The Frisco Employes' Magazine, August 1927
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*-' :; VirwingaTirnken railroad beari~igal)l~liratio~ion display in the Impgage car of the "Pioneer Limited. ' ' From left to right: President H. E. Bpram of the Milwai~keeRoad; Mr. H. H. Timken, Presidentof - --.- Tile Ti~nkrnRoIlrr RearingCo~npany;Mr. J. T. Gillirk, Chicf Ol)erati~igOficrr of thr nlilroatl ; _1 ? : .. : General Pabseuger Agent W. B. Dixon; adthe Engineer of the train, Mr. Nicholas Kaiser. -- 1; :-: - - Railroad History in the Making A new epoch in railroad history dates from May 21, are destineci to make niomentous and endurir 1927. On tha; day the "Pioneer Limited" of the rdroad history. C. I\4. &. St. I'aul li. R. entered regular service with The 88% reduction in starting lond due to frictic every car 011 Tiinken Tapered Roller Bearings. A few weeks later the "Olympian," also completely elimination onlgbegins to express thevalue of Timke~ equipped with Timlten Bearings, started schedule equipped car journals. Eliminating wear, hot boxe operation between Chicago and Seattle. and by far the greater part of lubrication cost Timken Tapered Roller Bearings with their tapere Never before, anywhere in the world, have any anti- design, Timken-made Electric Steel and POSITIPTI friction bearings been used througliout any I'ullnian ALIGNED KOI.IS have brought a ncw day in the who train. These f;lmous flyers of the h4ilwaukee Road field of railroad economics. THE TI1MKEN ROLLER BEARING COMPANY, CANTON, OHI( No, 6-The Value of "Time" "TI M E" in Naval Operations The 60 Hour 6 Poritiofi SANGAMO SPECIAL America'* Finest Railroad Watch. ajJewel, 16 Sire I& flkd y~en,~wE0: yeIlow go d S paw z4K solid green, white or yellow g~ld . - - apaa L ne anms thar nit he Shots that Count" By C. C. Bloch Re~rAdmimi, U. S. Navy, Chief of rhe Emuof Ordnance NLESS the shots are delivered quickly and are hit: The 60 Hour 6 Position they are not effective. It is this realization that ha, u governed THE NAVY in assigning "hits per gur New BUNN per minute" as the criterion for rating the individual effi SPECIAL ciency of gu~n crews. Arnedca'~her Railroad Wad. The operatic)n of every member of a gun crew is nicely ZE Jewe?, r6 Size fitted into tl he performance of the whole, with,the single 1oKfiIkdycllow gdd . - $tho0 1 . -1 -. - - -. .1 1 P , .. zqK filled green tn white gotd 65.00 purpose of proaucmg me grearesc possme numwr or nit: in a given time. The importance of time and the necessity of delivering thc largest amount of effective metal in a given time is the pri mary function of a Man-of-war. The continued insistenci of naval officers to the end that "hits per gun per minute" arc necessary has resulted in a continued advance in effectiveness 60 Hour 6 Position Buy American Watches Made by Americans Under Ideal Working Conditions ILLINOIS WATCH COMPANY M"k' "EZ~~V~VH'""d SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS !~=WODDSme company LOAD CROSS TIES AND SWITCH TIES POLES-PILING ST. LOUIS, MO. ROGERS, ARK. L. E. Puckett, Inc. AMORY, MISS. HARD WOOD YELLOW PINE Lumber '#WE HELP MAKE THE FRISCO SAFE" . II 1 The Mount Vernor Car Manuf actllring Just completed, New Repair Sh 500' x 150'. Capacity: Fully equipped with 10,000 Freight Cars; Cranes, Electric 150,000 Wheels; Heaters, etc., enabling 20,000 tons Forgings zrs to work in all kinds of weather. BUILDERS OF FREIGHT CARS MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS HATTIESBURG PHILADELPHIA BIRMINGHAM NEW YORK ALBANY. CA. ST. LOUIS CHICAGO THE HOME LUMBER CO. INCORPORATED NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA J. R. PRATT W. J. ROEHL PRESIDENT 1948 RAILWAYEXCHANGE EL-. W. W. BRADLEY FNTATIVL TREAS.-GML. MQR. WE SPECIALIZE IN RAILROAD AND CAR MATERIAL K)D FRIENDSHIP -4 Pnge 6 August, 1927 7% ~RISCCIFWP~&S'~Z~NE Pngs 7 ROOM 743 FRISCO BUILDING :: ST. LOUIS WM. L. HUCGINS, Jr., Editor MARTHA C. MOORE. Aasociale Edilar WM. McMILLAN. Adocrllaing Manager H. A. PICKENS. Aasi. Ed.-Frlscn Mcchanle J. J. KAPLAN. Adoerlbing SollcMor 5 VOL. IV AUGUST. 1927 No. I I Permission is given to reprint, with or without credit, in part or in full, any article appearing in this Magazine Contents of This Issue "How to Spoil a (iood F riendsh1p"-A Cartoon .............. ........,,,, (By J. t.Gadsey) Frontispiece-"August" ................. ............................. ............. ..., .....,... Frisco Claims Two Won nen Attorneys ........................... :................, (By Miss Martha C. dfoorr) I.. nnrsnrrrnrrsa Forty Per Cent Decreast. rl. ualo ualuagrju ........................................................................... 9 Canary Raising a Profitable Hobby ......................................................................................... 10 Potato Shipments Total .... ......................................... 11 News of the Frisco Clul .... ......................................... 