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(Con. P. Curran Printing Co. Printers, Designers, Engravers, Lithographers, Blank Book Makers EIGHTH AND WALNUT STREETS Bell. Maln 5191 ST. LOUIS, MO. I Klnlocb, Central 991 Mention us whcn writing to nclvc!rtiscrs, it will hell) us both. THE PRISCO-MAN 1
Dreams of a beller, bigger home ! Drcams of more comforls, more luxuries! Dreams of more of those things that make life ~uorthliving ! Dreams of - But Why Dream ? Why not put Xontgomery Wnrd Sr Co.'s new 1000-page catalogue back of your drcams and turn dreams into renlities? Why not harness every one of your hard carncd dollars and make them yield lor yo11 more value in the luturo than in tho past-and then your dreams will come true. The conscrvation of the dollar Is the vital issue in these days of high cost of living. And the BIontgomery Wnrd LC Co.'s oata- logue is the great test-book that will help more than any oLher book to solve thnt problem. It tells how Lo purchaso your foods. fur- n!ture, clothing, farm implements, luxu- rles, everyLhing for Lhe home, farm or lieid at the IowcsL possible prices, ~vi~h all Lhe useless middleman's prolit left out. It hns a thousand pages, with a hundrcd Lhousand opporLunlties for savlng. This great Lext-book is free for the ask- ing. All you need do is to writo us a note tod:ly saylnK: "Send your new 1000- page book wlthout cost or obllg~tlonto me"-and It will come by return mail. You llave had the drcnm of betLer liv- ing, of getting more cornfort for all tlle famlly than you have had in the past. Why not leL this drenrn come truo? Why not send for the book today?- Now, while you think of it? MONTGOMERY WARD & CO. Chlcnno Knnsns City 171. Worth, Ter.
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-- - BIcntion us whcn writing to aclvcrtiscrs, it will 11cll) us both. 2 THE FRISCO-MAN \ -- The Hewitt Supply Co, WHEN VISITING KANSAS CITY 8TOP AT C. M. HEWITT. President BLOSSOM HOUSE HEWITT BABBITT METALS Standard Metallic Packing Rings RUBBERGOODS 303 Railway Exchange - (Ihicago THE TEXAS COMPANY TEXACO FUEL OIL Coalormlap lo Oovernmeat S~rclflcatloas HIGH IN FUEL VALUE EWclent - Economical Texaco Railroad Lubricants Cut down the weer and tear on rollln~mtock Illuminating Oils Signal Oils OPPOSITE UNION DEPOT THE TEXAS COMPANY ZUROPEAN PLAN Manufacturers of all kinds of Petroleum Products
ST. LOUIS FROG & SWITCH CO. MANUFACTURER KERITE INSULATED WIRES &CABLES The performance record FROGS, SWITCHES, CROSSINGS, of KERITE, covering over SWITCH STANDS FOR half a century, is abso- STEAM AND ELECTRIC RAILROADS lutely unequalled in the whole history of insulated wires and cables. ELECTRIC & MFG, CO, RAILROAD AXLE-LIGHT PARTS AND REPAIRS 2219-2221 Lucas Ave, ST, LOUIS, MO, Ucntion us when writing to : rtiscrs; it will hclp us both. THE FRISCO-MAN 3
NEWTONR. WIISOS,President E.A.WII~OX,~~V-Prest. L.R.>11r,r.~~~Treas I R, s.~~LI,O~ELI.. V-Pi-es't & Gen'l Ngr. E. T. B~oun.Secretary JOS >Ims. Aditor I I INDUSTRIAL LUMBER CO. I 1 CALCASIEU LONG LEAF YELLOW PINE LUMBER 1 RAILROAD AND MINING TIMBERS A SPECIALTY ELIZABETH. CALCASIEU AND Annual Capacity - - - - - 200 Million Feet OAKDALE MILLS IN LOUISIANA Paid-Up Capital and Surplus - - $4.300.000.00 - - BRANCH OFFICES: GENERAL OFFICES : CErc,\oo, - - - - 1520-23 Steger Building Wichita,Karl. Temple.Tex. Nonterey,Jleu. ELIZABETH. - - LOUISIANA THE DEARBORN PROCESS of treating locomotive boiler waters re- United Supply & quires no outlay of capital for installa- tion of equipment; the manner of ap- plying the treatment is simple: the cost Manufacturing Co. per thousand gallons of wnter is less than by any other method; and the de- RAILWAY EXCHANGE sired results are assured if the treat- ment is correctly used. CHICAGO Gallon samples of the waters requlred - for analysis. Wool and Cotton Wiping and Packing Waste, Nuts, Bolta. Rivets, Spikes, OEARBORN CHEMICAL COMPANY Axles. American Rail Loader MCCORMICK BLDG. CHICAGO No Railroad Man SPENCER-OTIS CAN AFFORD TO BE WITHOUT COMPANY ACCIDENT CHICAGO .. ILL. INSURANCE Car and Locomotive Axles 4 Our Accident Policies afford the greatest benefits at the lowest STEEL FORGINGS cost, most liberal adjustment, and prompt payment. 