otoristsand other persons tu cross crossings nlakes a public investigation and a detailed report, carefully. In view oi the facts stated, the problem which is published and widely distributed, regarding of reducing highway gratle crossing accidents obviously practically every wreck resulting in loss of life that is more that of the public antl public authorities than occurs on our railways. that of the railways. 'l'he editor also s&l : "European trains make as The editor above mentioned implied in his article good time as ours do, although the cars are lighter and that not only have the railways apparently not so substantially of Europe fewer gratle cross- I built. The automatic signals ings than our\, b11t that their Not loirg ago the editor of a certniir proiir- and safety arrangements are iiwt zucstcrrr nr7uspnper ~irnde a brief tri/, roadbeds antl tracks have been abi-ond aird 21poi1 his retrrrit wrote n cowrpar- more general and seem to be given a stronger and more per- isoia of Aincrirnn nird Ewopean railroads more effective." manent construction. He at- which gnve llic Errrohcnir rotrds by far thc The best trains of England, tributes this partly to the lower best of it. France and Germany do make Ilr so tioiilg hc srriils to hn7c plnccd a cost of labor in Europe, wages figrrrntivc tach b1 thc cditoritrl cl~niroccrrpled as good time as our best trains, there having, in fact, always hy tlrc dirrctiirg Iread of the c.strerirrd Rail- but outside of these countries been much lower than in this .zrraI1.4gc, dlr. Sorir~rcl 0. Dtrrrir. the speed of trains in Europe country, and being now less Iic tllc nccorri,hairyiilg article illr. Drtirrr takrs is not as good as it usually is issue z,ith h~sroiltciirpomry nird rirnlirpiorr, even in the less densely popu- than half as high as here. There the cnrrsc of r'fwcricair railroods zoith fncts are good roadbeds and tracks nirti fiqrrrrs, nird froiir n stairdpoiirt of per- lated parts of the United and poor roadbeds and tracks sonti1 irrwstigntioi~. Mr. DI~IIII11as proceeded States. on both continents, but it is ex- iir Itis nrticle z,ith thc idea tlrat eirlrcrr nu All the railways of this tremely doubtful if a compari- Ainericoit ire~.cpapcr cdilor ~rrakes srrch urt- country, as a measure of safety, jmr criticislrrs of otrv railways, it irrltst ifldi- son, mile for mile, would show cale tlrc~t 1riaitj1 pcorlr Rnve mclr ~~~nlforrired have for years been substituting that the railways of Europe, as idrns coiicoirirtg tlrcse ronds. IIc is ai~xiorr~, steeI for wooden passenger cars, a whole, are better constructed nrtd so is thc cditor of this Jlnqazirre, that hut there is hardly a steel car than those of the United States, Frisco crirp1o~~r.rIzi~ow drfirritchl that Aiilcri- in Europe. This is the main cnir rnilronds nrc strperior to the 11eig1tborin.q as a whole. ronds across the occnir. Ccrtniir coittmsts in reason why our cars are heavier. A comparison of the average rirairngrmcirt, scrvrce, cqzripiitcirt, opemtioi~ His statement that "automa- amounts per mile that have md c~~urtcs~rwill, EM bclrevc, prozrc iirtci~sel~~ tic sigllals * * * * * are more been spent for railway con- i~rtercstiirgto tlrc riilployrs of this vond zdzo general in Europe" is entirely pcr~srthe ncconrpnrryiilg article. struction on the two continents -W. L,. H., Jr. incorrect. The autoniatic block shows clearly, however, that, signal was invented in the measured by this standard. the Unitetl States, antl i5 now ex- railways of-~uro~eought to be better built than those tensively used in this country, while there are practi- of the United States. The investment that had been cally no automatic block signals in Europe. made in ollr railways up to December 31, 1925, was He asserts that in Europe "dining car service is bet- $96,000 per mile. The average capitalization per mile ter, and the sleeping car service, while not so generally of the railways of Great Britain (exclusive of Ireland) used, is in advance of that provided by the original in 1924 was $285,000; of the Belgium state railways promoters in America". It is hard to understand how (1922) $212,000; of the railways of Switzerland anybody who has traveled extensively in Europe could (1923) $174.000. Because of depreciation in the cur- make these statements. Dining car service in Europe rency, it is necessary, as a matter of fairness, to give is table d'hote, while in this country it is uwally a la pre-war figures regarding the capitalization or cost of carte. Railways in this country have tried more or construction of most European railroads. The average less to introduce table d'hote service. The Railroad cost of construction reported for the Italian state rail- Adnlinistration, under government control, introduced ways in 1915 was $158,000; of the German railways it generally. The main reason why it has not been more (1913) $120,000; of the French railways (1913) extensively and permanently adopted in this country $148,000. is that the rail\vays haw found that most An~erican Although labor is, and always has been, much travelers object to it. cheaper in Europe than in the United States, the rail- Sleeping car service in Great Britain is very good. ways of all the important countries of Europe have On the European continent it is usually poor. In the had expended upon them a much greater amount per United States the traveler can get any kind of sleep- mile than the railways of the United States. The ing car accommodation he wants if he makes reserva- railways of this country certainly are much better built tion a few days ahead, and usually he can get at least and give a much better service in proportion to what an ilpper berth on any train carrying sleeping cars up they have cost than those of Europe. (.Vow tw~i10 Prlge 36, pletrsc) Large Fresh Water Spring on Frisco Lines Near Thayer, Mo., Truly "Wonder of Ozarks"
Flow From Natural Fountain of Crystal Clearness Would Supply New Yorkers With 100 Gallons per Person Daily
+LI\ SPRISGS, located sixteen miles from the as Greer Spring, are not lanown to I)e equaled, or cvcn ittle- 'City of Thaycr, Missouri, on Frisco Lines, subject to rivalry by any similar works of nature in might be called a "hitlden wonder of the Ozarks". any portion of the world ; and as-sin she says, that Ihown but to few, it is recognized by leading geolo- Missourians have a great love ot fine scenery ant1 gists as one of the four largest springs in the entire generally take long journeys into other states in order world. Its maximum flow would supply the people of to gratify the taste, while quite unconscious of the the City of New Yorlc with 100 gallons to a person wonderful beauty antl grandeur of the Ozarlis, \vhich daily. I11 other words, the City of New York has a is quite true. ~wpulation of more than five million, antl Crec:r "ht to tell you of my survcy of Greer Spring. Springs, at its maximum, flows 539 mil- Ve clruvc to this spring fsonl Thayer, lion g:lllons of water every twenty- hlo. in an oltl-fashioned stage. iour hours, and a miniilium ot ds at that tinlc, \vllich 220 million gallons in the *. - - 25 years ago, were s:me length of ' Aka uggetl and rough. The The other t 11 r c scenery around the springs are: Big spring is v e r y Spring, near Van beautiful. Wild 13 LI r e 11, 4[0., flowcrs and which flows a vegetation of all maximum of sorts abound. 543 million gal- 1 "Greer Spring Ions in twenty- rises near the fo~~rhours : Sil- Ilcad oi :I tleep ver Spring, in yv%w7 canyon or ra-. Florida, \v h i c 11 *;a.#- vine, 2 00 feet flows 531 million . . a :,- , tlccp and w i t 11 gallons, :mtl Jutli ., perpendicular \~alls. Spring, also in 1:loritla. .. , The spring first comes \yhich has a maximum flow out of a cave as a much of 495 million $Ions. smaller siring, but about 100 -..-. ;. 'I'Iie spring was first called Greer .. fect below the cave opening is thc Spring l)y Mr. (;reel-. wlm lived near- '-1 P-ic:~]of Grrcr Sj~ri~~q I)ig spring prop. 1)y for a lifetime. ":it times the upper mouth is dry. Louis Houck. oi Cape Girartleau. (hx Sl)rinx has an unvarying tern- I)uiltlcr of severnl branch line r:lilro:~tls in Missnr~ri,- l)craturc oi forty-nine degrees th-oughor~tthe year, wllich the 1;sisco later pr~rc~l~:~setl,asl
Fuel Agent Collett Tells Kansas City Committee That Their Problem Is Closely Allied With Railroad Fuel Conseroation
OBERT COLLB'I"l', fuel agent for the Frisco 'L'he efi'ort \\.ill iucceetl only if it is looked upon as Lines, recently delilered the following addre55 just as much a business problem as the development of R lxfore the Railroad Smoke Abatement C'ornmit- any other major undertaking. The trouble with the tee of Kansas City, Missouri: I have been asked to majorit) ol smoke campaigns is that they usually have say something on smoke abatement and its I-elation to started off w~th a big hurrah and generally died fuel economy on I-ailroads. I do not anticipate tliat 1 through neglcct. St. Louis has made a good start antl can suggest anything that is new, but I hope I may I)e are getting some results. and you may be interested able to pive ;I reminder of to ltnoar that tile chief officer, one or two things that \\.ill Mr. >lonett, who is a gentle- promote discussion a n~o n g A reziezo of tlie z~orkof the r~ccidcrrt prcz- man of very wide cxpericnce, j 011 gentlemen, who are ac- ~certtioir co~i~iiiittceof the ?i.'c.st shops loco- and who has been en~ployed tually domg the work. There ~rirotive departrireirt at Spriirgfield, AWissolrrr. by the city to organize the is no plan that beats s~ttinq shows that it perfor~rrcd spler~dirilydrlriirg lust campaign, gi\ es the railroads year. A total of 371 accideiits of all kirtds right down together antl get- were reported, as a,yairrst a total of LOO drrr- credit for the best working ting all the angles on the jol). iirg 1925, a decrease of 38.1 per ceirt. unit ant1 the most men intcr- In the larger sense, fuel Oiie iriterectiitg iterrr r-cj,ortcd is that tlrirty- ested propol-tionatelj.. cconomy and smoke abate- four eyes were srrved by tlie use of goggles Kansas City is famous for tlrrriri,q the lasf eiqhtrri~.irrorrths. A total 01 its fine boulevards, its land- ment go hand in hand. The 1,400 hc~zar-do~rscorrditiorrs zwre reported, and I~ctterthe con~bustionthe less oirly /L:O xcve not cotirplc/rly rorrcctrd. Tlrcsc scape architecture, beautiful blacli smoke, but in locomo- two irow are 1~eiii.q corrected. homes and civic enterprise. I tive service therc are times Accidcrtt pr~zeirtioir is just a .rrratter ot never saw a person \\rho hat1 good housekeepirrg, arrd eaclt will do hzs \\Then 11 c must sacrifice fuel if lived in Kansa5 City for an!, part iir seeii~g that tools aird inaterials are economy to prevent smoke, irt good order-. nrrd that the preirrises wirere Icngth of time but wai a great antl at such times. that IS the the work is done is kept orderly, observirrg booster for his town, and I thing to do. In otlicr I\ ortls. th~siif~ty rrr1c.c co~ttirr~rallybrorrght Deforc. have no tloul~ttliat !.our pres- suppression of I~lack imoke all, a still fnrthrr redr~ctiori in persorrnl it!- ent campaign will be perma- jrrries to rirrj1oyr.c ;dill De lirndc. drlriir.q 1927. must come first, antl then u7e nent and have lasting Ilene- must save as mucli fuel a> fit, if so, it will reflect cl-edit upon all concerned. . . mentioned in developing your \ye get out into the country we can relieve our petit up city was not achieved merely t1i1-ough thc passing of desires and raise a I~eautiiulfog if we want to, but an ordinance or issuing an etlict. ant1 thew things cer- let's be sure tl~at\re are not wasting fuel in so doing. tainly nevcr would have been realizeti if they had hcen Let's do a "jam-up job" of running and firing all of treated as ;t fad, a~orketlat a little while now and the time to the I~estof oui- Icnowletlgc. antl fuel econ- then. and iorgotten ior several !.ears at a time. omy will almost takc carc oi itself. You enginemen Something can be accon~plishcd in smoke abate- antl road ioremcn Imon. exactly what 1 am talking n~ent. 1,ilie anything clse. we will get out of it what ahout when I say that. we put into it. Jt requires organized effort on tlie The greatcst natural resource of our nation-an part of tlie civic bodies of tl~ecity. the heads of all unlimited ,supply of relatively cheap fuel-has made great industries, including the railroads, and the peo- I)ossihle the wonderful growth of our country in ple as a whole. Above all, to succeed u7e must tlior- n~anufacturingas well as ill agricult~~re,for without (~1q111y1)clicve in it and he enthusiastic about it. this natural resource there never could have been tlie It has two si(les-the ~nechanical antl the liun~an great development in ~nechanical means for doing side. The first is, as almve stated, a matter of or- work. The concentration of industry in large centers ganization antl equipment: the second, is tlie more im- naturally has I~roughtwith it the probleni of some for111 portant of the two, it involve-, etlucation, friendly co- of control of the smoke nuisance. The chief reason ol)eration, a quare dcal all around, and the require- that stnolie ahateinelit has not been 'agitated more than ment of what is reasonable of accomplishment, and it has, has in part been due to the fear of scaring no more than that. \Ye must Itnow what we are try- aulay large manufacturing interests. ing to do, have a plan to work to, and records that St. J,ouis ant1 ICansas City both are now making will tell us exactly what we are accomplishing. That a determined effort to suppress unnecessary smokc. is the way we follow our fuel economy program on
Texas Employe Uses Frisco Hospital and Follows Irvin Cobb's Example in Writing His Experiences
Staff at Sherman Frisco Hospital Makes Decided Hit With Distribution Checker Who Had Tonsils Remooed Recently
By KENNETH GILBERT
RI'lNG COBG. famous writer and a smiling fare in the door, a dig in supper, folks, friends a~~dget ready lecturer had the experience of all the ribs and "Howdy, Boy!" All I to "hit. the hay". I operation and became so enthusi- (.nu say is that's the second sun-up I want you to know that i appreci- astic over it that he wrote a boolr. The of the day and anyone who cannoL ated a11 that was done for me aud writer having just lately gone through guess who I am referring tc hiis frou~what I can gather in talking to one of these experiences, feels al- lnissed something. After thal comes others, I got just what they tio for most like Mr. Cobb, with the excep- every Friscoman. tion that it is not within his province After the usual days in bed, my to he able to use the language that As tltc wcc1:s and wrorrtlrs trtrd ycnrs curiosity got the best of me and when the famous wit used and it will be nec- roll by it is iircvitoble that rtlch of rrs Dr. Neathery came to the door une wsary to confine himself to the vo- mlrst /rcre-e sorrrc plrysicnl i~rfirmity morning I told him I wanted to see cabulary ut his command. that tiecds ottcrrtiort. It may be orlly rverything he had in the building antl For no other reason than actual nec- cr tooth to De filled or ptrllctl, u str16- I:c took me at my word and away we essity, the writer found it necessary Oori~cold to be crri.cd or arry orre o]: went. to have his tonsils removed and for- nzairy Irrrrrdred uiirror- coi~rplairrt.\.. .Jrist imagine yourself in the reaei\-- tunately was in the service of the Rzrt ~i.~lzatevcrthe rrralady, it is i11g line and here come the big "Corn- Frisco, thereby entitling him to the htrrutr vnture to drend the operation. pzny". Folks meet: benefits of a l~ospital where opera- he it d~ri!i.~t'.schnir or Irospitnl brd. E. d. Keathery, 31. D., surgery; tiona of this kind are, as I later found Thot is why t11c nccorrrpuriyirr!~ H. I. Stout, 31. D., surgery; A. L. Rid- out, so ordinary as to be common. story bq. lior~icthGilbert is urz uir- ing~,3,l. D., gynecology and ohstet- But it is not of my personal operation rrsr~ctl tribute io the rtrilroad .rdric/r rics; D. O. Enloe. N. l)., internal medi- that I want to tell abont; it is the ~rployshi. Jlost of ?IS, as hr cine: Cohle D. Strother, 11. D., inter- institution in which, as an ernploye trrrtkfrrlly rclatrs, tlrirrlk of a Irospitrrl nal medicine; J. S. Dimmitt, M. D.. of the Frisco, I am deeply interested. as n plnrc. of Irorror, n11d our first eye, ear, nose and throat; 31. C. Mur- I want every employe on the Frisco r17'ort rrpoir rcJcowr:y is to forljrt it. phy, D. D. S., dental surgery; 31. 1:. Lines to know that the employes 01; Ke~li~ethGilbert chose to rcrrrcrrr- Woodward, 31. D., pediatrics; J. 1~1. the Texas Lines are fort,unate, not IJE~his hospitc~l e.t-peric,rrce, 1~cczrr.r~it Veazey, 31. D.. house physician: G. 1';. only in having a first-class institutio:~ hvs a plensnrrt orrc. A torrsilcrto~iry Henschen. 31. D., roenthenologist; of this ltintl at their very door, hut took hi111 .ir.it/rilr ~IICprci.irrt.t.~ 01 tlr~ Mrs. J. S. Ilimmitt, Ph. G., clinical they have at their call the very hest Slwirrnrr, Tr.ms, lrospital, nird rrir- pathologist: Mrs. J. R. Moody, assist physicians and surgeons it is possible 1rs.c we rcatl n T~v-olrycrrrphnxis irrto ant pathologist; W. G. Cantrell, su]>- to get; and shall I pass us the nurses, 1ri.s ir~terc.~t;r~(/~rticlr, L'ilhrt rntlrer crintendent, :lnd Miss Jessie 13. Oli- "hired hands", etc? Far from it. i.c!ircttctl I~tivirrg to lrcrvr the plticc. phant, superintendent of nurses. They are the salt of the earth, the To tlrosc of our I:ri.sccr ~wi.l:i,rs Space will not allow me to go into comforters the helping hands, smooth- dm rrrq Oc corrfircd to the clctrir. tletail of fifty-five other en1l)loyes or tell you about thirty nurses in traim ing down the miseries, aches and :,~hitr sheets of rr Frisco hnspitnl bed pain, even making men see how self- tlrrrirr{j 1~27,this story is corrrrrrerrtlrc:'. ing and four graduate nurses 011 the ish they are. You know there are It tells n ~fiflercr~ttl1111r usrml story of hospital staff all the time and an av- some railroad men so grasping and crngc of c!ight grntluate nurses on lro.~pitrrli:ntiorr. CP" I.. II.. Ji.. selfish they want time aud one-haif t1ut.y in special cases every day. for the Sundays and holidays the1 I wish I had the words with which spend in the hospital. Then there are to convey to you the cleanliness of wonderful nurses who can make men ront.ine, one doctor after anol.hcr, and the kitchen, not an odor of any kind. of this kind leave the institution with lake it fro111 me, none of then1 ~nisse:. everything in perfect order (and they a grateful heart. you. By this time it is ahout eleven didn't knonr the Doctor was cominp, I shall pass up the first day as it o'clock and a glass of goorl, pure. either). clean milk is given you and I wontlw The operating rooms, of course, ar~ was one of misery, awful dreanls, how many of the folks around here visions and had thought^, but the the very acme of perfection, with know that Dr. Seathery has his own every contrivance on earth, it seer.:.; morning brought the sunrise, a few dairy antl poultry farm from which he clouds perhaps. passing swiftly. leav- to me. Clean! I better spell that ing the perfect clay. furnishes the hospital? Lenrnc?tl word CLEAN with capital ictters Iirealcfast, fine, enough for a hungry something else didn't you. Well, it's 'cause it's just so clean that 1 sus- brakeman; later a sponge bath (this a fact and you can rel~eatit. pect thct if Er. Neathery should is the one thing I coulil not appreci- Dinner time. Now, of course. I sep a speclt of dust, there would be ate, as most of us fellows are used know there are some who are so sick a "cleaning" sure enough. to the "Saturday night" tub, and to they cannot. eat: there are some who From the o!)erating rooms to the hrealc away from habits is sometimes may have only this, that or the olher, X-ray del)artment, this is what I not appreciated like they shoulcl be): lmt as for me, having just an ordi- fountl: A special fireproof building in the meantime room tidied up and nary worltingmans' appetite, xhen I houses the X-ray department. Four ready for the folks. saw what they brought me, I began machines, one with a capacity of I think everybody who has ever to wonder if I wasn't dreaming again. 250.000 volts, makes possible any ex heen in the Sherman Hospital more hack home and "Ma, please, pass the amination or treatment known ta than one day looks forward to a big, biscuits again". But why carry this science. A Potter-Bucky diaphragm, booming voice coming down the hali, on; the doctors and nurses again, a stereoscope, a flouroscope, intensi- Tiir fiiiofo at toh i.r a fi.tr~lt ?,ic;,' of tiic I.'ri.cc-o ilo.spittr1 tr! .\irci~~iirrrr.7't..!-us. ;,diere thc i~ri~ci-of this tri-til-ir spcril tr JETJ pleasmt days. At bot!tj~~:,.~e~'crir~ r~~~rsoirs ZL'/IX the dii!.c :L,cI.~~rt,,1111~ /~lca.strirl ~~!11t. 1i11r.rt7s ut the .5'iit~1.111allu11it. J)oc.s t111!011t7 1110r11c 111.. (iili~crt lying screens and all equipment used The Preacher: "I had a very en- in\ t~ntion,"saitl 'arry. in the best laboratories has been in- joyal~letrip to L11e Adirondaclts. The "Vell," said Ignatz, "the fellow vat stalled. lirst day 1 shot t\vo bucks." inventctl intrrest vns no slouch." In closing, there are a lot oL' l~cople The Sport (a1,sently) : "Wi11 any- who (lo not xant to go to a hospital. thing. parson?" They speak of it as a place of hor- Caller: "1 want to see the boss." rors, a place to die. That is all b~nlt Tht!y were talltil~gabout inventions. Office Girl: "Sorry, but he's in con- -pore and simple-and \vllen I gel he mall who invented the flyin' ference with the vice-president and sick and want the very bcst of doc- ~nachint! was a great genius." saitl gencral manager." tors and nursing; take me ro the Pat. Caller: "Let me in. I know a funny Sherman Hospital. "Hi think wireless is the greatest story, too." Page 16 February, 1927 Frisco Proud of Progress In Crowing Dairy Industry It Has Fostered
Production of Dairy Products Had Beginning Years Ago at Freis faff, Mo.-Now Onc of Frisco's Largesf Inferesfs
- --- - I Y years ago, a little colony later in starting, and even now is on- of Germans settled at Freistatt, Facts on the Dairy Industry ly an infant in swaddling clothes. But MA'a small, inland tow11 in Law- it is makiiig rapid growth, and prom- rence County, i\lissouri, on soil that More dairy products are being ises in a few years to develop into a was not naturally very fertile, and consumed today than ever before young giant. The carload shipments after growing grain on it for some in the history of the country. of these products produced on the years, it became so unproductive that The increased consumption of Frisco were: it was with clifficulty they were able milk alone in the last ten years has Years ...... 1922 192:: 1924 1!)26 to make a living. Like many others been one-third of a quart, or over Carloads ...... 41 54 123 255 in similar conditions, they turned to a full glass per day per capita, The first tell months of 1925 and the dairy cow for relief. However, which means five hundred million 1926 compared make the following there was no market available for dollars more per year for the showing: their milk so it became necessary for dairy farmers. Gain them to establish a small co-operative The milk produced in 1925 would First 10 mos. of ....1925 1926 creamery to make their milk into but- fill a canal, extending from New Carloads ...... 243 444 201 ter, so they could get it to market. York to San Francisco, 3,170 miles About two and a half years ago a This they did and for many years the long, 16 feet wide, and as deep as milk condensery \\as put in opera- little plant did a thriving business and the Erie Canal. tion at >It. Vernon, Mo., and received the colony developed into a prosper- The same volume of milk, if put only about 15,000 pounds of milk daily ous community which is now one of in tank cars, would make a train at first, but last summer it received the most progressive and enterprising 34,462 miles long, or eleven trains over 139,000 pounds per day, and it sections of the county. I11 later years, reaching across the continent. is still growing. competition became so strong that it The value of milk produced in A fcw months ago, a condensery was necessary to close the plant, but this country last year was greater was started at West Plains, Mo., and the dairy industry went right on and than the value of all the gold and the owners, after a careful surrey of their milk is now going to the con- silver mined in the United States the territory. decided that 15.000 denser~at Mt. Vernon. in the last twenty years. pounds of milk per day would be the Some years later, in about 1898, an- Of the thirteen billion dollar most possible hope for this year, other settlement in the neighborhood farm crop in 1925, nearly three bil- hut they have already received over of Billings, 1\10.. followed the lead of lion dollars came from the dairy 40,000 pounds per day and are still Freistatt, and established a small industry, making it the greatest growing strong. creamery which is a thriving, going single division of agriculture. The newest line of dairy products concern at this time. Consumers paid five and one-half nianufacturing plants on the Frisco Still later, ill 1904, three farmers ill billion dollars for dairy products in is the cheese factory, of which there Webster County, Mo., bought cream 1925, which is about one-fifth of the are now six in operation. The clean separators and began shipping cream tctal expenditure for foods. pastures, pure water and healthful to a Kansas City creamery. Thus was climate in Frisco territory makes the started, from these small beginnings. production of high-class milk an easy the dairy industry in the Ozarlrs, the line as shown by the table below: proposition. That is one reason why which has since grown to quite hancl- Years ...... 1922 1923 1924 1925 all kinds of milk products plants find some proportions. Carloads ...... 397 561 684 787 no trouble in making a high quality The beginning was somewhat clif- These all originated on, and were product, and therefore find a ready ferent on other parts of the Frisco handled by, the Frisco. The carloads market, and this, in turn, is one rea- System. It was started by the loca- handled, which originated on the line son why they all grow so rapidly. tion of a few large creameries in during the first ten months of 1925 The manufacturers of cheese on the some of the cities like Kansas City, and 1926 compared, show the follow- Frisco are thus far so limited, and Oklahoma City and St. Louis, and ing: the plants so scattered, that it is not farmers graclually drifted into ship- Gain moving in carlots to any considerable ping cream to these plants. But First 10 mos. of ....1925 1926 extent, but the time seems not far progress continued to be slow for a Carloads ...... 605 818 213 distant when the industry will have number of gears and np to about This promises more than the usual grown to such proportions that the 1910, there was scarcely a carload increase for 1926 over 1925. carload business will become an item shipment of Frisco-made butter hail The churnings of the creameries on of interest to the Risco. clled on the line except a few from the line for the past three years Some fifteen years ago, the Friso or- these larger plants ,and even those also shows a very healthy increase ganized an agricultural department cars were very limited in number. in production as giren in the table which has been active during all these There are now thirty-six creameries in below: years i11 lending aid to the clevelop- the Frisco territory. besides the one.: Lbs. butter Lbs. butter Lbs. butter lnent of dairying as well as other in the large cities. and they are all in 1923 in 1924 in 1926 branches of agriculture and it now doing a nice business. 26,324,442 29,384,096 30,769,115 (.an justly say that there is no other The dairy industry has made a con- In addition to the growth shown by railroad in the great Southwest that stant and fairly uniform growth the increase in butter production. ran approach it in the magnitude of along the Frisco for a i~umber of there has developed quite a business its dairy industry and it would seem years. This is shown quite conclu- in the production of evaporated milk, that the Frisco might be pardoned if sivelv by the increase in the number powdered buttermilk and cheddar it feels real pride in its clairv W04- of the cars of butter originatinc on cheese. This, however, was much ress.
