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Iowa Official Register, 1931-1932 Board Of
128 IOWA OFFICIAL REGISTER, 1931-1932 BOARD OF EDUCATIONAL EXAMINERS AGNES SAMUELSON, Superintendent of Public Instruction, ex-officiof President. WALTER A. JESSUP, President of The State University of Iowa, ex-officio O. R. LATHAM, President of Iowa State Teachers College, ex-officio RAYMOND M. HUGHES, President of Iowa State College of Agriculture and Me- chanic Arts, ex-officio. D. W. MOREHOUSE, President, Drake University, Des Moines. Term expires, July 1, 1933. JUNE CHIDESTER, County Superintendent, Fairfield. Term expires, July 1, 1933. B. K. ORR, Superintendent of Schools, Waukon, Iowa. Term expires, February 1, 1935. Legal Birth- Annual Position Name Residence place Salary Secretary Viola H. ScheLl Des Moine3. .. Iowa $ 2,000 Chief Clerk Esther E. Tronstrora Mapleton Iowa 1,800 Stenographer Florence Erickson...... De3 Moine3... Iowa 1,200 Stenographer Gladys H. Burke Des Moine3... Iowa 1,200 Bookkeeper Estelle Carlson De3 Moine3.... Iowa 1,200 The board of educational examiners consists of the superintendent of public in- struction, who is president and executive officer of the board, the president of the State University of Iowa, the president of the Iowa State Teachers College, the president of the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, three persons appointed by the governor, one of whom shall be a woman and one of whom shall be a representative of the privately endowed colleges of the state maintaining teacher training courses. The board has charge of the granting of state and uniform county teachers' certificates. It determines what colleges may be accredited under the statute for state teachers' certificates and fixes standards for teacher training courses, what certificates of other states may be accepted under the statute for Iowa teachers' certificates and the graduates of what colleges and normal schools of other states may be given certificate recognition. -
FEDERAL REGISTER VOLUME 34 • NUMBER 197 Tuesday, October 14,1969 • Washington, D.C, Pages 15779-15829
FEDERAL REGISTER VOLUME 34 • NUMBER 197 Tuesday, October 14,1969 • Washington, D.C, Pages 15779-15829 Agencies in this issue— The President Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service Agriculture Department Army Department Atomic Energy Commission Budget Bureau Business and Defense Services Administration Civil Aeronautics Board Consumer and Marketing Service Engineers Corps Federal Aviation Administration Federal Communications Commission Federal Trade Commission Fiscal Service Fish and Wildlife Service Food and Drug Administration Foreign Assets Control Office Geological Survey Housing and Urban Development Department Indian Affairs Bureau Interior Department Internal Revenue Service Interstate Commerce Commission Public Health Service Securities and Exchange Commission Social Security Administration Treasury Department Wage and Hour Division Detailed list of Contents appears inside. Now Available UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION MANUAL [1969-70 Edition] The 805-page publication—official organization handbook of the Fed eral Government—describes the creation and legislative authority, organization, and functions of the agencies in the legislative, judicial, and executive branches. It contains the U.S. Constitution and its amend ments; 45 charts showing the organization of Congress, the executive departments, and the larger independent agencies; and lists the names and titles of about 5,000 key Government officials, including the Members of Congress. Supplemental information includes brief histories of Federal agencies whose functions have been abolished or transferred subsequent to March 4, 1933; brief descriptions of quasi-official agencies and selected international organizations; and a list of several hundred representative publications available from Government establishments. The Manual is an indispensable reference tool for teachers, students, librarians, researchers, businessmen, and lawyers who need current official information about the U.S. -
40Thanniv Ersary
Spring 2011 • $7 95 FSharing tihe exr periencste of Fastest railways past and present & rsary nive 40th An Things Were Not the Same after May 1, 1971 by George E. Kanary D-Day for Amtrak 5We certainly did not see Turboliners in regular service in Chicago before Amtrak. This train is In mid April, 1971, I was returning from headed for St. Louis in August 1977. —All photos by the author except as noted Seattle, Washington on my favorite train to the Pacific Northwest, the NORTH back into freight service or retire. The what I considered to be an inauspicious COAST LIMITED. For nearly 70 years, friendly stewardess-nurses would find other beginning to the new service. Even the the flagship train of the Northern Pacific employment. The locomotives and cars new name, AMTRAK, was a disappoint - RR, one of the oldest named trains in the would go into the AMTRAK fleet and be ment to me, since I preferred the classier country, had closely followed the route of dispersed country wide, some even winding sounding RAILPAX, which was eliminat - the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804, up running on the other side of the river on ed at nearly the last moment. and was definitely the super scenic way to the Milwaukee Road to the Twin Cities. In addition, wasn’t AMTRAK really Seattle and Portland. My first association That was only one example of the serv - being brought into existence to eliminate with the North Coast Limited dated to ices that would be lost with the advent of the passenger train in America? Didn’t 1948, when I took my first long distance AMTRAK on May 1, 1971. -