300 to 30,000 ~~oundwcnch. Rough >Iachlned or Flnlwhed Coml~lcte. We paid in 1911 over $1,713,000 in accident benefits. Crusher and Hoist Shafts A SPECIALTY SEE THE AGENT I The Travelers Insurance Company I 1 The Standard Forgings Company HARTFORD, CONN. SALES OFFICE:
The Grentest Accident Cornnnny in the World. Rnllwny Exchange B~lltllng Chlcngo. Has paid orer 5(i'L,OOOnccideutclaims. Worlrs: Indiana arbor: Ind.
Alcntion us whcn writing to udvcrtisers, it will help ur: both. 4 THE PRISCO-MAN
ALL ABOARD! FOR MEDIA TION MEAD0 WS
lCv(~~.y~,;iil~.o;~(l man who ~,c!;~tlsthis page can and should attend tllc Third Annni~lConclavc of Slcvli:~tors,to be held July 14 to 19. lit 3Iedi:~tion.\lc:aclo\\-s. that brxuliful rural spot in northern Ohio, whcrc 1listol.y 1s niirclc rvclry summrr. Alediation Meadows h;ls I)otli its fcc.t on lh(: micll. To its 11I1:: Tcnt C!ily will flock workmen ant1 rrnl~loycl's from 11 m:~joriLy of thc st:ltcs of the Union for a noL;~l,lr inelustrial 11cucv confel,enr.c. :L huge harmony meeting. '1'hcl.e will I)(: no chips on the slioultlc~~..The bix#c?st ~)roblemshe- Yore inclusLri;~l.\mcric;t tock~ywill bc thrcshed out, for the promotion of grc;itel 1i;~rrnony.~~ndcrst;~ncling. and co-operation bet\\-ern mns- toys anrl rl1c.n. Thc ryes of int1ustri:tl .\mcrica. are on Mediation Jlcatlows. If you u;cnne,t rlrag you~~self:c\vay froni your job long enou~h to min~lu\villi t11c. 31cdi;1tor.s i1.t thr .\I~ado\\w. you may go to the (.:onc:lav~: in ;tnothc~t~w:ty. You niay [lo so hy reading the story of Lhc g.rc-;tL gathering. 1L \\-ill br vividly told in The Mediator for August Srncl in your older toclaw for this great issue of a great m;~.s:tninc~. 'rhc s1o1.y of thv Conclave will bc fully illustrated. Scntl tcn cctnts with your OIY~PI..Thc .\ugust issuc will he c[uickly c:sl~:tustc~lby a n,itlc il~~tnand.Ordr~, it TOI).\Y. JLr;~nwhile. TITE JVl,l' .JII5I)I.\TOII. is just off Lhc pt.ess. It is lo;~~lccILo thr ~un\valeswith rorking ?;rticlcs that wideawnkc railroad men can't i~n'ord to miss. William Marion Itcedy, the grc-atcst css:~yist of our timo. tells of "The Frisco Tragedy." and pays a wise and xlowinp tributt, to 13. l*'. Yo:~k~m,kin:: of the empire huildr~.sof thc So11thw1:st. "\Ve;lry of the Fight" is a stnrtling a~,tirlcby .I. K. Turnc'r, in \vhich lie pictures in telling strolces how th~g~.ixsi~cl urarl.iors of lalwr :tnd c:~l)italarc retiring \vorn-out fl,orn thc Imttlc lint:, 11;lvin.q w;~ged n~istol THE MEDIATOR, Cleveland, Obio JIcntion us when writing to advertisers, it will help us both. . ------. - - - Vol. VII, No. 7 SAINT LOUIS, MO. July, 1913 St. Iloiiis. d111y 14, I!) I:!. Fi THE PRISCO-MAN An Economy Idea "Dick" for Short Wichita, Kans., July 2, 1913. He is called "Dick" for short, but Ti1 I,: FRISC'O-31.1s: the real name of the baby shown in Noting a cut on page 17, May issue the accompanying picturr is Augr~et of Trrt: FRISC(>AI.\S,showing the man- \\;ilhur Fritz Newman. ller in which cther divisions are econ- omizing in the use of envelopes, I thought it might be interesting to know that the Kansas IJivision is also 11r:~cticing"economy in little things." IJr~tlerdate or BIarch 20, a circulkrr was issnetl to all section roremen from lhc ollicc of the road~nasterat I\iichiI.