RECALLS INDIAN DANCES Railway Earnings by Months Since 1925 (CmfCwed from Page 10) (CLASS I RAILROADS) High School In Springfield, went to 1925 1928 I927 1928 1928 1930 Drury College and then to St. Louk Jan ....-...... Peb...... University. When he was 13 years ,March old, during his summer vacatlon he Aprll ...... May ...... was a news butch on a Frisco traln June...... which ran to Chadwick. Then he re- July ...... turned to school. Later on he worked hug ...... SepL ...... in the West Shop, learning the boiler- Oct...... Nor...... maker's trade, but when school time Dec ...... came again, the school 'bug' bit him and away he went. He has stuck to Told...... $1.138.632.320 $1,231,790,929 ~I,095,485,000$1,193,133,711 $1,274,774,188 $376,428,836 his school work, and has laid aside his Rrturrr on Property Iwestment plans for marrying until he is estab- 4.74% 4.98% 4.29% 4.72% 4.95% 3.61% lished in business, and the latter will Yearly totals Include certaln corrections not appearing In monthly lkures. soon be at hand. "I want you to tell the readers of Tkc Frisco iuagazine that it wan the AN OLD-TIME LADING EATS OZARK BERRIES FaIsca that made it possfble for me Colnpal~y Assunlcd No Respon- During one of the recent breakfasts to educate him. True, I have worked sibility in 1880 given his cabinet by President Herbert long and faithfully lor the road, but Hoover, dishes of fresh strawberries I have always recelved good pay and J. GLEASON, general agent for were served. And when the comments wonderful treatment from it6 officers Frisco Lines at Kansas City, were made about them, President and employes and I feel that I owe B Mo., recently sent the ilfagez& Hoover remarked that they were from the Frisco Lines a deep debt of grati- an old bill of lading handed him by the Commercial and Kiwanls Clubs of tude. tor wlthout my position, I could a Mr. Houston, who is connected wsth hlonett, Mo. not have sent him to schoal and could Nontgomery Ward & Co., of that city. The Associated Press took up the not have derived the pleasure I bave story of the gift and every newspaper from his success. which was faund among the papers of his father, Mr. J. R. Houston. in the country printed an account ot' "He is at home now-reaily to start The bill of lading shows a shill- the crate of strawberries which were practice and we have selected an of- ment of tobacco which was sent to an sent from Monett, Ma., to the Presi- fice on the north side of Springfleld, uncle in LaCygne, Kanu.. May 28. dent. where he will begin his career as a 1880. The old bill is yellow with age President Hoover wrote to the presi- doctor. Of course hls mother and I dents of these two clubs as follows: are bumting with pride, and why and too dim to reproduce, but the printing on it is interesting. "Representative Manlove has been wouldn't we be? The success of one's The goods were shipl~ed over the good enough to present personally the children is always a source of grati- old KCFS&G Railroad and the bill of crate of fine strawberrjes which the tude." lading states: Commercial Club and Klwanfs Club of And there is another son nnd a "-it being expressly agreed that Monett have so generoualy sent to me daughter In the Fitch family. The and I want you and all concerned to F. the responsibility of this Company son, Ollie Fitch is a machinist for shall cease at this Company's depot know of my appreciation of your klnd - Frisco Llnes at the West Shopa, thought. The strawberries proved de- Springfield, and the daughter is the at which the same are to be delivered to such carrier subject to the follow- licious and were greatly enjoyed. wife of a cabinetmaker for the Mis- ing conditions: Yours faithfully, Herbert Hoover." souri Pacific Railway at Little Rock, "This Company shall not be re- Ark. , sponsible for the loss of gackages. He was asked if he had ever at- agreed, that for all loss and damage tended the Veterans' Reunion, and he the contents of which are unknown; for leakage of any kind of liquids: occurring in the transit of said pack- said he had been so busy, sending his ages, the legal remedy shall be son ,to school and keeping the little breakage or chafing of any kinds of glass, carboys of acids or articles against the particular carrier or for- garden and home in tip-top shape, that packed in glass, stores or stove fur- warded only in whose custody the he, had never felt he could spare the