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Vol. I. No. 1 METROPOLITAN NEW YORK DISTRICT January, 1940 N Vol. I. No. 1 METROPOLITAN NEW YORK DISTRICT January, 1940 New Low Special Manhattan A. A. Louis W. Landman, Retiring, Rates in Hospital To Present Play Is Succeeded by F. H. Baird For N.Y.C. Folk Friday, March 29 Hospital For Ruptured And Musical Show, "Toot Toot," General Passenger Traffic Manager Ends Crippled Cuts Costs For to be Staged Lavishly in 53 Years' Service-J. W. Switzer to Succeed Metropolitan Workers Grand Ballroom of the Hotel Commodore Baird as Passenger Traffic Manager—E. E. And Their Families. The most successful affair ever con• Pierce, Boston, Comes to New York — Ira Under an agreement recently com- ducted by the New York Central pleted by Dr. Bradley L. Coley, Chief Athletic Association was an amateur Rasp to Boston and Fendrych to Albany Surgeon of the New York Central, play held several years ago at the Cen• with the Ruptured and Crippled Hos• tral Opera House, attended by some The most sweeping shift in many years among the executives of pital, New York Central employes in 1500 members and friends. the New York Central's Passenger Department becomes effective the metropolitan district, together with In response to numerous requests, January 1, when Louis W. Landman, for eight years General Pas• members of their families, will be the Association will sponsor another given special rates for service in that amateur play, entitled "Toot Toot." senger Traffic Manager of the New York Central System, retires on hospital. These rates are such as to This is a musical version of the play reaching the age limit of 70. cut materially the cost of a stay in the "Excuse Me" which had a successful Mr. Landman, the dean of passen• hospital. run playing on Broadway. The play ger executives of the country, although While the original announcement was written by Rupert Hughes, with retiring officially, will have a room in envisaged hospital care for employes music by Jerome Kern. Central Offers the offices of M. J. Alger, Vice Presi• only, it was later announced that mem• It will be staged on Friday evening, dent, Traffic, and will be available as bers of their families also would be March 29, in the Grand Ballroom of consultant. given special rates, for a period of six the Hotel Commodore, which will ac• Wealth of Trips months ending April 30, 1940, at Mr. Landman will be succeeded in commodate 1650. General Admission New York as general passenger traffic which time the matter will be given will be $1 and after the play there further consideration. to Snow Resorts manager by Frederick H. Baird, will be dancing. hitherto passenger traffic manager, with Must Have a Letter The Association has been fortunate One-Day, Weekend and headquarters in Chicago. Mr. Baird in securing the services of Frank W. will be succeeded in Chicago by James To obtain entrance to the hospital, Extended Trips Scheduled it will be necessary for the employe Shea to direct the show. Mr. Shea has W. Switzer, hitherto general passen• or member of his family to obtain a worked successfully with George M. To More Than 30 Varied ger agent, with headquarters in New letter of authorization signed by the Cohan, the Shuberts, the late Madame Ski Centers York. Schumann-Heink, and many others. head of the employe's department. Mr. Switzer's successor in New The hospital is at 321 East 42nd Assisting Mr. Shea in coaching the Gay groups of skiers, warmly York will be E. E. Pierce, up to now Street. dancing will be Mrs. Shea, a former dressed in their brightly colored out• general passenger agent of the Boston The announcement, as originally premiere danseuse in the Ziegfeld fits, are again a familiar sight in & Albany, with headquarters in Bos• made, is outlined in the following let• Follies. Grand Central Terminal. With the re• ton. Mr. Pierce's post will be taken ter from the superintendent of the More than 30 members already wish appearance of the Ski Bureau's log by Ira G. Rasp, formerly division to participate. There is still time if cabin service center in the Terminal's passenger agent for many years at hospital: north gallery, they herald the opening "We would be glad to take care you have talent, either as a dancer, Albany. singer, actor, or comedian. If you wish of the 1939-40 ski season. of employes of the New York Central Mr. Rasp will be succeeded by Railroad in the Ward for $4 per day to participate, make this known to H. These groups of departing sports L. Buhler, Room 1046. fans are expected to increase as the Charles G. Fendrych, previously gen• with a minimum charge for operating winter advances because the cessation eral agent in the office