12-15 First Pensacola Line Saf 1 ......................................... 16 Frisco Begins 735 Mile ( .... ......................................... 17 For Meritorious Servict ...........................................................................................................18 S. S. Ferento Loaded in Record Time at Pensacola ......................... ...... ..................... 19 Five Thousand Four Hundred Eighty-eight, 95.7 Per Cent On Time In June............ 20 F. M. Gilbough Made Assistant Land and Tax Commlssloner ................................. 22 Welcome Letters from t he Daily Mail ............................... ..... ,,......,............................... .. ........ 24 Ways to Reduce Fuel Cc D&E................................................... ,... ....,,......,.... .................................. 26 (By Harry Zimnumzan) Frisco Employes' Hospit a1 Association Statement.............................. .............' .................. ... 26 ?.*44nn st Wa-t Tabs Up-G Tn.1~ 10 Birmingham Employes' CYC.Yb.Lb .. -". I -.-, ............................................ 27 More Good Fuel Records for July............................................................................................. 28 How to Keep Track Bo ...................................... 29 Pension Roll ............. ......................................30-31 lemakers' Page ....... ....................................... 32 .ime ..... ......................... ...................................... 33 Twilight Hour .......................................................................................................................... 34-35 orials ............................................... ................. , ...................................... 36 hes at Merriment ..................... ................................................................... 37 co Mechanic .................................. .........................................................................................38-43 co Family News ........................................................................................................................44-80 THE FRISCO EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE I lac0 Emplo~er'Magashe Is a monthly ubllcatlan devoted brlmarily to the Interests of the 3,000 active and retlred employes of tRe Frisco Lines. ~t contains mtories ~temof current a1 note6 about employes and thelr famllles. articles dealing wlth vsrlous ;haws of rallroad cartoonr and nollces regardlng the servlcc. Good clear photographs suitable for repro- specially deslred and wlll be returned only when requested. A11 cartoons and drawlngs must lndla drawing 1;k. es are Invited to wrlte articles for the magarlne. Contributions should be typewrltten, on one heet only, and should be addressed to the Edltor, Frlsco Bullding. St. Louls, Mo. UIBLXIUQ~~~free among Frlsco employes. To others, price 16 cents a copy; subscription rats $1.60 a year. Advertlslng rates wlll be made known upon applicatlon FRISCO]CLAIMS TWO WOMEN ATTORNEYS Misses Virginia Booth of Facyic, IMO.,and v erna Whitesell of Shawnee, Okla., on Legal Department Roster By MISS. MARTHA C. MOORE N listing the unique business positions held by An~eri- when it was all over, I went home snd waited for the I can women, special mention should be given to the news. I soon found that I had passed and a little later fact that the Frisco has in its employ two women at- I received my certificate. torneys, both of whom passed the bar examinations "I have done just a little trial work-my first case with high honors and are today actively engaged in the I remember was in the Police Court. I'm not practice of corporation law. fond of trial work. I'm no good at talking arid I much - These talented young women are Miss Virginia Booth prefer the office work, preparing briefs, and hunting of Pacific, Missouri, and Miss Verna up the lam on cases which we have." Whitesell of Shawnee, Oklahoma. "What was this talk about your The story of the career of each being nominated for prosecuting at- plainly indicates that they choose to F torney of this district," she was be modern Portias from sheer love asked. of the calling. Miss Booth was ap- "Oh-I didn't even run. You pointed local attorney for the Frisco see this is a Republican county and in 1925, while Miss Whitesell receiv- I am a Democrat. There wasn't ed her appointment in 1926. much chance for me to get the elec- Miss Booth's appearance belies tion, although I appreciated the the serious occupation in which she honor. Xot long ago though, I vis- is engaged. She is a decided blonde, ited in Arkansas-spent a short va- 24 years of age, small in stature, cation there and I rail into morc but a modern athletic type of girl. Democrats. I came home and told She was born at Pacific, Missouri. the family I had never