~, Knus., instructing them to discontinue sealing envelopes, except in cases where they contained important mat- f er, and the correspondence to the Soremen has been handled in the same manner. As result, since above date, 1080 e~~velopeshave been saved. Not only have we economized in the "1)ick" is the five-months-old son of use of envelopes, but in other station- Richard Scw~n;t~~,rn;~c.hinist at 1I1c cry as well. At. least. seventy-five yes : Reports to Lovett The following circular issued by R. S. Lobett, ctiairn~an Executive Com- milt~e,U!1io11 Pacific System. will bc ot i~lterestto all Prisc~omen: Mr. U. L. IYinchell is appoiutetl Director of Traffic of the Union Pa- Incn. Ilipht ttr lcft are: C. 31. Willis, cific System, etrective July 15 IIis section fo~.eman;C:. hI. Black, 1:lborer oflire wil! be at 112 \\jest t\tlan~s (stantling just back of Mr. \Villis) : Streel, Chicago, Illinois. A1l)ert Knight ;111tlI'retl llroclcn?eic!r. THE FRISCO-M ------A- As train KO. 11 was approaching The crew ill charge of the train at the Pawnee, Olcla., recently the photo- time were Conductor John Bernard graph herewith reproduced was snap- and Engineer M. S. Cartright. 1)ed from the east end of the depot. p------.- -- Telegraph Tolls ~crymaterial rccluction in our telc- qr:~phbill. 111 :m efrort to bring about a further l'lrnsc 11ut this system into effect ;IL rctlr~clionin our I\'estern Union tele- once. graph bill, the following circular has Little Leta been issucd by General Nanager W. T. Miss Leta Bell Brown, whose picture Tyler: is herewith reproduced, is the fonr- Tn oidcr to rrduce our Wcstcrn teen-months-old daughter of J. A. I-ninn tvlrgraph bill to the lowest pos- sil.11~ minimum, all 'iVeslcvn Tinion w1rf.s should bc b~,iaf. Each wire sl~r~ul(lnot contain more than ten \vot,ds, whit.11 is thc minimum noniber ~f wo~~ds111;1t can be scnt Tor the same ciinrgc. h chilrgo nf so nlurli lwr \\,old is lnarlc for WCII wort1 ovrr ten: for 1 instance, nlc.sz-:tac,s ;iclcIt~csst~dto (!:~li- fornia points, tllv ch;~rg:.c~is 4 cents per \vorrl over tcn \vor~ls. .\I1 hy11h<,ns,cluolntion nlurks, rlashcs. rorllnlas :illti ~~i,~,iorls,n.hic11 arc counted as \\-n~.ds,shoul(1 be clin~in:rtvd. 'I'llc si~urc.symiml aystcni that is uz-rd on 1~i~i11~o:~clwil.cw should )I(? used in writing our own ernployr~sby \Vest.c~.n l.nion, whcnrvcr an answer is requirctl, xu t11;lt it ran bc niaclc vcry 111,icE. :\s ;In illustration, Traflic hq>rrscnt;~tive at. Ik:t~.oitnl:!y wi1.c 311.. I,cvy to di- vchrt :I wr, giving full ~,articularsns to IIO\V (hi. rli~~rsionslior~ld bc made and quotc his lilc 1cttc.r and numbcr-nll Brown, Generd Forelnan B. & B., Ft. tli:~t it \\-oultl bc ncccssa1,y for 371.. \Vorth, Texas. T~c\..y to (lo I\-ould hi. LC) quolc lilc rr:l~ri.cnc:c nncl s:iy 0. I<. Little Miss Leta is quite a favorite Hy oll cullcvrn('~1\v;itclliny \Vcsbt~.rn among the boys of the Ft. l\Tortli I\'est 1:nion trlrgi,ains \vc c;rn I,~.il~g:tbout a Yards. 8 THE PRISCO-MAN THE FRISCO-MAN 9 -- Safety First on the Ozark The following commnuication re- would promise not to hop and ride garding the distribution of SaCety First trailis through the Tliayer yards; they passes on the Ozark 1)ivision by Su- hxve kept their plroniisc perintendent Baltzell, will be of inter- Not o~lydid the boys at Thayer est to all Frisco men: heed the warning, but at a number I have had a n~lnlberof inquiries as oC otlle? stntions along llle road, to what methods were used in recluc- whcra I have numorcus bog Srientls. ing the number of accidents on the I(. has always been my prlicticc to Ozarlc Division 63 per cent in the last cauticn tht: bcys :xbout tho bat1 habit eleven months, resulting in our min- of :loppi!lg lrains, with r~slrlt that ning the Safety First honors. tlu?ii)g the eleven mouths i.1 which wc In the first place, this splendid s11on;- were riruggling for tilc S?fely First ing was largely due to the committee. honors, I did not have a boy injured Their untiring work and personal in- on the Ozark Division. terest, together with the strong co- At our meetings, which are