BRAKE RIAX CLAIRE RECORD Missouri Ozarks Chamber of Commerce - Pays Tribute to Frisco at Ward Ozcc Covcrrd 4.538 Miles in Ten Days West Plains Meeting CORDS of rail laying, accident prevention records and unusual RErecords of all kinds have bee11 Vice-president Hutchison Addresses Annual Meeting printed in the illagazixe, but Ward A. Ozee, I)ralteinan on the River tlivision. of Organization December 13th -" Frisco 1)elieves he liolds tlie recortl for inak- ing the greatest number of miles in DayJJIs Observed a ~~criodof ten days. 011 Noven~l~er30, he was called to St. Louis to protect No. 801 out of that point. He inade the trip and REAL tribute to the great work "Tlie Ozark territory is destined to returned oil No. SO2 Decem1)ei- 1. De- A which Frisco Lines have ac- lay an increasingly inil)ortant part ceinber 2 alitl :: were layover days for complished in developing and in tlie nation's progress, both from this run, and while he was dead- improving the beautiful Ozarks of an agricultural aiid a resort stantl- heading to Chaffee 011 No. 805 Dccein- XIissouri was paid our railroad at point. I have traveled extensively. 1)er 1, he received n message to go West Plains, 310.. oil December 13, hut I know of no niore beautiful sec- to ivleinphis antl protect No. SO2 out when "Frisco Day" was observed at tion of America than Lhis section, antl of that point on December 2, which the annual meeting of tlie XIissouri we all know that, as Air. Cornatzar he did, returning to i\Ieinphis as Ozarlts Chamber of Commerce, an or- told you at the banquet, the scenery hralteinaii oil So. SO1 on December 2. ganization functioning for the better- ill many parts of tliese mountain rc- I-Ie then deatllieaded on No. 5106 back gions rivals tliat of tlir famous Swit- ment of the Ozarlt mountaii~territory to St. Louis to 1)rotect So. 801, 011 of Missouri. zerland All)s. Dece1nl)er 4, working both jobs until At both the day and eveiiing ses- . -"The increasing growth of the tour- Jlecemher 9, n711e11 he \\-as reIievetl. sions of the meeting, appreciation of ist trade ill tlie Ozark country will I-Ie deadheaded to Chaffee on Xo. S05, the Frisco's help was manifest by the mean much to your citizenship. nut arriving ill Cliaffee at 3:05 a. ni.. De- Chamber of Coniinerce members ill you must prepare for it. Your ac- cember 10. many ways, and the fifteen Frisco coniniodatioiis for the tourist \vho 111 ten days he had covered 4,558 officials in attendance, headed by conies to yonr country by both auto- miles. inclutli~igthe tleadlieading tliat Trice-Presiderit J. E. Hutchison, were mobile and train should be thoroughly was necessary to protect the runs, an deeply gratified by the reception. organized and properly managed. It average of 455,s miles per day. The majority of the Frisco visitors will take hotels. bnt 1)rivate hollies 3,Ir. Ozee 1)elieves this is a recorll attended tlie afternoon business ses- sliould be arranged to accomniodate for mileage, and if any other bralte- sion, at a-hicli Dwight H. Drowli, etii- Lhese people until they can be 1)uilt. man has rnade a better one. 110th the tor of the Poplar B11iff (No.) Ameri- "It is not an altogether easy task J~Ingc~;r.i,rc.aud Mr. Ozee would like to can, wtis elected president for the to operate a railroad these tltiys. We hear of it. coming year, succeeding Dr. T. W. are beset on all sides by regulalions Cotton of Van Bureri. and restrictions, antl mnily railway A deliglitfiil banquet was served in me11 feel that the railroads arc beiug the basement of the First Christian regulated to deatli. Yes. we liavc. stocltliolders. At the state legisla- Church at 6:30 p. m., anti tlie diners our tro~ibles. For several ycnrs there tures this winter marly more acts were addressed by several visitors, was a coristantly increasing. inclintl- lending to curb the activities of Llie including Mayor Beach, Mr. I
LIKES FRISCO MAGAZINE BOWLING RACE IS HOT AGENCY CHANGES FOR This is grease for the editor's JANUARY wheel, believe it! Spectacular Drivc by Freight In a letter to Charles Morrill, acci- dent prevention agent of Frisco Lines, Traffics Feature Play of Last D. L. Hargrove installed perma- E. A. Shipley, formerly of the Frisco, Few Weeks nent agent, AIanila, Arltansas, effec- now residing at Portland, Oregon, tive January 3. wrote: HE bowling season is well ad- Effective January 3, operation of "Had no thought of writing you so vanced, and the teams of the Holdenville, Oltlahoma, ticket agency socn, but read my copy of the Frisco T Frisco Handicap League at St. taken over by the C. R. I. & P. for ~lItrgcr,-ir~ea few days ago and it was Louis, Wo., are hotly contending for a period of three years. F. T. Steph- YO fine I just had to tell you all how first place in the league's standing. ens installed ticket agent. much it is appreciated. Fifty-four games have been played G. D. Bailey installed permanent "The ex-Frisco men here wish we so far this season, playing each Pri- agent. Mead, Oltlahoma, effective Jan- were not 2,300 miles away when the day night at the Washington Alleys uary 3. reunion (Veterans') comes along. I at St. Louis. The departments rep- Jsffectire January 3, Pit, Missouri, showed the Veterans' Number of the resented by teams are: interline, agency was closed. .IInga,-iile to several train and engine- auditing, engineering, freight traffic, J. B. Smallwood installed perma- men and they say it is the best and passenger, revising, general freight nent agent, Cameron, Oklahoma, et- most complete magazine of its kind and a team from the Tower Grove fecti\ e January 5. they ever saw." station. D. B. Fields installed temporary Seven weeks ago the freight traffic agent, Lucien, Oklahoma, effective agent, Ames, Oltla., effective Jan. 7. teain was "in the cellar," but they January 6. R. W. Pierce installed tenlporary have made a spectacular drive, win- Effective January 6, Swift, JIissouri, agent, Peirce City, Missouri, effec- ning thirteen straight games and ticket only agency closed tempor- tive January S. twenty-two of their last twenty-four, arily. W. G. Neals installed perinanent which places them in fourth place. L. B. Lindley installed permanent agent, Jones, Okla., effective Jan. 8. Bob Tschampers of the interline de- partment holds the highest average, 191, and a high 3-game score of 663. Fred Spinner of the traffic squad holds the high single of the season, Quick Work at Springfield Station with a score of 264. The standing of the teams is given below: LEAGUE STANDING High High W L Single Three Interline ...... 36 1s 1,039 2,936 Auditing ...... 35 19 1,042 2,700 Engineering ...... 31 23 952 2,600 Freight Traffic .... 30 24 1,000 2,770 Passenger ...... 30 24 1,033 2,862 Revising ...... 19 35 568 2,552 Tower Grove ...... 18 36 934 2,573 General Freight.. 17 37 929 2,699
R. E. BUCHANAN IS HONORED
Frisco General Agent at Memphis a Director of Grain Exchange
. E. BUCHANAN, general agent for Frisco Lines at Memphis, R Tenn., and generally known to his friends anil associates as "Buck," A vim of the t~-ai>/shed irrstnllntio~r nt Spriil,q/ield, .lIo. Iirsert: Forrir~ejr was elected a director of the Mer- Cilirj~iugl~umnjrd Bnroil, who directed tile zmrk. chants' Grain Exchange of that city at the annual election January S. The meeting was one of the lire- FEAT of construction that is in place, as the above photograph liest affairs the exchange has had for characterized by Mr. R. C. shows. The entire job was finished several years. The entertainment com- A Stevens, architect, as "one of January 7-exactly five weeks from mittee engaged a twenty-five piece 'he fastest bits of work I have ever the date on which the job mas begun. hand froin the Hippodrome Circus, seen." has just been completed at "It has been the fastest erection then playing in Memphis and Barney Springfield, No. I ever saw on the railroad." Mr. 11, a trained chimpanzee, furnished a On December 1 a gang of men under Stevens said, "and a great ileal of goodly part of the entertainment. A the direction of Clyde Cunningham, credit for the rush job should go to buffet luncheon was served at the concrete foremail, and Charles Baron, the two foremen, Nessrs. Cunning- conclusion of the meeting, after which bridge anil building foreman, began ham and Baron. They've hail the 311.. Buchanan received hearty con- the work of installing the train sheds whole-hearted co-operation of their gratulations on his election. which will run for 1,200 feet in front thirty workmen, anil the entire job In addition to this honor he also of the new passenger station, serving has moved like a well-oiled piece of has been appointed a member of the two tracks. machinery. industrial division of the Memphis On December 10 the holes had been During the job the busiest trains, Chamber of Commerce for 1927 and dug, 55 column foundations poured, both passenger and freight, were han- elected a director of the Memphis anil twenty-nine steel columns were dled without delay. Tri-State Fair Association for 1927. Page 20
Frisco Will Spend $2 1,000,000 in 1 927, Sll0,OOO FOR MAIN STREET Ft. Scott Merchant Learns Frisco President Kurn Announces Buys Lots of Christmas Cigars ERE is part of' a conversation heard at Ft. Scott, Kansas, just Total of $18,557,000 Allotted for Roadway and Sfructures- H before Christmas, between a Frisco employe who was soliciling Includes $9,300,000 for Pensacola Line freight business, and a Main street merchant : "Are you putting out any Christ- mas cigars or candy?" asked the mer- HE St. Louis-San Francisco Rail- Following completion of 170 miles chant. way Company will spend more of new 100-pound rail which will be "Oh, yes," replied the solicitor. than $21,000,000 for roadway laid during 1927, the Frisco will have "Come down to the F'risco ticket of- and structures and new equipment in this weight steel Prom Kansas City fice about the first of the month and 1927. President J. M. Kurn announced to Fort Scott, Kan.; from St. Louis to watch us put out $110,000 in checks on January 13. The budget calls for Newburg, 1\10., and from Birmingham to be spent along Main street." And an expenditure of $18,557,000 for to Bazemore, Ala. folks who realize just what this inmans roadways and structures. In 1926 Other items under the $18,000,000 to Ft. Scott, Kansas, think it was a Frisco Lines spent an equal amount roadway and structures head include clever answer. of money iu improving the property, $63,500 for coal chutes, $102,000 for The $110,000 referred to represents $11,000,000 of which went for new water stations, $61,360 for changes in the Frisco payroll, handed to the men equipment. The splendid condition of grade and alignment, $982,000 for im- through the ticket window at the the road's equipment at this time provement of bridges and trestles, Frisco station. When they line up at abrogates additional large purchases $180,760 for improved passenger the window, it looks like half of Ft. during 1927. equipment and $675,325 for freight Scott is getting paid off, or else a A total of $9,299,050.00 of the bud- equipment improvements. and $1,392.- run on the ticket office. 4nd this get will be spent in building 150 miles 580 for improvement and recondition- $110,000 is spent on Main street:-Ft. of new railroad from Aberdeen, Miss., ing of motive power. Scott's Main street! southward to Kimbrough, Ala., where "The budget for this year is de- The merchant who asked abont the the Frisco connects with the recently signed to carry through the Frisco's Christmas candy and cigars probably purchased Muscle Shoals, Birmingham announced p r o g r a m of building received a goodly share in his cash & Pensacola milroad with its outlet through to tide water at Pensacola, drawer, in return for merchandise, at Pensacola, Fla., and in rehabilitat- Fla.. during 1927. and to further im- cigars and candy and other things, ing the present road from Kimbrough prove our tracks, terminals and road- bought by Frisco employes. south, the budget states. way structures," President Kurn said !b Six hundred new coal cars of the in announcing the budget. "Our 55 ton class, together with a large equipment at this time, following the FORMER EMPLOYE DIES amount of mechanical locomotive outlay of $11,000,000 in 1926 for 5,700 equipment for Frisco power, will take new freight cars and new passenger Announcement has been received $2,614,589.00 before the end of 1927. cars, is on a par with the equipment of the death of James H. Ashley, who Three sections of new double track of any other American railroad. That resided at Arcadia. California, and in Arkansas, Tennessee and Missouri fact accounts for the budgeting of who formerly held the position of su- will claim $378,410 of the budget. The only $2,500,000 for equipment during perintendent of car service for the double track in Arkansas will be laid 1927. While it is impossible to tell Frisco Lines. from Harvard sonth 4 miles, in Ten- at this time exactly when our con- His railroad career began with the nessee from Memphis to Yale, 2.5 struction work in Mississippi, AIR- old K. C. F. S. & M. in 1886, when miles; and in Nissouri from Spring- bama and Florida will be completed. he served as chief clerk to L. TV. field to Mulroy, 5 miles. we are putting almost $10,000,000 be- Towne, car accountant and claim Extensive improvement and en- hind that project and expect to rush agent. After Mr. Towne's death in largement to the freight yards OP- it through in record time. The ter- May, 1892, Mr. Ashley was appointed erated by Frisco Lines at Yale, Tenn., ritory served by the Frisco is in need car service agent, and acted in that Birmingham, Ala., West Tulsa, Okla., of the additional gulfport which the capacity until the old Nemphis line and Fort Scott, Kan., will dip into Frisco will furnish when it enters was absorbed by the Frisco in 1901. the budget for a total of $1,750,000. Pensacola on its own rails, and we He then was made superintendent of New mechanical facilities to be in- will reach that port as fast as money car service for the Frisco and oc- stalled at Yale, Tenn., will cost an- can build the new railroad." cupied that position until June, 1907, other $100,000. when he was appointed manager of Three new passenger stations will the nIissouri Valley Car Service As- wst $147,000 in 1927. The station sociation, with headquarters at Kan- to be constructed at Pittsburg, Kan., G. F. MACGREGOR HONORED sas City, Nissouri. A short time af- ter this appointment, he lost his hear- will cost $75,000; Holly Springs, George F. Macgregor, executive Miss., $54,000, and Boynton, Okla., ing and retired from railroad service. general agent of Frisco Lines at Kan- He located on a farm at Arcadia, $18,ooO. sas City, Missouri, recently was California, a suburb of Los Angeles, Fourteen new interlocking towers elected vice-president of the Traffic where he and a son, Charles, engaged tn.- insure additional safety in train Club, and also a director of the Ki- in poultry raising. operation will be installed at a cost wanis Club of that city. These new of $169,300. Five will be erected on honors but further demonstrate the Frisco rails in Kansas, four in Arkan- popularity of this Frisco employe and Boston Profanity sas, two in Missouri, two in Oklahoma all our readers, we are sure, join the Janet, a five-year-old resident of and one in Mississippi. Magazirw in extending congratula- Boston, ran to her father one morn- The appropriation for grade sepa- tions to Mr. Macgregor. ing, exclaiming, "Father, brother Har- ration of street and highway, another old swore!" safety measure, will take $450,000 of "Swore, did he?" inquired the par- the 1927 budget, including a $300,000 Tom-"That guy wears Indian neck- ent grimly, reaching for his slipper. share in the Arsenal Street viaduct Wear." "What did he say?" project in St. Louis. No., which is Tim-"How come?" "He said 'ain't,"' responded Janet being erected jointly with the City solemnly.-College Humor. of St. Louis. Tom-"Bow tie aud Arrow collar." February, 1927 ~~%@Jco,@MPLO~S'&~WZINE
Accident Prevention Work Is Off to A FRISCO CHAMPION Good Start for 1927 Miss Jennie Glaze Has Won Many Medds- and Prizes ISS JEKXIE GLAZE, daughter Last122-Meetings-. Prior to January 10 Attended by Total of Brakeman Glaze of Pacific. M Missouri, is an all-round athlete. of 434 Enthusiastic Boosters She is attending ,high school at Pa- cific, i\Io., and is captain of the bas-
HE first six accident prevention 7, sixteen in attendance; west coach meetings held last month on shop, Springfield, December 8, thir- T Frisco Lines mere attended by teen in attendance; Oklahoma City eighty-eight enthusiastic boosters. employes, general meeting of all de- The last sixteen, held in 1926, from partments, December 9, fifty in at- December 7 to December 2S, inclusire, tendance; mechanical department, St. were attended by 346 men. Louis, December 10, thirteen in at- One of the most unusual and best- tendance; general meeting, Hugo. Ok- attended meetings in January, 1927. lahoma, December 14, thirty-seven in was held on the night of the four- attendance; general meeting, Sapulpa, teenth at Sapulpa. Oklahoma, when Oklahoma, December 14, fourteen in the Rev. James Rayburn, who is hold- attendance; mechanical department, ing a revival meeting in the Taber- Sherman, Texas, December 15, thirty nacle in that city, invited Frisco em- in attendance; mechanical depart- ployes, their families and their ment, Ft. Smith, Arkansas, December friends to attend the services, and de- 17, twenty in attendance; meeting oC livered an interesting talk on acci- section men at Lawton, Oklahoma, dent prevention. More than 400 December 19, thirty-five in attend- Frisco employes and their families ance; transportation department. attended. Springfield, December 21, eighteen in Space had been reserved on the attendance; general meeting. Kansas platform for Frisco officials, as well City, iklissouri, December 21, (number as men from other industries, and present not reported) ; mechanical de- also space was reserved in the center partment, Enid, Oklahoma, December section for the Frisco folks. 21, sixteen in attendance; mechanical The meeting was opened with department, Chaffee, i\Iissouri, Decem- prayer, led by R. C. i\Iills, general ber 27, fifteen in attendance; general agent for the Frisco at Oltlahoma meeting, Memphis, Tennessee, De- City, which was followed by songs cember 28, twenty in attendance aucl and an inspiring talk by Mr. RaY- transportation department, Chaffee. burn. Missouri, December 25, twenty-three A meeting was held January 4, in in attendance. the locomotive division of the north shops, Springfield, Missouri. H. J. Ray, shop superintendent, presided as DEATH ENDS LONG SERVICE chairman. Hazardous conditions - were reported, and a report read of F. L. Connelly, St. Louis Clerk, those which had been noted and cor- Fatally Injured When Struck ketball and athletic teams of that rected since January 1, 1927. By Automobile school, has won eight medals, two The west coach shop at Spring- state letters, also state letter and bar field, i\lissouri, held a meeting on Jan- RANK L. CONNELLY, for many and an individual cup, which she is uary 5, when seventeen en~ployesat- years an employe of the freight shown holding in her left hand. tended. The meeting mas in charge F accounting department of the Her success and remarkable record of J. T. Fite, general foreman. Frisco Lines at St. Louis, died De- has attracted much comment, and The mechanical department of the cember 29. He was struck by an au- employes of the Frisco are looking west shops at Springfield held a tomobile the morning of December 21 to her to win new laurels in the ath- meeting on January 10, at which while on his way to work. Although letic world. twenty-three men answered roll call. he was severely injured, his recovery 4 review of last year consumed an was expected, and he was to under- Lost Masterpiece interesting half hour and the re- go an operation for the removal of First Joke Writer: "What's wrong? mainder of the time was spent in re- a splintered bone from his fractured You look sad." porting hazardous conditions which leg on December 29. On reaching the Second Joke Writer: "I just wrote were to be and those which had been operation table, he mas stricken with a good mother-in-law joke." corrected. a cerebral hemmorhage, and died in- "Didn't the editor like it?" F. 31. narden, general foreman of stantly. "I don't know. Ny mother-in-Iaw the car department, west freight His widow, son and mother sur- saw it first."-ColIege Humor. shop, Springfield, held a meeting in rive. The funeral was held in Terre his office on January 10, at which Haute. Indiana, his former home, and eight men reported. Reports from the accounting department was repre- Remember This One committees were read and a report sented by S. N. Kane, a clerk under "I suppose you will want me to give and review of 1926 accidents mere Mr. Connelly's supervision, who up my job, Henry, when me are mar- discussed. served as one of the pallbearers. ried." The meetings held in December Mr. Connelly served the Frisco "How much do you earn at it?" were as folloms: reclamation plant, twenty years in various capacities, "Sixty a week." Springfield, December 7, twenty-six and at the time of his death, held the "That isn't a job. That's a career. in attendance; north shop and round- position of head uncollected clerk in I wouldn't want to interfere with your house division, Springfield, December the freight accounting department. career, gir1ie."-Louisville Courier. Veterans' Association Appeals for Aid MORE TRACK POINTERS Anothcr Section Forcman Tells to Make Reunion a Success of Sound Practice Ry Z. W. SMITH, Section Foreman Ashdown. Ark. S Mr. Sollars, section foreman, Frisco Employes With Twenty Years' Service Should Fill Out Chaonia, Mo., has started the A ball rolling in regard to articles Attached Blank and Support Organization beneficial to the nelv foremen, I will endeavor to give some few pointers. But I wish to say first, if a new By GEORGE TAAFE. President. Cherryvale, Kansas and better method is found other than thc one quoted, by all means adopt lt. T IS just a year since a campaign 1927 membership cards may be mailed Take for instance two foremen put- was launched for membership in out at once, the activities of the As- ting new ties in track; one removes I the Frisco Veteran Employes9 sociation continued and arrangements all the ballast from the center oC the Association, resulting in 1,2.52 em- made that will insure the 1927 re- track to the outside of the rails in ployes, each having twenty or inore union being the largest and most en- order to get a number of ties into years' service, being enrolled as mem- joyable of any ever held. track at once. The other foreman bers prior to June 28 and 29, 1926, the Do not delay. Do it now! Don't moves the material in the center of dates upou which our annuaI barbe- feel that your entire obligation and Lhc track, back upon the new ties as cue and reunion was held. responsibility has been clischarged fast as he puts in two or thrce, and I shall not attempt to comment with the payment of your 1927 dues. upon the success of the 1926 reunion, by that method the latter foreman The officers and directors of the as- saves himself and his men the labor other than to say that every veteran sociation welcome your suggestions I have met has declared it to be the of shoveling many yards of ballast and need your co-operation and snp- from outside the rails to center of most enjoyable two days in his life. port in Lhe solicitation and enroll- The 1927 reunion, the dates of which the track. ment of new members. The ladies' To bring a section of track up to will be announced in the near future, auxiliary, which was organized at the is looked forward to as an outstand- anything like perfection, the foreman last reunion, has been doing such in charge of it must look closely after ing event of 1927, and it is the am- splendid and effective work under the bition of my life to, with the co-opera- all the work in its minutest detail, tion and assistance of the veteran em- direction of Mrs. Robert Whelan, and allow nothing to go undone which ployes, malre the coming reunion so president, and her assistants, i\Irs. W. would contribute toward in~proving successful and enjoyable that no one R. Boyd, Mrs. W. G. Wolfe, Mrs. W. the track. None but careless fore- will be disappointed and that at its L. Heath and Miss Martha C. Moore. men will line up one side of the track close the unanimous comment will be solicits your aid in increasing the and then leale it without taking the "the best ever". niembership of the auxiliary by yer- kinlts out of the gauge side. Dues for 1927 now are due and each saading your wife to send her name A careless foreman will cut weeds member of the association is re- in to Miss Moore, associate editor, by a joint with a bolt broken out of quested to fill out the application Frisco Einployes' Magnziiic, St. Louis, it, without putting in one. He will blank, apgearing immediately under and be enrolled as a charter mem- make a trip over his section and this article, and mail it with $1.00 ber. There are no dues or other es- never notice a break in the fence, or to J. L. McCormack, secretary-treas- penses in connection with the auxil- if he does notice it, he will wait till urer, Frisco Veteran Employes' Asso- iary, but there will be plenty of work notified by the roadmaster to fix it. ciation, Room 105 Frisco building, for its membership in connection with It is likely you will notice the same Springfield, ;\lissouri, in order that the the coming reunion. foreman surfacing a piece of traclc without using level board. Such a man is not fit for a laborer, much less a foreman, and the piece oC road in his charge will soon run down if he Veteran Employes' Association of St. L. S. F. Railway Co. is not discharged and replaced by a foreman who desires to improve the APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP track whenever he does work on it. J. L. i\IcCormaclr, Secretary-Treasurer, Experience mill teach a new tore- Frisco Veteran Employes' Association, man that the secret of keeping a Room 105, Frisco Building, good track on his section lies in doing Springfield, hlissouri his work well. Slight no worlr. Do not surface up track to make a big I hereby make application for membership in the Veteran showing, just tor the present, but sur- Employes' Association of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway face it as fast as it can be done, to Company. I have had 20 years' or more accumulative service make track that will remain good a with the Company and I enclose herewith remittance of $1.00 to long time. A track foreman should always cover 1927 annual dues. have his worlr planned ahead. Don't ride over the same piece of track Name ...... Address ...... elery day and pass the same broken joint tie or bolt out, and malre ex- Position ...... cuses that you are putting up a nice piece of track somewhere else. Al- ways remember if you had ten miles Division, Terminal or Department...... of the best track-all good track ex- cept one rail, and that rail was dang- Length of Service ...... Date of Application ...... erous, the balance of your section, no matter how good, would not save ANiVUAL DUES-$1.00 a train from being wrecked, and would not relieve you from the blame which would justly fall upon you. Page 23
Commercial Office Employes at Kansas City, Mo. ~$o~~,e"uires with Locomotives must steam freely, have square valves, grates and flues must be in good condition, the re- Terse gear easy to handle so that the engineer can give the fireman all of the show that is consistent with the work to be performed. The crews must be able to take good care of the fire at all times in order that the proper depth of fuel bed and high fire-box temperature can be maintain- ed. Good, quick acting blowers, a brick arch wherever applicable, and smoke jets furnish about as good equipment as I know of to prevent smoke on a locomotire. Of course, the flues and flre-boxes must be good and tight so the fireman can pull the fire door open with the blower on or have it partly open at times when the engine is working. If the coal is such that it requires that the ash pans be cleaned between fire-cleaning periods in order to take proper care of the fire, places should be provid- ed for so doing. The capacity of the engine should be such as to provide a reasonable margin on the work to be done. The foregoing may seem a little The rii~plovesi,, the co~~~i~erclaloffice at Kansas City, Missouri, paused in emphatic, but I am talking about coal their zdork whrlr the photographer got a "shot" of the office. that will make lots of smoke, and be- We are able to recognize, readirzg from left to rigllt-Qzliucy Bruce, porter; lieve me, I have put in a good many dl. C. A~I~P~SOIL,rate clcrl:; Jehu Sachen, diversion clerk; W. E. DeVeney, chief hours on the locomotive-although clerk; 11Iarcclla R~arr,st~nograplzer; George Story, tracing clcrlz and L. W. not recently-and I know it is not all Warner, solicitir~g frriglrt ngerrt. "beer and skittles." Then we must inform ourselves what it is reasonable to expect. We FRESH WATER SPRING ON in height, for the reason mentioned fellows that are in a supervisory ca- above." pacity must put ourselves in the oth- FRISCO LINES And so Greer Spring remains a er man's place and not ask him to do "hidden wonder", except that it has what, with similar training, we could been found and stocked with trout, not ourselves do. Road foremen and with great force in the spring. and it is so clear in places that they other snpervisory officers should de- "The water contains lime and has can be seen. Dr. Shepard does not termine by actual tests just what it a bluish tinge, which is characteris- even know the name of the present is reasonable to expect from the en- tic of nearly all our springs," he said. owner, unless it is the heirs of the gines and the engine crews, and then These two springs in Missouri, Greer estate. proper records should be kept of the Greer Spring and Big Spring, so Dr. It may some day be "found", and observations made by these officers. Shepard states, were well known by with great moneyed interests back of I am a firm believer in making a rec- the Indians and were famous hunting it, be made to supply light and power ord of how men do their work in ac- and fishing grounds. to nearby cities, but just now it re- tual service. In other words, let us When asked if the water could not mains, a most delightful retreat from find out, before a man gets into trou- be harnessed he said: "The spring the world in summer, and a bubbling, ble, whether he knows how to do his is 139 miles away from Springfield, gushing torrent of water in winter, work in a proper manner and if he hIo., and Memphis, Tennessee, is 144 which defies the elements and con- does, let's give him credit for it and miles distant. At the time I made the tinues to flow its 539 million gallons back him up to the limit, and if he survey, it was not known whether it of water every twenty-four hours. does not, he should be taught the r was possible to obtain electric power with an unvarying iemperature of right manner, just as we would wish for any long distance, but now that forty-nine degrees the year 'round. to be shown. We are all, after all, we have overcome that, I am confi- only children grown up, and we are dent that Greer Springs will become either learning every day or we are an asset some day. As it is sixteen FRISCO PLEDGED TO AID backing up. We cannot stand still. miles from Thayer, the expense of It is my experience that the average getting cement and other materials CITIES engineman does his work just about for building a dam there would neces- the same, one day as another, and he sitate the building of a railroad to does not change his habits just be- that point. able, a uniform grade of fuel should cause some supervisory officer hap- "Springs are queer things," he con- be furnished, locomotive conditions pens to ride with him but if you can tinued. "If you dam them up one must be right and not just so as to give him a good "hunch," and do it place, the flow may stop, and break "get by," to use a slaug phrase. We in the right way, he is glad to get out several miles from that point. must admit that in the past the same it. When the dam is removed, the spring consideratioil was not always given The records show that wonderfu! will flow again where it originally the condition and care of engines en- results have been obtained in recent flowed. gaged in yard service on some roads years by American railroads in re- "When I made this survey, Louis that was given passenger locomo- ducing fuel consumption. It is truly Houck had in mind the construction tives, for example, but I do not believe remarkable, and it is a well-known of a dam 200 feet high. I recom- that condition exists today. In any fact, that all railroad executives now mended a dam only seventy-five feet event, it should not remain. Good (NOW tzrrrs to Pnge 27, please) 7?E/c@~~~MPLOIZS'~WZ~NE Febntary, 1927
Rough Handling of Cars on Frisco Decreased in 1926 FTER a twelve-month battle with is assuredly better than no reduction, phis, which dropped from fourth to the enemies - "Carelessness" but I am sure you will all agree that fifth position. A and "Indillerence," the em- we should have had a greater reduc- Among the divisions there was lit- ployes of the Frisco Lines finally tion in view of the intensive campaign tle change. The Central took iirsf emerged victorious in bringing about we have been waging throughout the place by forc~ngthe Eastern to the a reduction in the number of cars eutire year." second notch, while the other d:vi- damaged by rough handling during A careful tally-up of the statement sions held the same relative positiorv 1926, as well as effecting a further shown with this article, will reveal they occupied in 1925. reduction in the amount of damage that the divisions did a little better JIr. Sisson issued an appeal for to cars. than the terminals. The divisional further support of the campaign in The final figures on the year's work, reductions totaled 17 cars, with 55,- 1927 in a letter to all division and comi)leted in the office of the operat- terminal superintendents. 214 more cars handled in 1926 than "We should further urge all em- ing clepartn~entstatistician at Spring- in 1925. The terminals totaled a re- D~OY~Sactually engaged in the hand- field, show a reduction of 92 cars duction of SO cars, with fewer han- 1926 1925, ling of trains and cars, to try harder damaged in over and a dled in the terminals this year than iu 1927 than they did in 1926," the let- 7'34 car reduction over 1924. Finan- last. Percentages show a decrease in ter reads. "Now is the time to begin cially, $15,3S5.00 less was spent in re- the number of cars damaged of 6.5 work. I firmly believe it is possible pairs to cars in 1.326 than in 1926, and per cent with a decrease in the finan- to reduce the nunlber of cars dam- a $27,020.00 reduction in this cost was cial amount of damage of 26.1 per aged, and the amount of damage at made over 1924. cent. least 50 per cent in 1927 as com- "While we did not bring about as Springfield, Birmingham and St. pared to 1926." great an improvement in 1926 as we Louis terminals held first, second and The statement showing cars dam- had hoped for and anticipated, you third place respectively for the years aged by rough handling for the en- will note we finally scratched in with 1924, 1925 and 1926. Tulsa jumped tire year of 1926, as compared with a reduction," Nr. M. 31. Sisson, as- from fifth place three years ago to the years 1925 and 1924, appears here- sistant general manager said. "This third placs in 1926, displacing Mem- with:
PER CENT DIVISION NUMBER CARS AMOUNT DAMAGE NUMBER CARS HANDLED DAMAGED TO STANDINO br DAMAGED TOTAL TERMINAL 1926 1925 1924 1926 1925 1924 1926 1925 1924 1926 1925 1924 1926 191 1924
Springfield ...... 11 21 36 Birmingham ... 45 70 88 St. Louis ...... 91 87 129 Tulwa ..-...... 144 263 306 Mem~)his...... 264 217 254 Kansas City ..215--- 192 296 Total ..... ~.~....770 850 1109
Central ...... 13 Eastern ...... 35 Southern ...... 67 Western ...... 22 Southwestern 158 River 70 xorthern ....-...---155 Total ...... 520 637 988 Texas Lines ....--- 30 25 17 Total System 1320 1412 2114 1926 compared with 1926-Per cent decrease in number cars damaged, 6.5%. Per cent decrease in amount of damage. 26.1%. Per cent increase in number of cars handled per car damaged 5.07%. Per cent decrease in amount of damage per car handled 24.73%.
NEW ACCIDENT COMMITTEE tainment and reception, were ap- haired secretary to G. W. Moore, as- pointed. sistant superintendent of motive A second meeting was held on Jan- power, bet on New York during the Kansas City Organization Already uary 31, at the home of Mr. Vanzant. ball season (and lost heavily). his is Putting Pep into Pre- where final arrangements on the ap- first bet in 1927 was carried out as vention Work pointment of the corninittees were planned. completed. He had planned to marry charming little RIiss Fannie in 1927-and he NCIDENT to the birth of the New THE FIRST 1927 MARRIAGE did, even though Municipal Judge Year, the accident prerention cam- - Hubbard had to get out of bed at I paign at Kansas City has taken on 11:30 p. m. to perform the ceremony. new life and a committee, known as Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Ivey First That's how they came to be first on the Pep Committee on Accident Pre- on New Springfield Register the register for the year of 1927. vention has been appointed. This - Married at 11:30 p. m., January I! committee met at the home of J. E. HEN the clerk at the city hall Raymond and his young bride, who Harris, yardmaster, January 10. Those at Springfield, Missouri, turned was employed by the water company present were: Messrs. Gleason, Burch, W a clean sheet on the register at Springfield, left immediately for Doane, Kew, Denies, Leigh, O'Brien, to record the names of those who re- the south. Vanzant and Payng Frank Morgan, ceived marriage licenses during 1927, "It was all so fast," Raymond told assistant superintendent of terminals, he wrote in bold letters to head- the one of the office employes, "that we was a visitor, as were Mesdames ~~s,~-"RAY&IONDE. IVEY - - FAN- don't know just what we'll do when Burch. Morgan and Harris. Sub-com- NIE CRENSHAW." we come back, but we think we'll mittees to handle finance, hall, enter- Although Raymond, the genial red- start housekeeping."
