Pnge 14 Team Work Spells. Fuel Economy By H. R. DAVIS, Engineer, River Division In order to obtaiil the best results sanders will also have their effect. He entire crew. This will have a con- in fuel economy, there must be team should also use judgment in going siderable bearing on the amount of work among all classes of employes into stations, so there will be no un- coal consumed. Conductors should whose duties are in any way connect- necessary time consumed at stations. keep the dispatchers advised as to ed with the use of fuel. He should be thoroughly familiar the time he will consume in doing The first thing, and which I con- with the handling of locomotives and necessary work. Get away from sta- sider the most important of all, is a see that all appliances are kept in tions with the least possible delay. real honest desire to save. This will good working order, especially valve The brakeman also can help con- require concentrated thought, after motion and draft appliances. A lame siderably, by being alert in detecting which systematic action must follow or bad drafted engine wastes fuel. In- hot boxes. Remedy them before they before good results are obtained. jectors should respond instantly: get too hot. Detect high and low slow responding injectors waste fuel. A majority of the railroads use coal- draw bars, leaky train lines, bad the fireman also has a direct effect breaks and other causes of bad order. burning locomotives, therefore, coal upon fuel saving. He should fire light is the most important fuel used, al- The roundhouse forces, if careful in and often and keep the fire always in their work, can save many delays on though oil and grease are used by good condition. Engine pumping is some roads. There are very few em- the road, which will also save fuel. very important. Also being perfectly Engines should be kept as nearly in ployes on railroads who are not in familiar with the road is important. some way connected with the use of perfect condition as possible. Fire I understand that with a mechanics1 builders should give attention both fuel, some more directly than others. stoker, the fireman's responsibility is I will take the management first, as as to the time of starting them and increased. the method of doing so and not have I feel that they are the men that can I will state some things worthy of give us the right kind of a start. engines ready too long before leav- mentioning: ing time. Also watch cinder pit waste The most efficient move mould be Arrange coal on top of the tenders closely. Roundhouse foremen should to assign engineers to regular engines try to detect steam leaks in pipe where work will permit us. This will so none will not fall off; see that none falls out of gangway; line from stationary boilers, for, as assist much in keeping the engines in Franklin said, "Little leaks will sink good condition and niake it possible to Build ug fire and get grates covered a mighty ship." Car department men determine engines that are burning evenly with a good layer of coke be- can do their part by carefully inspect- too much coal. Second, there should fore engine is to be used; ing boxes and bad orders. This avoids be no erratic schedules; time tables the necessity of sending them out. should be arranged so that trains will Build fire carefully, for if it is spoil- ed at the start, it will give more or Yard crews should try to have trains not interfere with each other. Waste made up properly so no unnecessary of power should be eliminated where- less trouble and that means more fuel ; switching on the part of train crews ever possible: the trainmaster's judg- is necessary. The switchmen can also ment in alloting work will have a di- Have a good supply of water in the help by not making unnecessary rect bearing on fuel consumption. boiler at the start; moves and giving proper signals. Heavy drags should not be stopped Always be ready before starting; Roadmaster can also help by n7atch- to set off or pick up loads. This can ing track conditions that will cause be provided for by leaving the shorts Keep an even temperature at all slowing down of heavy trains. Sec- at nearest points to their destination; times in firebox; tion foremen can also help by ar- that is, where a stop is uecessary and Excessive heat in one place has a ranging their work to avoid slowing allowing local crews to handle them. tendency to melt mineral matter in down of heavy trains. Operators can Pickups to be handled the same way. coal and cause clinkers; also help by being prompt in their Avoid overloading one eugine and work. Tower men can also help by running another light when practical. Clinkers take up heating space and being prompt with their s'gnals. Make proper allowance for weather interfere with air circulation and al- Bridge foremen should arrange to conditions. A