South Shore Freight's Fabulous Franchise
South Shore GP38-2s lead a westbound freight on 11th Street on the east side of Michigan City, Ind. BY KEVIN P. KEEFE PHOTOS BY GREG MCDONNELL SOUTH SHORE FREIGHT’SFABULOUS FRANCHISE © 2017 Kalmbach Publishing Co. This material may not be reproduced in any 32 Trains JUNE form2017 without permission from the publisher. www.TrainsMag.com ENGINEER CHARLIE McLemore at the car lengths ... one car length ... that’ll do.” railroad in December 1990. “We’d con- throttle of No. 2001 as AF-2 (Michigan City- Then a muffled bang. vinced the trustee that we were the best op- Kingsbury turn) works Kingsbury Industrial After 90 minutes of switching worthy of tion because we’d built all those other Park at former Kingsbury Ordnance Plant. a Master Model Railroader session, the train deals,” recalls Peter A. Gilbertson, Anacos- is ready. McLemore lets the dispatcher know, tia’s founder and chairman. NICTD, a commuter authority created in receives a friendly “clear” from the voice in The South Shore purchase gave the 1977 by the state of Indiana to represent the South Shore dispatching center a few company a solid foothold for moving fur- Lake, Porter, LaPorte, and St. Joseph coun- hundred feet away, and AF-2 is off, trun- ther into short lines, a mission the compa- ties, the railroad’s basic service area. The COMMUTERS ALIGHT from a three-car dling down the Kingsbury line at 20 mph. ny since has pursued with the acquisition agency began running the trains in 1990. Railroad and today the operations head- NICTD train at Dune Park as a westbound of five other railroads (see page 40). -
2004 Freight Rail Component of the Florida Rail Plan
final report 2004 Freight Rail Component of the Florida Rail Plan prepared for Florida Department of Transportation prepared by Cambridge Systematics, Inc. 4445 Willard Avenue, Suite 300 Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815 with Charles River Associates June 2005 final report 2004 Freight Rail Component of the Florida Rail Plan prepared for Florida Department of Transportation prepared by Cambridge Systematics, Inc. 4445 Willard Avenue, Suite 300 Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815 with Charles River Associates Inc. June 2005 2004 Freight Rail Component of the Florida Rail Plan Table of Contents Executive Summary .............................................................................................................. ES-1 Purpose........................................................................................................................... ES-1 Florida’s Rail System.................................................................................................... ES-2 Freight Rail and the Florida Economy ....................................................................... ES-7 Trends and Issues.......................................................................................................... ES-15 Future Rail Investment Needs .................................................................................... ES-17 Strategies and Funding Opportunities ...................................................................... ES-19 Recommendations........................................................................................................ -
Refrigerator Cars
KALMBACH MEMORIAL LIBRARY - PHOTO INDEX Form Image Number Year City State By Notes Caddo & Choctaw Refrigerator cars with ice bunkers PB 00346 AAR loading beef PB 00347 F loading milk PB 00053919 1947 Pittston PA RWC Newcomb used as ice side Doniphan, Kensett & Stearcy Rwy Ventilator & insulated cars SC 19000 78700319 84 White River Jct. VT PJE Insulated Doniphan, Kensett & Stearcy Rwy Ventilator & insulated cars SC 19001 78703819 81 E Brighton VT PJE Insulated American Rail & Marine Corp Ventilator & insulated cars SC 50776 78670419 79 EWC Miller part side American Refrigerator Transit Co Refrigerator cars with ice bunkers PB 00343 23050 L loading SC 20188 53479 NBG RS Alcoa Terminal RR Temperature control cars PB 000264 1676719 1947 Harrisburg PA RWC b. 03-1929 wood side PB 000265 2134319 1947 Harrisburg PA RWC b. 04-1929 wood side Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Rwy Co Temperature control cars PB 000273 1476619 1947 Harrisburg PA RWC side Bangor & Aroostook RR Co Temperature control cars SC 20179 2415 NBG XIH steel Missouri-Kansas-Texas RR Co Ventilator & insulated cars SC 50979 2066319 78 EWC RBL part 3/4 Burlington Northern RR Co Mechanical temperature control cars SC 19005 538919 81 Enola PA PJE Mech reefer Big Rivers Electric Corp Temperature control cars PB 000373 7440219 1947 Harrisburg PA RWC CBQ 3/4 PB 000374 7553519 1947 Harrisburg PA RWC CBQ 3/4 PB 000375 7505519 1947 Harrisburg PA RWC CBQ side PB 000376 7559119 1947 Harrisburg PA RWC CBQ side PB 000377 7579519 1946 Harrisburg PA RWC CBQ 3/4 Refrigerator cars with ice bunkers -
Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents, August 1928
Monthly Catal io LIBRARY United States uCT 1 5 1928 ROIT, MICH. Public Docum (WITH PRICES) No. 404 August, 1928 ISSUED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 1928 Abbreviations Appendix______________ — app. Octavo___ __________________________s’ Congress_______________ —Cong. Page, pages_________________________ p. Department____________ --- Dept. Part, parts_____________________ pt., pts. Document___________ ___ ----- doc. Plate, plates________________________ pl. facsimile, facsimiles_____ facsim. Portrait, portraits__________________ por. Federal Trade Commission. F. T. C. Quarto_____________________________ 4° Folio__________________ -------- f° Report-------------------------------------------- rp. House. H. Saint----------------------------------------------St. House bill________________________ H. R. Section, sections____________________ sec. House concurrent resolution__ H. Con. Res. Senate, Senate bill___________________ S. House document. H. doc. Senate concurrent resolution_ S. Con. Res. House executive document_____ H. ex. doc. Senate document_________________ S. doc. House Joint resolution_________ H. J. Res. Senate executive document_____ S. ex. doc. House report____________________ H. rp. Senate joint resolution________ S. J. Res. House resolution (simple)________ H. Res. Senate report____________________ S. rp. Illustration,illustrations _______________ 11. Senate resolution (simple)________ S. Res. Inch, inches_________________________ in. Session___________________________ sess. Interstate CommerceCommission ___ -
In This Issue: • Memories of Burnett's Lake, Part 1 • Riding Seaboard's
The Magazine of the ACL & SAL HS – Covering the Vol. 34, No. 2 ACL, SAL, SCL, and Affiliated and Associated Railroads 2nd Quarter 2017 $9.95 In this Issue: • Memories of LINES Burnett’s Lake, Part 1 • Riding Seaboard’s Portsmouth Line SOUTH • Riding the ACL: Secondary Lines in the Carolinas Membership Classes Regular: $35 for one year or $65 for two years. Memberships are concur- rent with the calendar year; to join or renew during the year, contact us at our LINES address below or at [email protected]. Sustaining: $60 for one year or $115 for two years. These amounts in- clude $25 and $50, respectively, in tax-deductible contributions. Century Club: $135 for one year, which includes a complimentary calen- SOUTH dar and a tax-deductible contribution of $87. We gladly accept other contributions, either financial or historical Volume 34, No. 2, 2nd Quarter 2017 materials for our archives, all of which are tax-deductible to the extent The Magazine of the ACL & SAL HS – Covering the provided by law. ACL, SAL, SCL, and Affiliated and Associated Railroads Your membership dues include quarterly issues of LINES SOUTH, participa- tion in Society-sponsored events and projects, voting rights on issues brought before the membership, and research assistance on members’ questions. LINES SOUTH STAFF Foreign (includes Canada): Membership with delivery via surface mail is Editor $60 per year or $120 for two years. For sustaining foreign memberships, add Larry Goolsby $25 for one year and $50 for two years. We can accept foreign memberships only by Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or PayPal. -
Introduction ...4 History Of
Contents Introduction ......................................... 4 Chapter 1 History of railroads and the produce industry ............... 5 Chapter 2 Refrigerator cars ..................................... 12 Chapter 3 Car fleets and owners ................................ 28 Chapter 4 Packing houses, harvesting, and loading .................. 52 Chapter 5 Perishable operations ................................. 66 Chapter 6 Making ice and icing reefers ........................... 85 Chapter 7 Produce terminals and final customers ................... 98 Bibliography ....................................... 109 About the author ................................... 111 Acknowledgments .................................. 111 1 2 California Fruit Express was an 1890s private car operator. This all-wood Wickes Patent car, built in 1892, was 36 feet long with a 30-ton capacity and held 7,500 pounds of ice. Trains magazine collection CHAPTER TWO Although the idea for an ice-cooled 20,000 cars, the majority of which of a car, with vents above the tanks car was no longer novel by the late were actually leased to carry perishable providing air circulation to the interior. 1800s, railroads of the period were traffic (mainly from the West). The The basic design—with modifications reluctant to invest money in them. company also owned icing stations and upgrades—would last through the Refrigerator cars Railroads had substantial fleets of throughout the country. end of the ice-bunker era. boxcars and did not want to invest in Railroads soon found the way to A number of companies and rolling stock designed for specialty acquire refrigerator cars was to form individuals began building cars, and commodities. separate subsidiary companies to among the most common early cars Not only were refrigerator cars more own and manage them (more on this were the Tiffany Patent and Wickes expensive to build than boxcars, they in chapter 3). -
From the Midwest to Florida by Rail Volume 2