Februar-y, 1927
POPULAR EMPLOYE IS DEAD
For Meritorious Seruice 4'. D. McNair, Fay-etteville Agent, Began Carccr with Carl Gray MASON, superintendent at merit marks. Sapulpa Oklahoma, addressed 311,. Mason also credited t11e records 1ZIENDS of W. D. NcNair, veteran Ti letter 'to F. R. Fordyce. brake- of E. P. Randall, conductor at Sapulpa Frisco station agent at lq'ayette- nlan at Sapulpa, in appreciation of and Ike Walker, brakeman at Sa- F ville. Arkansas, were shocked to his aid in finding broken arch bar pulpa with ten merit marks each, for learu of his death, December 18. I-Ic on SF34212 on train extra 4151 south, finding SF 15389 with broken arch was 55 years of age, and had teen December 14, at Henryetta. Mr. bar and seeing that the car was care- employed by the Frisco since he was Fordyce's record was credited with fully handled to the rip track. 12 years of age. ten merit marks. S. J. Frazier, superintendent at Born at Crocker, Missouri, IIarch \f71iile inspecting train extra 4126 Enid, Oklahoma, quotes the followil~g 3, 1871, IIr. McNair mover1 with his north at Weleetlta, Oklahoma, De- meritorious service performed by em- Darents to Pagetteville in Septem- cember 5, R. B. Alexander, brakeman, ployes of the western division: ber, 1582. Both Mr. McNair and his found car GATX 14841 badly leaking L. L. Lawless conductor and J. R. father, the latter being the first agent at drain valve. He, in company with Hoy, brakeman, were given merit R. N. Tankersley. conductor at Sa- marks each for discovering broken pulpa, repaired the car mith a delay rail. of only ten minutes to the train. Su- A. G. Wolfe and Bert Erwin, con- perintendent Mason credited the rec- ductors, were given a letter of com- ord of each of these men with five mendation for the splendid way in merit marks. which they handled work trains in co- On the morning of December 8, E. operation with the construction coni- B. Rambin, switchman at Francis. pany working on the fillinq of bridges Oklahoma, discovered a broken rail on that division. between the depot and the main line C. H. Garman, engineer, and 5. 0. switch at Francis and reported it im- Hadley, fireman. were given letters of mediately so that it was repaired. commendation for assisting in the Superintendent Mason credited his brassing of a baggage car in a pas- record with five merit marks. senger train. A report comes from S. T. Cantrell, J. D. Fountain, conductor, J. A. superintendent of the Central divi- DeGamo and 0. C. Slielton, brakemen, sion, that W. C. Brown, section fore- W. P, Cehrean, engineer and J. .4. man at Hugo, Oklahoma, found a par- Parker, fireman, were given ten merit cel post package containing thirteen marks each for their handling of train Pairs of shoes, which he immediate11 of twenty-eight cars of special ex- turned over to J. 0. Dick, the agent. port oil in which they found oue de- C. L. Shipley, brakeman at Ft. fective car on which the air would not Smith, Ark., in looking over train and operate. They repaired the car by cars at Jenson, Arkansas, October 27, cutting new threads on pipes. discovered about one foot of flange Superintendent Mason commended broken from a car of company coal, W. R. Armstrong. engineer at Okla- and had it held for a pair of wheels. homa City, for his finding of a loose S. T. Cantrell, superintendent at Ft. driving tire in train No. 4. Decem- Smith, credited his record with ten her 10. I-Iis record was credited mith merit marks. ten merit marks. E. E. Young, agent at Hillsdale, Superintendent Bevans addressed l Page 28 return trip, an average performance for the month of December was 153 ( MORE FUEL RECORDS I of 110 pounds per 1,000 G. T. M. pounds, so this crew used fifty-four SOUTHERN DlVlSlON I per cent less fuel per 1,000 G. T. 31. Willow Springs sub-division, ENGI- on this trip tha11 the average for the Some very good fuel records were NEER BAKER and FIREMAN entire sub-division. made during the closing weeks of BAUER Extra South, engine 14, Jan- SOUTHWESTERN DlVlSlON 1926, and as will be noted by vari- uary 31, from Willow Springs to ous reports showing the performance Thayer, a distance of thirty-seven ENGINEER GILLEN and FIRE- and saving, we have behind us a rec- miles, handled 1.610 gross tons and MAN GEORGE, engine No. 4147. Jan- ord to be proud of in fuel conserva- used five tons of coalran average of uary 12, train No. 1/434, Sapulpa to tion. The standard set for the sys- 171 pounds per 1,000 G. T. 31. Afton, on duty 6 hours and 10 minutes. tem was not reached, lio\rever, and ENGINEER BIOTZ and FIREMAN consum& fourteen tons of coal. Av- that gives something to work for dur- ALBRIGHT train No. 135 from erage performance of 116 pounds per ing the coming year. Springfield to Norwood, engine No. 1,000 G. T. 31. The average for the 56, handled 1,575 gross tons and used sub-division during the month of De- cember was 160 pounds. D. L. FORSYTHE, road foreman of nine tons of coal, an average per- Poimance of 165 pounds per 1,000 C. ENGINEER J. L. RENO and FIRE- equipment, Frisco Lines, was on the MAN TV. BALL, engine No. 4156, train Pensacola Line the early part of De- T.-. RI.-. Tupelo sub-division, ENGINEER No. 435, Afton to Sapulpa, January cember and reports the following 14, 1,902 gross tons, used ten tons performance on engine No. 1615, with SPENCER and FIREMAN BROWN. engine No. 15, train No. 136 from of coal, performance 119 pounds per ENGINEER ESTEIN, FIREMAN 1,000 G. T. &I. CHESTNUT and CONDUCTOR Potts Camp to Memphis, November 30, average performance, 112 pounds ENGINEER C. M. HOGAN and SHAW, from Nexia to Pensacola. FIREMAN C. DOWD. engine No. 4155. ninety miles on train No. Extra per 1,000 G. T. M. ENGINEER HERRING and FIR= train No. 439. Afton to Sapulpa, Jan- South on duty 9 hours and 20 min- uary 12, handled 2,110 gross tons and utes, handled twenty-six loaded cars, MAN BERGANS, engine No. 1525, train NO. 105, December 7, from Mem- used twelve tons of coal, an average a total of 1,872 gross tons, 168,487 G. of 131 pounds. T. RI., and used eight tons of coal, phis to Amory, made n performance an average of ninety-five pounds per of twelve pouilds per pass. car mile. CENTRAL DlVlSlON 1,000 G. T. 31. MR. FORSYTHE also Birmingham sub-division, ENGT- ENGINEER N. V. ALLEBACH and was on this engine, riding with ENGI- NEER ROONEY and FIREMAN Rlc- FIRENAN S. E. ARNOLD, train No NEER THANES, FIREMAN 0. S. CAIN, engine No. 39, train No. 136, 5 between Springfield and Ft. Smith. WEBB and CONDUCTOR PEACOCK from Carbon Hill to Amory, Decem- engine No. 1045, December 1, left from Kimbrough to Mexia, a distance ber 11, average pounds per 1,000 G. Springfield. 3:59 a. m., held at Repub- of fifty-three miles, on duty 7 hours 'l'.M., 120 pounds. lic 4 minutes for orders and 10 min- and 30 minutes, handled twenty-six ENGINEER THOMPSON and FIRE- utes at Billings for orders 14 and loaded cars, a total of 99,216 G. T. MAN ELEXANDER, engine NO. 29, 20; arrived at Monett 8 minutes late; 31.. used seven tons of coal, an aver- train No. 131. December 10, from consumed 371 scoops of coal. Spring- age of 141 pounds per 1,000 G. T. h1. Amory to Carbon Hill, made a per- field to Monett; left RIonett 8 minutes These are exceptionally good perform- formance of 137 pounds per 1,000 G. late, had 11 cars in train and used ances, as the average pound consump- T. M. 983 scoops of coal, Springfield to Ft. tion for the entire run from Pensa- RIVER DlVlSlON Smith. Same crew, train No. 6, en- cola to 3Iexia was 112 pounds per Chaffee sub-division, ENGINEER gine No. 1045, December 1, left Ft. 1,000 G. T. ?.I. BARRON and FIREAIAN YACKLE, Smith 29 minutes late with nine cars engine No. 1289, train No. 835, from in train; arrived Monett on time; left EASTERN DlVlSlON Hayti to Harvard, December 15, av- Monett for Springfield 19 minutes ENGINEER MULLTN and FIRE- erage eighty-one pounds per 1.000 G. late; arrived Springfield 10 minutes MAN BURGETT, engine KO. 55, train T. 31. late; consumed 884 scoops of coal No. Extra West from St. Louis to NORTHERN DlVlSlON from Ft. Smith to Sp~ingfield. Newburg, January 2, handled 1,708 Kansas City sub-division, ENGI- ENGINEER KEESEE and FIRE- gross tons a total of 193,004 G. T. M. NEER ZAhTE and FIREMAN MIL- MAN BUSCH, December 23, train No. and made a performance of 145 LER, engine No. 4144, train No. 2/131, 736, engine No. 1248, Madill to Hugo, pounds per 1,000 G. T. M. from Kansas City to Ft. Scott, Decem- 77 miles, handled 119,350 gross tons ENGNEER H. R. SMITH and ber 14, handled 1,895 gross tons and and potential rating 119,350 gross FIREMAN WALLACE, engine No. 46, used twelve tons of fuel, average per- tons. Consumed 14,000 pounds of coal January 3, train No. 36, from New- formance, 127 pounds per 1,000 G. or 117 pounds per 1,000 G. T. 31. burg to Gratiot, handled 2,464 gross T. M. ENGINEER O'NDILL and FIRE tons, made a total of 278,432 G. T. ENGINEER JACKSON and FIRE- MAN RIATTHEWS, December 23. M. and used fourteen tons of coal, MAN RIGGS, engine No. 4144, train train No. Extra 1248 east, engine an average of 100 pounds of fuel per KO. Extra North, from Ft. Scott to doubled through Hugo from Hugo to 1,000 G. T. M. Kansas City, December 15, handled Hope, 121 miles, handled 245,630 gross The following is a trip observed by 2,269 gross tons and used thirteen tons. Potential raking 223,729 gross Fuel Supervisor G. T. Allison from tons of coal, an average performance tons, and consumed 12,000 pounds of Newburg to Lebanon. engine No. 40, of 115 pounds per 1,000 G. T. M. coal, or forty-eight pounds per 1,000 train No. 34, of December 8, ENGI- Ash Grove sub-division, ENGINEER G. T. &I. NEER CARTER and FIREMAN PARKER and FIREMAN TUCKER, ENGINEER McCLELLAN and EARP handled 2,280 gross tons, a on engine No. 4140. train No. Extra FIREMAN J. .I. PERSON, December total of 143.642 G. T. M. and used nine North, from Springfield to Ft. Scott, 23. train No. Extra 738 east. Madill tons of coal, an average of 145 pounds handled 1,183 gross tons and aver- to Hugo, 77 miles, handled 96,789 per 1,000 G. T. M. aged 164 pounds. gross tons. Potential rating 88,650 MR. ALLISON also reports the Carthage sub-division, ENGINEER gross tons. Consumed 12,000 pounds following performance observed on PHILLIPS and FIREMAN A. MALM- of coal, or 124 pounds per 1,000 G. the Lebanon and Springfield sub-di- GREN December 7, engine No. 1269, T-. M. visions of the Eastern division: Wichita to Neodesha, train No. 332, ENGINEER MILLER, FIREMAN On December 3, ENGINEER RICE on duty 5 hours and 40 minutes, with DICKERSON, December 23, train ex- and FIREMAN DILLON, engine No. 50 minutes' delay enroute, handled tra No. 738 east, engine doubled 25, train No. 1/32 from Springfield 1,036 gross tons, Wichita to Beau- through Hugo. Hugo to Hope, 121 to Newburg, a distance of 119 miles. mont, and 1,578, Beaumont to Neo- miles, handled 159,687 gross tons. Po- handled 2,318 gross tons and used desha, averaging ninety-nine pounds tential rating 157,300 G. T. M. Con- fourteen tons of coal, including the per 1,000 G. T. M. The average per- sumed 10,000 pounds of coal, or sixty- amount allowed for fl~lngup on the formance for the Wichita sub-division two pounds per 1,000 G. T. M. Page 29 NEZER THOMAS LOGAN, Forti vctcrairs, with a total of 125 cust Street, Springfield, Mo. Con- oil the western divi- years, line vtot~thsservice, were placed tinuous service of twenty-six years was retired from active otz the Peitsion Roll at the wcetittg of and one month, entitles him to a pen- service on November 4, 1926, due to thc Board of Pcrzsions, held Dccenlber sion allowance of $42.00 a month, ef- having reached the age limit. He was 21. 1926, in the offices at St. Low's. Mo. fective from October 1, 1926. born November 5, 1856, near Keiths- tinuous service of forty years, eight berg, 11. His months entitles him to a pension al- father was a lowance of $43.95 a month, effective farmer, and dur- from December 1, 1926. ing his early C: years he helped l,,:~' WILLIAM HENRY BUTTOMER, pensioned road foreman of engines with the work on JAfiIES AIOODIE, clerk, freight ac- the farm and at- of the K. C. C. & S. Railway, died counting department, St. Louis, Mo., at the home of tended the was retired from active service on schools near his his married November 30, 1926, due to having daughter, M r s . home. His first reached the age limit. He was born railroad w o r k Kate McArthur in Edinburgh, Scotland, November 4. at 2631 Chestnut was w i th the 1856. His father was a cabinet maker Santa Fe in the '4 Street, Kansas of that city, and the son received his City, %fo., on De- car department, E. T, LOGAN education in the schools in Edinburgh. where he later I cember 28, 1926. At the age of thirteen years he was He was born served as a brakeman. He came with employed in a stationery store. In the Frisco on August 6, 1905, as a March 5, 1852, at July of 1888, he came to the United Chicopee Falls, brakeman at Enid, Okla., and was States, and on October 1, same year, promoted to position of freight con- Nass., and en- was employed as statistical clerk for tered the service ductor in February, 1906, which posi- the old I relish. Delicious sandwiches may be Interesting Young Folks in Home Life made by spreading thin slices of bread with prepared caviar, seasoned -OR some time, lamentations re- real reason why it should be. There with lenion juice. Spread an equal 4 garding the decline of American are only a few esxentials-congenial number of slices with one-quarter cup . home life and speculation as to people, a suitable and not too ambi- of butter, mixed with the leaves of a ie probable detrimental results to tious menu, faultlessly laundered linen bunch of water cress, finely chopped ie nation have been prevalent and carefully polished tableware. The and seasoned to taste. Put the pieces lnong thinking people in all walks dinner table should be laid with a of bread together and garnish with C life. The critics frequently have white damask cloth, a centerpiece of watercress, butter and catsup butter. ,een accused of being more than zeal- fruits or flowers and four candlesticks forced through tiny openings in a pa- ous in pointing out the pitfalls that or two candelabras, one at either per pastry tube. The sandwiches confront us unless the situation un- end, half way between the centerpiece should be thin. cut in fancy shapes dergoes a change. and the places of host and hostess. and look like little decorated cakes. It is not our purpose to use the col- The candles may match the flowers in umns of this Mags,-i;w for a diatribe color, but must be tall enough not to BRUSSELS SPROUTS on current sociologica1 problems, but shine in the guests eyes. Fick over a quart of sprouts, dis- it has long been one of our favorite Senrice plates are placed on the ta- carding yellow leaves, cover with two theories that the young people of to- ble, allolving sufficient room between quark of cold water in which two day would not be so prone to seek each place, that guests may be easily tablespoonfuls of salt has been dis- entertainment in questionable forms served. At the left of the plate. solved, and let stand an hour or and places if parents. and especially place the salad fork, then the meat longer. Skim out the sprouts and mothers, displayed a little more en- fork, then the fish fork. cook in a saucepan of boiling, salted thusiasm and ingenuity in providing At the right of the plate and nearest water, allowing the sprouts to simmer sane and wholesome, but none the less. to it, is placed the steel meat knife, about thirty minutes. Drain in a col- real amusement in the home. Fur- then the silver fish knife, the edge ander and serve with thermore, we believe that the amount towards the plate, always. Next to CHEESE SAUCE of space allotted to home entertain- the knives comes the soup spoon, the ing by the better class of women's oyster fork or grape fruit spoon. The Nelt two tablespoonfuls of butter, magazines is evidence of a healthy water goblet is placed at the top and add two tablespoonfuls of flour. Cook reaction in that direction, and that the to the right of the knives. The dill- until frothy, then add a cup of light newer tendencies are all toward a ner napkin is laid on the service cream, one-quarter teaspoonful of salt return to the home as a center of the plate. Pepper and salt may be indi- and stir until the mixture boils. Add social life of the family. vidual, or, for a dinuer of eight, there one-half cup of grated cheese and let Frisco homemakers can render a should be four salt cellars and four simmer three minutes. Pour over the sprouts and sprinkle with paprika. worth-while service to society by fos- pepper pots. Salted nuts are put 011 tering such a movement. The New the dinner table in small individual ARTICHOKE SALAD Year is not yet too far on its may dishes, or in two large dishes. Peel three oranges, remove the pith to add a resolution to that effect to Olives and celery are served from and white skin and slice lengthwise. your list of "I resolves". February, a side lable, placed behind a screen Use an eqnal amount of teiider celery with its wealth of days that lend near the pantry door. A dish is never stalks cut into inch lengths. Nix to- themselves to novel celebrations, is passed twice at a formal dinner. gether lightly with two tablespoonfuls an excellent month for taking the TVhen all are seated, the plate con- of olive oil, a tablespoonful of lemon Arst steps in putting the new resolu- taining the first course is placed on juice, one-half a teaspoonful of salt tion into effect. If your inclinations the service plate. At the end of the and one-quarter teaspoonful of pap- are literary, you may celebrate the course, the used plate is removed, and rika. Heap lightly together on a serv- birthday of Dickens or that of Long- the soup plate is placed on the serv- ing dish and surround with cooked fellow. The anniversaries of Lincoln ice plate. With the soup course, the hearts of artichokes cut into quarters. and Washington, and our good old service plate is removed with the Wreathe with blanched celery leaves. standby, St. Valentine's Day, may be empty soup plate. A hot plate takes made memories that will live, if cele- the place of the place plate, and all BREAD FOR CAiYAFES brated with costume dances, colonial is in readiness for the nest course. Canapes are made from stale white teas, or at least made gala with fes- Dinner rolls are passed with the soup bread, cut in quarter-inch slices and toons, hearts, hatchets, cherries or course. Butter is never served at then shaped with a cutter into circles log cabins, as the occasion demands, dinner. or rings two and one-half or three and with programs of games or other In case any of our readers are led inches in diameter or cut into square, diversions, and adequate, but not nec- to act upon our suggestion, we are strips, triangles or other fancy shapes. essarily pretentious, refreshments. submitting a few unique recipes These portions of bread are then It takes a little thought and some which recently have come into our either fried in deep fat and drained ingenuity to plan a successful party. hands and which we trust may prose on absorbent paper or sauteed in just A little time and money, too, are helpfnl: enough butter or other fat to keep needed, but a rich harvest of returns them from burning, or they may be will be yielded, not only in the pleas- CAVIAR SANDWICHES toasted or set in the oven until they ure such affairs afford, but in the Most of our readers are more or turn a delicate brown. When finished amount of good they will bring. less familiar with caviar-the pre- they should be nicely browned on A difiner is the bugbear of virtu- pared and salted roe of the sturgeon both sides. They are then ready to ally every hostess, and yet there is nn or other large fish, usually used as a be covered with the mixture preferred. An ilrtported tweed cool, in lo~res a/ white, gmg nlrd blnclz, rs mod- eld by Olive 11IcCoy of llrc office of tlrz freight traffic depnrtirrelrt, St. of Zephyr wool witl: I,ortis. The collar is bright-colored border. odds a disliltclkv torrch. Another Puzzle for Frisco Kiddies I ANSWERS TO LAST MONTH'S I PUZZLE I Dear Frisco Kiddies: There is one thing quite sure! The whole Frisco family is interested in solving puzzles! Many, many letters containing answers to the puzzle were received, but, sorry to say, not a one of the letters contained all sixteen correct answers! Lots of them had sixteen answers, but-you found some things that were wrong in the picture that weren't even listed! The Twilight Lady would like noth- ing better than to print each letter- but space forbids, so she will answer each one personally. Here are the sixteen correct an- swers: 1. Wordn d6dog'n." "catn" and "nllowed" incorrect on nlm. 2. 0nc handle mluning from wanh boiler. 3. Word "cignrettenW mlnpell- ed. 4. 6tntoew are not sold by the qunrt. S. Word "cider" minupelled. 8. Doe nllould not be in scro- cery. 7. Dolln~uirp~ not in correct place on shoes. 8. Shoen are not mnteu. 9. Penr ul~nin not on pearn. 10. Dnnnnnn ~rowlng upnide down on ntnlk. 11. Nice uellom come out Mlldred L. Hood. Sapulpa, Okla...... 12 A VALENTINE POEM where thew are people. Rex. R. Mullen. Centerton. Ark ...... I2 12. Mnn hnn hlu hnt on eronw- Alma E. Brigance. Peckham. Okla. ..I l The Twilight Page is so full of wise. 13. Uurku are not kept on the Dollie Corn. Willow Sprlngs. Mo...... l l puzzles, and answers and another nhelven in a woecry. Pauline Simpson. Chaffee. Mo...... i l puzzle, that there won't be room for 14. Wheeln do not match on Eleanor G. Bailey. Sprinpfleld, Mo. ..Il much about Valentine Day! There s~nnllboy'n wngon. Joe Hacker. Springfield. Mo...... ll must be room, however, for this lit- 15. Smnll bo~hns nothing by Neama W. Welch. Severy. Kans...... I0 n41icl~to null hiu wagon. Vivian Short. Belton. Mo...... 10 tle letter from Ruth Ervin of Chaffee, 1U. Numbers on the clock nre Florence Foster. St. Louis. Mo...... 9 Mo. Ruth says she loves to write and bnckwnrd. read poetry, but best of all she loves Many gave the answer that the man All that I am going to do, is put the Magazine adventure. behind the cider barrel had too many next puzzle in the and I'm "I am sending you some poetry," fingers on one hand. not even going to give you a hint! she writes, and here is the charming The letter that contained the most You've already found several things little verse about Valentine Day correct answers, flfteen in fact, was which were not in the list on the first which she wrote all by herself: not signed, but came from 6802 Scan- puzzle! lon Avenue, St. Louis, Mo. But I will tell you this much: There VALENTINE are fourteen incorrect things in the Vnleutlne time is nearly here, The Twilight Lady is giving the picture, including the misspelled And your wweethenrt in creeplng near. names of the little folks who sent in words! And when you go nnd get the mail, answers, with the number of correct Whnt you expect. sou know the rent! Who will be the one to get all four- Is n Ynlmtiee from ones yo11 love bent: answers each one gave, opposite the teen correct? (Ruth Ervin). name: Send your answer to, Virglnia Baner. Thayer, Mo...... 14 Irene Crump. Chaffee. Mo ...... 13 Saved Merlyn Munday. Mound Valley. Kans...... I3 "Tommy," said mother, "do I actu- Archie Fraser, Maplewood. Mo...... 13 ally see you playing with your soldiers Hazel Pittinan. Republic. MO ...... 13 on the Sabbath day?" Gwendolyne Lobdell. Sherman, Tex ... I3 "Oh, that's all right, mother," re- George M. Scott. Springfield. MO...... 12 plied the young hopeful, "this is the Nadine Standley and Agnes Standley. I I - - I Page 34 -/HEFQcoFNPLO*S'&~?Z/M Pcbrl~ni.~,1927 The FRISCO EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE you know, than the average railroad invest- Published on the First of Each Month melit returns. If he receives $200.00 a inontll, By the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. it would indicate a labor investment of $40,000, slid SO on. Pretty big problem, this grand Edited by WM. L. HUGGINS, Jr. 827 Frisco Buildinn St. Louis. Missouri inheritance turns out to be, after all!" This magazine is published In the Interests of and for This was a "clifferent thought", indeed, and free distribution among the 30,000 employes of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway. All articles and communi- it proved even more interesting as he went on, cations relative to editorial matters should be addressed tn the ~dltnr elaborating also oil the satisfaction and gratifi- Single copies, 15 cents each cation each man receives in various ~\~aj7s. Outside circulation, $1.50 per year "Besides this semi-monthly income or inter- Vol. 4 FEBRUARY, 1927 No. 5 est, wliicllevcr you want to call it, each man gets from his worlr a certain satisfaction. There is the rather indifferent man; he puts into his work about half his pep ancl enthusiasm ancl interest. What does he get? a pay checlr- but not marly so large as he would like to get. Then there is the employe who finds that a little \\-ork on the side-n little overtime brings him information which malres him just a little more A NEW NAME FOR YOUR JOB valuable to his foreman. This ovcrtime and this outside work has cost him several hours a E were riding along at a good clip over the week, but isn't there a smile of satisfaction W splendid track from Kansas City to when the pay envelope is opened and the checlr - Springfield, Missouri, on the SUNNYLAND, reads $75.00 instead of $50.00 1 when my friend, ancl fellow Frisco employe, '(As I go over the line I particularly notice seated in the Pullman with me, pulled his hat apprentice boys, and one of them said to me down over his eyes, scttled down in his seat ancl thc other day, 'You know, I've got my ej7e on folded his hands. a job as a foreman and I'll get it some day, "I've been thinking lately ancl just woncler- ~l~nI'm capable of holding it7,ancl I have no ing if the average enlploye of this ?reat system doubt hut that some day he will get it. Each understands just what his association with the day he is putting in more capital, which is his Frisco means. labor, and as he does so the principal grows and "A long time ago this railroad was started he will some day dram out the intercst in large bj7 men wit11 moneyed influence back of theni, lllnlps. ' ' and I'd liken this railroad, and a man's posi- A grand inheritance ! tion with it, to a grancl inheritance which he A new name for a railroad job-yet there has received, anc1 whic11 draws semi-inonthly was ne17cr u truer name given anything. The intercst. " Frisco Lines boasts of its loyal and enthusiastic He was silclit for a few moments. employes-ever boostiug Frisco stock anc1 -2'Eacl1 employe of the Frisco Railroad has equipment, and it is just this that has put the fallen heir to this legacy. Every day an ern- Frisco in the group of leacling railroacls of the ploye works, he contributes to the principal, country. ancl twice a month he draws his interest in the Its einploycs have contributed to thc capital form of his incomc. Thc labor wliich he coil- \wll-thcy have contributed gciierously. tributes is his capital invested, from wl~ichhc Then there is another thought which proves draw his wages. " n spur to the ambitious, and that is that the He pulled from his pocket an old envelope lacicier to the goal called "Success" is never and began to figure. "Now, look here," he overcrowded. No matter how many men apply said, after a few moments, "suppose a man for a certain class of work, the man with the receives a salary of $100.00 a month. Such a greatest amount of capital to offer, \I.hicll salary would iliclicnlc that he had invested in means the man most skilled for the job, is sure the Frisco Railroacl in capital (which mould be to win. He has invested his all in an inheri- his labor), a sum of $20,000, because $1,200.00 tance started years ago. This inheritancc pays a year is the interest on $20,000 at 6 per cent, ~7ellin dividends, and the man who puts the \vhich is a pretty good rate of interest; more, most in, draws the most out. Pnge 35 Sour Fruit All the Same! Henpecked! "Who was that peach I saw you "How will you have your eggs "Our new kitchenette is just large with last night?" cooked?" enough for one to work in," remarked "She wasn't a peach-she was a "Make any difference in price?" the newlywed. grapefruit." "No." "Jokes on your wife at dishwashing "Why grapefruit?" "Then cook 'em with a nice slice of time, eh?" asked his friend. "I squeezed her and she hit me ham." -- "No-0-0. But I don't mind drying in the eye." Who'll Do It? them, too, while I'm at it."-Legion WeekIy. Bang! Bang! "What's your opii~ion of civiliza- Ever So Often The famous criminal lawyer had tion ?" won a shockingly bad case by elo- "I think it's a good idea. Soinebody "How soon can I get a street car?" quence and trickery, and a rival ought to start it."-Exchange. asked the stranger of the native of lawyer said to him, bitterly: the remote suburbs where the trolley "Is there any case so low, so foul, Will and Won't service is something of a myth. so vilely crooked and shameful that A darkcy was struggling with a "Hinmin," meditated the native. you'd refuse it?" balky mule when a bystander said: "Looks like you just missed one." "Well, I don't know," the other an- "Mose, where's your will power?" "How can you tell?" sweretl with a smile. "What have "i\Iah will power am right mid me- "The tall weeds between the tracks you been doing now?" but you oughta see dis yer animal's are all flattened out."-Exchange. won't power! " -- Telegrams -- A Reputation An Idaho man was fishing in Lake Ford Special Enlanuel Jackson, mule tender, ap- Crescent recently. He caught a big A new conductor in the Hoboken peared one morning on crutches. northern pike, the biggest he had district asked if Henry Ford had any- "Lawsy," exclaimed a friend. "Ah ever landed in his long and busy life. thing to do with the Pullman Com- thought yo' was one o' de bes muIe Almost crazy with joy, he telegraphed pany. When told he did not and han'lers in de business." his wife: "I've got one; weighs asked why the query, he said: "Com- "So ah is," affirmed Emanuel seven pounds and it is a beauty. ing down this morning I saw the Hans- proudly, "but we got a mule in dis The following was the answer he ford, Eckford, Brooford, Pickford, mo'nin' dat didn't know may reppita- tion."-Exchange. got: "So have I; weighs ten pounds. Spofford, Radford and Henrietta, all -- Not a beauty-looks like you. Come in one train." home." Anyhow He Sang Serene JIother (to Bobby)-"Surely you Debts The Florida beach and blue sea did something else but eat at the Customer: "I've brought that last looked inviting to the tourist from the school treat?" pair of trousers to be reseated. You North, but before venturing out to Bobbie-"Yes, mummie. After tea know I sit a lot." swim he thought to make sure. we sang a hymn called, 'We can sing, Tailor: "Yes, and perhaps you've "You're certain there are no alli- full though we be.'" brought the bill to be receipted, too. gators here?" he inquired of the guide. Mother Iearned later that the hymn You know, I've stood a lot." "Nossuh," replied that functionary, selected had been, "Weak and sinful grinning broadly. "Ain't no 'gators though we be."