held operation of every employe on the di- every Monday afternoon at Thayer on vision, made it possible, not only to subjects of train rules and meclianical secure the banner but to make the items of i:lterest, the men have at- most remarkable showing in the re- tended with ren~arkable regularity duction of personal ~njuriesof any di- and showed their interest in these vision in the world. mcetings by cuming prepared to take I was fortunate in selecting my com- active pnrt in same. mittee, securing men who had Safety The Sakty First slognn has been First interests deeply at heart; Inen kept conti~~uallybefore our men, and ever on the lookout for defects in they have received it in loyal, manly equipment, as well as on the look out spirit. for men practicing dangerous habits It is a striking cl~aracteristicof the in their work. Ozark Division men that this spirit. Many unique methods were used to of co-operation exists on any and all secure these good results. One at subjects brought uy for discussion. Thayer, Mo., to prevent the evil of When I was officii?.lly notified that boys hopping trains, was the installa- we were the winning divkion, I began tion of a platforn~,steps and spring- ~nnkiilgxri'angemen1.s for n spccial ill- board, together with a dressing room. spection trip with the retiring com- at the old swimming hole in Warm mittee and the new commitlee, to- Fork, opposite superintendent's office. gether with the cllnirmn~: of the Cen- I fixed this up for the boys and we ,711 tral Committee and n f:\v other of- went swimming occasionally. I have ficials; also roadmasters, general fore- counted as many as forty boys be- men D. & B., assistant superintendent tween the ages of eight and eighteen and chicf dispatcl~ers,over their re- in the swimming hole at one time. I spective territories. This trip was took occasion frequently to talk briefly mndc June 20. We left Springfield at to these bops upon the evils and dan- 6:OO A. M., reaching Memphis at S:00 gers of hopping trains, and asked I-'. &I., in timc to return on No. 106. Illem, in consideration of fixing up Ou? first stop was at JIansfield. We the splendid swimming hole, that they were welccmed at the depot by thc THE FRISCO-MAN -. ------Business Yen's Club, together with a they might view the beauty of the brt~ssbnnd and one bundred citizens. Spring River country. This car was They escorted us to the beautiful little sliovetl ahc;rd of the engine at a slow pcrk ncnr the station and conferred speed to Ravenden, where the car mas upon the entire party the honor of set out. Then the two committees membership in the Mnnsfield Business were called together in the coach and JIen's Club. The president of the the regular busiuess ineeting for the club made an interesting talk upon month transacted between that point Safety First, in which he stated that and Jonesho~~o. the business men of hIcnsfield reloiced .It Jonesboro we found represents- with us in winning the banner. lives of the Business AIen's Club, nho Tho next stop was at Mountain kindly invited us to take an aiitomo- Grove, where a large delegntion, head- bile trip wilh them, but the time was ed by Mayor \V. :;. Chandler of hIoun- so short n'e had to hurry on to hlein- tain Grove, met us, and, but for the phis. fact that we had to hurry in order to While the committcemen, the em- reach AIernphis in time, they would ployes and our patrons and friends have taken us on a sight-seeing trip along the division, contributed the in automobiles to the Fruit Experi- largest portioii of the work nrhirh re- mental Station and Chicken Farm. sulted in our winning the Safety Films( Our nest stop was at Cabool, where banner, personally I have ncver Tor a large number of citizens, on the plat- a single moment lost the enthusiasm I'orm to greet us, showed their appre- and interest I had at the outset