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February, ·1943 War Bonds - Our Standing THE MILWAUKEE· MAGAZINE l'uhlbhc(l hy lhe CHICAGO, MILWAlIKEE, ST. PAUl: and PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY February, ·1943 War Bonds - Our Standing E HAVE almost reached the 90 percent mark set by the Government for participa­ Wtion in the payroll allotment plan for the purchase of War Savings Bonds. As of January 16 our figure was 89 percent, and by the time this magazine is off the press we may have passed 90 percent. It is mighty good to know that this large proportion of Milwaukee Road employes has answered the appeal of our Government to help the war effort in this way, and we hope those who have not yet signed up will do so in the near future so we can inform the Treasury Department that we are close to 100 percent. That this can be done is proved by the Madison division with 99.4 percent of its employes subscri~ing; the I. &S. M. Division with 99 percent; the Milwaukee Division with 97.7 percent; Tomah shops with 96.5 per­ cent, and other divisions, terminals and shops that have done better than 90 percent. In the Chicago and Seattle general offices the 100 percent mark has been reached by the departments of Purchases and Stores, Law, and Public Relations, as well as the offices of Secretary, Treasurer, and Trustee; the Accounting Department has subscribed 99.7 per­ cent; Traffic Department, 99.4 percent; and the Operating Department, 98.3 percent. We are still far short of the other goal set by the government -10 percent of the payroll for War Bonds. Our latest figure for the total amount of money deducted each month is less than 6 percent. I am sure we can do much better than this. I received a few days ago a telegram from Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Secretary of the Treasury, asking that I appeal to all Milwaukee Road employes to increase their purchases of War Bonds and to p.oint out that, despite the new taxes, our burdens are slight when compared with those of our fighting men. He stresses the fact that both Bonds and taxes are needed to meet the increasing costs of war; that one does not fill the place of the other. It is not for me to say that everyone should devote 10 per cent of his pay to the purchase of War Bonds. I realize there are some who cannot do so. Others can do more. If each one of us buys to the limit, we can meet the quota set by the Treasury Department. I am glad to quote the following from Mr. Morgenthau's telegram: "Please express to your employes my deep appreciation of their patriotic understanding and cooperation in helping to solve the nation's financial problems." 2 THE MILWAUKEE MAGAZINE Crossing Accidents and THE Increase in Number of Train Delays Rail Passengers Carried On the average, 38 railroad trains Notwithstanding the great increase are delayed daily by accidents at MILWAUI{EE in the amount of passenger service in rail-highway crossings, according to 1942, measured in passengers carried a computation made recently by one mile, the total number of pas­ Charles E. Hill of the New York Ce~­ sengers carried by the railroads last tral for the Steam Railroad Section MAGAZINE year was not as great liS in years ?f . the National Safety Council. preceding 1931. The 1942 number EIghty-two percent of these acci­ U~ION STATION BUILDING. CHICAGO of passengers carried al,;o was 20 dents," Mr. Hill reported, "occur at perctmt, or more, uncler the totals crossings having special protection Vol. XXX FEBRUARY,1943 No. 11 for 1920, and preceding years. The -n?t. only the stan~ard warning sign increase in the amount of passenger adVISIng the motOrIst that he is ap­ Publlshed monthly by the Chicago. Mll­ service performed, measured in pas­ waukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad tor tree proaching a crossing, but also spe­ dIstribution among its employes. sengers carried one mile, therefore cial protective devices such as flash­ was due to the fact that the average ing lights, gates or watchmen. These MARC GREEN, A. G. DUPUIS, passenger rides a greater distance warnings, which have been installed Editor Manager rather than to an increase in the at great expense to the railroads and Single Copies. 