-Exchange. A Boid! hyah." - Teacher: "Can any of you children Reassured, the tourist started out. In a Whirl telI me what a stoic is?!' As the water lapped about his chest he called back: Absent-minded Professor (going Pupil: "Please, teacher, a stoic is around in one of those revolving a boid whot brings in the babies." "What makes you so sure there aren't any alligators?" doors)-"Bless me! I can't rernem- "Dey's got too much sense," bel- ber whether I was going in or com- Equality ing out."-Boston Transcript. Bachelor: "The time will come lowed the guide. "De sharks done when women will get men's wages." skeered dem all away."-Exchange. Married Man: "Yes, next Saturday -- Exercise Does It night." Has It Happened to You? As the dancer took his fair partner Chief clerk to young lady file clerk down to supper, she seemed to hypno- All Shot Up just back from her vacation: "3Iiss tize the waiter, for he seemed incap- An intoxicated man was brought in- Emery, we've hunted ever since you able of taking his eyes off her. to court. left for that file on the killing of At last the dancer could stand it "Name?" Farmer Head's two steers. Can you no longer. "Gunn, yer honor." locate it?" "I say, my man," he observed, "Gunn-you're loaded." "Certainly," and she produced it in "what makes you stare so rudely at "It wont happen again, yer honor, two seconds. this lady?" hic!" "That's it, but where did you have "It ain't rudeness, sir, believe me, "Suspended sentence, Gunn-you're it filed?" it ain't," returned the waiter. "It's discharged." "Why, there's only one possible genuine admiration. This is the fifth And tl~report was in the papers place, right here under 'Dead time she's been down to supper to- the next day. Freight' ." night." AME CRICAN RAILWAYS ARE Frisco's Longest Bridge " Gateway to !XJPERIOR TO THOSE Memphis" OF EUROPE to the time of its departure. On the other hand, in Europe when he goes to the office of the sleeping car com- pany, he is likely to be told that all sleeping car space on every important train has been sold for a week or even two weeks ahead. If he is an experi- enced traveler on the continent he is likely then to "slip" the ticket clerk a dollar, after which he will probably find that he can get space on a sleep- ing car on a train leasing within few hours. The necessity of bribing sleeping car employes to get berths or compart- ments, which prevails so widely in continental Europe, is fortunately en- tireIy tmknown in the United States. Furthermore, the cost in American lnoney for sleeping car service in Europe is much greater than in the United States. I speak from an ex- tensive personal experience, because J. T. Wood, car irzs.bector of Memphis, Tci~ircssee,tooh this pl~otograplz of I have used sleeping car service re- the old ilfetrlpizis bridge. "This view shows the Frisco gateway to Mcritpiris," peatedly in Great Britain, France, Ger- he said. The old Memphis bridge, the longest oil the Frisco syste~il,was erected many, Italy and other European coun- iit 1892, aizd is now under recortstrr~ctioir. tries, and have kept a careful record of the length of time it has taken me to get accommodations and what it perior to that of Europe. None of the IN MEMORIAM has cost, including the bribes it has European railways have the spacious I been necessary, outside of Great compartments and drawing rooms, (Coiztiizued frow Page 29) Britain, to pay the sleeping car em- with fine toilet facilities, the club cars daughter, is the wife of C. A. Tueb- ployes. and the observation cars that our ner, Frisco agent at Pleasanton, Kan- I The editor says: "I have traveled railways provide on their good trains. sas. Mr. Miller's pension allowance a great deal in Europe last summer, Furthermore, every class of passen- was $20.00 a month and up to the and was never on a late train." If ger service in Europe costs the trav- time of his death he had received my experience is any criterion, he eler more than any class of service in a total of $3,140.00. was unusually fortunate. I myself the United States with which it can have been twenty-four hours late in fairly be compared. The average pas- STEPHEN JAMES POWERS, pen- going from Rome to Paris on the de senger rate is lower there, but this is sioned Frisco conductor of 7544 Pro- luxe Rome Express. The last time I because about four-fifths of their pas- spect Avenue, Kansas City, ~Missouri, went to Europe the train on which I senger travel is at low rates in third died at his home on December 30, traveled from Cherbourg to Paris, a and fourth class cars which-except- 1926. He was born on a farm near comparatively short trip over the ing in Great Britain-usually are very ?dadison, Wisconsin, on December French state railway, was 4 hours late. crowded, and in which the seats often 26, 1860, and entered the service of Likewise the train on which I went are very hard wooden benches. the Frisco Lines as a freight bralce- from Base1 to Paris was more than an Of course, as is well known, freight man on January 12, 1885. He served hour late arriving at Basel. rates in Europe are much higher than continuously as freight brakeman, I held tickets for three reservations in this country, in spite of the much freight conductor and then as pas- in the sleeping car at Basel. The lower wages of labor in Europe. The senger conductor on the northern di- sleeping car conductor told me that ability of our railways to pay much vision until the time of his retire- the compartn~ents in which I had higher wages, and at the same time ment on July 31, 1925, which was due reservations had been sold to other charge much lower freight rates, is to ill health. He leaves a widow, persons at Innsbruck, and that, there- mainly due to economies effected by Mrs. Dora E. Powers, two daughters fore, my party would have to sit up the much larger carloads and train- and six sons. His pension allowance all night in a day coach. After he loads in which freight is handled in was $75.45 a month. and up to the found that I was one of those inso- this country. These much larger car- time of his death he had received a lent Americans who can make a loads and trainloads are, of course, total of $1,282.65. I frightful row, he discovered he had due to the policy of our railway man- sleepiug car space for us after all. agements in constantly putting big- Neither Did We There are some respects in which ger cars and more powerful locomo- "What does the chemistry profes- the passenger service of the railways tives into service as rapidly as con- sor get?" of Great Britain, Germany and France ditions warrant it. The carload and "Oh, about $3,000 a year." is better than that of the United trainload of freight in Europe prob- "And the football coach?" States. Far various reasons I have ably does not average one-third as "About $12,000." found it more comfortable and pleas- large as on the railways of the United "Quite a difference! 'T isn't right!" ant to make daylight trips on them States. - "No? Did you ever hear 40,000 peo- than on our railroads. But because Apology Accepted ple cheering a recitation in chem- of the much greater distances in the "Mac, I'm very sorry to flnd yon in istry?" United States it is necessary for peo- this state of intoxication." Days of Grace ple to make many more trips that ex- "Te're verra sorry, pairson?" Pedestrians know that they are safe tend through the night and part of "Yes, Mac, I'm really very, very sor- from the motorist driving a brand- the day in this country than in Eu- ry." new car. The motorist doesn't care rope. For this long-distance travel "Ah, weel, if ye're verra, verra, ver. to dent his fenders ,the first thousand our passenger service is greatly su- ra sorry, I'll forgive ye." miles or so.-Exchan~e. Page 37 Till she fell in lore with nly mnm- TRY THIS ON THE SPARE A CHAFFEE GROUP Aucl I lenrued nlrout roou~mntea from -- - her. 7 -- -- Once agnin I tried my lurk. And thought ihnt Aun was just iiue, She took me home for \leek-ends. And I nlwnyx hnl a zood time. When it calue to ell-nuinc the room. She dlc111Y give n rnr. Ancl I h~vel~t,rind swore. nnd dusted- .\ud I lenrned nhont roon~IIIH~~~ fro111 her. 'Chen I fell in with Sally. \\'I? u~nclen sood pair from the stnri, She was pep~ynull funny And knew n lot nhnut nrt. nut she rnled 011 with no (.ensing, Aucl I found that 11s things were, She'd drive me ~unclwith her tnlkiny- And I lenrnecl nbnut roon~nmtem from her. I'\c tnken my lnek where I've found it .\nd uow for my lurk I ~nirstgay, F'or the kuowledse I've pnined of ~wople. \\'ill make me n rynie wnme dny. And the enel of it's sitting nud think- The errgi~rrc~i-ingdeparttrfcjrt at Cltaf- ins. An11 dreaming of whnt nned to be. fee, Xissotcri, wiztst be a jolly old place So be warned by nlp lot (whieh I know to work, girls. corrsideri~rg that it truw yo11 \\ill not) hers otr its staff the boys photograplted Aucl learn nbout room mate- from mr. above. Reading frorii left to right they Harry E. Carrithers, %sco firetnan arc: Joe Jarboc, chaisnznrr; Bert McAI- Carte Blanche of Joplin, Missouri, not only believes in Ian, rodwran; Buddy McBridc and Jirn- Eloping Bride: "Here's a telegra~n safety first nnd accidewt preventiots, but tilie Fcrg~rson,irrst~-11ntent~rrcr1. from papa!" he also believes that the best way to Bridegroom (eagerly) : "TT7hat does travel and ship is via Frisco Liftes. he say?" So Carritkers let his motor car's spare THE ROOM MATES Bride: "Do not come home and all tire cover do n bit of broadcasting. I I will be forgiven."-Widow. Muny corr~plivtcrrtnry cour~lrei~tsware Not Guilty "ONE FOR THE MAGAZINE" recrwcd by Xiss ililnrie Starkey, tal- Soph: "Did you take a bath?" Frosh: "No, is there one missing?" ented dairylzter of J. c. Starkey, auditor Southern Pacific Agent at Watson- passeuger nccozr~rts of the Frisco Lirres -Red Cat. ville, Calif., Tosses the Editor (it St. Lorfrs, zuhen [I fiocur 'i~lhjchshe recerrtly c~mposed appeared z1t the a Bouquet "Flanriizyo, a booklet published 6.v OKLAHOMA BIDS FOR - Derrisoi~ U~rivei-sit31strrdersts at Gra~ld- HONORS JANUARY issue of the Frisco dle, Ohro. The poem, "The liooirz "Don't think for a minute that ~Magaziite came into the pos- ilfates" is one of her best. Miss Slar- A session of R. H. Davis, agent key, t.zho will graduatc front the rrfri- you Missourian's or Texans are going to make the high records for the Southern Pacific Company at acrsity iil 1928, is alr hoitor studeirt, ctild Watsonville. California, and in a let- is on tire staff of the "l;la~aiitgo." and leave the rest of us out," ter to the editor, he pays the Ilrlagu- With her pernlission, "The Rooria writes S. E. Smith, foreman of zinc a tribute which every Frisco em- ~llotes" is prigrted below: Rooserelt, Oklahoma. ploye may feel proud to read: Mr. Smith had just finished read- I've tnken my luek where I'\e fouud it. "I have been receiving copies for I've rntrd nud I've sworn iu my tllue. ing of the splendid record of Wm. several months." he writes, "and cach I've l~ndmy pirkimg of room nlates issue appears to be larger and bettei. And four of the lot were fiue. Shoemake's gang of Monett, Mo., One mns I~lue-eye11nncl pretty, In their no-accident campaign, and than its predecessor. One %\;I* n liirt through aud through. had also read the answer of A. N. "I am particularly interested in the One didn't knom what worked lookeel Frisco, because my father started his like, Nelson, section foreman of Immer- And one >\as ne\er blue. railroad career on that line in the mere, Texas, in the December num- 70's, and after he moved west, was Sow I'III not much good with roo~n ber, and he hastened to put Okla- al~vaysa booster." Another inte~est- mntes. For tnkiug them nll illons, homa on the map. ing line from the Land of Sunshine: You never enn sny till you've trip(: "I believe we have a record here "The picture of the snow scene on them page 4 will be framed and put in my And then you mny be nll wroug. that any foreman moulcl be proud There's times when you feel yon've of," he continues. "I have been den, as me do not have snow in this been .iliahied part of California and I have never There's tlu~eswhen you tire of the working from to two thirty-five been in a snow storm or seen snow utrife. men, handling everything that per- But the thinps you'll lenrn from ench except at a distance on the moun- one in turn tains to railway work and on De- tains. They'll help you n lot in life. cember 3. 1923, had a work train "In closing I wish to extend greet- I wns a fresh~nnnihnt yenr unloading ballast and got one man ings to the Frisco employes and to AII~luck \\-IN kind in lee. injured. Since then there has been express the wish that some of them Alice did my .\lpebm will come to California, and in turn While I looked or iu glee. all kinds of work to do, but not an nut soon 1 lenrued to my sorrow. accident of any kind. Three years I hope some day to visit the East and Thnt ahe hnd a pnssion for fur. get acquainted." So more elid I wear UIY Coon eont- is a pretty good length of time to And I learned nboui ronn~nrnteh: l'rnu~ her. go without an accident. I believe this record in Oklahoma will be "You can take your finger off that Then I nlovecl next se~nestrr An11 rhowe nnother one hard to beat-and I think the hon- leak in the pipe now, father." She hnd a lien- hot tem1Mx ors shoulcl go to the western divi- "Thank heavens! Is the plumber '\nd blnzetl away like the sun. here at last?" nut he enlrr~cddown eousideral~lc sion on Section K-39." And me were renl ehun~sn* it wrrc. "No-the house is on fire!" Frisco Apprentice School at Springfield, Established in 1 924, Closes Third Successful Year Fifty-nine Students Receioe Instruction at WeeJ1ly Classes Conducted by J. A. Pullar HE apprentice school at Spring- the shops in the daytime, which nlakes states, have advanced in drawing to field, i\Iissouri, has started on its the work more interesting and his the extent that they can draw a com- T fourth year, under the capable application to his school work more plete locomotive, which teaches them instruction of J. A. Pullar, and the intense. They are classified sepa- thoroughly the names of every part. meetings held at the Central high rately and are not held back if they A review of the grades made by the school each Monday, Tuesday, Thurs- are apt and learn the work quicker apprentice boys studying in this day and Friday nights from 7:00 p. than other members of the class. school, shows the close application m. until 9:00 p. m. are attended by "We find, through experience, that which they are making to their stud- fifty-nine interested pupils. the knowledge obtained in school ies, and the name of the student, the work he is studying, and the grade of fifty-one of them are shown below: A. C. Everett, machinist. 89; Claud Willis, boilermalrer, 97; Claud Bright- well, boilermalrer. 90; Machinist Ap- prentices Chas. Blaclrburn, 97; Roy Putman, 99; E. S. Wood, 98; L. L. Red- diclr, 90; W. 6. Breashers, 97; W. R. Post, 90; H. E. Rauch, 94; C. E. Main, 90; C. A. Field, 36; A. P. Hasler, 97; F. W. Huff, 93; R. M. Brown, 97; Ed- gar hIcGrawhan, 92; John AIcLaggan, 90, and Arthur Bell, 95; Willie Ray, patternmaker apprentice, 37; Arthur Burkholtz, machinist apprentice, 99; Henry Prugger, machinist apprentice, 95; Machinists A. P. Revis, 90; Carl Oberlander, 99; Ti'. C. Thompson, 98, and Lester Barnhart, 98; .John Hop- lins, boilermaker apprentice, 94; Ralph hlitchell, machinist (south shop), 93; Arthur Thomas, boilermaker, 94; Fred Cantrell, machinist, 92; John Evans. machinist (south shop), 97 ; Jack Stewart, machinist (south shop). 98; C. A. Hastings, boilermaker, 94; Rus- sell Todd, office boy (west shops). 93; R. 11. Galbraith, machinist, 90; Chas. Patterson, boilermalrer. 89; Ralph Harrison, boilermalrer apprentice. 90; 31. R. Kunzelman, machinist appren- tice (Hugo), 89; Kenneth Adams, wa- ter service department, 90; Guy C. The npprenfices nttrrldiilg school at Sprirtgfield; left to right, bottoirt row: Burrdren, boilermaker apprentice, 89; J. A. Pdlar, imtrtrctor. 0. hi. Wright, Guy C. Rt~~tdrrrs,TVajvre Iwbodim, 111. H. Harvey Bullard, blacksmith (south Krrrldenm~t, G~neAllen. C. C. Vtrssar, A. B. Nol~rcqliist,B. B. Blrllurd; stnrldir~g: shop), 90; Lester Murrell, machinist, Artltrrr Tlto~rms,Jnclz Stewart, L. M. Barnhart, Lester dlurrell. Cltas. Blackbrirrt, 89; B. E. Balland, boilermaker, 98; Rolln Gartoil, Roy Prrtrr~ait.Rzlsscll Todd, J. C. Brig/tt+~ell, nud Ralph Harrisort; R. C. Jones, boilermaker apprentice, third row: A. C. Everett, Fred Carstrell, Kersitetlc Adawrs, R. C. Jorles, aud B. E. 99; hI. K. Underhill, machinist, 90; Rallard: fowth row: A. P. Ilnsler. Nordeue l.l/ilsoa. !V. R. Post. Hrrrrv Prwoer. R. I<. Indermuehle, miilman, 96; 0. A. avd ~hn;les LeHart; fifth row: Bdw. Hasler, lohir Ezvarrs, ~u;rlesili&an~&ll, hIcCullough, machinist, 94; H. L. Cox, II. I,. Bdard, Claud bVills. Wood, arld Otko Tlroirzas. E. S. electrician apprentice, 95; D. Ander- son, blaclrsmith, 90; L. N. Stenger, Mr. Pullar instructs the apprentices work establishes a confidence in them patternmaker apprentice, 97 ; J. C. in the subjects of arithmetic, mechan- when performing their everyday Heyth, machinist, 89, and 0. Wright, ical drawing, blue-print reading, valve tasks such as reading blue prints and machinist apprentice (Hugo), 89. motion, shoe and wedge, machine and laying off new work, whereas it would The boys on the bottom row of the floor work, boiler and sheet metal be a most difficult thing for them to picture have been transferred to lay-out work. The classes of students do had they not acquired this special Springfield from points off the line who are attending the school are first, training in the night school," Mr. Pul- to finish the last six months of their second and third-class mechanics and lar said. time in the west shops. Mr. Pullar apprentice boys. Blue prints of locomotive parts and states that all of them have enrolled Each student is given the same small models are used in the school; in the school and are advancing rap work in school that he is doing in and several students, so Mr. Pullar idly. Pnge 40 were with him at the time of his death. Besides the immediate fam- WHY I AM INTERESTED SOME "DO'S" FOR ily, he is survived by one brother, SHOPMEN Luke Calvey, of Springfield, Mo. By S. FRANCIS COOPER I The following resolution was passed and forwarded to the family by the I am interested in the welfare of A series of "Do" instructions will Frisco Employes' Association: Whereas: The Great Supreme the Frisco Lines because the pros- run for a limited time in our dloya- perity of the Frisco governs my zitre, twelve instructions to each is- Ruler of the Universe has, in His in- finite wisdom, removed from among prosperity. I believe that the Frisco sue. Watch for this column, as it us our beloved fellow worker, Mike Lines is progressive, and that by do- may help you to perform your own Calvey, coach painter, in the west iw my bit to help it prosper I, too, work with safety to yourself and to shops, shall profit. others. Here is the first group in the And Whereas: The long and inti- I am interested in the Frisco As- series: mate relation held with him in the sociation of Metal Crafts and Car De- 1 artment Employes for several good 1-See that all guards and safetv faithful discharge of his duties in the appliances are in perfect condition be'- reasons. First, of course, I am a fore starting a. machine. shopman, and naturally should be in- 2-Use a stick to shift your machine terested in the organization that es- belt when machine is in motion. Stop tahlishes and maintains with the of- the machine before attempting to shift belt with your hand. ficials of the company, my working 3-Keep hands off long shavings conditions and my pay check. I be- comin~from work being turned on lieve that in taking an active part in lathes and other machines. You arc, this organization I will have oppor- liable to get a badly cut hand or fing- ers burned. tunity to gain knowledge and ideas 4-Use only Ales that have handles oi' value from others, and that per- whether on machines or working at haps I may be of help to my fellow bench. workman. 5-Use a broom or some similar de- vice to stop flying rivets, being cut This organization, as well as other or knocked out of holes. co-operative labor organizations, is 6-Use hand tools free from cauli- the natural outgrowth of modern in- flowered heads. dustrial conditions. History of Amer- 7-Use wrenches with square jaws which fit the nut. ican industry teach us that capital 8-Call the electrician to apply new and labor have had a period of rule. fuse whenever new fuse is necessary. Complete control of industry for their 9-Insl~ect your electric extension own selfish interest, means destruc- cord before using it. Eliminate all de- fects tion and the good old public pays 10-Place the hood over your head the cost. and eyes before using electric weld. The railroad is one of the basic in- 11-The electric melding arc will dustries of this country and the la- cause severe sore eyes hours after the eyes were exposed to the arc. Look bor organization that will co-operate the other way from all electric arcs. to increase efficiency of transporta- 12-Pover drop pits when not in use. tion service, is not only promoting the cause of labor and aiding the stockholder to profit, but it is increas- MIKE CALVET ing the prosperity of the country, and DEATH CALLS MIKE CALVEY the public is receiving the service it association makes it eminently fittiny so rightly deserves. This. it seems to me, is worth a Coach Painter at Springfield En- that we record our appreciation of him. little effort on my part. tered Frisco Service in 1895 Therefore Be It Resolved: That the wisdom and ability which he has THE SONG OF THE ROBIN IICE" Calvey, painter at the exercised in the aid of our associa- Where are the snows of yesterday, west shops, Springfield, Mis- tion by service, contribution and wise That covered the hill and dale? souri, died on January 7, counsel be held in great remembrance, Where did the north wind go to play. last, at his home, 1130 North Grant and that the sudden removal of such As the robins now southward sail? street, Springfield, Missouri, after a a life from our midst leaves a vacancy Soon he will build his home above, long illness. and a shadow in our lodge rooms that In the leafy retreat of the elm; will be sadly mourned by his many "Mike," as he was known to aJl his To give us a morning song we love, friends in the association, as well as As the sum peeks over his realm. friends, was born in St. Louis, April in the home and comn~unityin which 22, 1874. He entered the employ of he lived; that we, as the duly ap- What a sight with buds and flowers, the Frisco as an engine painter in pointed committee of Local No. 1, do And grass all fresh and green; October, 1895, at the time Mike hereby extend our heartfelt sympathy By chance a cloud may drop us Kearney was master mechanic, Ike to the bereaved family and commend showers, Price, was foreman painter, and Jim them to the care of Him, who doeth And wash the old earth clean. Bell was engine foreman. Mr. Calvey all things well and from on high and Oh yes each morning up high above, the last of this famous quartet, has get strength to say "Not my will but In the leafy retreat of the elm; passed to his last reward. thine, Oh, Lord, be done." We hear a morning song we love, Mr. Calvey was transferred to the Be It Further Resolved: That a As the sun peeks over his realm. south shops at Springfield in 1902, un- copy of this resolution be spread up- Eut memories of these days will fade der Tom Price, then foreman at that on the records of our local secretary. Like the rose and violet do. plant. At the time of his death, he printed in the Frisco Mechanic and a A day must pass and years are made, was employed in the west shops un- ropy sent to the bereaved family. And yet we remember a song we der Charles Carter, and was a mem- Committee: knew ; ber of the Board of Trustees in Local Joe Paugh, When the robin each morning above, No. 1, Frisco Employes' Association. Earnest Jackson, In the shady retreat of the elm On April 24, 1902, he was married V. L. Johnson, Sang us a song, a song me love, to Miss Elizabeth D. Brown, of Spring- Lon VanWinkle, As the sun peeked over his realm. field. To them were born three A. E. Godfrey, By Paul Arthur Derington, daughters and one son, all of whom C. L. Melton. Frisco Lines. Page 41 300 at Partg Gitlen by Kansas City Local TO MECHANICAL DEPART- MENT EMPLOYES: It is with a feeling of grateful- ness that we, as shop enlployes and others, hare accepted the very generous offer of W. L. Huggins. Jr.. editor of Frisca ~VIagazine, to provide ample space for all Frisco association news. While we have always enjoyed reading the Frisco Employes' A4ag- o-irre, we hope that the reports from our local correspondents at the various shops on the Lines may increase the personal interest, and may add to the general informa tion of our progress and success to all concerned. The operation of the Frisco railroad is founded upon co-opera- tion, and we believe that co-op- eration is big enough to include every member of the Frisco fam- ily. While many of us are younger members of our family, we do not feel that our loyalty and sincere co-operation can be questioned. We are proud of the success which is crowning our united efforts as a railroad, and hope that our little social visits, through the medium of our Frisco Encployes' magazine may be the means of promoting a closer relationship among all con- HREE HUNDRED supervisors, was a parody on "Baby Face," sung cerned. I-IOWARD PICKENS. shopmen, their families and by tbe quartet and dedicated to Frank T friends joined January 4 in one Juukins, chairman of the Frisco As- of the best parties ever held by Kan- sociation. Mr. Junlrins was con- Gvm Teacher (to girls)--"Lots of sas City Local No. 4. nected with the Kansas City organiza- girls use dumbbells to get color in From 8:00 p. m., when the party tion before being elected general their cheeks." began, the evening was a riot of fun. chairman of the system board. Fol- Bright One-"And lots of girls use A group of piano selections, string lowing the minstrel show, the chairs color 011 their cheeks to get dumb- and vocal music took up the early were inovecl at side, and the crowd bells."-I Pledge Anew Their Support of Accident Preoention Campaign A hearty gwetiizg fro~rr each wart shomtr irc llre accomp(ci~yiitgpiclrwe is exterlded lo all! This happy lookirrg Dlrrrch of iucir gror~ped rrr front of the ~irachr~rcarrd ereclir~g shop at ~VortlrSpriugfield, ~Missorwi,all hove pledged mew their loyally to Fvisco Lines atrd llzeir hearty swpport to the carrse oj acridrut preventioit irt 1927. This shop hos rtrade arz ercelleitt showiug drrrirtg the last year, dzre to the co~rccrztrated rfort of each man, arrd great thirrgs are ezpected for the year just started. Page 42 EASEMENTS ON CURVES the point of no elevation or levcl curve changes from tangent or traclr. straight track, to the spiral or ease- This was a step in the right direc- ment curve. The other side of this Proper Preparation of the Track tion but not yet right. Increased flrst post is marked "EO," indicating Inducive to Good Riding speed of trains made more accurate that the elevation in the outer rail at work necessary and called for the this point is nothing, or track is level By H. F. NEYER, Section Foreman introduction of the spiral as now used, across. Second post on the curve Wittenberg, Missouri where change in elevation is made, shows the degree of the curve and, according to change in degree of curv- say, "E5" indicating five inches super- ERHAPS the most discussed work ature, from straight traclr to full elevation in the outside rail of the in connection with maintaining curvature, on what is called the cen- curve ol)potiite this post. Third past track in good condition. is that of tral curve. is same as second post, fourth post preparing curves for best riding. In The fundamental principal of the is marked "ST" on one side and "EO" recent years particular attention has spiral is: no curve, no elevation, a lit- on other side, indicating level track been given to the receiving and leav- tle more curve, a little more eleva- and change in alignment from spiral ing portions of the curves, called tion, etc. The spiral points are indi- to tangent. "spirals" or "easements." cated by iron pins placed in the cen- On high speed track, in order to The old method of handling curves ter of the track and in addition by get the curves and easements on cen- as handed down by foremen of sev- posts set at the side of the track to ter and avoid any swings while train eral decades ago, was to have a uni- show certain information concerning is passing around the curve, points form curve from end to end with full the degree of the curve, amount of should be set on the curve with sur- elevation at end of curved track and elevation, etc. Doubtless many fore- veyors' transit and track thrown to beginning of straight track. Later men do not know what some of the meet these center points. With these this method was changed to put half stenciling on these posts mean. Fac- center points or stakes set, it is easy the full elevation at the end of the ing the increase in mileage, or toward to get track in good alignment; and full curve, easing the line of the curve the south or west, the first post on between the two center monument: off by eye, running back on the curve the curve i8 marked on one side "TS," on the curve there is no difficulty to get the full elevation, and ahead meaning that this post monumerlts in getting the elevation of the outer on the easement the same distance to the point where the alignment of the rail correct as this elevation is uni- form the entire distance belween these monuments. The only serious difficulty fore- Guarded Grinding Wheels Preoent Injuries men have in taking care of their curves is in getting correct elevation in the spiral or between the ~jouts marked "EO" and "E5" as mentioncitl distance in lcet between the two r:osts mentioned and divide this dis- tance by the elevation shown on the second post. In the case of the curve having post stenciled "E5" the dis- tance will probably be 300 feet, this divided by five (the elevation sten- ciled on the post) will give 60 feet indicating that for each 60 feet be- yond the "EO" post, elevation in- creases one inch. After these points are located, dividing the distance be- tween these points into four equal parts will give change in elevalion for each quarter inch, so that eleva- tion can be checked carefully with level board over the entire spiral and where elevation is incorrect, proper elevation can bc placed in the traclr. Some foremen start in at the "EO" post, raising the outside rail one-half inch for each rail length until they get close to the full elevation post, throwing all the error into the track in the last one or two rails ahead of t'ne full elevation post. Track wiil not ride properly unless the elevatioii changes uniformly all the way between the two posts mentioned and unless Note this fiicture c~dl!The grirrdzrrg .zc.lreel is guarded aud the steady rest this measuring and checking or some is closely and tightly adjusted. The operator, with eyes protected by goggles, artd other method that mill accomplish the staudiitg aside fro~lr a direct front e.