bad wind, slippery lows unburnt gases to escape; pass trains with the least ~ossible rails, or cold weather affects an en- Water in boiler should be kept at delay. Many delays are caused by gine's performance more than is nearly the same level as possible and someone's carelessness. The follonr- usually figured. as high as it can be carried without ing quotations have been very bene- Engines should be loaded so they carrying it through the throttle, as ficial to me: can make the hardest grades at a fair water carried through the throttle rate of speed, and be able to start not only causes loss of heat, but in- their trains if they should slip down terferes with the engine's perfor- or have to stop for some cause, for mance; SUBJECT: CARELESSNESS we know doubling hills consumes Going into stations where engines much fuel. The dispatcher should I am not much of a mathematician, have to stand a few minutes, have says Carelessness, but I can. add to be careful in listing trains, so that water at a level that you can avoid engines can be coupled on and get your troubles, and subtract from your away from terminals with the least engine popping; earnings, multiply your aches and possible delay. At meeting points, Keep grates working properly and pains, take interest from your work let the light train take siding when loosen them before fire gets too and discount your chance for safety. practical. The engineer's method of heavy, move grates only when neces- Besides this, I can divide your handling his engine has a more di- sary. thoughts between business and pleas- rect effect upon fuel consumption Do not overload tank when taking ure, and be a potent factor in your than any other thing. He should start coal. Make a thorough study of com- failures, even if I am with you a small fraction of the time. I can trains carefully, giving engine a biistion as you will find it beneficial. lessen pour chances for success. I am chance to pick up train as it should. Strive to make each trip better. If a figure to be reckoned with. Cancel A careful study of the best manner each of us will concentrate and save of handling the reverse lever and a little each trip, it will soon amount me from your habits and I will add throttle to get the most work possible to tons. Conductors can direct the to your total happiness. out of steam, saves fuel. He should work to be done in such a way that The more we study the problem of also use brakes intelligently and start unnecessary switching can be avoid- saving, the more evident becomes the carefully to avoid bad orders. Proper ed. Figure out the moves in advance necessity of co-operation from every lubrication and the condition of and give proper information to the 8ource. January, 1925 PFrpl~c0~MPLO%S'~A~Z~NE Page 15

FRISCO RAILWAY BOWLING LEAGUE 21 Berkeley ...... I43 SEASON OF 1924-1925 18 Egan ...... 137 Tdwer Grove 'Team Standing and Averages Including Games Averages November 14, 1924 Games High High 27 Spielman ...... 177 Teams Games Won Lost Percentage Single Three 27 Conley ...... 171 Engineering ...... 27 17 10 630 938 2,647 21 Shad ...... 167 Passenger ...... 27 15 12 556 865 2.424 27 Weisheyer ...... 151 Freight Traffic ...... 27 15 12 556 934 2,569 6 Lyons ...... 148 Tower Grove 27 15 12 556 896 2.501 3 Zeis ...... 147 ...... F. W. ROSE, Secretary. Interline ...... 27 14 -13 - 51---9 snn--- -,.2.577 .. General Freight ...... 27 11 16 - 407 789 2,288 Revising ...... 27 11 16 407 841 2,469 "Y. Oh Y Should it be "Y?" Auditing ...... ,,...,, 27 10 17 370 916 2.432 The editor of this magazine, ,?hose TEAM RECORD 24 Durfield ...... 157 middle initial happens to be "L, won- High Three 24 Reinheimer ...... 154 ders why, and how, so many corres- Engineering ...... 2,647 21 Kinworthy ...... 151 pondents have obtained the impres- Interline ...... 2,577 18 Bullerdick ...... 145 sion that it is "Y." Fully one-half the Freight Traffic ...... 2,471 21 McDermott ...... 143 letters addressed to this office come Revising ...... 2,469 to "Floyd 'Y.' Bell." It's a nice letter Tower Grove ...... 2,436 Engineering and a useful one, but "why?" Games Averages High Single 15 Wilson ...... 170 Freight Traffic ...... 934 24 Gauvin ...... 166 The Stove League Opens Its Auditing ...... 916 27 Kranefuss ...... 151 Sessions Interline ...... 900 27 Schopfer ...... 148 Winter has, or at least it had when Tower Grove ...... ;...... 896 27 McBride ...... 147 this was written, the country within Engineering ...... 870 its grasp, but the hot stove burns INDIVIDUAL Freight Traffic brightly, and around its pleasant High Three Games Averages warmth the hot stove fans and Wilson ...... 627 27 Rose ...... : ...... 165 leaguers gather to discuss the plans Spielman ...... 620 21 Sullivan ...... 162 for the coming spring and summer in Conley ...... 591 24 Jochum ...... 