niture, castings, machinery, carriages, said packages may actually be at the time. "Anyway," he said, "I'm only furniture, nlusical instruments of any time of the happening thereof, it be- 66 years of age. I'm too young to be- kind, packages of eggs or for loss or ing understood that the Kansas City, long lo the Veterans' Reunion." Fort ~cott'& Gulf Railroad Company But retirement is but a few years damage on hay, hemp, cotton or any article whose bnlk renders it neces- assumes no other responsibility for off, and then Mr. Fitch plans to attend their safe carriage, or safety, than at1 the sessions of the association, and sary to transport in open cars or for damage to perishable property of any may be incurred on its own road." he can also watch the progress of the kind, occasioned by delay from any The statements appearing above young son whom he sent to college show. the contrast in railroading as of ~ndset up in his practice. cause or change of weather, nor for any loss of weight of grain or coffee fifty years ago and railroading of to- in bags, or rice in tierces, nor for day. Freight shipments are thor- Eliminated loss of nuts in bags or lemons or oughly protected now, handled on rec- "Are you the groom?" asked the be- oranges in boxes not covered by can- ord time and in perfect condition. wlldered old gentleman at a very vas, or for damage or loss by fire, Were the same conditions printed on bills of lading today, as of fifty elaborate wedding. unless~~ - ~ it can-~ be shown that~ . such~--- dam- "No, slr," was the reply of the age or loss occurred through the neg- Years ago, there would be little need young man. "I was eliminated in the ligence or default of the agents of the for a Freight Loss and Damage De-

preliminary try-outs." ' . company. It is further, especially partment. September, 1930

Railway employment is at a low level now because of the slump in business It will increase, of course, as soon as business picks up. But whether, in the Kuture, there wlll be further increased opportunitfes, or even as great opportunities as there are now, for employment on the rail- ways will depend in very large part on whether the government and the public will give the railroads a fair deal in their struggle with their com- petitors for trafflc. Is there anything that railway em- ployes could do to protect their jobs against the competition of other means of transportation that are be- ing subsidized by the government? Obviously, there is. Other classes of persons are using their political inflnence to get public officials to advocate and members of Despite a total lack of co-operation front the weather, fhe irtewtbers of the group above showed rernarkable speed in m'nning first and second places in the Congress and state legislators to rote various athletic events at the annual picnic of the St. Louis Terminals Frisco for the subsidizing of other means Employes' Chcb, held at Ten Brook, Mo., Jrrly 20. The following comprise the of transpotlalion. There are enough group: railway employes, and they are scat- Back row, left to right: Charles Heath, first in the sack race; R. Klein, tered welt enough through the various second in race for men 50 or over; J. W. Farrar, first in race for men SO or over; states and Congressional districts, to Harry Fritz, winner, inen's 100-yard dash; W. E. Exposita, second in 100-yard exert a powerful counter Influence. It dash; George Zell, winiter of the second 100-yard dash attd John Rrrns, second in would surely be as legitimate for rafl- the sack race. way employes to exert their large Front row, left to riglit: Leonard Tracy, first itr bop2 50-yard dash; Mary Alice Fritz, first in girls' 50-yard dash; Yevonnee Tines, second in girls' 50-yard political influence against such meas- dash; Mrs. A. S. Kirkfiatrick, second in ladies' race; Mrs. 1.V. It.'