@osrrre to the revolvii~gwheel, nssrivres tlrc same result, is used, the spirals will safe attitude. In this positiou there is less daltger from flying frog~lrerats, should not ride properly. the wIrcel burst. The accidetrt prevetttioir departme~rtreports a sfiecific imtartce rccerttly when gritrdiitg ~uIzee1 broke zvltile the wachirre was grittdiwg a tool, and IIO personal Good Distance iizjiiry runs srrstaiued, dzle to the fact that the operator was statrditry to ofre side of the wheel. He pulled that old joke about open- Irutrrictio~~sfor proper nzorcrtting and care of gri~tdingwheels will be forirrd ing the window and getting "Chile." in detail itz all Frisco standard tool catalogues in the possession of the SHOP "That's nothing," said the other. FOREMAN. The best ittsttramc ngairrst accidertts with grilrdittg zulreds, is to "Last night I attached one wire un- rigidly follow these instructiotrs. Aslf ypur forewtnrr for his copy if your duties der my bed and the other to the itzclride repairs or ~trni~itctratrceof grrtrdmg wheels! radiator and got 'Hot Springs.'" Page 43 SPRINGFIELD. MISSOURI who has worked on the roundhouse the happy couple. The best of luck night force for several years and for to vou! SOUTH SIDE SIDELIGHTS the past several months supervisine Tjle stork is a funny bird. indeed the work on throuzh-going engines at For in~tance, an eight and one-half thc drpot, has transferred to day work nound bov arlSived at the home of the nnd Otto Gelshiemer, machinist on the ivritcr recently. Don't ask foolish One of the lonrest steps towards day Corce, has trnnsfe~~eclto night questions! Of coursc, we named him completely climinatinq engine failur~s. work and will assume the dutics for- after his dad. delavs and keep in^. defects to a mini- merly performed by Mr. T~ozar. E. TV. 13rown. formerlv our mneral nlum has just been taken by W. R Horace Abernathy, machinist in th~foreman, is now located jt West~ulsa, Murnev, general foreman, who has ~'eclaniation nlant. has returned from as roundhouse foreman. started a serl~s of conferences in :I visit to Kansas Citv. Horace saw S. 1'1. Fereuson. formerly ranr fore- which all locomotive inspectors are ringfi field is fiood enough for him.. man at north shop. is now working urfied to be present. A11 phases of Harold Wood, messenger in the su- under IIr. Surles at Sherman. insne-t~on work I.; thoroufihlv dis- nerintendent's off~ce. is on the job cussed at these meetings and much nfiain after an extended visit with his zood is ~xpected as a result of the folks at ColCas, Towa. LOCAL No. 6-MONETT, MO. closer co-operation of cveryone con- R. 1.1. Portcr. of the coach shop, has cerned. While our delays and fail- also returned from the sunny South. COY TVADLEP, Reporter UWU are very few, no one here will where he silent sometime, mostly in 100 'he sat~sfieduntil we are Der Cent. Flqrida. Local No, 6 is progressing nicely Regcle Gaun, of the. coach shop, is under the direction of Harry R. Har- all smiles (and has a right to be) over vey, our newly clected president. We the arrival of a ten and one-half hope that all members resolve to make pound girl at his home Januars 6. Thc the year of 1927 one of the greatest little miss has bren Aamed Joe Ella. years over all the past in the history T,on Van Winlile. of the coach shop, of the organization. visited home folks at Eldorado. Ark.. Oren G. Davis is being seen going at rws motor car department. has returned for several davs durinz the holidays from a holiday visit among relatives at a high rate of speed here of late. and reports a big time.- Someone happened to catch him Olilahoma City. \\rillis Holmes is another one of James B. Ryan. who for many years stopped the other day and found out our south shop boss to remembcr the it was a brand-new 1927 model Chev- has been an employe of the rcclama- old.- -foll Page 45 LOCAL No. 29-FT. SCOTT, KANS. we always try to keep things up in We are always pleased to have Mr. tip top shape and are always glad to Dingman pay us a visit, and hope he ROY W. RECTOR, Reporter see you. will come often. Mr. McDonald, niaht foreman. took Alvin Johnson is seriously consider- Mr. and Mrs. Lee Braden )lave just " ('ounlc of nights-off recently. inw a trill to Siberia, because he be- returned from their wedding trip, We have just installed two new sta- 1ie"ves that cold weather prevails there, T tionary boilers here. Will say that and he is sure a hot member. When SDent in Los Annnles..> - - - - . cmlifornia------.- . - - slates that he looked all the movie wc have a real flne boiler room now. thc mercury freezes, Alvin opens hls stars over and brought 1rrs. 11'. and Mrs. 11. P. Murphy and their shirt front and enjoys life. home as his wife. Lee has good taste, little son, Robert, spent a few days in Thesc five rules will win. I don't wa think. Kansas City with XIr. lturohy's par- care what your trade or profession is: We think Santa Claus was partial to Pnts. 1. rust-~od. \*r. and AIrs. Sam ~uds~~,by brinylnr Things must be going along 0. K. in 2. Respect the officials. thein a flne~ eirht-nonnd~- -~~- .- . hnv--" fnr thc Car department. We note that :I. Attend to business. Christmas. Nichael O'Connor and Georne Cummlnn I. T,ook well to vour health. - ~harle-s-~u~uelhas been ln the has. hale purchased themsel\es a new car 5 60 not grouch. nital at St Louis -re feel that Chnr- Mr. and Mrs. George NcCastell. "Spafford, Spafford." cricd out EdW. lie has had more than-his shareof roundhouse clerk. and wife, have Thompson, an he yn into the KPI~P~R~ sickness, and hope for his speedy re- moved to their new home on Twen- forrman's office, havc YOU got any covery. tieth Street. ~.istprine7--.... .- -~ - I lust cauzht the cutest The Brisco bowling team has a lot George Reed, engine inspector, came little black an-d white animal, and I 0f courage, as they have won very in the other morning all dollcd up in think it has halitosis." fcw games. Bowling around the Y. a new outfit. Don't see just how you Diamonds are lumns of coal that 51. C. A. is quite a opular diversion did it. George. stuck to their jobs. - during these winter months, however, 11'. B. Derrp, master mechanic, north- Our celebrated dart ball team of LO- when our Frisco team does wrn a ern division, pald us a visit here a ~,t1No. 10 is st111 undefeated. Won't game they feel as if they had taken few days ago. someone come alonr, please. and brealc something that doesn't belong to them tocal No. 30 meets everv second and the monotony of always hem:: wlnner:' and expect to be reprimanded for it fourth Friday at Carmen's Hall. We Or, are we just as qood at dart ball any moment. Sincerely speaking, we hnvc some interesting .meetings! as we are at baseball? (hloneft, note.) feel that the boys are improving won- Charles Cos is again on the job Local No. 10 has every reason to be- derfully. So, watch out for us next after beins Called away on account of lieve that it is the best organized local winter. the death of Mrs. Cox's father. on the system. It has 100 per cent The employes think P. J. AIoore, our Carl Ralston, machinist. has it soft. membership, has well-attcnded meet- general foreman, has been very con- coming to work in a new Dodge sedan. ings, has something doing all the tinle. siderate of the boys who have been Morgan Moyer was on the stc,k list. has a women's ausiliary, and a11 the laid off, as he is doing his ,utmost to but is now back on the job agarn. boys have confidence in the association. renlace them over the divis~on. George &foyer says it is a pleasure 14'. Nartin had the misfortune of los- Wc are making arrangements for firing the stationary boilers now, since ing his three-year-old child. We all an oyster supper at the Y. M. C. A., we have the new boilers. share his sorrow-. and know that the with a musical entertainment in con- Clarence A. Itillion, night engine heaven is one star brighter tonight. ncvtion therewith, for the benefit of inspector, states that when it comes James Hinkle was absent a few days, tht shop crafts baseball team. This to inspecting engines hc sure can do hahng an injured flnger. system has proven verv satisfactory the business. Frank Junlcins paid us a fine visit in the local for securing'funds to sup- Glen Baird, machinist. thinks it won't a few weeks ago and everyone was IJort our team. be long until we will be caught- un greatly pleased with what he said, and Since the year 1922, four apl~rentice with our work. we are looking forward to another bo,s have completed serving their Bill Chaney. "night hawk", is get- visit from him. timc here at Ft. Scott three out of ting the quartet ready for the next Here's to Howard Pickens. We the four are holding dbwn first-class meeting night. know you will malt? good. We are machinist jobs over the system. We Wm. (Bill) Gillettc sure has a flne with you and the Fr~scoMechanic. are proud to know of their success bunch of chickens. We know by the Tom Holland is our new traveling from this Doint. good eggs he brings in. engineer. He is taking the place of Our local has been very successful George Rin~,roundhouse man, al- Frank Ellis. They don't come any bet- financially. Two years ago we took ways has some interesting story to ter than Frank but we know we will one hour's pay from each emnlove to relate during the lunch hour. like Tom. odd luck to both of YOU. take care of -all expenses incidental Jerry Brown, the hostler, is always no what you are :aid for. and "then to the upkeep of our hall and light on the Job when it comes to getting some". It's the then some" that bills, etc. We have taken care of all the cngines in the roundhouse. counts. our ex1)enses and still have- snme We enjoyed immensely the recent money in the treasury to draw on. visit of our new general chairman, The Future A'rlneu OlPiclnl It is expected the dues will be de- Frank Junkins. Had a splendid meet- creased to only take one hours' pay ing with a good attendance and the He- ranrr- in a little sooner from each employe in the locomotwe boys are anxious for Brother .Tunltins ~han-the fellows in his shO!>. and car department to care for all in- to-come again. .4nd he stayed a little longer, cidental expense8 for three years. When the whistle blew to "Stop". He worked a little harder, LOCAL NO. 10-NEODESHA, KANS. And he talked a little less; He seemed but little hurried, LOCAL No. 3&PITTSBURG, KANS. W. J. EGERER, Reporter And showed but little stress. ~orevery little movement hI. P. AIURPHY, Reporter William (Bill) Black passed around His eEiclency expressed. the cigars the other day, and for a few Pittsburg hasn't been on the map days kept silent as to the reason for Thus his envelope grew, with reference to being represented In his treat, until he flnally confessed A little thiclcer than the rest, the Magazine; however, since the ap- that he was united in the bonds of He saved a little money pointment of our old friend as editor, matrimony to Nrs. Blanch Pearl Hill In a hundred little ways. we are going to try to give Brother of Iola. ICann., on December 9, 11126. He banked a little extra Pickens a report every month here- Their many friends wish them manv When he got a little raise, after. years of happiness and prosperity. . Now it's very little wonder H. F. Lacey, now our new general The grim reaper, death, took from ~haihe murlnurs with a smile, foreman, says that he is very much among family and friends, Paul 4s he clips his little coupons, impressed with Pittsburg and her sub- Churchill. \Ve are all in great sym- "Are the little things worth while?" jects and the employes under his direc- pathy with his wife and children. and tion are highly pleased to have such a share their sorrow. As a husband, he The other day, during noon hour, snlendid leader. \Vt= should all trv. was verv devout: as a friend. he was John Brady held the audience in the is employes in the ~ittsburgshop, i6 ever wilitns-and as a worker, he was machine shop spellbound with a dra- help him make good and know that cvel- steady and conscientious. Truly. matic lecture on "Reform". In part, in return he will assist us In everv Paul's character will ever remain n .John said, "Hell is full of gin cock- way possible. pleasrtnt memory. tails. Scotch whisky and flappers with Loren F. Reno, who has becn trans- It never rains. but it pours, there- short slcirts and rolled down stock- ferred from the north side. Springfield, fore, let me kindly inform you th~t ings." Whereupon John Stoops, who is now our new blacksmith here. James and the Nrs. Hinkle are the was standiug close by, loudly es- Odis Shurley says he has one of the very proud parents of a baby boy. claimed: "Oh, death, wherc is thy Ilnest and prettiest baby girls in Pitts- J. Fitzgerald thought he would sting?" burg. He has a perfect right to boast spring a surprise Chrlstmas by slip- Mrs. J. Fitzgerald, wife of our boil- of such a wonderful gift. ping home to Kansas City to see his er foreman, spent a few days in Neo- John L. Hlng, the roundhouse sheik. wfe, but when he got there, his son desha, visiting her friends and rela- says that late hours at night don't from Chicago had beat him home, and tives. Mrs. Fitzzerald's- home is in agree with him. Just what the joke is, he was hardly noticed, until it was 1Ca11sas Clty, 310. the writer will refrain from revealing time to carve the eighteen-pound goose Rahel Stoner is reported to be on at this time. and John said that the winrr- and gravy-. the sick list. Here's ho~in~- - for a C. H. Dlngman, locomotive englne were Rne. speedy recovery, Stoner. inspector, paid us a three-day vlsit D. H. Dingrnan spent a few days Harvey was forced to be at home this month. Come again, Mr. Dingman, in Neodesha, looking over our power. for a few days on account of slckness, Page 46 but is back at work again, feeling SO. and proceeded to cut off the night tend a cordial invitation to every much better. store helper. Prank Kelly. Mr. Kelly member of the association on the sys- This is 1927. 1926 is gone Yes, esercised his seniority at West Tulsa tem to visit Ft. Smith Local No. 7 at gone forever, never to return, and and is now working there. any time. You will note meeting dates the bad we have done we will forget, One switch engine job was abolished of all the locals in this issue of the but thc aood wr have done will last in the Afton vard. December 31. h Frisco JIechanic. Ft. Smith local holds forever. -~11youkg men are the archi- fcw "old headk" were shaved. Let's its regular meetings on the second and tects of their own fortunes, and should hope it is only temporary. fourth Monday niahts in each month. rely on their own strength of body Our coach cleaner. Wm. H. Fields, Don't forget the date and should any and soul. Take for your star. self- and Nrs. Emma Buck were united in of you be in Yt. Smith, call on us. reliance. Don't take too much advice the holy bonds of matrimony at the Glad to see our old friend and -keen at vour helm. and steer your Baptist parsonage, Tuesday, December brother. Howard Pickens, in charge of own ship, and remember that the great 28. Friends cxtend congratulations the Frisco Mechanic aaain. Know that art of commanding is to take a fair and best wishes. The groom is 60 and we will always get thk very best serv- share of thr work. Think well of the bride is .57. ice in taking care of our shop craft yourself. Strike out! Assume sour The B. & B. gang is here at Afton news, May our department grow and own position. Put uotntoes in a cart to raise the coal chute. This will en- prosper. over a rough road and the small ones able thc 4100 class engines to gct coal go to the bottom. Rise above the en- easier and save delays. vious and jealous. Fire above the D. Bohanan, fireman in the Afton LOCAL NO. 25-SHERMAN, TEXAS mark you intend to hit. Be in earnest. yard, has transferred to West Tulsa on Be ctvil. Read the nal~ers. Make the engineers' board. money and do .good wit6 it. Love your F. E. Boultinghouse, Arst-class ma- ~odand fellowmen. Love truth and chinist, is absent account of sustaining virtue. Love your country and obey a personal injury, January 1. A poor ils lams. way to start the new year, but Bo Mrs. I<. G. Wincbennrr and children Put an item each month in the little isn't in the habit of being injured and spent the holidays in Tulsa. Oltlnhoma, box in the machine shop, so I will have is sorely missed from the job. as the guest of her uncle, Jim Snilth. a little news each month. Help make H. R. Folcy, roundhouse foreman. Jim Cain is back with the Frisco the new Prisco Nechanic a howling has surely had 'em in the air lately, again. Mr. Cain has been with the success, and by that you will not only getting our white lead engines ready Washington Iron Works during the be co-operating with your local re- to go to the shops to be convcrted to last two years. Glad to have you back porter, but you will be helping to coal. with us, Jim. make the Frisco Magazine a most in- John George president of Local Xo. tercsting paper.. .\lso scnd in all the 26, Mrs. ~eo~!ge, and their younger daughter, spent the holidays visiting picturcs you van possibly scrape up of LOCAL No. 7-FT. SMITH, ARK. the litllc ones. their married daughter, Mrs. Hughes, at Clevburne. Texas. We know. with- out- inquiry, that Uncle Johnnie had an enjoyable visit. though we always' MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT greatl? miss him when he is away LOCAL NO. 12-AFTON, OKLA. Local No. 7 has secured new head- from us. quarters. They nre now holdinx their Our shop forces have been reduced rneelil~gs in the uew \V. 0. \\'. bui.tl- to a Ave-day basis. \Vp hope t1i:rt it L. J. HUDSPITTH, Reporter ing. Held their firr;t meeting Decem- will not be long until we will be re- ber 1, 1926. The attendance has grown 111aced 1111 a full, sis-day schedule. \\'(. Through the Frisco association of very materially since lcming our nr,. feel that this plan cxtended to us 1)s metal craft and cal. department eni- hall ul) in the main section of town. the management is better than a heavy ployes and the courtesy of the man- Our very pleasant and congenial gen- force reduction. whereby, all are per- agement, the little town of Afton has cral chairman, Frank Junlcins, visited mitted to share equally in the work. been given a place along with the us last month and gave the local a new we appreciate the splendid working many other news items on the pages lease on life. His visit seemed to glve conditions which we are working un- of the Frisco Employes' JIagazine. We us all encouragement to go ahead and der at Shcrman. Also the fair treat- feel honored. We hope you feel lilce- make Pt. Smith local one of the han- ment that me are receivinq from our wise. ner locals on the system. Come again. master mechanic, J. TV. Surles, and his This i;q our first attempt to appear Erother Junltins, we are Inore than nssociates down here at Shermnn. It on the printed pages" and we hope glad to have you. is worthy of comnlendation. \\'e feel the "critics" will look over our errors Division Chairman J. L. Eudy. ac- that we are very fortunate In having and mistalces, as we in their -place companied Brother Junkins to Hugo, such an efficient stan of supervisors. would do for the good of the 31ara- Oklahoma, where they had a very The shop crafts and car delmrtment zine. successful meeting. emnlores staged one of the best (and On December 9 Floyd Hastings, car Brothels John R. White and family best ittended-) meetings on December inspector, had his right arm severed have returned from Chattnnooxa, Ten- 17 that has bcen held in Sherman below the elbow when it was caucht nessee, aftcr spending the holidass since the origin of the local nssoc'ial~on between two oil tanks. Mr. with relatives. there. The principal spcaker for the Hastings was handecl a check for \\'e extend our heartfelt sympathy to occasion was Frank Junkins of ICan- $500.00 from the Metropolitan Insi~r- Erolher Georgc! C. Shields, who is presi- sus City, who was recently selccted ance Compc~ny.covering his injury. \\re dent of l"ort Smith local, in thc loss ol general chairman of the system or- hatc to lose Mr. Hastings. he is a good his father, whose remains were laid to ganization. His talk was very n~uch man. rest in Springfield Christmas Day. ap1)rcciated by the large audience. J. 15. Whalen, fuel supervisor, was Brother Charles Kline is devoting Born to Nr. and Mrs. Lake JtcKown in Afton, 1)ccrmher 28, givinq us the considerable time and hard labor to a fine cight-pound girl (Sarah ICatll- "once over". A\rcordina to Mr. Wha- the selling of Insurance, for which he erinc). Mrs. McKown is doing nicely len, we are gtxtting along nicely. at this time and we hol~c!hat Lake M. L. Guinnep, traveling inspector, will not forget that it is customary was in Afton, December 23 for the Arst to bring around the cigars. He is one time r~sa traveling inspcctor. If &[I-. taking. of our apprentice boys. Guinney would leave his "eagle eye" Mrs. GrilTin has been operated on at home he mould be more welcome, This local is making a gallant cffort rccently for appendicitis. Mr. Griffin but we'd hate for him to pass us up. to organlze a degree team for the pur- is employed by the Yrisco and is work- Chief Clcrlc to General Car Fore- pose of putting on side initiation work ing in the shops here. We hope for the man 0. R. Tucker and wife spent the when taking in new members. early recoi.ery of Mrs. Griffin. holidays in the old town, visiting rela- The membership has ordered a seal Mrs. P. L. Stenger reccntly returned tive and friends. to be used in connection with all cor- from a vislt with relatives in New Or- resl~ondence and records kept by the leans. Old "Dad" surely is quite hap- Mrs. 13. R. Stone, wife of car fore- local organization, I'm sure all will man, was called to Ironton, Missouri, .DY . orer her return. Ilecember 28, account of the death be highly pleased upon l'cceipt of aamc. Uncle Johnny George recently was of her mother. We extend our sym- \\re believe in keeping our local affairs invited to attend a comic ~arty.in pathy. and everything else up in 100 per cent other words, it was one of these kind C. 0. Mitchell, storekeeper, was fashion. You all know what I mean. of ~arties commonlv called "tacky handed a $500.00 checlc from an insur- The writer and little daughter. Rugh gar6edU, illcludlng a mask and ever,'- ance company in which he was lucky Ellcn. have rust returned from Tusca- thing. Well, fortunately. >ir. George enough to draw out. We'll ask him loosa,' 0kla6oma, after attending the wore the age-old white derby hat. To how it feels to possess so much money funeral of a brother-in-law, Charles tell the truth, the hat is forty-four when he comes down. Goins. Wish to take this means of years old, and to go on with the story. NOW that the quail season is over, expressing my sincere appreciation to if it had not been for the kindly as- let's hope Hugh H. Freeman, president the boys at Ft. Smith who so kindly sistance of friends, the police woulcl of Local hTo. 11, stops complaining of gave the beautiful floral offering. have locked him up. We'll wait for his.. . - hack..- - .. . One of the boys punched the clock the next publication of the Magazine James T. Anthony has been granted late so many mornings that he decided to flnish this very interesting story. a forty-five-day leave of absence ac- to move his place of abode just across The writer's wife and baby, Wilma count of sickness. Nr. Anthony is a the street from the roundhouse. IVe Fay, spent a part of the holiday season switch engineer in the Afton yards. hope that he'll be on time at least visiting In Cushing, Oklahonla, beins S. R. Gardner, division storekeeper a part of the time from now on. the guest of Revercnd and Mrs. J. \V. at Sapulpu, was in Afton, December The r~porterhas been asked to es- Ilollins. Page 47 LOCAL No. 14-SAPULPA, OKLA. Girnson, ~encralforeman, was oper- From all reports it seems that our ated on Friday, January 7, for appendi- new car foreman, L. J. Orman, 1s Kat- HENRY PHILLIPS. Reportor citis. He is doing nicely now and we ting along real well. 1\11 of his men wish him a speedy recovery. irre co-operating with him in every The Frisco is well represented at the The JIemphis boys must have con- way. Hot boxes are a thing of the Tabernacle revival being conducted at ducted themselves in a very nice man- past. this place by Evangelist Rayburn. ner through Xmas, ;rs there has been A new air line is being built In the Tom Allrocl, box packer, has returned no casualties reported. new yard. This w~llbe a great help to from his vacation. Yale report8 LhuL evervonc thcl'e the CIL~inspectors. Mr. and JIrs. Nash were the guests is happy because the weafher is fine Dillard Gnteley, sheet metal worker of their daughter. Mrs. J. S. \Vhite, and that they have just started on n apprentice of the west shops, spent the during the holidays. new program which calls for the holidays here with his parents, Mr. A. K. Watters and wife have re- building of 600 new coal cars. These and Mrs. Chas. A. Gateley. LNllard turned from Merkel, Texas, where cars will be built new from the rail started his time at Amory.and he will they visited friends. up, and expect to begin turn in.^ them soon be a finished mechanic. In order to operate more air tools out at the rate of eight or ten per day in the car department, eighteen stor- until the job is completed. All of the age air drums have been installed. old mc.u that were laid off son~etinle LOCAL No. 8-ENID, OKLAHOMA back have becn called back to work, These storage drums will enable us to and several new men employed. One do more steel car repairing at this F. PIERCE EhTON, Reporter point. additional Brown hoist will arrive in C\', E. Bunch, car foreman sccms to LL few days which will mean a great be determined to \\,in the Y'afety cup help to thcm. They expect to start Mike Wagner, roundhouse machin- as he is making every effort to makd the night mill crew at once, which will ist, accompanied by hIrs. \Vaunc~. has enable them to set the wood to the just returned from a two-weeks' vaca- the car department a safe place to curs as fast as -needed. The under- wnr.1~.. - . - - , tion at Jamestown, IVorth Dakota, Car Repairers 0. B. Hayes, Willis framcs are coming in from the 1'. C. & where iIIr. Wagner served hls appren- Wilsaj and Guy Madden have been 1. at Birmin~ham,and they advise that ticeship several years ago. Returning, transferred from Bt. Scott, Kans., to in a vcry short-time they will have the couple stopped over at Mason City. this place. the new cars rolling out to take their Iowa, for a few days, visiting Mrs. George Campbell, safety appliance place at the mines or wherever needed. Wagner's relatives. Mike says they Thev further advise that Yale is a man, is the proud father of 11, baby spent a very enjoyable vacation, al- girl. very busy place, and that they are-all though he was .$-lad to get back to The president of Local No. 14, A. W. glad to be connected with the work Enid, where there is not so much snow Finlcy, und some of his associates. and to lend their efforts in turning out and cold weather. Brcthven Ed, Givler Geo. Delfcld and thc best cam possible. Jpranlc Holman, roundhouse foreman, R. H. Jnmison, were) the c11nne13 guests Go to it, Yale, we are pulling for reports excellent performance from his nf Henry Phillips and wife. All re- you strong at M(3m~hi8. \\'e know new Pontiac coach, which he pur- portrd an enjoyable evening. YOU are bus)., as we can judge this by chased recentl,.. E. R. Jackson, thrid-class mnchinist. the number of ol'ders we get fo~,wheels We regret very much to announce at Sapulpa, had some grievance to talce Prom you. the death of Jess Murphy, father-in- up. The two-foot rules have the num- lnw of Walter Hunt, boilcrmalcer third- bers ~tenci1e.d on them up to 23inches LOCAL NO. 24-AMORY, MISS. class, and we sympathize very much nnd it is very difficult to find the 24th with Mr. Hunt and family. inch. Excellent performance is belna ob- Local xo. 14 of the F. A. &I. C. and EVEHETT D. HANSEX, Reportcr tained fromthe two new motoF cars C. D. 1.:. at Sapulpa is progressing very that were sent to Enid recentiy. They nicely. All men employed at the round- eontlnue to keep up the re~ularon- Willie T. Ritter, our locomotive car- time schedule formerly held by the house are members of the Frisco as- penter, has traded for a new Ford se- sociation. \\'e expect to be 100 per 180 class engines on the llnes out of dan with wire wheels an' everything. Enid to Vernon. Texas, and Avard. cent before long. Marshall Nalone has accepted a po- Henry Phillips, secretary of Local Oklahoma. sition with the car department. He A large crowd attended the ball No. 14, worked forty-eight hours on hails from the store room with a good a seniority list recently, only to find it given by Local No. S of the E'. A. of record. AT. C. and C. D. E. at Convention Hall. was all wronz. Bob Stevcnson, car department clerk, Tom Herzt,~.,third-class bo11:rmnkel'. January 3, the entire l~roceecls going has been riding around on a brand- to replenish the floral- fund belng con- was diuco\-i.~.t~Iti~!li~ll:: to il minister new Indian motorcycle since Christ- the other day. ducted by Local No. 8. mas. No doubt. dear readers. you've all H. P. Roby, our locomotive inspector, heard of thdse late hour ~omeoslearn- LOCAL NO. 19-MEMPHIS, TENN. was off for a few days, spending ing to call the morn in^ milkman by Christmas with his father in Tennes- his first name. but we've got one 1). P. HENLEY. Reporter see. that beats them, in the person of Earl F. J. Garner, general roundhouse Moore, machinist apprentlce. trana- Thursday. January 4. was 0111- regu- foreman, was surprised to find his ferred from the west shops at Spring- lar meeting night and there was a nice home filled with guests the other eve- field. Earl hadn't been in Enid a week showing of members present. The re- ning. He soon learned that it was until he'd learned to call the entire signation of J. L. Glass as secretary of a birthday party in his honor. crew of the passenger, runnlnf out Local No. 19, is regretted by all. The C:. 