161 baseball. Schaffnit ...... 685 24 Spinner ...... 159 The Frisco Lines will again have a Rohfling ...... 572 12 Norden ...... 158 strong baseball team in the field next 18 Bauer ...... 139 spring, and plans are already being High Single 9 Curran ...... 138 Duffy ...... 237 outlined for the season. Conley ...... 222 General Freight Last season a very creditable show- McAuliffe ...... : .... 222 Games Averages ing was made, and every real Frisco Houlihan ...... 217 27 Stemmler ...... ,...... 150 fan was proud of that record. The Jochum ...... 216 24 Wolfert ...... 147 coming season, however, it is expect- McBride ...... 216 24 Braun ...... 146 ed that the team will surpass its ef- Bacon ...... 216 15 Bather ...... 137 forts of last year, and there is good 15 Heckel ...... 139 ground for the belief that the team INDIVIDUAL AVERAGES will be a pennant contender all the Names Games Averages 12 Bardgett ...... 137 9 Reed ...... 137 way. Tschampers ...... 9 182 Baseball is, after all, the great Spielman ...... 27 177 Interline American sport, and it awakens in Schaffnit ...... 27 175 Games Averages the minds and hearts of its followers Conley ...... 27 171 9 Tschampers ...... 182 a sympathy of thought, and even of Wilson ...... 15 170 27 Duffy ...... 168 action, which perhaps no other game Duffy ...... 27 168 9 Tl~iellcer...... 167 arouses. Shad ...... 21 167 18 Bacon ...... 166 Spring training of the Frisco team Thielker ...... 9 167 27 Burgdorf ...... ,158 will begin as soon as the weather man Gauvin ...... 24 166 27 Peters ...... 158 passes the word that spring is with Bacon ...... 18 166 12 Voss ...... 127 US. Rose ...... 27 165 McAuliffe ...... 27 163 Passenger Grob ...... 12 163 27 Schaffnit ...... 175 They Are Closely Bunched Sullivan ...... 21 162 27 Houlihail ...... I67 Look at the team records of the Jechum ...... 24 161 24 Tremayne ...... 153 Frisco bowlers this month. Five nn teams closely bunched. It's a "hoss Rohfling ul 160 24 Eichnauer ...... 153 ...... race." And may the best team win. HIGH SINGLE INDIVIDUAL 15 Hallman ...... 139 - 27 Stoessel ...... 134 Some records there, too. The Frisco November 14, 1924 has developed some real howlers in Gattvin ...... 214 Revising the past few seasons, bowlers 11-ho are INDIVIDUAL AVERAGES Games Averages a credit to the sport. We a-c a11 pull- November 14, 1924 12 Grob ...... 163 ing for them to make a great showing Auditing 27 Rohfling ...... 160 in the various tournaments this year, Games Averages 21 Bucheit ...... 155 and to cop considerable of the prize 27 McAuliffe ...... 163 18 McLean ...... money. January, 192.5 "MY JOBw-AND WHAT I MAKE IT A QUESTION RESTING ENTIRELY WITH "ME"

Regardless of any and all other in- I know, desired to give efficient fluences entering into my life more service and satisfaction to its em- depends on my Job than anything ployes as well as to its patrons. It else. It would matter not if I were E. G. HUGHETT deserves the respect and love of the owner of bank stock and oil every man and woman who has a Job wells, or the controller of railroads, with it. A fellow who' has a job on my Job would be the most important the Frisco Lines, however humble it thing in the world to me. I might be fill my Job to the very best of my may be, has something he should feel able to live in ease and comfort ability. 171 put eight hours hard grateful for and be proud of. And without work, but to live in ease and work every day into the faithful per- he does not fill his Job completely comfort, healthy and happy, without formance of the duties of my Job. 1'11 when he leaves the premises of the a Job would not be possible. I might concentrate upon my Job. I'll cut company, but his job is to boost the not have to labor to make a living, out a lot of mental and physical loaf- Frisco, sell its service, and stand be- yet to know that there was no Job in ing while on the Job. I'll work earn- hind its endeavor to give satisfaction, the world for me to fill, no Job for estly, carefully, conscientiously while regardless of what department his me to call my own, would take the I'm on the Job, then I'll play or rest Job happens to be in, or where he joy out of living and there would be with a clear conscience, happy that I may be when opportunity presents no real life after all. President Kurn, did my dead-level best. itself. no doubt, is much more independent And I'm not going to worry because I'm for you strong, Old Frisco; of his Job, as far as the financial end my Job does not have big title, nor of it is concerned, than you and I, a I'm proud I'm a Frisco Man; because some other fellow is paid a Proud of the job you give me, yet, I imagine, he is just as proud lot more money on his Job than I. of his job as a Job, as any employe And I'll serve you the best I Can. on the railroad-proud that he has I'm just as proud of