. Mclton, first in ures of government as it Is for other ladies' race, and Gerald Macormick, second in boys' 50-ynrd hsh. people to use their large political In- fluence for them. It is a remarkable fact, however. that while for years WHY EMPLOYMENT have lost and are still losing a ma- organized and successful efforts have DECLINED terial volume of traffic to vessels op- been made by other classes to secure erating through the Panama Canal, governmental action that will take (Continued from Page 5) which was built with public money. traffic from the railways, there has gasoline taxes for the use of the high- They have repeatedly petitioned the never been any organized action on wrays, carriers on inland waterways Interstate Commerce Commission for a large scale by railway employes to have the privilege of operating free permission to compete. with these prevent such governmental action, al- on a right-of-way provided and main- boat lines by reducing their rates to though it is plain that whatever di- tained entirely at the expense of the Pacific Coast destinations, without verts traffic from the railways neces- general public. These carriers are making- similar reductions to inland sarily reduces the number of persons not nationally regulated, and do not points where this water competition the railways can have any reason for have to earn any return or pay any does not exist. The Commission has employing. taxes at all upon their right-of-way. denied these requests, and a bill has It may be co~lservativelyestimated I?inally, as an example of the ulti- recently been introduced in Congress that if the traffic of the railways had mate in subsidized competition with which, if passed, would forever pre- grown as much in proportion during the railways, the government itself is vent the railways from competing the last nine years as it did during operating a barge line on the Mis- for traffic with the boat lines. Some the preceding twenty years they sissip,pi and Warrior Rivers which employes of the Southern Paciflc ap- would now be employing 500,000 more is not only free, as are all other water peared before a Senate committee to persons than they are. The number carriers, from any capital, tar, or oppose this bill. of their en~ployes actually did in- maintenance charges on its right-of- As previously stated. the railways crease 682,000 between 1900 and 1910. way, but, in addition, does not have in the last nine years have lost about although even during that period to earn any return at all upon its in- a third of their passenger traffic be- qreat progress was being made in the vestment in equipment and facilities. cause of highway competition. Some improvement of plants and operating With such public treatment accord- railways have attempted to meet this methods. But that was before the ed to the railways' competitors, with competition by operating highway railways were subjected to such regu- such a large part of their costs be- vehicles themselves, either directly lation and subsidized competftlon as ing paid by public subsidies financed or through subsidiaries. A recent they are now. Railway emptoyes are by increased taxes in which we alt bill introduced in Congress would better situated than anybody else to share, it is small wonder that rail- make unlawful such railway opera- protect their jobs from attack8 backed way traffic fails to increase. tion of highway vehicles. These are by political influence, and their ef- Nor do these subsidies alone re- but instances of the attitude of the forts to protect themselves wlll have flect the trend of public and govern- public and government toward the much to do with the number of per- ment treatment of the steam rail- railways and toward their com- sons the railroads employ in the ways. The transcontinental railways petitors. future. ;IT FEW ~MPLO#S'&WZ/NE

THAINS 98.7% ON TIME Lime Special Over.Central Division Passenger Performance During July Sete New High, Report -. - -- Shows E on-time performance per- centage of Frisco Lines passen- T"ger trains went to a new 1930 high during the month of July when a total of 4,762 trains were operated 98.7 per ceut on time, a report on this subject, issued August 7 by the office of the general manager, re- veals. The best record on the system was made by Texas Lines, where the 18G trains operated during July were 100 per cent on time, which compares with the same number of trains operated 97.3 per cent on time during July, 1929. and 248 trains operated 99.1 per cent on time during that month in 1928. Of the different divisions. Central was ranked first during July, with 310 trains operated 99.7 per cent on time. During July a year earlier the same number of trains were operated on that division and were 98.7 per cent on time and during .July, 1928, a total of lirrlnnditrg /inre for firlds oloirg Frisco Lines. 