31. Schwend, locomotive engineer, of Enid to Avard., bv- their first names. writer was elected to fill this vacancy. and Mrs. Schwend spent Christmas in why'? \Ye had the supervisors as auests. Kansas. Mr. Schwend is enginecr on \Vilbur Ayres, air machinist, is back ~1st) George 3106re. ~rrsistnnt'~'HU~: the branch between Amory and Aber- to work after beinr absent several c'rintenclent of motive r)ower, w?o deen. days on account of iliness. is quite an orator. Mr. Moore was the Raymond F. Does lost a few days, Sam Lindsey, blacksmith third class, nrinci~alsDealtcr of the evenine. His due to the death of his mother-in-law. reports a very succcssful hunting trip iallc was enjoyed by all, and ~ocalNo. Steve Tunnel, hostler, and Miss Xyr- near Ames. Sam saw ouail arc verv 10 welcomes him in our midst every tle Jones of this city were quietly mar- plentiful in that seetion, and bagged ol)l~ortunit,~he has to be with us. for ried a few days bcfore Christmas. \Zre the limit most every day. he-makes us fecl that he is one of us. wish them the brst of happiness on Hayden Campbell. Earl Noore, Or- \\'e had another big entertainment, their journey through life. die Uodson and Pierce Eaton. machin- January 21, when we enjoyed Bob Mil- R. L. Row, foreman on the coal ist and boilermaker apprentices, re- ler's band. There was some lively chute, reports lots of work. spectively, transferred from the west stepping that evening. We were able H. E. Drake. chief tie and timber in- shops at Springfield. All enJoyed a to secure the Memphis Baking Com- spector, was ;n Amory last week-end, short vacation with relatives in the pnny's hall for the dance. en route to St. Louis, No. Ozarlts during the holidays. C. L. 3Ioore. our coach painter, and James H. Fears. store room trucker. Eugene Allen, Jack Dunnam. Carl his wifc, enterta~ned in their home, is off on account of sicfiness. He is in Bundren and Wayne Imboden, machln- 1604 Kenilworth, with a New Year's the Frisco hospital in St. Louis. We ist and boilermaker apprentices, re- Nre pzrrty, at which bunco wax enioy- wish him a very speedy recovery. spectively, transferred from Enid to I rl until a late hour. Punch wax served S. K. Lyle, store room trucker, was the west shops at Spr~ngfield,also and prizes were awarded. Then came off for two days this month on ac- spent a very pleasant two weeks with the salad cou~seand several musical count of sickness. thelr parents at this polnt. xciections were fiiven by JIl% 31oorc. A. A. Patterson, father of Storekcep- Mr. and Mrs. Sim Hilley, accompan- This entertainment was enjoyed by er W. J. Patterson, spent last week- ied by Mr. Hilley's mother, motored to xvrral of the E'rlsco bovs ancl fam- end in Amory. l'awnce, Ncw Year's cvc., returning Ilieli. On account of slack business the Sunday. 0. E. Tant, machinist, celebrated store department forces have been cut, .\ddle 1)unnnm. bo~lermalter, de- Xmas and also his parents' anniversary temporarily. serves a lot of credit for keeping up by getting married. We wish him a Store lioom Truckers l\loreland. the reputation of the Ford car. 1\11. lonq and happy married life. J'.rans and .\Inlone report plenty of Dunnam recently purchased a Ford \Ve are glad to report that C. P. rabbits during the highwater on the of the four-wheels and no-brakes type, JIurphy is able to resume his duties Tom Eiqbee River. These boys hunted and with a little spare time and some as stationary engineer after some time most of Christmas week. material. toaether with tools. convert- lost account of illness. Car department forces have been in- ed the car into one of the ciassiest of \Ve are sorry to report that IV. H. creased a little this month. its model. No. 2 -The Importance of "Time" I "TIME" in Railroad O~eration I The 60 Hour 6 Position SANGAMO SPECIAL America's EInest Railroad Watch. 23 Jewel, 16 Size 1qK filled green, white OT yellow gold - - $ 90.00 1qK solid green, white OT yellow gold - - - 150.00 W. ti. fiirrd comparin~~uatdcs with Frcd Enor, rtyrnccr I of the Aton Zitni~ed,tbe ha, dromzrt tretin in the woriil. On Time By W. G. Bierd President Chicago d Alton Railroad IME", says judicial opinion ful railroad run its trains on time, with respect to the perfor- but for the smooth functioning of "Tmance of contracts, "is of the the entire system. A late train may essence". And time is of no less irk the impatient traveler, but his I The 60 Horrr 6 Position importance in railroading. 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This demand was met by gineers, conductors, flagmen, tower- the railroads, whose tremendous men-inshort, everyman connected expansion has paralleled that of with train operation must be equip- the nation. ped with a good watch kept in ac- Again, in railroad operation, curate condition, that all may work Buy American Watches Made by Americans Under Ideal Working Conditions ILLINOIS WATCH COMPANY *HiohEzelusivelu Gd WaIchea SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS Guy JIunn, extrn engine crew ralle~', very clljo.y~tble cven~ng is exl~ected. loss of his daughter who n.;ls accident- has uecn rrd~~sterrcdLo Kansas LILJ \\'hat we waul ~iow1s 3 volunleer io ly killed In an nucomubllc 2rcc~ucnttrt and la call~ngcrcws under ~lr.lq'lan- tlo the "Ulacl~Hottorn." 1 understand Pmtt. Kans., jusl t~etoreCnristmas. 11lcun.- tllat we itrc exl)eclttrg some oi the On the strength uf the threatened Hugh Whitc, machinist, has been higher ofticiais, who will be invileu. tax on clgaretles char wua sul~posedto transferred to Kansas C~ty. He was I.'rom a slraw vote taken in this of- Lave been put illto effect the first of lald off here in reduction ol' force. lit% rccenlly, we are expecting near~y the year, we,#nottce quite a few users The roundhouse has a teuder 1ie;lrt- 100 per cent atlendancv. of the fag thal satisfies" trying to ed employe, who leaves his d~nncrlmil 8eliuvc it or not, but Lon washed master thc art at' smoking a. pipe. setting on a steam radiator to IJ~kept the windows the other day. Xow wc However, the tax iailed to become ef- warm for any ~oorhungry trahlu that cLrn see whether the sun is shininn or fective, col~sequcntly \ve all had our might happen along. One happened if it is raining or snowing. trouble for nothing. along the other night and tool< the din- You could not accuse Clarencc Tarl~\- What calne very near being a seri- ner, but iorgot to return thc dlliner of clock watching ashc~hashis back ous accident occurred somallme ago in ])ail and a new thermos bottle. tur~lcdto our clock, however since 11:- 13th street Lriiin yard, whcn a cal.i,r~ll Xrs. Geo. l~anglcy,wiic of our form- received a valuable one for Chrislm:~.; clerk in yardmi~sler's office nearly er cellar Imcker, sustained fatui 111- !~chas bcen clock watching cons1;rnt- walked into tne new scalc pit whilc jurleu in an unavoidable street aeci- lY. gazing trt a 1)icturc on a si~ol~l~inybar dent on January 7. She was hit by a Most of us save the uselesa grtxs- oeing carr~cdthroug-11 the yard by a truck while crossing Wall Slrccl, as ents that we receive for Chrl~tn~asun- young lady cmgloycd In thc slorc du- she stc1)ped Prom behind a team :~nd til the ensuing year, then ravor somc- nartnront.. . .-~- .. .. wagon, in Cront of the Lruck. She one else with Lhcm. Sonieono evidcnl- Jlerjoric Craig. airnoy~.apherin this was lirloclced to the pavement and died ly had a gullty conscience, having re- ollicc, became diasatisfted with the a few hours later from a bad skui~ celred a gift from the relmrtcr rind ~trallnt.rvlcc between Kansas City aucl fracture. The funeral was held fro~~lmade I* Ncw Year's resolution to 11.1 1rr.r orrl home town of l.~ncoln, xebr., St. Marv's Church and mas attendc,u back ull debts. In view of the f;w: and conibined bus~nesswilh pleasure the reporter rccelved a very I~elated 1,). mnki~rga tril, lo Lincoln over Xen. ~iCtof a beautilul pair of blue anti Years to see if thry Ilad closed lhe white silk garters which had not bee11 ~mstoffice UI) there. She found they former work mate in his bereavement. worn more than two yrsarr. Come over 1vr:re still dolng business at the samv Nrs. Floyd Mason underwent a and see tlien~ ulcl stand, and evorythlng is now run- major operation at thc Ft. Scott hos- ning along smoothly. pital recently. She is getting along Quite a good deal of Interest is be- nicely. rng shown now in connection with the Frank Russell, yard engineer, ix COMMERCIAL OFFICE CHATTER performanee of the *1.100 class engines agaln absent from work on account of KANSAS CITY n-hich are being used in Irelght serv- sickness. It has been rcnortcd that ict? out of here. also the L.500 class he is very low. engines are ~)erCor.nrlng r6marlcably Wlll Bendure. machinist, al>prentlcc. wcll in passenger service. fin~shedserving his al)l~renticcshi~>on Uur decb1)eal sylr~g.~lhy is extcudcrl Jl:~chi~listAl~l~rentice Dave Wright December 24 and is now nrorlcilig 113 to Lec n'arncr 111 rlrc recent Lon* vk Is thinliing of en gag in^ Lhe servlcea Denver. his n~otherwho pxnsed away Decem- of n nrivate secretary In order to hclr, Mr. hroore had a letter from Earl ber 24. She was I11 only two weeks him iakc care of his corresnondence DeArmond recently who is now located with i)ncu~nunia. hluec someone was so kind is to put In Hutchison, Kans.. but states that George Story spent New Year's day his nanle in a ccrtain magazine as be- he wlll soon move to Tesax where he with his brother in Olclahoma Cily. 111g desirous of corresl~onding with has secured another porilion. FI? Pete Rose s1)enL the holidays 111 SL. members of the ogl~ositesex betweell states thc TCanras climate does not i~ouis. the ages of 16 and 20. We un- agrcr with him. Antly has taken up golf-and ti;. clcrstand that Dave is eetting on an Lutt. He has already acqi~~reda firln ~vcrageof fifteen letter% a &y from x?ip 011 the ground. -411 lie needs I~O!. .ill 11arts of the United States alltl LOCAL FREIGHT OFFICE is n. go11 suit and a car to take hi111 romc from fore~gucountries. to Swol~ePark. Arthur Thornl)sOn, orachinist all- KANSAS CITY, MO. And that isn't the half of It. Blll ~lrc~~riecIcindly consented to ~ivt!-a has joined thc ranks of the bridge rertain ;.oung lady a lift sometlme ago DAVID 11. TODD, Rcporlar hounds. and within a few davs tnc znd 11s ro doing got the thrlll of 11 lest of US expect to be able LO writ IlIctime because naid young lady iic- Our editor has reauested of all of a book on thc fine 11oints of golf ancl ,.ir!e~rtlygot ha' rubbcr heel too clost! his cuh renorters to-furnish at ieasi bridge. to the exhaust pipe due to the floor .\nd we could hardly keel) from cr!. - illoaarls havinc.. been-~- removed on ac- ing out loud when Steve told us hi5 c-rr~lnt of rcnairs and not rcniacecl. Sew Year's resolution was not to WLP~thc piik.&ot hot, the rubder be- swear-so much. He can't stop alto- .~tnto smell. Then came visions of gcthcr, however, as there would bc 540 ;I short in the wiring. After stol)l)in~ tn.. wock..~- two. - times.. -- last-~ ~~ month. - many times he would have nothing tu :111d whilc looking for said short, young The,ICansas City accident prevenlion say. I;rrlv decided that her foot was rret- conlnl~tteeof the Frisco R. R. is work- With each member of the office still fins: unusually warm, decided to ])ark ing on a largc program, for its reg- having a weakness for cither ~olf. wit1 foot elsewhere which led to the ular meetinc' February 7. The mem- !)ridge bowling, radios, ~~uzzlesor bur- rliscoverv of all the excitement. The hers intcnd to ennace a larrce hall with lesque;, it loolts as though the line of lloor hoards have bcen rc1)laced in or- .Gricc f& luncll, -miisical numbors arid (shatter for 1327 will be the same old 41ir to nrevent a reoccurrence of this 1;iler (lancing. \Ve are fortunate ill sires and sevens. kind. ' hiiving a first-class violinist among The pinochle game bctwcen Georg~,. "\Vhnl's good for my wife's fallen our number. Gustav Gabauer. who is Andy, Bill and John was acliournecl archcs?" the leader of his famous Velvetone Cor the want of a good referee. "Ruhber heels." replicd the clcrlc. 01-rli~stra...... - ~- -. and-~ ~- who will delircht all Things we would like to Icnow: "\\'hatinell I ruh 'em with?" with his dance numbers: We also er- Why Stcve is afraid to park his c:11. Mr. and Mrs. H. I,. Johnson welr 1)ect to have other talent including near a junk yard. caller1 to Springfield the first of Jan- v~cali~ts,French harpists, etc.. and a Who taught Andy to cuss. Why the Terminal Trust failed be------fore Story got his money out. If Johnny thinks he's fooling us h!' sitvinp he prefcrs blondes. CHAFFE E ADVERTISERS CAPE CIRARDEAU ADVERTISERS Who put the water in Bill's new rubbers to detrrmine if the? werc I St. Charles Hotel 1 really waterproof. Chaffee Building & ONE BLOCK FROM DEPOT MASTER MECHANIC'S OFFICE Loan ~ssociatiGn E. 13. QBAMLING, Owner nnd Proprietor KANSAS CITY, MO. Authorized Capital, $1,000,000.00 American Plan ORGANIZED 1909 H. F. SHIVERS. Reporter 6% Interest on Full-paid Stock. CAPE GIRARDELAU, MISSOURI \\'c regret very much that we fniled Payable Semi-annually to get in under the wire for the Jan- uary issue, our itcms reachinfi- the edi- tor too late to be included. However. CAPE GIRARDEAU there was SO much other good malerial from all over the system. ours was KELLER & WASHBURN not missed. Unless our chub reporter. I Southeast Missourian the sandhouse man. falls down on us, REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE we won't he found outside the door 1st National Bank Building NAETER BROS., Inc. after the forms are closed another OLDBST AGENCY time...--~ Hu More Subscribers Than Any Other LARGEST COMPAiiIES Thc entire mechanical department "THE GOLDEN RUW' Daily Newspaper In a Missouri City forces at Kansas Citv extend their I I Under 40,000 deel~estsvrnpathy to H. P. Crew. P~Y CHAFFEE. MO. clerk at the south rcpair yards, in thr I uary on accounL uE trle serious injur..' SUPERVISOR CAR REPAIR BILLS to gct back into the midst of the news UL ~blrs. Jollllso~s oru~her-in-law. Xd. by relating our bit of interesting in- 'I'aullmlan, wno was 111jUred in an au- SPRINGFIELD, MO. cidents and events. Lornobile acciden~. There were numerous items of Coach lnspec~or Curtis Kincaid is P. F. HESD13ICKS. G. S. THOA1PSOS, ?vents happening around this office the prouu wsscssor of a brand-new Reporters thc latter part of,,December, but in our ~.'ord-sedau- Hc was so accustomed to rstimation the big feed" put over rbalug in an ulvx car Llle first few We want to fill the gall between '25 here on the twenty-first seemed to be days hc drovc 111s new car, he let all and '27 by our appearance in the fam- tl~ccentcr of attraction. No one suf- thc windows down so he could breathe. ily columns and our first resolution is fcrod from lack of food. ITowevc~~. L. j. Lelyli, assistant general fore- man oC the car dcl~arLlneut,has been abIc to realize onc of his Ilfe-Ions am- hitlbns in LHC compietion of IIIC new resIdenCe., 111 the Hosedale sectlon of Nansas Lit).. Leigh says lilic Ctrrlo011- 1st Briaas. "It's a grand n~ldylol'ious trv-\\err all at a loss to accoullt for the. br;id-cF,iciGried by \\'m. (fiili) Ldwards, clerk in this office, somelime ago and it was fouud to bc occasioned due to the arrival of a brand-new boy who put in his apl~e~rranceon January .a. 1 I. According to AIiss Agnes Lynch, the capital of Oklahoma is Pawhuska. "So this is February'?" Soon iL will be time to get out the fishing tackle? \\re wish you all a very !xrlriotic observalice of Mr. Washington s birth- day. EASTERN DIVISION 1 I tt Service Beyond Price" ST. LOUIS MECHANICAL DEPT. TRA~NIXGmen in industry point must ever be for- to become more skilled ward-looking ; ours must workmen and helping men be genuine sympathy with Elmer Yackel, locomotive il~syector, rcturncd triumyhantly from his deer and women promote their the ambition of the studcnt hunt ill .\lontalla. Anticipaling the doubt with which his tale of success knowledge of business is to go onward and upward. mould be received, he brought venison service. We want no student to sandwiches for se\-era1 of us prepared by thc chef of the Bevo Nil1 and Service in the Interna- stop. We want all stu- shou.cd us plctures of the kill. Oh, my yes. we have a hunter in our midst. tional Correspondence ,, dents to finish their courses W. H. Van Horn aud wife returned Schools goes beyond the en- so that they may secure the from their holiday trip to Trenton, Xew Jersey and New Yorlc City. blr. rolment of students. It is practical reward that fol- Van Horn said they surely stcl~fast in a matter of pride with us New York and if you do no1 get on the lows increased knoivledge, street cars or elevated r~ghtnow, you to be able to give the student more than and the satisfaction and strength that And yourself waiting for the nest one. Robert L. Jones, passenger engineer, the written terms of the scholarship. come of having mastered something is, now ;r grandpa. Xot the old-fash- We view the student as a friend as well worth while. ioned Iiiud with the beard and briar pipe, but a grandpa nevertheless. A as a student. So to help ambitious men and women daughter was born recently to his son- in-I:LW and claughter, Mr. and Mrs. Between friends there must be more ovcr the boulders and barriers is a fine Bucii, of Puel,lo, Colo. than a mere business relationship. Be- and constructive work. That is our L. Carleton Klose and wife were in Springlield, ?do., during thc holidays. tween friends there must be loyalty and mission. That is what me mean when i\lrs. Jnnics Hotlich, wife of assist- aut foreman, and James, Jr., made ;r interest in all things affecting one or we speak of "service beyond price." hurried trip to Paducah. Ky., wherc the other. The interest of the I. C. S. Mail the coupon for 48-pae free booklet which .\Irs. Ilollioh's father is seriously ill. describes these Railroad Courses in detail Mrs. C. B. Carlislc and ctnugiiter. is the interest of a friend. ------Jennie? Nurie, arc \.isiting Mrs. Carlislc's RAILROAD DEPARTMENT liarents at Leasburg, No. Hy tilc way, The student has come to our institu- INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS Jennie ;\lalie is beginning to mastcr tion in the hope that me can serve him. Box 86 164 Scranton. Penna. the Enxlish language and is consid- Wlthout east or obllpntlon, Ple,lsa srnd me one of your ered vupy progressive. 'That hope is bred of praiseworthy am- haoklcts and tell me how I e%In UunllCs for n posllion In Roy White and wife enjopcd the the work before ahlch I have mnrkcd S In th~llst below. hol~daysin Oklahoma City. Even so. bition. Such a student is an educational Barney seemed to be glad to get back ward of our Schools. home. We are sorry to report that Edward It is our duty to go to the uttermost Home\\-ood. machinist. will be confincd in the hospital for a time to uuderso to maintain this ambition and to help an operation for apl3endicitis. the student in every way at our com- E. T. White. fireman. went on n hunting trip, too. Seems to be the mand to master the course. That are thinr to do lately. We have not yet cannot-will not-do half-heartedly. heard if he had any success, but if he did not. it certainly was not because The brains and the educational resources he wasn't dressed for the ~mrtof a and facilities for service of the Interna- .~hunter.~ C. B. Carlisle, clerk, has sgent a few tional Correspondence Schools belong days ill Leaaburg due to the iIlness of his mother. Mr. Carlislc still likes to the student.-- ---. Leasburg even though he has n~adt his home in St. Louis for sevcrzl years. We are not content with the service Thc writer read the Rolla, No., re- we give, we aim all the time to give Namo. ~~orter'stribute to the Ozarlc countn ...... in recent issue of thc Magazine. Am more. Our texts must be the best we Street sure after one has seen that beautiful can obtain; our examination and cor- and Na ...... country, there is no more need for further boosting. The Ozark country rection of studies as perfect as human CltY ...... st...... is inexpressibly beautiful and as un- Present ~rnp~oy~a forgettable as a beautiful melod~. machinery can make them; our students Owu~atlon ...... ny...... Everything vou could rensonably wish must have prompt service; our view- Ern~loyeesof this road will receive a to enjoy caii he found 111 the Ozarks. Special Discount Page 54 enacLmenLs are not adverse to the rail- at his nlother's bedside for several roads. "Cjncle Charlie." as he is known weeks prior to her death. to many friends, is planning Lo SLI, Eastern division mechanical de~art- up the athleLic interests of Lhe office LO the ofhce a couple of daxs bcrore rnent accident nrevention meetlnk was building. Boxing is his fortc. He is Christmas wit11 a well develo1,ed casc held at-i*onett;-in thC&fRcL~fTV. G. a referee of note and no rncau traincr of nleasles. 311.. PotLs sent her to the Hall, on Friday, January 7. The meet- of champions. He is also an enthu- doctor: the doctor sent her home-aud ing was presided over by J. L. Har- siast at football, baseball and bag hen the office force sent her sornc vey. master mechanic, and we were punching. tlowcrs. \Ve are pleased to add Lhat fortunate in having the attendance of Jduliice htis returned to work now. and Mr. Blcvans. of the chief claim degart- MECHANICAL DEPT. NEWS looks none the worse for hcr recen~ rnent. St. Louis, and H. H: Harriso~s SPRINGFIELD, MO. illness. accidcnt prctvcntion Hup3rvlsor. Both Surprises ilcver cease. Raymond TULSA ADVERTISERS Ivcy', secretary to Ceorg-e \Ir. Aoorc, who ib assistant superiiitendcnt mgtivt! ~)o\vcr,g:Lve his friends a i-cal sur- prise recently when he took unto him- PLAY SAFETY FIRST self a wife. She was. before her mar- r~~gc,Aliss Fannie Crc~ishaw, daugh- tcr of Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Crenshaw and Use a Bonded Company for of Spririgfield. This eou~)lecri ialn had ~lentyof excitement mixed with Your Baggage the wedding. They did not secure thcir license until about 11 I). rn. and were rn;irrird hv .Justice of the Peace hc will 'soon recove; a~rdbe .iblc to re- THE Hubbard, at 11130 11. m.-just barclv turn to the office. having time to make the train before WE are all wondering why Flo Blev- it. pulled out of the station. HOW'S any thinks it would be advisable to that for a near elopmc~nt" From re- tranxfcl' onc of the Tcxas Lines' ma- White Line Baggage norts we have received thev are cn- chinists to Springfield. josing themselves \,.cry much in the OPERATES aunnv south. visitlng Blrrninghnm. .Ila.:'Pensacola, Fla.. and other points YARD OFFICE-NEWBURG, MO. RED of interest. TOP CAB CO. In spitc of the disparaging remarks made about Old Father Time, he ger- forms many kindly deeds. As a crown- Iq'rcd -4. Smith, third trick dispatch- Phone 201 51 TULSA, OKLA. ina event of his many acconlplishments er, is spend in^ a few days vrs1L111g rloring 1926. hn made a farewell call with his fitmlly at Blackwell, Okla. at the home of F. 31. Ferbrache and C. U. Ward, night roundhouse forc- left a very dainty and charmina sou- man, ha: recovered from an attack of vcnir. It is a girl, and they call her ihe "flu. He is now visiting wiLh h~s Jeanne Carolyn. ~~trcntsat Xaodesha, Iians. ~tlrs.\Yard A recent valuable addition to our accompanied him as far as Springiielu. Nichols Transfer & Storage Co. clerical force is W. R. (Buck) Wrnn. where she will visit a few days with DISTRIBUTORS OF CAR LOADS Mr. Wynn has heen with the Frisco for her father. Chax. Bair, cast end con- the past thrce or four years. coming to ductor. THE OLDEST AND MOST this office from the acconntino. denart- Harry XcDonald has returned from RELIABLE ment. We hope he likes the rnechan- Lou Angeles where he v~srtd 111.. ical department so well that he will I)rother. Harry reported a wonder- North Boulder and Frisco Right-of-way titi trip, but was glad to got back Lo 1 stay with us. illc Oxtirlcs and the Frisco. I Phone 2-1117 d 2-1118 TULSA. OKLA. I Liltle Miss Jlildred Donaldson. daughter of F. H. Donaldson, train- MONETT ADVERTISERS masler, visilcd a few days with friends in Springfield. 1 I Charles Delashmit has returned to work after beinrr off sovcral months~ ~ on account of ~illlness. ~ Oklahoma Hoe H. Goodrich spent a week with La Fredrick Cigars his mothcr, nt Springfield. Mr. Good- rich is stockman in the store depart- Steel Castings Co. Standard for 30 Years ment. Miss Helen Y. Fellows has returned MAKERS OF from-- .... a- vacation...... ~ Whe?, it comes to bringing in the "bacon you should see Z'ranlc Ham- Railroad, Oil Field and ilton ahd "B'ritz" Altman come in from a huntina trim "Al" Canarv. is also Commercial Castings in one of our great hunters, hdwever, it would be wise to "see" the bears, wild ( MoKee's Drug & Book Store I turkeys etc thnt he brings in. OKLAHOMA ~on't'tlli~k thnt dispatchers don't We Flll Your Frlsco HospIW know the alphahet, at least we have ELECTRIC STE E L I Prescrlptiona I two that certainlv know what "A" means. DRUGS. BOOKS Eastern division accident prevention Tulsa, Okla., Box 658 STATIONERY. PERFUMES mecting was held in Newburg. Janlary I I 10. 310 BROADWAY Phone 16 I MONETT LOCOMOTIVE DEPT. MONETT, MO. 45 R~oms-24 with Bath European Plan 3IARCUERITE FROSSARD. Reporter Steam Heated Rates Reasonable I Oil Flyer Cafe I I Jlr. Cummins, reprosenL:itivc of the .\merican Steel Foundry. w:rs in Mon- Good To I The Broadway Hotel I c.tt on January a, m:lltin~ a check of A Place Eat the Uavis steel whcels under our KEW-COMPLETDMODERN 15 North Main Street Popular Priced Cafe in Connection eauinment. -~i'remenB. C. Green and D. Napier Tulsa, Okla. MONETT. MO. have reLurncd to Xonett after having xpcnt the lalter part of the month of December at Ft. Worth. worlting- off the extra board at that nlace. Al- THE MONETI. TIMES though they aver that Texas is a Ane Official Frisco Ambulance ) country, they were surely glad to gt7 Booster for Monett, Her Industries and the back to home and family. PHONE-2-6186PHONE Ozark--~- Plaverounds- - I We all wish to express our sincerc condolences to Engineer J. S. Robin- Dally, $5.00 per Year by Carrler; $4.00 per son who recently suffered an irrepar- STANLEY & McCUNE I Tear by Mall. Weekly, $1.50 by Mail I abl;! loss in the death of his mother. TIMES PUBLISHING CO. Mrs. Robinson passrd away at her FUNERAL DIRECTORS PEARL PETERS. Editor home in Carthage, after an illness of TULSA, I 212 FWth Street MoNETT. Mo. I quite n long duration. Engineer Rob- OKLA. inyon was fortunate in being present ~Z/'~-@CO,@MPLO~%S'~CPZ/NE Page 55 these gentlemen made splendid talks of an al~~~royrintcnalure, which were well rcceivcd by the committee. Think nrc arc roing Lo be curnl~clled Lo go out into the "high\yays and by- ways" and pick Up men to be draflctl into the servicc to fill Lhe del~lcte~~ ranks of our engincmcn, judging fro111 the number of applications rolling i~. for anlicipated service on the Ponsn- cola Line. \\'e arc glad to report that two of our veLeran engineers J. \Ii. Fitz.io111, aud T. F. >Innsfleld, 'who havc beu~~ disabled for the past several 1nontl;s; are gradually recoverinc; thcir accus- tonled health and vigor and will soul. be gounding thc rails' again. Tiley with the !mth agrcc that althougll a littlc yes 1s ;I wonderful boon to n busy, over- worked man, there is such a thing as n too much leisure whicl~becomes even Institution for Savingsw more tire.so1ne t1;m Inhor Uncle sim,iYti~i-;iGon of P. A. Rodgers, Government inspector spent two days at Monett the first ;>art of Jauuary, taking a minute inveitory oi the condition of our locomotives. I-Iowever, we secm to be starting out the Xew Year right, as Mr. Rodgcrs i)resented a clean slate unon his de- 711,.. - -~tll"~ - - .-. H. E. Davies, southwestern ilivi- sion engineer, w&s taken -c0-st L at tho present time, and why not'! this office, has accepted a position as wishes for their happiness and pros- They are a very wonderful invention. secretarv to E. E. AlcGuire at Nem- perity. George "Cap" Sprague, engine herd- pills. \ire nlis Albert very much and Car fare is an exl~ensive item to er. is taking a vacation. were sorry to have him leave. Claude. Necessary for him to pay two hIrs. Mary Salley, of 814 East Pa- Hdvv had quite a number of recent fares frequently,' and this occurs on cific Street, wifc of J. \\'. Salle?, chances in locat~on of signal main- his way to work. switchman. died Thursday afternoo~~. tamers the past month. C. C. Clark Luncheon at the Forest Park Hotel. January 6. is now located at Paola. Kans.. I.:. Al. a little bridge and much chatter. ~t&,vart--his be& transferred to Ft. marks a Saturday afternoon and eve- \\'orth, Tcx., H. P. Hilton is at Au- ning well spent. Miss Celeste O'Neill SIGNAL DEPARTMENT rora, No., C. E. Gardner at Sikeuton. IR the much envied member of an XIo.. and E. F. Warford is leading "Eat and Be Nerrv" club. SPRINGFIELD, MO. maintaincr at Memahis. Tenn. Should the chief clerks at any place Since thirteen of Lake Owen's chick- at any ti,?le suffer that maladv ens were drowned last spring, he is 'Eut of sorts, resort to pickles as a ltecuing them in the house. They seem safe nrst aid. Tile large and extreme- to annreciate the change. as Lake says lv sour kind are to be nreferred. This Harry Wardlow, helper in Signal he i's- now getting three eggs a day. fbrm of diet produces i wonderful ef- 1~'orcman ICellnedy's gang. suffered a Little Jimmic Ball has bcen indls- fect in the Lindenwood locomotive de- rlnvtmnnt very serious accident on the eveninc ppsecl and is keeping his daddy up ,> .- . - .. . - .. . . of January 12. While walking be- nrght and the daddy says, interferririrr Mr. Birch. of the storc de~artment. tween a street car and large derrick with a specch to be made at the Path- has bcen off for some time on account standing by the power plant of the llnder Club this month. Will have of illness. We all hope for a speedy Gas & Electric Co., at Sk~ringfield,hc more to tell about thc spccch nest recovery. tripped and fell beneath. the wheels time. It is said of Carl Ch~istensen.he is of thc street car and 111s left hand willing to marry provided the rkht was severed at the wrist. The signal girl comcs along. By right, he means department extend their sympathy to LINDENWOOD MECHANICAL -plenty of n;oney, good cook and ca- Mr. Wardlow and hope he will soon pable of taklng care of him as he recover from the injury. DEPARTMENT would like to be. "You know, says A certain member of the signal de- Carl. "freedom is worth something." partment says just before Christmas Three below and df~positionunim- he is as good as he can ,be. He must CELESTINE DEVEREUS, Reporter paired. The usual good morning" have been very good thls year as he and "Sprinfi'fleld on the wire?" were received two presents of which he Quoting S11,akespoke-\Vnl. 31. Plaslt- only ititerrupted by a few warmill.. seems vcrv proud. ett of the nlght force. up exercises. Your cheerful spirit was Wedding bells mingled with the +he night men wish to extend thcir reminiscent of a spring morning, 311'. Christmas bells for C. I. Carton, sig- sympathy to Sidney Williamson whose Phillips. nalman, and Niss Susie Land. The mother died during the holidays. happy couple \%;ere married December A rolling stone gathers no moss, so 24, and are residing in Springfield. they say, but after John Sanders takes MILL STREET PASSENGER STA. Mr. and 3Irs. Harry Barron spent a hunting trip me know that "Fords" the holidays in Jasper, Ala., with rela- gather mud. Is that so John*? Rabbit SPRINGFIELD, MO. tives. Mr. Barron says he knows there !)zqti: lots better than "quall on IS a Santa Claus as he received sev- .