MY JOB as any May your trains run often and safely, work to perform, a task to accom- other fellow on the Frisco, therefore, With never a wreck or delay, plish, a Job to fill. We remember the I am going to forget about the title Well loaded each trip that they make, story of the "Man Without a Coun- or the money and hand out to my job And business increase everv day. try," and how miserable he was, but all I have in appreciation for what it is giving out to me every day. The Success his misery could not be anything like Laborer on 34 cents per hour, or the as discomforting, conscience -killing By J. J. Stephenson and hope-destroying as the man with- Mechanic on 77 cents; the clerk who is paid $125 per month, or the official The working span out a Job. Of a railroad man I'm mighty glad I have a Job. I who pulls down $300, is just as de- uendent and obligated to his Job as Is one score years and ten. have a place to fill in this old world But if he shirk and the filling of that place credit- the President or anybody else on the road. No doubt Mr. Kurn would be His daily work ably depends almost altogether on You can write, "That is the end." this Job of mine. I'm not talking discharged just as surely and prompt- about "Positions" in this article. A ly for falling down on his job as you or I on ours. Maybe he has to put But the man who'll try position, you know, is merely a place And never say die in life. We may have high or low a lot more into his Job than you or I to keep it. So let's you and me for- And the hardest task will do positions in life but that doesn't Is the kind of a man amount to much. It's the Job we get about the other fellow and his Job and think a great deal more His boss won't "pan" have, and the faithful handling of If he works 'ti1 he's ninety-two. that Job that really counts. My, how about ourselves and our jobs. much depends on my Job! That boy I have heard many of our employes of mine meets me every day when I say that they have receivcd fairer, A New Year Wish go home from work with a happy better treatment on the Frisco than The gracious Lord attend yer needs, face, a healthy body, full of life, all anywhere they have ever worked, And prosper you as lang's ye'l-e directly or indirectly because I though they had worked for many dif- here, have a Job. His education, his ferent railroads, as well as other com- Forgive yer numerous misdeeds, joy, his very life depends on my nanies. I can say the same thing. And clean yer slate tae start the Job. He's my pal, but he wouldn't The Frisco has been good to me. bet- year. be if it were not for my Job. And ter. perhaps than I have at times de- that Plapoer I married when I was served. I suppose I could get a Job J. H. Brennan Joins a Jelly Bean; she has turned out with some other company. I don't to be a mighty fine partner in my af- know about that and just at this time "Hole In One Club" fairs; always cheerful, helpful, keep- I'm not concerned about that, for I ,J. H. Brennan, superintendent of ing a little Heaven down at the know if 1 get to drifting here and telegraph, entered the Golfers' Hall House for me to slip into when the there in my day dreams, I can't fill of Fame on Saturday, November 8, by day's work is done. But for my Job my ,Job with the Frisco as well as I becoming a bona fide member of the I would miss all the pleasures of a ought to. I know that if I ever get "hole in one" club. real home. Then there's the Lodge, to the place where I think the Frisco Mr. Brennan made this on the the School and the Church. all de- is trying to keep me down and give course of the Springfield, %lo., COUP pending on your .Job and mine. And every good thing to the other fellow try Club, being the fifth member bf every time we fall down on our Jobs (we get that way sometimes, you that club to have made a hole in one, all these things suffer. Yes, all this know), or to the place where I can since the organization of the club sev- and more depends on our Jobs. no longer be loyal to its interests, eral years ago. Oh, I'm proud of my Job! But I I'm simply going to quit and let some The popular superintendent of tele- sometimes wonder if I show my ap- worthier brother have the Job who graph is modest about his achieve- preciation for it as I should. HOW will appreciate it more than I. ment, and receives the congratnla- can I show my appreciation? Well. The Frisco is a good railroad. It tions of his associates with a bashful there is only One way. If I appre- is progressive and desires to win on graciousness which befits a real ciate my Job; if I'm proud of it, 1'11 merit alone. It has, in recent years, champion. Page 17