10c Each-Outside Clroula­ number of passengers riding. Total !n many instances to the public, are tiOD, $1.01 Per Year. U. S. Postage on This passenger miles in 1942, for instance, Ignored. In one-third of these acci­ 1.!a«azlne Is Three Cents. were approximately three-fourths dents the motorist drives his car into areater than in 1929, although fig­ the side of passenger or frei aht with civilian passenger service. But ~res now available indicate that the trains, all the way from the head ebnd it was a small job compared with the total number of passengers carried to the rear end. military movements that have taken in 1942 was about one-fifth less than As a result of crossing accidents, place in some subsequent months. in 1929. a monthly average of 702 freight Approximately a million soldiers The average rail passenger, even trains are delayed a grand total of in group movements now are being in 1941, rode three-fourths farther 460 hours, and a ~onthly average handled monthly. When to these are than in 1929, and the average pas­ of 4035 passenger tl"ains are delayed added sailors, coast guardsmen and senger currently is riding about one a grand total of 200 hours. This is marines, as well as numerous move­ and a quarter times as far as in 1929. a monthly average of 660 hours de­ ments of groups of fewer than 50 • lay to 1,137 trains, or an average men, th€l total becomes staggering, Setting New Records for daily delay of 22 hours to 38 trains. quite apart from the furlough travel Passenger Safety • and the tremendously increased civil­ ian travel. The current rec0rd of the rail­ The Growth of Military roads for safety to passengers is very In World War I less than 25 per much better than it was in 1920, the Passenger Movement cent of the troops moved in Pullman last previous year in which a corres­ cars. About two-thirds now move in Rail transportation of 600,000 pondingly great volume of passenger Pullman cars. In the first nine members of the country's armed service was performed. In 1920 months of this year 5,185,000 troops forces in the seven weeks following there was enly one passenger fatality were moved in sleeping cars. In Pearl Harbor was everywhere ac­ for each 205 million passengers car­ September alone 835,000 troops claimed as an outstanding transpor. ried one mile. In the first s€v~m were moved in sleeping cars, with ~atio~ accomplishment, particularly months of 194,2 there was only one movement of 750,000 in sleeping cars In VIew of the fact that it was per­ passenc;er fatality to each mil­ in August. 49? formed with so little interference • lion passengers carried one mIle. Passes and Good Manners Our Customers Entitled to First Call on Available Facilities HEN a passenger recently observed that it an­ would seem to add to our obligation to treat them with noyed him to see seats in crowded trains occu­ courtesy and (wnsideration. The railroad that earns the W pied by people riding on passes while paying reputation of looking out for its patrons is the one that passengers stood, it brought forth the suggestion from will get the business when the war is over and normal Mr. Gillick that "we can all agree with the thought that times return, so both good manners and self-inten~st the present situation caused by the war and the rubber dictate the course we ought to follow.... We now have and gasoline restrictions will disappear very rapidly a wonderful opportunity to make and keep friends." after the duration, and all of us will be again attempt­ The service facilities we have are for sale to the public ing to attract the public to use our facilities. Now is the and must be reserved for its accommodation. The public time we should build up good will rather than destroy it. pays the bill which operates our railroad and any privi­ We do not have enough coaches, locomotives, or room leges enjoyed by us as employes so far as the use of our on our railroad to provide additional service and the far;ilities is concerned are incidental thereto. The job situation can only be corrected by the users of free our railroad is doing as a whole is creating a very favor­ transportation giving way to those who pay their fares." able public impression. It's not difficult, then, to s·ee !VIr. Scandrett has commented on this subject to the why we should refrain from doing anything by which effect that "If all of us visualized our customers as we might risk the loss of the advantage so far gained. guests, we would not be guilty of the practice which As Mr. Scandrett says, "Good manners and self-interest this passenger criticizes. That they are paying guests dictate the course we ought to follow." February, 1943 3. AGENT'S FORCE AT TACOMA WINS "T" FLAG. As a result 01 per employe. In recognition of their contribution to the nation's war a year-end War Bond drive conducted by Ray A. Grummel, agent at effort, one of the Treasury Department's coveted "T" flags has been Tacoma, assisted by his chief clerk, Fay Clover, the agent's forces at awarded to these men and women by Mayor Harry Cain of Tacoma, Tacoma-which include the passenger station, the local freight office, honorary chairman of the Pierce County War Savings staB.
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