-..-.. ROBERT E. HOLM4N. Reporter eral uniaue presents which Illeased John.. .. -Fowler visited his old home in him very-much. Tennessee during the holidays. H' F. V. Hutchison, draftsman, and 3Irs. says next time he goes, he is taking a J. &I. Weaver, night baggagemaster. Hutchison spent the holidays with bathing suit along as every thin^ was !vas absent from hls position January friends in Winslow. Ark., their former under water, due to heavy rains. We 1J. home. would advise an umbrella, too. John. Blanche Handlev. tvnist. freight St%- R. C. Garton has moved his famil~ The Lindenwood shieks have been tion,-ha&been-off for about two-months from Willard to Springfield. having a glorious time during the hol- on account of sickness. We all wish Albert Sivewright, formerly clerk in Ida\-s. Two of them are very brave her a speedy recovery and hope to see men. On going home recently. thev her back with us within a short time. encountered a burglar emerging from S. M. Cox. assistant nlatform fore- the cellar of a well-known machin- m& -fkec&h< staatconnn~re'centiy bumped ist's home. According to information Assistant Cashier R. T. Newbold on ac- at hand, these same shieks ran so count of his posttion being abolished fast that Charles Paddoc>k lost his about the first of January. Newbold world's championship. The burglar exercised his seniority at the superin- THE FIRST was dead leaves. Harry. please sweel) tendent of terminals office as soon as vour cellar steps, don't scare these Cox was able to relieve him as assist- two boys. ant cashier. Carl Christensen is certainlv some Ur. S. Wood, ticket seller, was ab- NATIONAL artist! Should the Post Dispatch see sent from the office January 12 on ac- your cartoons, your fortune is made. count of sickness. Carl. Anyone wishing help on cross-word Tom 'iVilloughby has gone away for nuzzles. -iust converse with Jim Hamel. BANK n week's vacation. Don't know where. >a&ier; "city- ticket office, as I am but he is gone. sure he will be glad to help you. Un- .Tim Rogers seems to be maltinr a derstand he is one of the top-notchers r~ollection of pipes. Some day, per- whcn it comes to working- cross-word haps, we will know why. How many, puzzles. OF TULSA .,Tim? .-... \Ve all regretted to hear of the seri- On January 4. Machinist Helper H. ous operation Conductor M. D. Welch. I).- Plummer and Miss Effie E. Smith southern division, who runs on the OKLAHOMA were un~tedin marriage. Niss Smith Sunnyland between Springfield and is the daughter of Mr. and 311's. D. L. Memphis, underwent recently in St. Smith, of Cook Station. No. Mr. and Louis. Understand he is getting along ,\Irs. Flummer are making their home nicely. and we hope to see him back in St. Louis. We extend our3 best on hix run before long. 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Page 58 TVa:t~.r Hunt, yard clerk, mas absent weddcd, having married Niss Cleddic ed a few days in JIone~tthis rnont11, a few days from his job during Jan- Fielder of this city in December. 1.0uic to Ulilahon~il City, on com- uary 011 account of illness. .urs. Jones, lieact record information lxtny busil~sss. >Ira Uougl~rswas form- ilf. F~nkcnbiner.dav vardmaster. was clerk, was olf Lhrw \veelcs this rnonttl erly ice clcrli at hlonett. Seems like absent sever~l~ddyiiait month oh au- \\it11 a sl~raillcd :rnltle and various old times to hirvc "Uoug" wiLh us. count of illness. i>l'n,ises, rcccivtd from falling do\vn a Utr Lo Li~isLimc the record for sLeadv.. - ~~ ,, .J. A. Breeco, station master, was oft' st- - -:I. .11.. - . working, .\ionott yard, was hcict b.,. the latter pert of Decernhcr and thc Good ne\vs from Myrtle JIillcl.. \Vm. Shca, formerly of JIoneLt, who lirsL few days last month taking kr sLEltcs tllaL she is home from the hos- ulorkcd :l fe,w days ovur ninc IIIOII~I~.. rest at ills home in Nonett, and iL IllL~rl aud ranidlv rccoverlnc from 11cr wiL11ouL luy111g off. Un January 15. looked as if Joe would be unable to \\'nl. E. Schafnitt has worked 321 days. resume work when he did as his While Lhr: office loolcs rather fin- regular posiLion as helper on the 8:00 daughter, Fern became ill with sear- a. In. Hill Xnglne. He 11ol)es to scc let fever. and,' of course, they were rnc rccord for sleady worlc~ngto one quarantined for three wecks. Under- >-ear and one day. Good luck. =ill. stand the "stop sign." as Joe calls it. laid ofl should taltc uew hope at the Bruce Parsons Brown. small s,on of has been removed and his daughter is sight of so many diamonds displaycri .\. :'reston 1Jrown, switchn~an.1s rc- just about well. slnc!e Christmas. which will surelv COVB~III~' fro111 R severe attack of ineaslcs. ltitiyh Waltri~)and Wm. Scott arc the latest editions to our yard office OFFICE OF CAR ACCOUNTANT torcc. Tiley come to us from thc Lhc 11olitl;tss. fl.eig.llt house, 1Valtril) bumuing C. SPRINGFIELD, MO. Jlrs. Kcllev Grav has ioined t11:rt lleylng, and Scott bumr~~naGeo. \.nsL army', 'of ~ali;orniki residenLs known as Boosters. having ncnt ill Ucer,cst rec'ret and svmnathv in felt JI.iR1I~C ARNOLD, Rel~orLer her resinn;rtion from thnt slate. She by Q13sco eriig~oyesat' n~blleti it tho was cvidcuL1~; "introegcd" \\lit11 thc death of Mrs. Mr. T. Dailcy, wilo was Xileau and JIarjorie Henshaur are 11ri1rn and 1)epner trees and the fruits ;rccitlt:ntiy sLruclc by an auLomobilv slwnding a long-deferred vacation 111 aud roses the year round. to sny noth- driven by Ales S1)ecr. of Monett. Mrs. Shreveport. La., gomg via Nenlphis ing of the balmy weather while \vc Dailey died January 8, a few hours and returninc via Kansas Citv. A are hovcrilrg around zero I~erc. after thc :locidcnt occurred. Xr. and good time to visit in the sunny .outh. Isabcl Stroup. from thc statistical Mrs. L)ailev came to Jlonrtt ahh~~t Marguerite Cochran spent the hol- department. succeeded to Mrs. Gray'b t~~irty-t\r'o~>eaksGo.--;\lr.-,ilI)ailei.i.G idays with her mother in Piggott. position but did not remain with u\ en~ploped by the Frisco, nl the mc- .Irk. long, preferring to becorn'& "Jlrs. Ger- chanical del~artn~entas boilermalcer Georgia Xewton spent her vacation nlun'' rather than an accountant." from that time until he was pensioned. in Sari Antonio durinc thc holidays. Isabel didn't intend i to let us lcnow Trcva G. Lea, bill clerk, ~'eturncd Eleanor Bridwell left for St. Louis for some tim(. that she had change11 January 15 from St. Louis. where he on the twentieth, there to meet and her nirrnc, but a cog slii>i)ed in the ma- \.i.+itedRussell Cole, formcr Frisco em- go with a party of girls from Steull- chil~cry of the recorder's office, and II~OYC. ens College, Columbia, for the week- the notice came out in the newsnapel' Harry Kirk, central division conduc- end in Chicago and at Sorthwcsterl~ There seems to be some sort- of (or, and wife have just returned after University. charm about the "accountant" posi- llaving gone tilrougl~the Jlayo Clinic: Sam Hendrcs served as cutLing ma- tion, sinre 110 onc remains thereon fi!r at RochcsJcr, J.Iinn. chine operator several days this month trny Ic11gt11 of tin~c. Jtnude I'nltey 1s C. C, M~lls,supervisor accident pre- while James Collins was off ill. vention, was in Monett. Saturday, Jan- James (Bud) is one of the recently uary S. J. G. Lorton. Frisco representative. OFFICE OF GENERAL passed throuch- Nonett the first of the YARDMASTER month. S. T. Cantrell. superintendent cell- MONETT, MO. tral division, mas in Monett January -14 .. Ft. Scott Advertisers Fred Steel, Otto Boss and Seil Gil- lel tc, extra switchmen. have returncad from nouthwestern division where FILL YOUR HOSPITAL PRESCRIPTIONS Lhev hrrvc bccn working for the past The PRICHARD-BLATCHLEY month. DRUG COMPANY AGENT'S OFFICE-MONETT, MO. The RexaU Store PEARL E. LEWIS. Reporter S. W. Cor. Main & Wall Phone 170 wonderful trip. I.:arl G. Douglas. o€ Xewburg. visit- Say-is your typewriter trained to write 1927 yet? Jesse Perriman, Columbus Nayhan visit w~th CLOTHING AND SHOES aud Thomas Philli~)~.freicllt handlers. have been transferi,ea to (he pas&cnge; platform as mail and baggage hand- G. R. HUGHES your Charge Account lers, displacing 7Vallcer Shadday, Ot- 12 South Main Greatly Appreciated- Lis Burg and William Ezell. W. K. Bicrer platform foreman, with his familv. 'enioved a \veelc's va- cation with reiitives -in ~ans&-City. We Route our Shipments H. H. Edwards, check cicrlc, acted Shoemaker Drug Store Frisco as platform foreman in the abscncc. Because Frisco Helps Us of 111'. Uirrcr. SOUTHOFDEPOT Let's Help Each Other Clarence lievinx has ioined the I freight officc force-as uighf clef?, dis- placing William P. Scott who bump- ed" 011 yard checkers' position. A. M. Trimble and wife were week- WOODROW WASHERS THOR IROUERS end visltors in Sapulpa, recently. THE A. J. Dowell. dairv commissioner. was a visitor at our station recently. in the interest of butter shigmcnts from this territory. Peoples State A new fruit shipping association has been formed at Monctt to he known as the ";\lonett Fruit and Truck Grow- I Kansas Utilities to. / Bank ers' Association." They will erwt their shipping shed just west of thc FORT SCOTT, KANS. Btonett Fruit Growers' Associat~on I THE ELECTRIC STORE shed. This will bring several hundred acres of berries toour station for shioninr that have not been consid- ered'-in-our territory heretoeore. J. H. Shockley, ticket clerk, has A Small Payment Down-Balance hcen confined to his home for severai In Small Monthly PaymenttiWill Frisco Depository days on account of illness. Our agent was about as pleased Secure Any One of the Great Num- and a Good Bank for over his Christmas as any one wc know-he said he had a new grand- ber of Useful Electrical Goods. Frisco Employes clnuahter, a mdio and a carbuncle. W. I;. AllcocIc, who has been the crossing watchman at our central av- Page 60 February, 1927 your cvor 1)rcseut smile and. are glad ment. Clarence was looking fine and been ill eight weeks before having her you are well. had the usual smile for every one. tonsils removed and since the opera- Helen Declcert fiuished 1926 by talc- Looking up from our desk, we saw tion she is recoverin,- nicely, for whicn ing her lona loolced forward to vaca- a big sheep-lined coat coming in the we are all glad. Liin and she won't tell anyone whcrc door with a man inside. From thc C. E. Wrisrht. travelinn storelteener. she went or what .she did: but it does first glance couldn't make out what it was at his Ylesli In the-lumber office seem Helen Mary Dryden knows some- \vas. but as he came closer we saw it during the early part of January. thing about it for she has been try- was Conrad Fries all mrappcd up. John Charles, small son of E. A. ing for some time now to collect n bet Connie says old man Jack Frost isn't Xayabb, traccr clerk. has been sick from Miss Declcert. ~oin~:to nlalcc him fl'ceze. .Pauline Crclsrncr does makc the besL fudge. Eva Mrestenberger. Jasper Thon~as and Ellis Dulin can verify thaL. She gave them some at Christ- Contractors Who Are at Work on Frisco's mas time. Asli .them! JIrs. Maude JIorehousc and litt!~! $250,000 Depot at Springfield dauzhtcr Nary Elizabeth visitcd In Dallas rcccntlv and tell us thtrt~~~ the- southern c1im:ite is deli~htful. Savinn Fclin spcnt tho New Year's wecl<-encl visiting her brothers in Gil- Wall Paper, Paints, Glass and Icsl)ie. Ill. Speaking of the Xcw Year holidays. Interior Decorating etc.. mnlics us think of the usual cron of holiday weddings and the reporter forgot to tell you that Maude Nore- house and Anselina Daneero both re- turucd to work after the holidays. LEE SAVAGE flashing beautiful diamond rinas! Con~ratulutions,girls. Allssev Catherine Toon and Vinnic PAINTING CO. Hindman visited in St. Louis recently with Mrs. Ralph McBride, formerly Miss Bess Toon, and both say they like the bridcmoom fine-nhem! Another visitor to St. Louis was Joan Brady. Shc is getting so she lilces St. Louis real well. SPRINGFIELD, MO. Dorothy Dyer. Clerk in this office. is to si?g at the "Little Symphonv Con- cert, which is to be held in Kansas Phone 353 319. McDANIEL ST. City soon. Miss Dyer has also been broadcasting over WIBM and if any of the Frlsco familv want to hear some real music, just tine in some evellinl: and hear Dorothy. TVc are all ver\. proud of her. Phone 5871 Eatimatea Cheerfully If this portion of the family news Submitted don't please the entire family. just blame the renorter who is "down with thr! flu." PASSENGER TRAFFIC DEPART- MENT-ST. LOUIS, MO. W. H. SHARP Contractor Snow and some more snow for Tom Williamson. Tom was absent one das PLASTERING - STUCCO last week and the next day hc report- ed for work with a new escuse-snow- hound. (Note-Tom lives in the coun- 11.v).--< ,- Several new names to add to the ros- ter. J. G. Milligan, assistant file cler!c. Helen Aldricll, invoice clerk, was re- and Wilbert Hessler, stenographer In moved from hrr home on South Street 1301 Roanoke Springfield, Mo. tl~crate department. It is the wish to the St. John's Hosnital recently. of all the passenger departmel~t that Helen has been suffering from the "flu'' these young men meet with success in and her condition has not im~rovedto their new nositions. a great extent. We miss you. Helen. IV. and will be glad when you are able G. Rodenroth took the rest 0; to return to the office. his vacation hunting. Hunting what. Minnie Hulburt Van Xaanen and her At this renortinP we weren't told how two small children, Hazel and Paui. many ducks, turkeys, etc. He looks also her mother, Mrs. Hulburt, left flne.... . from- - -~- eatinrr so much auail on this city January 7, to make their home W. W. Johnson toast-hum-hum,- in Houston. Tes. Minnie was former- From the latest report. Mrs. J. H. ly coml>tometer operator at the store Livingston, wife .of mllk traffic agent. room. We hope they will like their is imurovinr ranidly after a very sen- new home. BUILDER ous operation at the Frisco hospital. Thc molasses candy failed to arrive During the holidays we had a lovely for Christmas and the delav was caus- visit from our friend C. W. Flint. form- ed hv the concern shinninr same to erly of thin department. hut now with Snrinkfield. Ill.. instead' oe' Missouri. the Jlissouri Pacific passcnaer dcpart- This concern was notified of the delay and in a few days the candy was 301 College St. Building finally received and was cnioyed by the girls of the store room. We would DON'T WEAR like to tell who sent us the candv as me annreciated it so much. hut mere.-- A TRUSS swor< '-insecr&y asto the' donor. SPRINGFIELD, MO. Mrs. J. W. Cook, mother of Oscar B E COMFORTABLE - Cook. counterman. is seriously 111 at \Vear the Brooks Appliance, the the home of her daughter. Mrs. Belle modern, scientific in\ention Houk, at Seneca. Mo. We wish for whlch gives rupture sutrerers Mrs. Cook a speedy recovery. lmlnedlate rellef. It has no oh- The two small dauzhters of A. J. noxlous springs or pads. Auto- S~erry,assistant chief clerk to gen- m:ttic Alr Cushions bind nnd eral storekeeper. have been auaran- ASBESTOLITH draw togel.her the broken parls. C. E- 1 tined on account of having the mea- New Frlsco Passenger Statlon. SprhIdleld, No salves or plasters. Durable. Ch~np. Sent sles. Mlssourl, to have ASBESTOLITH ou trlal to prove its worth. Beware of imlta- J. G. Hemhrec. of the lumber de- Floors, Base and Walnscot tlons. Look for trade-mark bearing portralt nnrtmnnt. snent Sew Year's dav in Standard Composltlon Floon for Mme and sicnature of C. E. Brooks which anDenru on ~verton.thd guest of his brother-in- than Twenty-flve Years everyppliance. None other aerruink. Full law. who is mayor at that point. Sorry to hear of the illness of little SANITARY Information and booklet sent free in plain, Wilma. Reed, nine-year-old daughter THE FLOORING CO. sealed envelope. of W. E. Reed. foreman in lumher Clark AVO. at 13th St.. ST. LOUIS, YO. I BROOKS APPLIANCE CO, 90 Elale St.. ManYI. Mkh. yard. store department. Wllma had I I Fcbi-wt-y, 1927 ]Z/T~~~~MPLO~S'~WZ/NE Pagc dl c SPRINGFIELD ADVERTISERS i Office Phenb 150 Rw. Phone 2418-J AUTHORIZED DEALERS FOR See First Crosley Freshman Masterpiece STANDARD PLUMBING CO. Steam and Hot Water Heatlng Radio Corporation of America J. J. LAWLER, Proprietor for Economical Exclusive Radio Store 311 MaDaniel St SPRINGFIELD. MO. Transportation Radio and Supplies Only FRISCO OFFICIAL The RADIO STORE AMBULANCE Southwestern Radio & Supply Co. Standard Motor Co. PHONE 742 PHONE 468 St. Louis Street 878 Boonville Ave. Phone 5978-5 ALMA Springfield, Missouri SPRINGFIELD, MO. LOHMEYERFUNERAL HOME Springfield, Mo. "RAPID FIRE" To give Universal Service is the goal WARM AIR HEATING SYSTEM8 of Public Utility managers and opera- tors. We are a part of the organized Reynolds effort to reach that ideal. Manufacturing Co. Springfield Gas and Electric Company SPRINGFIELD. MO. Springfield Traction Company Warm Air Heatlnn Suoolier Gray Iran and Semi-steel Ca~tinna HOBART-LEE TIE COMPANY Railroad Ties and Timber ROBT. E. LEE. President BERT S. LEE. Treasurer LESLIE LEE. Vice-president J. LAURENCE LEE, Secretary Operating in Missouri, Arkansas. Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas WE NAVE SUPPLIED THE FRISCO CONTINUOUSLY FOR OVER 40 YEARS Landers Building SPRINGFIELD, MO. Page 64 February, 19.27 to themselves a wife, namely Mess~h. her the glad hand of welcome and w~sn Lo our right-of-way. between Clinton C. R. Welch and C. S. Tapscott, also her success. and LliairsLown. have trained then1 to be private sec- Miss Xva Diehl, extra PBX opera- retaries. Nothing like breaking them FUEL DEPARTMENT-ST. LOUIS tor, Sapulya, has returned to work af- in right. ter I1:rving spent about three weelcs.111 George JVhiting sgcnt New Pear's the l.'risco hosvital at St. Louis~ on- ac--- day in Memphis, Tenn. He is con- - cou~ltof ii brolcen arm. vinced now that St. Louis is not as JIrs. Broe Jlitchell. wife of fuel ac- J. J. Stow, chief lineman, returned to dead as it might be. countant, lms been guitc ill at Spring- Pensacola. %'la.. January 16, after hav- tiold for sevurktl weeks. \Ve are glad 1116' spent about thrce weeks in Snlqing- TRAIN YARDGSPRINGFIELD, MO. Lo report, howcver, that Mrs. X~tchell field. Mr. Stow is supervising the re- is now on the rond to recovery, hav- construction of the telegral~h line on JESSE L. BIIASDOS, KclJorLer Ing undergone a successful oneratioll. Llle 31. S. H. & P. railroad iu Flol,ida. Miss Ann Rotman. of the fuei ac- Miss Grayce Sanderson, chief tele- The new passenger statio!~is nlmoht counting force, spent thc *e~e\\r Year's phone operator. Sapulpa. spent January completed. The contractors' tool sheds week-end in Lou~sr-ilie.Ilingo is back to work after a short after having undergone a serious OD- illness. many old friends. errltion. H.e is recoverinc. rapldly and W. V. Mchdnms, telegraphcr. who will soon bc in his usual good health. has lately been assigned to position ill PASSENGER ACCOUNTING DEPT. S. N. Worthy, lineman from Fore- "S" office, is off on account of sickness. ST. LOUIS, MO. man 0livel:'s gang, relicved R. \\'. Hc is beinr relieved bv H. B. Brad- Honse, division liueman, l'ittsburg, a P few days this month on account of ESTELLE I-IILTOS. Hcr)orter sickness. Lewis Eutts is Laliing a Lwo monlhs' Several gang men visited this office leave of absence axid is sncnding the during the holidays. We are always time at his home in \Vricht Citv. No. glad Lo see them. Presbyteri;rn Church at his home here. Christmas was saddengd this- 'year Ray T. Soger, personal record clerk. For the Dast three vears Miss Patton for our co-worker, Rev. H. F. Bohn was called to Louisville on account of has been- emploved -as PBX here and by the death of his father who pasrcd illness of his grandmother last month. until her marriage she had resided away December 22. age seventy-three \Vhile there he remaitled a week long- with her mother at 1000 South \Veller. years. He leaves two dauahlers and er in order to spend the holidays with Mr. Ferris is also a Frisco emplo\r four sons to mourn his loss. Two of his parents. bcing located in tho north side store the sons are ministers. \I'm. Bohtt Miss Narcella Porter, PBX opcra- room. They will makc their home at served the city of St. Louis as chicf tor, spent the first half of January in 1056 Stewart Street. The entire office deputy administrator for thirty-nine Cllicago visiting at the home of her force of this deuartment wishes for years. The sympathy of the account- sister- .- .. - . them a long and hap~ymarrled life. ing department was expressed to Mr. Miss Mildred LeBolt. secretary, vis- Bohn by a beautiful floral uiece. ited relatives in Frederfcksburg. Va.. The writer also had a sad ending last month. PHARRIS' GANG of a beautiful Christmas dav. when R. P. Benedict, division lineman. BROWNINGTON, MO. her daughter and son-in-law -motored Quanah. Tex., was taken to the St. to Springfield. Ill.. and were both serl- Louis hospital recently accomnanietl ously injured In an auto accident. by Chief Lineman Parrett. Mr. Bene- They are both improvina nicely at dict is said to be seriouu1.v ill, and me are anxiously awaiting news of an this writinr. but will be comnelled to Foreman J. 1". Pharris and E. C. remain.~-----. ---in the- - hos~ital~~ for some time. improvement. Victoria i\latros& spent the holidavs Telephone Engineer C. H. Wflliam- Dailv ioined the ranks of radio exner- with her homc folks in Gillcspie. Ill. son attended a hearing before Lhe Pub- imentek Januarv 9; ~t be~nga hard 'We have with us a new stenog- lic Service Commission at Jefferson dav for four radio tubes. rapher, i.e. new to us at least: and that City, Mo., on Tuosday. January 11, in R. E. Gilmore. lineman. spent the is -not'all, she is really new, for her connection with grogosed construction holidays vis~tinahis brother in Illi- Neu and we extend to of a high voltage power line adjacent nois. name is Edna Jack Stockton was called home re- centlv on account of his children be- ing ill. r Haywood Gardner spent the holldays SHERMAN ADVERTISERS with his family at Marionville. Ben Pierce, lineman, was transferred to this ganr in December. OFJ?ICIAL FRISCO AMBULANCE B. W. Elliott. lineman. reported to JNOmCm DANNEL 302 5. WALNUT STREET this Kana .January 3, after being away FUNERAL HOME Phone 125 Sherman. Tnur for forty-flse days doing relief work I I as division lineman. Marvin Prousc. lineman. Is rejoicinr- over the arrival at his home of an eight and one-half pound boy born January 4. Marvin says the boy an- HALL & BIRGE GraysChartermi onBuilding Under the &LLWB Loan of theCO. swers to the name of Robcrt Lewls. GENERAL INSURANCE Sate of Texas W. J. Wheelan was recently called Under SupmIsIon of the Commlsaloner to the bedside of his father in Omaha. REAL ESTATE AND LOANS of Insurance Webr. This ganr went through 1926 mlth HOMH OFRICE We =Ind lnsuranca 21 1-12 Menhanb & Planters Nat Bt Bldg. only two minor accidents and it is our hope and aim to heat that record in 410 M. 6 P. Blda. - SHERMAN. TEX. SHERMAN. TEXAS 1927. It has alreadv heen more than I I I two months since our last accident. Page 65 HARRIS' GANG-SCULLIN, OKLA. This gang will be moving into their .\gent 1Ias.d: ",\h, Xddie. I know new outflt cars in a few days. you've been ,at work, bring nme the 8 S. B. JIusgrave, general foreman. a. m. report." XIARSHALL IVILSON. Reporter spent January 6, with this gang. It dauned on Eddie, who had his Elmer Kerr, groundman, mas trans- huad stuck into a bunch ,of bills, autl ferred from this gang January 5. We Eddie immediately compllcd with Mr. Everybody landed back on the job were sorry to lose him. Ilays' rcquest. The writer sneaked with a smile after spending their hol- Chaney Deslcin, lineman, was sent n.l+-;~n""L.7.u- to laugh it off. Who knows iday vacation with friends and rela- here to take the place of Garrett but that 1 have made an even worse tives. Every one reports having had a Wright. We are sorry to renort that mrstake in sul~st~tutin~for Jlr. Bray good time considering the weather we Mr. Deskin was slightly injured less In this wrlteun? had to contend with. rhan a week after coming to this gang. This Tang is glad to report no acci- Linemen E. C. Holt and Dcwey Kel- dc~~tsthls year. ler spent their vacation working in Donohue's gang in Arkansas. They don't seem to 11ke that country as thcy OLIVER'S GANG-YUPELO, MISS. say there is too much water to suit them- .. -. . . . We are glad to report BIartin 3lc- JOHX ATKIXSON, Reporter Quire hack on the job after about flvc months in the Springfield hos~ital with a damaged knee. The holidays arc ovcr, and every- Lineman N. H. Harhinson brought body is back on the joh, his wife and son back with him the The gang is progressing nicely con- first of the gear. "Slim" doesn't look sidering the rainy wenther. so lonesome now. \Ve were called off of our rcgular J. 31. Saston, lineman. and wife work December 12 to ao to 3Icmnhis spent several days in South Texas vis- to string two te1el)hone circuits re- iting his parents. turning to our estimate ~ecembe'r21. W. 31. Thompson, cook, is getting to General Forcman Nusgrave spent he a regular hunter. Durinz the hol- two days with us while we were un idays he killed a lot of game whieh JIernphis. he had ready for us when we re- Lineman S. &I. Worthy and wife arc. turned to the job. How's that for a the proud parents of a nine pound good cook, boys? baby boy born the first of this month. After a few weeks off on account of Mrs. H. E. Eherman. wire of our a sprained back. Gordon Davis, line- conk, is visiting in Kansas City. man, has returned to this gang. W. D. Knight, groundman, is tak- T. E. Floyd, assistant foreman, looks in= a two weeks' vacation. mighty loneson~e lately. Maybe it's Grorge Renty. groundman, is home. hecause his wife is visitina in Ten- sick w~thmeasleu. We hope to see Ilessee. him beck on the job again soon. Sorry to renort that Thos. 3T. Wilson. Our gang has been reduced two aroundmnn. IS spend~nqa few days ir~ men. This lcavcs fourteen mcn in the the hospital gang. iYo accidents to report this month. DONAHUE'S GANG RAVENDEN, ARK. WOODALL'S GANG SELIGMAN, MO. - NEVER has there been such a H. Z. WOODATJL, Acting Ro])orLer typewriter bargain on as easy Bruce R. Davldson lineman received - terms ! A genuine Silent Ball word here ~ecembek18, to keport nr Bearing L. C. Smith at a 40% Oklahoma City to buck the extra board This gang has returned to the cen- as a locomotive fireman. The boys of tral division after a brief stay on thc savings ! this gang wish him the best of luck rcd river division. We liked the geo- I on his new job. pla at Francis where we stayed, but Our congenial camp boss. Chas. Rob- where duty calls, we must go. Of inson, spent Christmas week with his course, this gang feels at home on thc relatives at Brickeys, JIo Jack Nuss- central division as most all the train baum was acting in his place. men call us by o;r flrst names. That "Smiles" Worthy, lineman and Fay always makes a feller" feel good. Coble, groundman, from 0li;er's gang, We are rebuilding a class "B" line fllled vacancies in this gang last from Mo.-Ark. state line to Payette- .month. . - .. - .. , rille, Ark. Everything that is belnc Lineman TV. J. Orchard, from Cole- nut into this line is creosoted except mnn's gang, worked in Lineman J. H. the new wire. which is conoer. Our Thompson's place during the holidays. first mile on 'this job was 'completed Dewey Kellar and E. C. Holt. from Januarv 8 and we turned our transfer Harris' gang spent the Christmas cable for 'the first tlme. Excuse us. week workin; in this gang. we don't want to say how long it look. Alvis Cruse put in his vacation at Garrett Wright, lineman, joined this Dixon, No., for reasons best known force the flrst of the vear. The line- to himself. men were also nugmenied by the pres- Rice-~F~den.of Rogers. Ark.. came ence of Lineman Chas. Malone. to work on this job as a lineman. Rice W. B. Parrett. chicf lineman, called is a graduate of the W. U. Telearaph on us January 4, and three days later Co., pnd formerls worked in the Gulf Mr. &Iusgrave, accompanied by Mr. Xc- district. Cann and Mr. Daughcrty, of the West- Three officials of the Western UII- ern Union out of Dallas, made us a ion. namely Xessrs. McCann, Sawyer call. Thanks to all of you. Come snd Daugherty. stopped off between again. trains. Januar~r7. and rrare our work The regular correspondcnt, Everett the once over. L. Bray, is off duty on account of ill- All the boys reported back for work ness In 111s family. H. 2. Woodall is in the very best of spirits. after spend- subbins for Everett. We hope to have ing the holidays with their famllies, Xr. Bray with us again soon and wish rsceptln~ Lfncman J. H. Thomuson. his family well. who is reported sick and on his wnv When a fellow is "subbing" he us- to the hospital for treatment. We usually gctn things mixcd to some ex- hope it is nothing serious nnd that he tent and we hope the erlitor will bc able to get the meaning of what 1 say. soon may be able to return to work. Being hilleted just across the track Crom the depot hcre, we have becomc well acquainted with the station forcr COLEMAN'S GANG here. They are a real Frisco bunch. KINGSTON, OKLA. George Frost, who is the frelght or car clerk or mavhe both. urns off sick x fen: days ancl'while the writer was \I7.E. WARD. Reporter securing a lineup at about 7:40 a. m.. the following conversation was hrarll hetwecn Agent Havs and the clerk The boys are all back at work after who was relievilp George: the holidays. All rcoort a good time. Agent Hnys: Eight a, m., Eddie!" R. B. Jr;nes, assistant foreman and Eddie (looking dismayed): Fight a. your humble reportrr, motored through m.. H - - 1. I been at work since six to ADache recently. o'clock." Fcb~unqr.1927 ]z/Tk~~MPLQSS'~(~BZ~VE Pagc 6i 6p- BANKS ALONG THE FRISCO LINE- ESTABLISHED 1872 THE MERCHANTS AND PLANTERS NATIONAL BANK BANK SHERMAN. TEXAS OF COMMERCE Capital and Surplus $1,200,000.00 CAPITAL, $50,000.00 Will Appreciate Your Account SU RPLUS, $5,000.00 Sapulpa, Okla. A Complete Banklng Service Featuring Commercial. Savings, lnveatmen The American National Bank FRISCO DEPOSITARY and Trust Departments. Establish your I I Oklahoma City connection here. 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FAIRNESS AND EFFICIENCY February, 1927 ant foreman in the Sirpulpa yirrrls lor but true Ilcvertheless. These lads are a number of yc:ir~,hi~s I)('~II :LSSIK.I~,.. l,i~&igood friends a~~dill sl~are [no- I SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION to ussisL;rnt furexnil11 ~)osition in Llli, lllellts ludulge in verbal ba~~ditl,~;:~, Tulsa tcrrninals. Jirmcs Jlalc succcctl- with olie allother \\,hiell uftent~mcs I I)ccomes so luud aud violent Lhat it hilly shatters the Iiervc centers uf 40th AND 43rd TRACK DIVISIONS Lllcir meeker fellow \\-urli~ner~. Of MECHANICAL DEPT. NEWS coui'se, they dun't meall a wurd of it SAPULPA, OKLA. al~tl it's all in fun, Ilowcver, serious WEST TULSA, OKLA. Llll~ughlhas been given on Lhe prupo- hlli1111of s~curingthe services of P. 1:. Ii. S'l'OILY, Rcl)urtcr (;. .