Are You Sharp-Shod? "Of Such Are The Kingdomw Hare, you ever watched a horse, neither sharp-shod nor otherwise This is the story of an M-K-T been sent to Arizona to recover her properly equipped, trying to make veteran, and of an act of real charity. health, and of how Hazel was being his way along an icy street in a gale? Maybe it does not rightly belong in kept in Arizona principally through Have you watched his attempts to go a Frisco Magazine. However, the the efforts of Frisco officials and em- fonvard, and the inevitable back- editor believes that it does and he ployes at the general offices In St. sliding of his powerful, sleek body, leaves it to your judgment whether Louis, and of how Miss Mildred John- which a moment ago was so graceful or not his viewpoint is correct, after son had directed the "campaign" in and sure, now a squirming, awkward reading the little story. Hazel's interests. mass? Have you watched the great But, whether or not it belongs in Calling to the editor one night not body struggle to its feet, only to sink this magazine, we know that it has long since, Mr. Laine, apostle of good again to its knees at the next icy its place in the archives of the Record- cheer and optimism, told of his inter- strip? ing Angel, and that when the final I have stood by helplessly and scroll is written against the name of est being awakened in this little girl's watched unprotected horses suffer. the principal character of this little case and asked if he might not be and my reaction has always been one story it will be inscribed In letters that permitted to make a contribution to- of helpless pity. all may. read, "This was charity." ward the fund necessary for keeping Unconsciously, I have drawl1 com- E. C. Laine was for years a trainman her in Arizona. The editor at first pal-isons between men I have know11 on the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Lines, demurred but then he realized that it and the horse on the icy pavement- and had an excellent record. Then was from the depth of a truly gen- the horse which hasn't been sharp- along came misfortune in the guise of erous heart and one which might feel shod. an illness which has kept Mr. Laine offended if the contribution were not Have you stood impersonally and practically a "shut-in" for the past accepted. watched a man, uncertain of his foot- several years. And so to Hazel Stroud, courageous ing, try to make strides and come to Out at the Hamilton Hotol, in St. little messenger girl down in Phoenix, grief? Every day man is driven piti- Louis, where he lives, he is known as grimly fighting against the monster lessly by the most heartless of mas- "the cheerful man." And the title has who has all but lost his battle, goes ters-Fate. He is forced over "icy been fairly won. Where many another not only that bit of currency which pavements" at every step. Unlike would have sulked or flunked in pure Mr. Laine so generously donated, but the horse, however, man is shackled despair. Mr. Laine has faced life and likewise his best wishes.and heartfelt 5-ith "responsibilities" -results of its burdens with a smile, a smile that desires for her complete recovery. civilization. If man sinks to his is always with him no matter how Mr. Laine will not like this story of knees, and cannot find strength to sharp the pain nor how dull and drab his charitable act. We are seriously struggle back to his feet, he must the day may be to others. afraid that in writing this we may be take with him his wife and children. Maybe it was because of his own doing exactly the wrong thing, but we His natural daring stride is impeded experiences, but the other day Mr. felt, and we believe you will feel with by the knowledge that any false step Laine read in a copy of the Frisco us, that such an act, and from a man will make his family objects of pity. Employes' Magazine of Hazel Stroud, not at all connected with the Frisco, As the comparison goes on, one be- the little Frisco messenger who had is worthy of note. gins to feel that the horse is perhaps the luckier of the two animals. He can hold his own during three sea- sons of the year-man must be sharp- Ben McCrum Had Human Heart Lowell, Kansas. I noticed two fine shod during every season. During hunting dogs on the bridge across the every season he must take measures R. C. Ruddick, Section No. 64, Auro- river and the passenger train was ap- to insure permanence of footing for ra, Missouri, writes as follows: proaching. I expected the dogs to be himself and his family. "I am an employe, section man at killed, but McCrum stopped the train The responsibilities man has ac- Aurora, Mo., and read the magazine and getting off the engine, picked quired through the ages weigh heavi- each month, and am well pleased with those dogs up and placed them in the ly against the horse's comparative it. I certainly enjoy reading the va- cab, carried them across the bridge freedom. rious articles it contains, but do want and then placed them safely on the All wise men make