248 trains were operated 85.5 per cent on time there. HE third special lime train to be were: Messrs. Cline Hancock, 0. R. Southern division is ranked second operated over the Frisco in two Lamb and W. A. Emerson, Washburn, in the report, operating 806 trains T years, moved July 25, from Mo- Mo.; Messrs. Chas. Catron, C. R. 99.5 per cent on time which compares nett to Seligman, Ark. The train con- Sapp and J. &I. Sapp, Exeter, Mo.; Mr. with the 930 passenger trains operated sisted of nine cars, seven of which W. E. Hankins, Cassville. Mo.; 96.1 per cent on time there during July were unloaded to consignees along Messrs. J. 0. Roller, Virgil McGloth- of last year. During July, 1928, the the right-of-way and the other two an, Seligman, Ark., and Mr. Horace 679 trains operated there were 94.3 set out at Wightmanu Spur and Se- Gardner, Rlonett. per cent on time. ligman. Mr. Mr. L. English, supervisor of The report places Western division Mr. J. 0. Martin, county farm agent agriculture, has received a letter of in third place. One hundred eighty- at Cassville, Mo., sold the train and commendation from the gravel com- two trains were operated 99.4 per each of the farmers who contracted pany praising Frisco service and a cent on time on this division during for a supply provided two men who nun~berof the farmers who received the month of July and during the went with the train to heIp in the the lime, expressed appreciation for same mouth in 1929, a total of 186 unloading. the unusual service. trains were operated there and they The lime was secured from the In- were 98.9 per cent on time. One hun- dependent Gravel Company at Car- dred eighty-six trains were operated thage and is to be used for the "This is the finest car that I ever there also during July of 1928, and sweetening and enriching of the soil owned." they were 98.4 per cent on time. in which valuable legume crops are "But to me it sounds like a boiler The report, giving in detail the on- raised and to increase both the quali- factory in full blast." time performance on all divisions, ap- ty and quantity of production. "That's just the point. I can't hear Ileare below: Among the consignees of the lime my wife in the back seat."

Total Trains Maintained Per Cent Tralns Total Standlng 01 DIVISION Schedule or Made Maintained Schedulr Trains Operated Divisions -- Up Time or Made Up Time July July July July July July July July July July July 1929 1928 1930 1929 1928 1930 1929 1928 1930 1929 1928 Central ...... 310 310 248 309 306 212 99.7 98.7 85.5 1 3 6 Southern ...... 8'06 930 679 802 894 640 99.5 96.1 94.3 2 G 4 Western ...... 182 186 186 181 15'4 183 99.4 , 98.9 98.4 3 2 2 River ...... 798 914 815 790 909 809 99.0 99.5 99.3 4 1 1 Southwestern ...... 806 804 744 792 785 718 98.3 97.6 96.5 6 4 8 Northern ...... 1116 1108 1054 1095 1078 985 98.1 97.3 93.5 6 5 5 Eastern...... 558 589 496 545 564 393 97.7 95.8 79.2 7 7 7 Total Operated ...... 4576 4841 4222 4414 4720 3940 Per Cent Operated ...... 98.6 97.5 93.3 Texas Lines, ...... 186 186 248 186 181 246 100.0 97.3 99.1 Total System 0-perated...... 4762 5027 4470 4700 4901 4186 'per Cent O~etated...... 98.7 97.5 93.6 Pogc 27

WHO CAN BEAT 'EM? "I see on page 7 of the August P~isco Emblo~vs' Magazine a story of the fast handling of a foreign car at Manilla. Ark., giving the total time elapsed from receipt of the load until the car was emptied of six hours and twenty-four minutes and a total time held in yard of nineteen hours and t\venty-nine minutes," writes J. W. Babcock, agent at Catoosa. Okla. That was a rapid movement, undoubt- edly, but this story prompted Mr. Babcock to report an instance of han- dling at his station recently. Can anyone report an example of more expeditious handling than the LET 0s PARADE IN UO~O(L one below which is quoted from his 3F dOSEPRJS bbr( - HE HAS NEVI% letter? BOUGHT ANVTHING ON THE "On , I received by Train INSTPILLMSN~ PLAIJ - NEVEe -OGI(T. STOCKS AN0 BONDS OR €VEIL 443, Car DLE 4206, loaded with ma- SIGNED A NOTE FOK chinery. The car was placed on spot ANV ONE - ! by the train on which it arrived at 4:14 p. in. The consignee was noti- fied at 4:25 p. m. and at 6:45 p. m. on the same date the car was empty and ready to be moved out with an elapsed time of two hours and thirty- one minutes. The car moved August 1, at 10:02 a. m., making a total time in the yard of seventeen hours and forty-eight minutes. beating the rec- ord made in total elapsed time at Ma- nilla, Ark., by one hour and forty-one minutes. This car carried a load of 65,100 pounds and the revenue on the load was $766.76." Right on the heels