of ciation by making short talks and this Safety First work, assuring us they were proud of the In all my athletic career no contest Oxark Division winning the bpnner. was ever entered into with any more The next stop was at Willow spirit or determination to win than in Springs, where we were greeted by a this contest, for the principal reason large crowd of people, together with that so many are benefited by results. a brass band. Short talks were made When we stop to consider that in at this point. eleven months on the Ozaxk Division At West Plains we found 100 citizens alone, there was a reduction of sixty- at the depot, representing the West three per cent in the number of men l'laliis Commercial Club. These peo- hurt-and we have every reason to ple gave us their assurance ot their believe that some of them would have delight in the Ozark Division winning been fatal-the ki~on~ledgeof such re- the banner and hoped we would win it sults, to my mind, is suflicient for any arain nest year. and all the \vorli which might have At Thayer a fine dinner was in wait- been ~spendcd. ing. Members of the committee and I have Tound in connection with others in the party sat down to a splen- this work, that in malti~ig such a (lid repast. Col. Torrey made a strik- strong featwe of Safety First prac- ing speech on Safety First which will tices and habits. getting the men in- be long remembered by those present. terested, that me have been gettii~g Leaving Thayer I arranged for an their minds 1-onc~l~tratedin the right observation car-in the form of a flat direction. I have found tlwt our men car with raiIings and seats-for the in all departments have becornc Inow members of the party, in order that efficient in their partic~~larline of THE FRISCO-MAN 11 ------. -. .------. ------work, because of the educational fea- is now being understood for the first tures of this moven~ent. time by many, in the future, I believe, Last, but not least, the signing of will bring about greater results. 650 card passes for our women follcs Every employe on the Ozark Di- was a real pleasure to me, and as I vision has made a. determined resolu- glanced over the mmes and noted tion that we will endeavor to win the some poor old soul, perhaps the moth- Safety First banner for the coming er of a young man working on the year. section, who may not have taken a I hope to see my men become bigger trip for months or maybe years, it was and broader men by their experience wit11 a thrill of keen enjoyment that I in this work in the past, and I feel sigued her transportation. confident that every man on the di- The wave of Safety First enthusiasm vision has been personally benelitecl that has swept across this country ant1 by the Safety Virst movement. Night force, Francis, Okla., left to W. C. Jones, boilerwasher; (bottom right (top row): Ivy Neal, storeroom row) E. C. Johnson, fireman; Jack man; 13. A. Chaddick, hostler; TIT. A. Byrnes, boilermaker helper; W. Y. Pool, stationary fireman; Ed. Farnell, Marsh, boilermakrr. fire-builder; G. C. Chaddick, hostler The reproduction shows enginc 3228 helper; Bob 3Iurltle, machinist helper; across the turn-table. Roy Middleton, switch engine fireman; 12 THE FRISCO-MAN How We Won the Prize the Second Time Chairman Spaulding has asked me to ltl~in our efforts to retain this habit. tell what methods were used to ac- E. L. MAGERS, complish the remarliable feat ol win- Chairman Memphis Terminal Safety ning the Safety First prize the second Committee. time by the Memphis Terminals. From a selfish view I think this is The Safety lnovement at Memphis rather unfair, as we expect to go into has come to stay. Under the vigilance the race with the determination of of the Safety Committee-made up of: men engaged in all branches of work nrinlling it again aud using the same -it cannot help but succeed. means