frequent and to see more regarding the trackmen. ground. I took off my hat and thank- regular trips to the blacksmith. Some I consider the trackman one of the ed God for a man with such love of men have themselves sharp-shod at most necessary of employes. So let animals in his heart." the bank, others at the insurance us hear from some of them. office. "I think the November issue is the Money put away systematically in best we have yet had. The articles the savings bank insures against want on Pages 12 and 13, about Mr. MC- Southwest Missouri to Have in old age, when man's stride is not Crum, and the one by Division Road- Harvest Show so sure, and the "pavement" slip- master Holland are especially inter- Plans have been formulated for a pery. Man's insurance gives elas- esting to me. Wish every trackman Harvest Show Association of a perma- ticity to his strides while he is still on the lines could read this and take nent nature in Southwest Missouri, young and has a firm footing. It gives heed. I hope none of our men are and at a meeting held in Sarcoxie, on him a sense of freedom in his daily just working for the pay check. If December 2, tangible, definite ideas encounters, and a security, that, if so they are doing both themselves and mere submitted and acted upon. he should sink to his knees in the the company a great injustice. struggle, his "responsibilities" will be The interest in the Harvest Show taken care of-his wife and children "The article about Mr. McCrum, has grown to such an extent that big written by Miss Moore, calls to my will never be objects of pity. things are expected of it in the future. Your Group Insurance helps you to mind an incident in which Ben MC- The association has been organized Crum was the principal actor. I strike your stride. It makes you for two and onehalf years, and the "sharp-shod" and enables you to keep was, at that time, in the employ of leading business men of six cities in the K. C., F. S. & M. Railway, as a firm footing as you step along the that section are back of the move- path of life. The man who has failed freight brakeman, on the division ment. from Webb City to Cherokee, and to visit the blacksmith in his youth. Mr. McCrum was engineer on the pas- Some form of publicity for the en- or the one whom the blacksmith was senger from Webb City to Fort Scott, tire Southwest Missouri section, to afraid to sharp-shod because of ill and drove Engine 19, a large engine "sell" that section to the outside health, is protected through Group Tn- at that time. One day while off duty world, is to be put into effect as surance, and in turn, he protects his I was hunting on Spring River near rapidly as possible. "responsibilities." First Aid "Almost equally important is the Something has got to be clone to re- Most of us have been present, or knowledge of what not to do. The good duce this needless loss of Iife. near, when an accident occurred to a samaritan who runs to the assistance Of course there is no way of pre- fellow workman. of a man who has fallen from a scaf- venting people from dashing upon And here is what usually happens. fold and hoists him to his feet converts railroad tracks in front of trains. In a few fleeting moments a milling a .simple fracture into a compound. Those people would be killing them- mass of humanity surrounds the un- The man who paints an infected selves in some other manner if de- fortunate victim, curious to get a wound wlth iodine a second or third nied the privilege of risking their glimpse before the doctor or ambu- time and the policeman who has to necks in front of trains. But the sad lance arrives. be knocked down before artificial res- part of it is that these reckless driv- We staud around and wonder why piration can be applied to a gassed ers so often carry with them to death someone doesn't do something to re- victim are other examples of danger- sensible and careful people who do lieve the sufferer by easing his fallen ous ignorance. not deserve the fate of the thought- position, or fanning him; clearing the "The trained man, however, knows less motor driver. space to provide fresh air, or by giving what to do and he does it while his him a cooling drink of water. fellow workers are debating what Inventor of the First Locomotive Then it is should be done and suggesting all man- just possible that a boy, ner of crude remedies. A small model, stated to be the a member of the Boy Scouts, pushes original model of a locomotive con- his way through the crowd and per- "The beneflts of flrst aid instruction are not always confined to the plant. structed by William Murdoclr, is about forms first aid services according to At home, on the street and on vaca- to be submitted for auction in Lon- his teachings, and when the doctor tion, emergencies may arise at any don. The Times, referring to the