of Agent Bab- cock's letter came one from J. H. Dog- grell, superinte~ident of transporta- tion, telling of two other speedy movements-all marks to be shot at. The first, reported by E. L. Magers, trainmaster at Memphis, follows: "Car IC-287060, loaded with sand for West Memphis. left Yale at 8:30 a. m. August 5, and arrived In Harv- ard at 10:OO a. m. It left Harvard at A FRISCO SERVICE! NEW FANS IN CARS 10:30 a. m., arriving in West Mem- phis at 11:OO a. m. and was placed An elderly lady, whose name was Passeugers who ride in Frisco for loading on arrival. This car was never learned, stood on the platform chair cars will now find them equipped unloaded at 2:30 p. nl., moved to at Crocker, Mo., at 3:00 o'clock the with large electric ceiling fans. Harvard empty at 3:30 p. m., picked morning of . She had just dis- These fans are the same type as up by No. 247 at 5:00 p. m., arriving mounted from the "Meteor," and in Yale at 6:10 p. m, and was de- those developed for the New York sub- looked vainly for the relatives who livered to the Illinois Central at ways and there are three to a car. were to meet her. Operator C. S. Mus- 10:10 p. m., August 5." The fans have been placed in cars &ave was on duty, and left his key The movement below was reported on trains Nos. 9 and 10, 7 and 8, 105- to ascertain the elderly lady's troubles. by hIr. Sheehan, general yardmaster 106, 805-806, 107-108, 807-808, 111-112, She was greatly worried, since the at Oklahoma City. and 117-118. people she mas to visit lived several Car CNW-329667, loatled with oil miles in the country, but Operator A number of the cars so equipped well supplies. was received at this Musgrave soon allayed her fears. Se- have been placed in service and many station (Oklahoma City) in Train curing permission from the dispatcher, favorable comments have been made 433 at 4:30 a. m., August 4. It was Musgrave took the lady in his car to on the comfort which they have given delivered to the Santa Fe and un- her farm home, and, of course, refused during hot daytime trips. ' loaded on their rails, then returned her offer of payment. Frisco service The work of equipping the cars was to us and w'ent out on Train 432 at again, and the kind that wins and done at St. Louis and Kansas City in 7:15 p. m., the entire movement keeps friends for a railroad! the Frisco's shops. taking place on August 4." /" Page 28

LOCOMOTIVE FUEL PERFORMANCE RECORDS Ofice of Fuel Agent, St. Louis

T the fuel conservation meet- "Second-Power skillfully handled doing as well as the other fellow. ing held at West Tulsa, Okla., and fired. keep the consumption per trip. Meas- A May 22, 1930, we had as a vis- "Third-Good track. ure the oil before you start on your itor Mr. C. I. Evans, chief fuel super- "Fourth-Good trainload. trip and again when you get in and visor of the Missouri, Kansas and "The lack of any one of these Pour before long you will naturally acquire Texas R R. Co. fundamentals will certainly cause a a deslre and habit to beat your pre- Mr. Evans is well known as a fuel bad showing. vious trip. Later when you Rave a conservation enthusiast, has been a "Most railroads now keep their particularly good trip you wit1 natur- locomotive fireman, engineer, and power in first-class condition, gener- ally make an effort to try and see road foreman of engines, and conse- ally speaking. I want to say, how- how much less you will use under fa- quently can speak what is termed. ever, that a great deal of fuel is sonie- vorable conditions than you did un- "railroadmen's own language." times wasted when the machinery of der unfavorable conditions. hTot having available space here to the engine is in good mechanical "We have one man running on the publish Mr. Evans' remarks in their condition. I refer to steam and air Kansas City division who wan deter- entirety, will quote a portion of leaks. mined he was going to haul a full them : "We have conducted on our rail- train Prom Parsons to Paola (93 "Fuel economy has been advocated road a very strenuous campaign on niiles) on 1,000 gallons of oil. He and practiced for at least forty years this particular feature and it is the tried for more than a year before con- that I know of, because I recall in goal of our mechanical department to ditions were favorable enough for 1886 or 1887 when I was firing on the have the boiler so tight that with 100 him to do this and it certainly is a C. B. & Q., a traveling