as during the past year, but for These men have taken great inter- the ge~leral benefit I will give the est in the work. They have pointed secret away. out to switchmen, engineers and fire- The winning of the Safety First men the danger in careless handling prize the second time was accom- of high esplosives, such as powder, plished simply by constantly keeping dynamite and high explosive oils; up the interest in the movemeut and caulioned them of the danger of not by good team work on the part of a11 reporting defective ash pans and otl~er employes within the Terminals. No flre appliances on their engines, credit can be claimed by the chair- which could drop fire. This is one or the first points gained by our Safety man nor by any individual member Committee. of the committee; the result mas The secoud step was with the track brought about by the employes as a and bridge men. They were warned whole. By reference to our reports it of the dangers of usiug defective will be ~~otedthat almost one-third of chisels or tools of any kind. such as the items submitted at our meetings claw-bars with defective claws, or were from "Other Employes," which spike mauls with defective heads, push shows that the interest is far from cars with bad wheels, or any kind or being confined to the members of the tools with bad handles. The commit- committee, as, unfortunately, is apt to teemen or section boss see to it that to be the case, and which I know from instructions regarding this matter are personal observation is the case in carried out to the letter. The men some instances. seeing the stand ttllien by the "boss." Our meetings have always been in- and noting the result of safety to teresting, each member of the com- themselves, now work in every way mittee, as well as visitors, being made to avoid accidents. to feel that their critieisnis were so- The committeemen and head car in- licited, nll titles and positions being spector have impressed their men with subordinated to an equal footing in the necessity of carefnlly looking over our deliberations. a train for defects, upon its arrival The winning of the Safety First at terminal, and have trained them to prize has become a mere habit with have all defects, no matter how trivial, Men~phisTernlinals, which we are not repaired before the train gulls out.. trying to cure, neither will we become The repair track committeeman has THE FRISCO-MAN 13 - - -- ;~ccornplishcd much in training the gers of coming in contact with live men of his clcllart~nentregarding the wires, because of the high voltage danger of allowing boards, pieces of used at that point siding torn from a car, or old car IVllen an engine comes in the round- roofs containing nails, to remain on house it is thoroughly examined by the ground. As a result, the men have the inspector, and all defects, no mat- learned to gather 111) material of this ter how small, are repaired by the ma- chinist, boilermaker, truckman or kind and place it in a pile either to springman, as the case may be, and if be bnrned, or carried off to some out- it should be found that a defect has of-the-vay spot where no one will be been overlooked by any of the men l~ableto step on the nails. He has engaged in a different class of work, imlwessed upon the men the necessity his attention is drawn to it, in order of ha\ing the yard cleaned up and ot that it may be repaired. By working placing jacks where the night men together in this way we have fewer working in the yards can L fall over accidents and less engine failures than them. any other point on the system. Boilermakers are to see that all Watch the abo~e mentioned features tools and tool handles are in safe con- appoint good men on the safety com- dition becore using same, and the men mittee, have a capable chairman, and working on scatfolds are to examiue teach Safety Pirst