From the Midwest to Florida by Rail Volume 2 - Errata p.15: Delete the paragraph: “NYC was initially involved in discussions with a number of other railroads concerning the establishment of fast Chicago-Miami all-coach services in 1940, but withdrew and took no action.” (It was replaced by the previous paragraph, but inadvertently left in.) p.26, Switching Partners, third paragraph: “When ACL purchased Plant System in 1900…” Should be 1902.” p.38, second column: “Until now, most of seasonal winter Florida traffic…” p.50, 1904 Monon sleeper: “For the 1903-04 season, beginning January 11, 1904, the Special no longer offered a PL Pittsburgh sleeper, and the MC-CH&D Detroit sleeper was still operating on a tri-weekly basis. The Monon St. Augustine-Chicago sleeper, usually on Florida Limited, was handled on the Special this season only northbound, and only with Saturday departures.” Should read “northbound weekdays only; on Sundays the car remained on the Florida Limited.” (Monon sleeper information on p.35 (Florida Limited) is correct.) p.50: “For the 1903-04 season, beginning January 11, 1904, the Special no longer offered a PL Pittsburgh sleeper, and the MC-CH&D Detroit sleeper was still operating on a tri-weekly basis. The Monon St. Augustine-Chicago sleeper, usually on Florida Limited, was handled on the Special this season only northbound, and only with Saturday departures. The train was advertised as an all-Pullman Cincinnati-St. Augustine train, having new Pullman equipment, including section-2DR sleepers, a library-observation car, electric-lighted coaches, and a diner.” The train did not have coaches at this time. -
The Aerodynamic Effects of High-Speed Trains on People and Property at Stations in the Northeast Corridor RR0931R0061 6
THE AERODYNAMIC EFFECTS OF u. S. Department of Transportation HIGH-SPEED TRAINS ON PEOPLE Federal Railroad Administration AND PROPERTY AT STATIONS IN THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR. PB2000-103859 III III[[11111[11111111111111111111 Safety of High-Speed Ground Transportation Systems REPRODUCED BY: N 'JS. u.s. Department of Commerce National Technical Information Service Springfield, Virginia 22161 NOTICE This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the Department of Transportation in the interest of information exchange. The United States Government assumes no liability for its contents or use thereof. NOTICE The United States Government does not endorse products or manufacturers. Trade or manufacturers' names appear herein solely because they are considered essential to the objective of this report. Form Approved REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE OMB No. 0704-0188 Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1hour per response, includi'iPe the time for reviewing instructions, searchin~ eXistin?< data sources,rnthering and maintaining the data needed and completin~ and reviewin~ the collection of information. Send comments r~arding this bur en estimate or an~ other aspect of this collec Ion of in ormation, inclu IOlb,SU8%estions for redUCin~ this bur~~~. l0 ~hirron eadquarters ilfrvices, D~~torate~g[c Information Operations an Reports, 1215 Jefferson Davis Ighway. Suite 1204, Mnglon, VA 22202-4302, and to e ice of Managemen and Bud et Pa rwo Reduction Project 0704-0188 Washin on DC 20503. 1. AGENCY USE ONLY (Leave blank) 2. REPORT DATE 3. REPORT TYPE AND DATES COVERED November 1999 Final Report January 1998 - January 1999 4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE 5. -
Schedule 310 P3
ACAA – R1 Class I Railroad Annual Report CSX Transportation, Inc. 500 Water Street, C729 Jacksonville, FL 32202 To The Surface Transportation Board For the Year Ending December 29, 2006 NOTICE 1. This report is required for every class I railroad operating within the United States. Three copies of this Annual Report should be completed. Two of the copies must be filed with the Surface Transportation Board, Office of Economics, Environmental Analysis, and Administration, The Mercury Building, 1925 K St. N.W., Suite 500, Washington, DC 20423, by March 31 of the year following that for which the report is made. One copy should be retained by the carrier. 2. Every inquiry must be definitely answered. Where the word “none” truly and completely states the fact, it should be given as the answer. If any inquiry is inapplicable, the words “not applicable” should be used. 3. Wherever the space provided in the schedules in insufficient to permit a full and complete statement of the requested information, inserts should be prepared and appropriately identified by the number of the schedule. 4. All entries should be made in a permanent black ink or typed. Those of a contrary character must be indicated in parenthesis. Items of an unusual character must be indicated by appropriate symbols and explained in footnotes. 5. Money items, except averages, throughout the annual report form should be shown in thousands of dollars adjusted to accord with footings. Totals for amounts reported in subsidiary accounts included in supporting schedules must be in agreement with related primary accounts. For purposes of rounding, amounts of $500 but less than $1,000 should be raised to the nearest thousand dollars, and amounts of less than $500 should be lowered.