engineer rode or 150 pounds of steam, with all fine thing for a man to establish a with us and gave me some instruc- throttles shut off, in the cab, a man mark to shoot at himself and then try , tions regarding the best method of standing on the ground cannot tell for a year before he makes his goal. firlng la order to avoid clinkering whether the engine is dead or under "The amouilt of Fuel used in the with a consequent waste of fuel. steam pressure, and we have a few terminals is certainly a big item and "During the period of the World that will pass this test. should not be overlooked. Twenty War it became apparent to the offi- "Now about the handling .and firing. years ago our terminal consumption cials of the government, who were A noted superintendent of motive amounted to approximately 20 per experienced railroad men, that the power and machinery recently said: cent of the total locomotive fuel used. subject of fuel economy was of such 'The question of running steam loco- It is now down to 10 per cent, but importance as to warrant organizing motives in order to obtain the most this is still enormous and we believe a fuel conservation bureau, and from econonlical results involves the work it can be further reduced. that time on this subject has been of both the engineer and fireman, and "Every fuel supervisor and road under constant surveillance by the if they do uot function as they sliould, foreman of equipment should look the various railroads and, as you know, no amount of excellence in design, in board over at every terminal he visits great progress has been made since engineering construction or mainte- and see what engines are under that time in the econoinical use of nance practice will matter much.' steam and if there are any that are fuel. "This is a great tribute to the en- not ordered. fiiid out why. "Gradually it has been brought gineer and fireman jobs and most of "Our fuel consumption in yard home to all who have had anything to us believe it religiously. The engi- service is still too high and last year do with the handling or use of fuel, neer should not work the engine any we specialized on reducing yard and or the directing of the inove~nentof harder than necessary and should terminal consumption. I asked the power which uses fuel that it is not study to haul his train on less fuel. engine foreman and switchmen to entirely up to the engineer or fireman if practical. The fireman should examine the switch list a little longer to save all of the fuel. The engineer study to anticipate the coming condi- and a little closer than they had and fireman are responsible for using tions of work at all times so that he been, with the view of saving all un- fuel economically but all those who will use the least amount of fuel pos- necessary moves-also to see that direct the nlovement of power. either sible to keep the maximum pressure they gave more correct signals and in the yards or on the road. have without letting the engine pop. The signals to indicate the exact speed been made to realize that unless they measure of efficiency in the fireman they wanted the cars moved so that can give thought and plan to do the is the fuel performance, and I think the engineer would be able to handle work with the least number of moves the same thing applies to the engi- the engine inore intelligently and ex- in yards, and move trains on the road neer also. actly as the switchmen wanted the with the least number of stops and "I believe one of the best things we cars *moved. which in turn would en- delays possible, that they are respon- have ever done to reduce fuel con- able the firen!an to fire according to sible (end not the engine crew) for sumption was for the crews to keep the exact requirements-keep the en- the waste af fuel. their own individual fuel record on gine hot according to the way it was "To make a good fuel record it is oil burning engines. Some may say. worked and thereby save fuel. esse~rtlalthat you have at least four 'We don't -buy the fuel, why should "Needless to say, the results were fundnmental cirnditlons- we keep account of it?' The answer very gratifying and believe we are on "First-Well designed power, niain- is-for the same reason a business the right track in getting our switch tained in a high state of mechanical man keeps account of his business-if performance down to where it should berfection. you want to know whether you are be.