of the general room of $10, anaesthesia $5, and a At top, Louis W. Landman. passenger traffic manager, New York. charge of $3 for laboratory work. of travel to Continental Europe, the improvement noted in business, and Mr. Landman for years has been "For semi-private accommodations Above, Frederick H. Baird. the mounting enthusiasm for cold one of the most widely known traffic our charge would be $5.50 per day and weather sports point encouragingly to• executives in the country. His exten• a minimum charge of $15 for operat• Big Coffee Plant ward a record year. ing room, all other charges to be ac• sive and expert knowledge of intricate cording to our semi-private room The New York Central is ready passenger matters was gained during rates. on Jersey Shore to meet the rush with a greatly in• 53 years of active railroad service. creased Snow Train schedule. It now "For semi-private rooms in the Gib- Weehawken on Map The Austin Company, industrial offers one-day, weekend, and extended Born in Indiana ney Pavilion a charge of $6.50 per builders, are constructing a plant for Weehawken Stores Department trips to as many as thirty different day would be made. Hills Bros. Coffee, Inc., of San Fran• bowling team is leading an 18-team points, all at greatly reduced coach Mr. Landman was born December "As before, any employe will be ad• cisco, on about fifteen acres of land league by three games, having won 31 and Pullman rates. Trains destined for 6, 1869 in Waynetown, Indiana. His mitted with a slip signed by the Chief at Edgewater, N. J., for the mixing, out of 39 games so far this season. the Catskills, the Adirondacks, the early years were spent on a farm, but of Department, and Dr. Bradley Coley roasting, packing and warehousing of They have won 19 straight games. Green and Laurentian Mountains leave the glamour of railroading led him to or Dr. Higinbotham will be immedi• coffee. The structure, which will have P. W. Inspector J. J. O'Connell is the Terminal regularly on weekends study telegraphy. Through this, he ob• ately notified." a central tower of fifteen stories, will leading the team with 186 average tained his first railroad job in 1886 as represent an investment, including the which is not bad for a Booster Team an operator with the Indiana, Bloom- land, of more than $1,000,000. It is of 850 average. ington & Western Railroad, now part expected construction will be com• Lights In Freight of the Big Four. Later, he served as Woman's "Seeing Eye" pleted and ready for operation early Cars at Port Morris ticket agent at Danville, Ill., and in 1900 he went to the Hocking Valley Gets Three Suspects next summer. Over at Port Morris "play area" The other day Mrs. A. L. Murty, It will be served by private side• System Traffic Still as traveling passenger agent at Co• lights have been established for "work lumbus, Ohio. Agent at University Heights, cast her tracks from the New York Central Gaining Over Last Year area" space. One of our large re• optics down the yard and saw three Railroad, as well as the Erie. The Company's business since ceivers of freight is working two or In September, 1904, he was pro• young men loading scrap steel into a August has shown considerable more gangs in eights hour shifts daily, moted to general agent of the Big truck. She knew that the section men gain over traffic handled a year unloading cars. To increase efficiency Four & Michigan Central, at Toledo. did not work on that particular day before and after sundown, so-called In October, 1906, he was made gen• and therefore promptly 'phoned the ago. For the week ended Decem• Y" Invites Company ber 16, the total cars handled play area" lights were installed eral western passenger agent of the Superintendent. amounted to 80,615 as compared throughout the public delivery yard. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern, now Captain of Police Hogan sent one Kids To Swim with 69,424 for the same week Next week those in charge are going part of the New York Central, at of his fleetest runners, pell-mell, up Saturday morning "splash" parties in 1938, an increase of 16.1 per• further by increasing the driveway Chicago. In January, 1910, he was there and caught the suspected thieves for the children of all New York Cen• cent. space and providing a lighting circuit appointed general passenger agent of red-handed. Score one for both the lady tral employes are being conducted, Passenger traffic, likewise, has all along the freight house platform the Lake Erie & Western, at Indian• and the cop. free, every Saturday from 10 to 12, shown an encouraging increase. with connections every 50 feet so that apolis.
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