\tiller, local hilo lo sup her and hus UUI.~IIC.Lhc nlu~~rhof U~CCL~~~CL.illi I whose 1)acif) ing i~lHueucc 1)assengcr trains made a sple~ld~drcc- George Gladsuu, ear illsl~ccLor XI. \%'oultlIIU doubt tend to ~~eutrilizctile urtl or o1)erating ull rime uvey the 'I'ulna, was caiicu tu \Vi~tulry.r, UKla., !lislurhunce. Mr. Miller, by Lhe \\.a>. south\\~esLeru dlv~siur~..\I1 uf our di- Jauuary 2 on ueoullt uf the uauh u~ is the author of a Lreatise on nii~~d visiuu officials rude Lhc pahscngcr 111s ~a~~ler.'*.lie Ueeeasad \\'as a VIC- illltl matter entitle$: "The More I:c- trailis during the huliday rush, and it tun UL lleart I'ailure irllu (i~edat t11e mote, The Remoter. was greatly due to their efforts in as- age uL savulltY-ely'llt years. He \Vila Iteadiug Mr. Heck's account of thi2 sisLinfi ill Lhc unloading a~ldluadl~~;: a member ui the 1. 0. O. r. fur litty- I,LI~of bad luck susti~inedby the lot. ut' ula~laud es1)ress thaL bruuglit about I~veyears, illid .had lived 111 vvaLullyu ScoLt Friscu buwling team reminds me the line sl~u\vingmade on tliih divl- tur tllc last twenty-three years. LillrL we have ;L~Ies1)crt bowler in Lhc. siu~~. J~LYUeCuu, back sl~u~)ruranlirll, gen- 1,)crsun of Henry Schrueder, car in- 1ticl1;ll.d (.:l:lrk. rclicf fol.eman, is 111 erally brlugs 111s lunch 111 a papel. sl)tLctor. JIr. Schrueder made a vcw c!llargc uf Af~uusection G-13. sacli. 'l'hc utller ii101~11111fi behg 111 (.t'ctlitable slio\ving against Jim111.v 1%". B. Shedd, roadmasLer on thc 43. solnc\vha~ of a hurry, he 'grabbed a Smith, \vorld's fanlous bowler, \vho track has, almost curnl)lcLcd the work sack mu hurlled UIL LU worlr. \Vl~en <:ive several exhibitions here- in- .Inn- of rencwlug all street crossings ill he opened the saulc at noou Ire foul~u u;lrv. For the t.hrec rrxmon 311.. the city of Tulsa. no had 1~ruughLa doze11 uygs,:;,~: II,., s(~IGoc~~~ro116rl6o6i1& ;gGiiit iiI.: Four new tracks have been built Lo ~uucl~.hot being Loud of. cb-s on Smith's 63.5. He also won the South- servc the >.Iitl-Continent l'ctroleuni aucu a large scale he was obl~pcdto western howlina all-event chamuion- (:url)uratiou stills at \\lest Tulsa. resort lo 11and-outs. shi11 for 1926. His team has a stand- The writer sgcnt a very c,njoyable (;corgc Jesse, ruundllouse forcnuu~. in:,- challenge for a home and home twelve-day vacation at his old homr niauc a startling announcelrlcuL rc- m:ltch, total pins with any team that in Little Rock. *\rk. IIc was ac- ~~IILIY,stating tllat it was his inta11- nlnys within a reasonable distance of companied by Mrs. Xacmillan. tion to get married the "llrst." IL, T111sn~- .. .-. . . The roadmasters on the Cherolicc was very rclucrallL to gkvu any furtll- Pat Lamb, former riu track box sub arc waging a vigorous camlxtig~~ cr details, but fillally adn~lltcdthat 11,. wlcker. is another one of those hircls to corn1,lc:tc all hallast dressing to con- illcant the "hrst tlme" tle got a cltunct.. \vho cannot makc up his mind. I'at form to the new standard and hol)e to Jack Drakc, first-class in;~cliin~s,, quit the car department recently and have the work complete in the near who rcccived considerable ~jubllclt.\. wcnt to worlc for the store denart- future. rluring thc Dempsey-Tuntlcy fracas mmt, however, now he has concluded Alr. Van \Vorniington 11:~s bern as- last rall on account of a trcak be, he war right in the first place and is signed the position of section foreman made with Robert Warlleld, round- h:lvk wit11 us ;IS third trick car oiler. at Oranby. 310. Ilouse clerk, is again aching to roll a Airs. Shearer and daug-hter Hclc~n. wheelbarrow. Jack still believes that of liushyhead, left to sl,end a vaca- his nainesalce is the best mall and w~,, tion with relatives at Aurora, Mo. stagc a,corncback before long. Ye 1.1,- MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT ;\11:1 Coleman. of Picrw City. left 1)or~cr1s of thc same ~JI~IIIO~,IIU\\-- OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. for a visit at Amber. Okla. ever. Lhis is merely all opiuio~~. Wm. \Vilke. n-hu has bern assist- H. L. Becliwitll car lorern;u~ mad(, ;L Ilying tril) to $exas thc lattlr BLII., of January. Understand the wci~tl~er therc is sumc\~hatwiwmer thar~tl~;~. 111 orc1t.1. that thrv III;I\- s1x1.l 1110 \vc are ex1)ericncing at this time. ST. LOUIS ADVERTISERS \\-illiam Hatlield llrsl-class blaclc- sniit!~, has just reiul.ncd from a few i 1 d:lys visit kit his uld home in Pine. MARYLAND HOTEL Slo. Hill re1)orts all u~~usuallvpuod timc :~ndsays hc went tu~~lce);hunt- at Lhc L'urrncr's hume in Neodosh;;, Next to Friseo Building 27. l!IZli. ST. LOUIS, MO. inn, mallaging to get one shot at a K;~ns., December Everyone nohbler. Sonieho\\, the bird got away of us will miss Mrs. Schilling, whc~~ POPULAR PRICE EUROPEAN HOTEL ai~dthe Collcs didn't have wild ltirlic.. she Icaves to n~ake her home in Absolutely Fireproof Sa1)ull)a. All of us wish then1 a lung. Rates: $1.50 and Up Per Day for diu~~er. Pierre J. Kemper, third trick car oil- ~)rosr)erousand 11al)py married life. Electric Fan (Free) In Every Room cr, who suffered an attack of tonsil- ICnt?i~~cerJ. W. Cullum. wife anrl EATS :-Unexcelled CAFETERIA and itis, is now in thc St. Louis 1iosl)it:rl. sull fiil~ejust returned froin a trill tb COJ?FEE SHOP Servlce .\I1 the boys wish him a s~,eedyrecov- (';~lifornia,visiting relatives. I 1 (,I,? and ~,etur'nto work. J. G. Lorton, former Lrainmaster at These last few days of sprir~c: this !mint, paid us a visit, recentl.\. \vrather had the usu>rl effect oil 13ol1 311.. Lurton has been a rej)resentativr JEFFERSON 0414 JEFFERSON 0415 \\'arfield and Earl Benson, roundhouac out uC the c'encral manacer's offlce for 1 vlcrk aud c;\ller respectively. The two Lhe nast ti~ree years. Glad to have fientlcmen n~cntioued were heard dis- Lllcsc men come to see us. Co. (.r,urslna luullly upon thc conlpirrativ~~ \Villiam G. Meals, agent at Jones. I Becht Laundry values of n ncw Chcvrolct vs, a Rolls- Olrl;~., while sittinc. at his desk tele- lioycc. Sl'auhing, suffered an attack uf heart We Specialize in Josh Smith, laborer, was all set to Lruuhlc and died instantly. The me- ~arnii~Laundry mnlcc a trip to Xatchea, Niss.. but de- chanical department as well as the cided suddenly to 1)oxtpune the jour- t 1'irns~)ortationdepartment sympathize Louis ney for n while. The changibility of with SIrs. ?deals and three children. 330 1 - 1 1 Bell Ave., St. John F. Crain, fireman Crom Spring- I I .lash's mind is very irritating to Ar- ~~ett\\rallccr who bucks thc estra firld. No., who has been workiii~:off huard. Lliis board du,rinc the holidays, has \Vish ~01ncl)odyzrround here would 1'f.turncd to 111s home. buy :L new car so I could say some- P'rank Salinc'er. who has been OK 1 If We Want Good Candy I Lhinn ahout it. fur home time on account of sicl Page 71 We extend our s?.m~~atllyto Bralie- . . - -7 mall Jlay In the loss of 111s father. Ktllrl Copeland has been lasing off ior five or 51s days cnrcrlalning a guest. Some on eisct may be \vei+l,inr; ic solitaire on her return. C. 31. Watkins and J. 1.:. Webb are recent recruil rookie olJer:rtors, pick- r~lu[> anlong the llun~eguard, a1111 arc espected to dcvelou into real overa- 101'8. Agent F. JI. Kcalt?., :rt I:ldritlgc, c*on- tinues to be the busiest nun in that vicinity w!th the lu~nherhu~illess raw id1.v gron'lng. Some of the o1)crators a~,oul~dBir- mingham are wondrrinx \vhut has of Operator Horace E. Call from Jaspcr, who used to be well quite of- ten on Second .\venue under ~>rclt~~lsc of collecting the house rent. Wonders will ncwr cease! Agent 0. P. Salter, at P;~low, hits r)urcli;1sed a Ford. FREIGHT TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT MEMPHIS. TENN. - li.\Tl.: .\lASSlI.:. ltc2l)ortcr \lye h;~d:L vary wct liolitl;~~season. It rained and rained. Miss Lula Jlauley, sLenogmpher. en- NO-OX-ID jo>.ed the hollrlays with her eister ill I.,ocomotive boilers hcforc2 1SS7 werc considered subjcct to all Lhe wvages Sew Orleans. of had water supplies. TJiv xeneral hclirf prcv:ril~.d that scaling, fo;~niingand J. 0. Scales. lormrrly ern~~1uyc.din agent's offlce at HI)-thcviIlc, has sue- corrosion could not he corrected 01ily wgue idwa wxardinx rc2nlcdies csistetl. cecded J. L. Vrsivcr, Jr.. as assisl:i~~l Then son-lconc. dared lo stop bciic.vinu ;lntl stal't lilillliing. That sollleone was 1:1te clerk in this offic8e. Llcarborn. Sow, under se.ic.l~lifir: control. serious lmilrr water troubles are \Ve enjoyed a little: visit from -\I. 0. relecated to tlie past. Ho;u recca~~tly,formerly cm],logctl az rate clcrlc in this oflice, IIOW with tlic B. & 0.. I,ouisville. Iiy. R. C. Shcphard. rctirctt bri(1g.e dis- DEARBORN CHEMICAL CO. patchcr, \vas also :I pleasant visitor. estcndin; gl.eetings to all old asso- 299 Broadway, New York 310 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago ciates and fricrlds. 1887 JI. I\'. Llunkiu and wife \vc.rc 1iolitl:ls Serving Steam Unern Since visitors ill Grc.c11\vood. >liss. DORA, ALABAMA I?. .\I. SCOTT, Reljorter --~--~... -- Hanover, ni~htclerk, SIWI~I I:. 1,. Scrrcn kcl>t o1)c11 1111uscSen, scvercll dn?s 1,cccntly ill Chicago al~tl YcLLI,'?.day gcLting tlie rt,turns oL thc 31 il\vaukec. .\i;~i~an~;c-Sta~ifor(Iiootb;rll game. He Geo. R. Humphrey, station account- had a nen' .\twater-Kent radio inslall- ant, must have had x large Chrls11n;l~ srl just fo? this ~~c~l'l,ose.The rclur~~s i~l;lsmuc:has ;I few dilyn nftcrwi~rrl?r111, \r'erc rccelvc~l I)y hi~nthrou,gl~ a St%\\' LOCAL FREIGHT OFFICE sl~r:~illodill1 :~nl~Ic.011 ~~lterin~ill<' Turk station. \vl~ic*liwas c!oi~~~ccteddi- MEMPHIS, TENN. In'irst Sational Hank. Jlay has no\\, rect with Host: Howl. cliscardcd his cane. Nr. and .\Irs. .I:alph Connc,ll SI)I,II~ E. I). Cauhle Inusl have envied 1k1y the 1wlid;rys with A11.s. Connell's wrr- \v;lll Page 75 GLOBE TRACKLESS DOOR HANGER Peter Adamson 1. Coal and Mining Company Illincs Located ON FRlSCO AT DAWSON PHONE RURAL 91 EASY TO OPERATE-DURABLE-PILFER PROOF Can not lose off or swing out at bottom GLOBE RAILWAY EQUIPMENT CO. ST. LOUIS, Mo. Tulsa - - Oklahoma I S I P E 9 S Paint Materials for Every Railroad Purpose I Midvale Coal Co. 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UNION STEEL CASTING COMPANY CONTINENTAL representatives may be Pound on every railroad division PITTSBURGH, PA. In the United States and Canada. CARBON and VANADIUM CAST STEEL LOCOMOTIVE FRAMES General Miscellaneous Castings for Locomotive and Car Work Moeualt~Mnmptlny H. G. 6. ALEXANDER, Presldent M@ragn General Offices: Chicano. U. S. A. You Can Buy Comfort by the Ton Canadian Head Offlce. Toronto CUT OUT AND MAIL TODAY Cunlinental Casualty Company. JUST MAIN 910 Michlgan Avenue. Chicago. ILL. ORDER I am emplnsed by lhe FRlSCO STSTEII ...... Dlrlslon FuANKLIN\cuT.y COAL 3050 Plei~se send me Infnrmation In regard to WII~ he:~lll~a~nl arcldenl ~)ollcles such as ore rarrled by hundreds of my fellow em- HAWTHORN COAL COMPANY plnses In the Unltod Slates and Canada. ARCADE BUILDING YARDS: Wholesale and Retail St. Louis and St. Louis County NAiC...... ADDRESS ...... I:cbr-unry, 1927 F/G@o,@MPLOI%S'&IGAZZNE Pnyc 77 The Mount Vernon Car Manufacturing Co. Just completed, New Re pair Shop, 500' x 150'. Capacity Fully equipped with 10,000 Freight Cars; Cranes, Electric 150,000 Wheels; Heaters, etc., enabl- 20,000 tons Forgings. ing us to work in all kinds of weather. BUILDERS OF FREIGHT CARS MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS a INCORPORATED Journal Bearings and Bronze Engine Castings I NEW YORK CHICAGO SWAXDARD SEMX-S!I'EEL Y?OOniRX aO. Em OBLli, IOWA GLrnTON.lrlO. ELECTRIC MITM .- CUPOLA METAL EXCLUSIVELY MAIN PLANT AND GENERAL OFFICES SPRINGFIELD. MISSOURI -- The New York Air The Gideon - Anderson Co. MANUFACTURERS OF W. H. (Bill) REAVES Brake Company Hardwood Lumber 1169 Arcade Bldg. St. Louls AND REPRESENTING Manufactures the Slack Cooperage Stock The P. & RI. Company GENERAL OFFICES. STANDARD AIR -BRAKE Band Saw Mills and Planing Mills Rail Anchors EQUIPMENT GIDEON, MO. Co. SALES OFFICE The National Lock Washer GENERAL OFFICES AND Improved Hipower 166 Broadway, New York City DISTRIBUTING YARD: 110 Angelica Street Maintenance Equipment Co. WORKS Telephone: Tyler 001 1-Tyler 0012 Watertown, New York Labor Saving Devices ST. LOUIS, MO. Hamilton Coal and Mercantile Co. St. Louis Surfacer Chas. ReLong, Jr. General Office-WE1R CITY, KAN. and Paint Co. PRODUCERSOF Arlington Ave. & Terminal Belt Ry. Company LOUISVILLE Hamilton (luality Coal ST. LOUIS. MO. CELEBRATED No. !DEEP-SHAFT CHICAGO Exclusive Sales Agent. Railroad Paints, All Kindm of Railway and McALESTER FUEL CO. Kaneaa City. Mo. Varnishes, Enamels Industrial Paints C. H. HIGHTOWER. Sale, Manaxer High Grade Machine Tools Owens Paper Box Co. MACHINISTS' TOOLS AND American Lathe. and Radialr SUPPLIES Norton Grinders 413-415 N. Fist CUTTING & THREADING TOOL8 SAINT LOUIS SPARTAN HACK SAWS rLH. & C. FILES NYE PIPE TOOL8 WRENCHES RAILROAD SUPPLIES, ETC. Sachleben & Co. Pels Punches and Shears MANUFACTURERS I E. H. Wateon-Stillman Hyd. Machy. OF 2829 Locust Blvd. and EFFECTIVE SERVICE PLAIN AND FANCY BOXES ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI HOUSLEY WASHOUT PLUGS FOR PROGRESSION - AND SAFETY FIRST Made Only By A. Leschen & Sons Rope Co. Toap Strong FLUE CONN. Safe Durable CORP. - 3938 College Ave. Branches NEW YORK PRIME'S PLUGS INDIANAPOLIS CHICAGO DENVER INDIANA SAM FRANCISCO ~FZ~CO~MPLO~S~~C~~ZINL: Page 79 VILOCO RAILWAY DeBARDELEBEN COALS SIPSEY - EMPIRE - CORONA - CARBON HILL - HULL EQUIPMENT CO. For CHICAGO Domestic, Steam, Gas, By-product and Ceramics FOR DEPENDABLE SERVICE VILOCO Improved Sanders DeBARDELEBEN COAL CORPORATION VILOCO Bell Ringers The South's Largest Producers and Marketers of VILOCO Automatic Rail Washers HIGH GRADE COALS CRESCENT Metallic Packing BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA Indiana and Illinois Coal Corporation I MONTGOMERY COUNTY ILLINOIS COAL 1425 Old Colony Building CHICAGO I Daily Capacity, 20,000 Tons Located on the Big Four and C. & E. I. Railroads W- HORACE WILLIAMS COD,INC- ENGINEERS AND GENERAL CONTRACTORS ANY CLASS- CONSTRUCTION -ANY SIZE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD Specializing in Design and /or C o n stru c t io n of D o c k Wharves, Piers, Breakwaters, Dams, and Jetties, Bridges, Railways, Highways, Industrial Plants. All classes of Building Construction, Building Foundations. Maintaining an Engineering Department for Consultation, Investigation, Reports, Surveys, Designs. HOME OFFICE BRANCHES Fifth Floor Southern Building Pensacola, Fla. Mobile, Ala. Houston, Tex. 833 Howard Avenue NEW ORLEANS, LA. Reprenentativea in Principal Cities of AII Southern States FRISCO TERMINALS - PENSACOLA, FLORIDA Being Built by This Company - - - EMPIREREFINERIES, INC. SUBSIDIARY CITl ES SERVICE COMPANY Petroleum Products Sales Ofices : TULSA, OKLA. EMPI RE Also Operating Rejinerlu : OKMULGEE. OKLA. PONCA CITY. OKLA. PRODUCERS REFINING CO. CUSHING. OKLA. GAINESVILLE. TEXAS I BUFFALO BRAKE BEAM CO. I 1 BRAKEBEAMS AUXILIARYSUPPORTS FOR BRAKEBEAMS 1 SLIDABLY REMOVABLE NEW YORK BUFFALO, N. Y. ST. LOUIS THE OHIO INJECTOR COMPANY 1437 Monadnock Block CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Manufacturers of OHIO LIFTING INJECTORS CHICAGO NON-LIFTING I N J E C T 0 R S CHICAGO AUTOMATIC FLANGE OILERS, CHICAGO LUBRICATORS, OHIO LOW WATER ALARMS, CHICAGO AUTOMATIC DRIFTING VALVES, LOCOMOTIVE BOILER ATTACHMENTS, OHIO CAB SQUIRTS J MINER FRICTION DRAFT GEARS IDEAL SAFETY HAND BRAKES Ill SAFETY BOLSTER LOCKING CENTER PINS 111 REFRIGERATOR CAR DOOR FASTENERS SIDE BEARINGS Ill W. H. MINER, INC. THE ROOKERY CHICAGO Modern Locomotives are self-propelled power plants, designed and built to deliver a maximum ton-mileage per hour in proportion to fuel and water consumed. To produce such a machine requires ample experi- ence, together with the highest type of plant and organization. We are ready to work with you in solving your motive power ~roblems. The Baldwin Locomotive Works Philadelphia STEWART THE KELLYATKINSON CONST. CO. Machinery Company KELLYATKINSON BUILDING CO. 41 1 Buder Bulldinm. St. Louis. MO. BURY AIR COMPRESSORS COCHRASE Water Sotteners. Heaters and KELLYATKINSON FOUNDATION CO. Flow Meters. Dean Centrifugal and Steam Pumps. SECURITY BLDG. CHICAGO I I Strong Steam Traps. I In soliciting business request merchants to purchase from industries on the FRISCO LARCO WRENCH and FREIGHT WE SELL MFG. CORPORATION Gasoline, Kerosene, Distillate Gas Oil and Free Oil UNIVERSAL ALL BRASS TANK ANDERSON-PRICHARD OIL CORPORATION AND FLOAT VALVES OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. AGENTS REFINERY: CYRIL. OKLA. 7800 Woodlawn Ave. Chicago, lllinolr Leave11 Coal Co. Pittsburgh Forge Unxld MINERS AND SHIPPERS & Iron Co. Railroad Fusees MAGIC CITY COAL I PITTSBURGH, PA. TULSA, OKLAHOMA MANUFACTURERS OF INSURE SAFETY Car and Locomotive Axles Best by Every Test Heavy Forgings Crank Pins Piston Rods I The Producers Sand to. 1 UNEXCELLED MANUFACTURING I Producers and Shippers of the I Atlas Staybolt & Engine Bolt Iron BIG ARKANSAS RIVER CHANNEL SAND Screw Spikes Track Bolts COMPANY, Inc. 1 S('I(ISICSI4D .\XU \\'.\5111.:D I 307 National Bank of Commerce Building CHICAGO OFFICE. RY. EXCHANGE BLDG. NEW YORK, N. Y. TcI~~)IIII~L*:;-42i2 1'. 0. HOX 21Y3 I TULSA, OKLAHOMA I I DONAHOO CONSTRUCTION GO. I I C. A. ROBERTS CO. I Constructing Engineers and S. I. SMITH Contractors " SHELBY" MAIN DFFICE: Seamless Steel Tubing Manufacturer of I I P. 0. BOX 1981 CHICAGO ST. LOUIS I JACKSONVILLE, FLORID* I I DETROlT INDIANAPOLIS- I S. I. SMITH Cattle Guards I Hubbard Steel Foundry Co. SWEDOX- WELDING RODS, WIRES & ELECTRODES P. 0. Box 522 South Side Station Miscellaneous Car and Locomotive Castings A Grade of Rod for Every Class of Weldlng by MO. the Electric or Acetylene Process SPRINGFIELD, PLANT AND GENERAL OFFICES: CENTRAL STEEL & WIRE COMPANY E. CHICAGO, INDIANA Chicago, Illinois - Detroit, Mlohlgan The Only Efficient Locomotive Cleaner MULE-HIDE Products for RAILROADS 019 Mule-Hlde Plastlc Car Rooflng Mule-Hide Wuterprool Canvas for roofs of Passenger Coaches, Ca- booses and Cabs The D. & M. Cleaning Process Mule-Hido Iusulallng Paper for Refrlgerator Cars Mule-Hide Car Seal and Refrleerator Car Comoound Railway Exchange Mule-Ilide Fabrlc, membrane for waterproofing concrete construction CHICAGO, ILL. Jlule-Hide Wateryroollng Asphalt. Jlule-Hlde Rooflna for Rallroad Bulldlnas,-. etc. THE LEHON Coo 44th to 45th St. on Oakley Ave. CHICACO. ILL. Manassa Timber Company GALLOWAY COAL COMPANY Other Works PILING EXCLUSIVE MINERS OF HILLBURN. N.Y. CHICACO. ILL NIAGARAFAUS.N.Y SUPERIOR.WIS OAK--CYPRESS-PINE NIACARA FALLS. CANADA ELK RIVER AND RAILWAY TRACK MATERIAL Arcade Bldg. St. Louis, Mo. Swltch Stands. Switches. Frogs. GALLOWAY COAL Crosslngs. Guard Rails,Clarnps &forsteam. Electric. Mme and Industrial Railway Tracks General Office8 MANGANESE TRACK WORK A SPECINTY - MEMPHIS,TENNESSEE Maln Office H1LLBURN.N.Y 3 Barnard Stamo Co. I MINES AT SALES OFFICES AT ALL SEVEN WORKS GALLOWAY, CARBON HILL and HOLLY GROVE, ALABAMA (Mines Located on Frisco Railroad) I MILAR, CLINCH & COMPANY I ExcIuaive I Agenta tor CAR CEMENT I Steel Tirea, Steel Wed Wheel*, Stwl CONTINENTALWORKS CO. Arlea, Steel Sprlnga, Rolled Steel MANUFACTURERS Rings, Solid Wrought Steel Wheeb. Steel Forgings. Steel Cramher Rolln nnd Shellm. Rolled Steel Gear Blnnks, Steel and Iron Mnlleable Caatlngs, Steel Pipe W. L. BRUBAKER & BROS. CO. Flanges 50 CHURCH ST. NEW YORK..- N.- Y.-- Factory: MILLERSBURG, PA. Manufacturers of the SPECIAL TEMPERED RELIEVED STAYBOLT TAPS used by Standard Steel Works to. the leadinp Railroads and Boilermakers of the Unlted States. Our Staybolt Taps wlll tap 20% more holes. Write for descriptive matler of our New Desisn SPIRAL FLUTED Maln Office: Phlladelphia, Pa. STAYBOLT TAPS. We also manufacture HIGH SPEED BOILER REAMERS, adapted Works: Burnham, Pa. especially for Boiler and Car Work. Other tools we make are all kinds of Taps, Reamen. Dles, End Mills, Counterborea and High Speed Mud Ring Reamers. Beal and Mc Namara Painting Co. St. Louis Forgings Co. Union CONTRACTORS FOR PAlNTINQ AXLES, LOCOMOTIVE FORGINGS IN ALL PARTS OF TEE COUNTRY 1 Asbestos & Rubber Main Office: 5078 Easton Avenue ST. LOUIS, MO. East St. Louis Illinois Company I ROOUEMORE GRAVEL CO. I Mills: Dothan. Ala.-Preeoott, Ark. I MONTGOMERY, ALA. I Thomas E. Powe Lumber to. I I The South% Largest Pnlucera of I HARDWOOD LUMBER 310 S. Michigan Ave. ASH MAHOGANY POPLAR OAK Sand and Gravel GUM CYPRESS I FIRST NATIONAL BANK BLDG. I CHICAGO All Phones 4928 2 to 24 Branch St., ST. LOUIS, MO. CENTRAL BOARDING & SUPPLY COMPANY I COMMISSARY CONTRACTORS I Branch Offices F. J. ENGLEMAN, Prcsideut .\I, S. EXCLEBIAN, Vice-President General Office ST. LOUIS, UO. C. I. FITZQEBALD, Vlce-Pres. and Rec'y E. B. SEARKEY, Manager, Ft. Worth, Tex. ,258 noard o, ~~~d~n1dg. ~IO, CEAS. GRAY, Manager, Sprlmfleld, 310. SEAL RMlEY, Manager, Dallas, Texas KANSAS CITY, MO. ~~~~~~~E~f~. GUY KRESS, Supt., Springfleld, Mo. C. R. FIERCE, RulL, St. Louis, Mo. I CROWE COAL COMPANY General Office, Dwight Building KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI MINERS AND SHIPPERS Mines Located at Mulberry and Scammon, Kansas and Henryetta, Oklahoma, on the line of the St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. Co. FT. SMITH ICE AND The Carbon Coal COLD STORAGE CO. COLD STORAGE FOR ALL PERISHABLE MERCHANDISE Company Storage Capacity. 125 Cars INSULATED WIRES AND CABLES Daily lcc Making Capacity. 125 Tons PITTSBURG, KANS. FORT SMITH - - ARKANSAS For All Purposes --Under All Con- a ditions - Every- INSTANT SERVICE PHONE 6-0154 ( where - KDRITE -Give. y n- Bluff City Delivery Co. equalled Service. Mines on the Frisco at Ice and Coal Scammon, Kans. General Office, 651 Beale Avenue I MEMPHIS, TENN. ( The Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Co Tiger Brand Superb Linseed Oil MINE OPERATORS AND SHIPPERS I ABSOLUTELY PURE Operating Mines in Southern Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri THE FREDONIA GENERAL SALES OFFICES Linseed Oil Works Co. 717 Dwight Bldg., Kansas City, Mo. FREDONIA, vKANS. I Byrnes Belting Co. Duner Car Closets Acme Coal and Mining to MANUFACTURERS Enameled Iron Wet or Dry Clo~b MINES LOCATED IN HENRYETTA Oak Tanned Leather Belting DUNER CO. FIELDS ON FRISCO I Hose Packing 101 S. Clinton St. CHlCACO Ll N ES For detailed description see Car Builders SAINT LOUIS Cyclopedia 1922 Edltlon OFFICE-OKJIVLCEE. OKLA. BARNSDALL Be Square Petroleum Products Modern Refineries BARNSDALL. OKLAHOMA WICHITA, KANSAS 3 OKMULGEE, OKLAHOMA 3 OUR OWN CRUDE OUR- - OWN REFINERIES OURl'a OWN PIPE LINES OUR OWN TANK CARS I DEPENDABLE SOURCE OF SUPPLY I BARNSDALL REFINERIES, Inc. Subsidiary Barnsdall Corporation Executive Offices General Sales Offices Petroleum Building, Tulsa, Okla. 624 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. taught a King the Value of HAMILTON Time NGINEER LUX, of the "Century," E has had a world of experience at the throttle. But his greatest thrill came, no doubt, on that day when King Albert of Belgium climbed into the cab of his locomotive and piloted the "Century" with his Royal hand. And there King Albert learned, from Engineer Lux, the value of Hamilton time. His Majesty, before returning to Belgium, purchased a Hamilton. And Engineer Lux has continued to time the "Century" with his Hamilton-a watch that has now served him for thirty years. You, too, can know the time satis- faction that goes with Hamilton owner- ship. Ask j7our jeweler to show you the Hamilton 992 movement in railroad model case. Here is a combination of Hamilton accuracy and dependability with sturdy case construction of special design. As you look upon the Hamilton models, remember they are watches that have helped make railroad history -and. watches that will be doing the same thing a generation from now. To railroxl Inen interested in the pur- chase of a Hamilton we will gladly send a copy of the Hamilton Time Book and other literature illustrating and describ- ing the various models. u.--- -_.. "The Railroad Timekeeper of &erica" HAMILTON WATCH COMPANY LANCASTER, PENNA., U. S. A. South Bound North Bound Read Down SCHEDULE Read Up 1 :00 pm Lv...... Saint Louis ...... Ar 4:00 pm 9 :00 pm Ar ...... Memphis...... Lv 8:00 am 9:35 pm Lv ...... Memphis ...... Ar 7:20 am 5 :30 am Ar ...... Birmingham ...... Lv 11:30 pm 11 :35 am Ar ...... Atlanta ...... Lv 4:50 pm 6:15 am Ar ...... Tampa ...... Lv 10 :55 pm 8:40 am Ar...... St. Petersburg Lv 8:40 pm - in addition to the popular night train BETWEEN ST. LOUIS AND MEMPHIS 11:25 pm Lv...... Saint Louis ...... Ar 7:04 am 7:00 am Ar ...... Memphis ...... Lv 11 :20 pm THE WATER-LEVEL ROUTE BETWEEN ST. LOUIS and MEMPHIS asiter. boilermaker, has been South Nettleton. The reclamation plant, after being' going around with a smile .Jn his face Edward AIcCain. who for the past snowed under with scrap for sometime. here lately, and we learned that it year has been one of our special of- is so far caught up with their worlt was duc to a fine baby girl which ar- flcrrs, has been riven the position for- :IS to zct back to their rejiular eight- rived on December 9. Haven't learned merly held by James Ryan (deceased). hour day. the name yet. the position being lead man in thc Measles, measles, measles! Wever in Ashel Shipman, machinist, spent waste paper department of the recln- the history of the south shops has Xnias in Christian County with his there been-so many cascs of measles as parents. TVe think w~ldturkey was mntion plant. his aim, but clisal~pointmentwas what J. TV. Nanery of tho recl~mation at present. Among the families of our plant succeeds BTr. McCain as watch- shopmen, several of the boys have he got, as that is the best we can been off and others arc still OK, nurs- learn since his return. IVe hone vou man and soecial orricer. have hetter luck next timc. "Cat." - Ward Mhor~.formerly machinist on in,,. the afllicted ones. So far, thcrc hcve bcen no fetnlities and we hop<. Elisha Bass, electrician helper, was the roundhouse night force, but for called to Chicano account of the 111- the past several months working in 27 that all will recover nicely and in short ordcr. ness of his wife: who was there. vtslt- like capacity at Kansas City. was a re- 1n2 relatives. kre learn she is very cent visitor at the roundhouse hew. much improved, as Mr. Bass is back on and we were all glad to hear that hc NORTH SPRINGFIELD SHOPS the job agaln. h:ts been promotecl to the position of T. L. IIanlon, nlght roundhouse fore- assistant to the night roundhouse fore- TVBT. F. ?iL%FFT. Rc~)orter man, ~TldMrs. Hanlon, werc called to inan at Memphis, a posltion we know Pittuburn. Kansas, to attend thc fun- he is well qualifiecl to fill. eral of 3Ir. Hanlon's aunt. We all ex- Prather Langley. truckman at thn 1~'risco folks, we want to extend to lend our heartiest sympathy to 3Ir. roundhouse. and wife. have the svm- you our bcst wishes for the coming and Nrs, Hanlon. nathv of everyone. in the death of their new year. May 1927 see our railroad J. L. Hull, who has been seriously infant daurhter. FIelen Louise, who continue to prosper! ill with pneumonia for the past fort- died 1)ecomber 29. In 1926, through the untiring cfforts 11ight. is improving. Finis Litterall, coach shop, is an- of our supervisors and accident grr- Geo. W. Etter is at his home ill with nther south shop man who made a holi- vention committec.men, every unsafe pneumonia. and account of Mr. ICtter day visit to his home in Arkansas. condition or practice brought to their residing out in the rural district. we Leaford Johnson. machine man in attention was corrected. The minutes have been unable to call on him. the roundhouse, machine shop, has RI- of the accident prevention nieetin~s Nrs. Chas. Summers, wife of one of ways been a steady worker, so the for the year show more than one hun- our co-workers, is very sick at their fact that he took quite a long lay off dred and fifty items handled. home on the south side. during the holidays was causing his The hunting trophy for 1926 was Harrv B. Harvev was a visitor to many friends some concern, until he uwarded to J. W. Reddick, boiler forc- I7nris, 'l'esns, the 'first of the month. returned and proudly announcer1 that man, without e dissenting vote. This IVh~lethere a tonsori:~; artist dug up he now had the former Miss Edith gentleman hrrd the Dleasure of bag- n 90-cent barber bill, five yearn Old. 3IcEln~aln con~fortably ensconced in mne four ''wild" turkeys durinc; on* which Mr. Harvey paid. This state- their new home in the southeast part nfternoon while hunlinq-on his uncle's ment was made by Mr. Harvey himself. of town. Congratulations are in or- farm near Ilolla. "Ruck" happened to Earl Pinkley, a baseball player of der. \valk UP on a big flock and unlimberecl some note, criticized the St. Louls Car- George Bates, locomotive inspector the "shootin' iTon", and when the d~nnlsvery severely for lettlnfi Roxers in the roundhouse. started the New smoke of battle had cleared away, four Hornsby go to the New Pork Glants. Pear on the right boat by purchasinr: fine birds lay stretched out. However, In fact. Mr. Pinkley has cancelled the a new, modern bungalow at 523 South the birds happened to be of the barn- reservations he baa made for a box ut Warren Street, this city. vnrd variety and were later identified the St. Louis balI park the coming 8ea- Clell, the tmelve-year-old son of t~yMr. Reddick's uncle as being his son. Frcd Estis machine man in the round- own! Ira Stockton has a good whtch house. suffered the misfortune of Tim Regan, machinist, is a bachelor which lie will sell cheap. He clalms brcakin:: his right arm recently in a no longer. It seems that Tim had n to have ordered it with thirty soap fall from a bicycle. failing for brunettes and a certain lit- wrappers.Elbert Haggard bought a clime's Rav Van Gelding, who has worked tle lady changed his mind for him. in the store room- for sometime, has However, Tim was a very willing Vic- worth of tobacco recently. transferred to the paint shop and will tim.- ~~ to be sure. IiIr. and Mrs. Re- Collie Hankins and Baker Sisson will take up painting. gan are now honeymooning on the engage in a singing contest soon. We BIike Calveg, for thirty years an Pacific Coast. Good luck to you and do not expect a large attendance, as employe of the coach shop, west paint yours. Tim! the contest wlll have to be held five shop, died January 7. Mr. Calvey's A "state of war" also exists now at miles from any pogulated neighbor- health-..--- was such that he has not the domicile of Clifford Bobzien, ma- hood. worked for several months. His many chinist apprentice. Miss Florence Bai- Loyd Pinkly, a recent arrival from friends regret to hear of his death ley. of Crocber, Missouri, had her name Arliansas, surprised us all by show- and extend svmnathv to the family. changed to Mrs. Bobzien. A honey- ing that he was a ~astmaster at Walter ~ozar.-machinist first class. moon at New Orleans was enjoyed by itching washers.