arrives, pats him on the head and says, time when the training of the first model, concludes its notice with the "Good worlr, my lad," we feel ashamed aider may save a life. And proper words, "it was left to Stephenson to and we should feel ashamed, too, to first aid training by teaching persons gather fame as the inventor of the think that we stood around and let a to think clearly and act promptly will first locomotive.". Despite the growth mere boy do that which we should help to prevent accidents in addition of education and general distribution have been capable of doing. of encyclopedias, it appears impos- Regarding First Aid, Dr. Harry W. to minimizing the severity of those Gentles, Chairman, First Aid Commit- which do occur." sible to kill the fallacy that "Stephen- tee, Chicago Chapter, American Red son invented the locomotive." Neither Hesitate and Be Saved Stephenson nor his friends ever Cross, writes in the National Safety claimed that he was "the inventor of News as follows: A train traveling 50 miles an hour the locomotive," while there are many "With the increasing interest being covers a half mile in 36 seconds and standard works on locomotive history displayed in flrst aid there is an in- a train of ordinary length will pass giving the-true facts. In view of in- creasing demand for information about a crossing in about 6 seconds. formation available, and that three the essentials of this important sub- It doesn't take long to wait 42 sec- important works dealing with early ject. onds when a life is at stake. locomotive history have been publish- In the first place, there should be A person may be cool and collected .ed within the past few months, it is a clear understanding of what flrst when driving a car. He may be a regrettable that The Times repeats aid really is. First aid is not a sub- splendid judge of distance and know stitute for accident prevention. An the inaccurate claim as to Stephenson his car well enough to depend upon being the "inventor of the locomo- ounce of prevention is still worth a its capabilities, but the nervous sys- pound of cure, but we have not yet tive." Cugnot's locomotive was run- ten1 is a delicate part of our make up ning in the streets of Paris in 1769. reached the point where we can dis- and in the face of an on-rushing train, pense with the cure. But first aid is is liable to skip in its function, caus- Murdock's model of a road locomo- a valuable addition to accident preven- tire is said to have been constructed ing a twitching muscle to do the about 1784, and measures 19 inches tion actirities and industrial concerns wrong thing in manipulation of the 7 14 which have trained large numbers of car, irrespective of the mind's direc- long, inches wide, and inches their employes in first aid and have tion. If, perchance, the error brings high. A replica is in the South Ken- also made substantial reductions in the car within range of the moving sington Museum. Murdock's model accidents. The employe trained in train, 36 seconds isn't going to be very was stated to have been made at first aid is invariably a safe worker long to get it out of danger. Redruth. In the neighboring Cornish and a good influence in the plant. There is no argument in favor of mining town of Camborne, Richard "Nor is first aid intended to take running such a chance. Wait-you Trevithick is credited with producing the place of medical service. Its place may lose. a parlor model locomotive in 1796 and is rather to fill in the gap between the on Christmas Eve, 1801, had a steam *accident and the arrival of the physi- locomotive running in the streets of .cian when seconds are valuable and Thirty a Day Camborne, to the great consternation ,skilled treatment by the trained lay- (Cape Girardeau "S. E. Missourian.") and fright of the inhabitants. -man may be the means of saving the This day 30 Americans are killed In August. 1802, Richard Trevithick patient's life. or injured at railroad grade crossings, built the first railway locomotive at "To know what to do in an emer- if today is only an average day. In Coalbrookdale, while Trevithick's sec- ,gency is the most important thing. It the whole year 1924 a total of 2,800 ond railway locomotive performed a does .not always require extraordinary will be killed and 8,000 injured at successful journey on the Pen-y-Dar- skill or special equipment. The man crossings. ren Tramroad in South Wales in Feb- -who can put his thumb on an artery Is it any wonder that you are being ruary. 1804, and as the result of a spurting blood and hold it there until asked to wear a metal plate on your wager won its backer a bet of 500 ,someone else can summon a physician automobile announcing that you come $wineas.-South African Railways and -will often. save a life. to a full stop at all railroad crossings? Harbours Magazine.