in your homes, and them and before mounting be certain you cannot fail to succeed. By living that they are safe for the weight they up to the above rules we have won are to support. the Safety First prize two consecutive The electrician who cares for the yeals, and we expect to win it again. wires at the Memphis Terminal has C. R. CROWLEY, cautioned everyone regarding the dan- Boiler Inspector, Memphis, Tenn. Aside from his duties as agent at FI~ISCO-JI.IX. Winslom, Ark., J. A, V7inn is "engaged Mr. Winn calls attention to the fact in ~~aisinga family - representing that the clover almost covers one son, eleven children, nine daughters and standing at the extreme left in the two son-and clover" at that i)oinC, so ~~icture. he says in a commuuication to TILE \irllo can beat it? 14 THE PRISCO-MAN -- - Safety Talks at Sapulpa At the monthly meeting of the officials at that timc was a way to dc- Southwestern Division Safety Commit- crease the terrible toll of life and limb. In order to bring about a solution of tee, in the Auditorium of the Y. M. C. this great problem, the "Safety First" A. Building, Sapulpa, Okla., Saturday, movcment was launched. June 28, the following members were Thc most deterrent factor among the present: S. T. Cantrelt, chairman; H. rmployes was their thoughtlesancss over little things, not wilful1 by any Campbell, roadinaster; J. F. Long, nicans, but just a callousness toward master mechanic; TV. H, i\lullens, sec- danger. So this necessity brought tion foreman; J. D. Heyburn, assistant about a form of education, an eye- superintendent locomotive fuel ser- opener, a brain tonic, loo1t.-think. -4 railroad man's work is naturally a vice; R. D. Purcell, conductor; T. A. worlt of great variety and maltes an Fry, conductor; J. Gambill, fireman; appeal to men which should broaden D. A. Bowersock, general foreman B. character rather than narrow it. Stan- B. C W. S.; W. J. Wallace, engineer. dards have been acloptcd from time to After the discussion of several items time, and safety appliances have been addcd as necessity demanded, regard- of general interest, the following ad- less of cost; and rcgardlcss of all cost dress was made by Conductor Ralph and the strenuous effort that has been I'urcell : made, they have failed to obtain thc The railroads all over our land to- objcct that concerned us as n wliole. day arc being confrontcd by many seri- Safety applianccs are useless unless ous ~,rol>lems. The majority of these intelligently useu. :,re pi'ol~lemsof which the omcials arc The educational feature of this much concerned, but the greatest gen- movcnicnt has been enlarged to inclucle rral niovemcnt of any time is the lhc public, who are in greater need "Safety First" movemcnt in which than the em~loycs. The cmploycs nvr1.y man of the railroad world is a Itnow, but fail to do; the public does T;I ctor. not ltnow. hence theirs is a sin of It is high time to understand and omission. The public rcceivcs so many bclicvc that 111c "Safety First'' movc- irn])i'essions, so many facts so highly mcnt is no fad-it is here to stay, a colored, that they cease to be facln, ~,crmancntfeaturc of thc prescnt and and, consequently, they believe many futurc railroading. In fact, it will bc things which arc not so, and the im- clue to this movement that railroading ~wrlnntfucts wl~icliLhcy sliould ltnow will reach its highest point of rl!~ and understand, thcy fail to apprecialc. cicncy. S;ifety First, it is hopcd, will pro- The American ruilroads arc in many motr conciliation bctwcen thc public respects one of the wonders of modern and the railways, and enable the rail- science. No otl~crnation offers to the roads to have a strong, progressive public such luxurious mcans of travel system, adequate to liancllc the nation's and such rcady means of transporta- business without dclay and loss, therc- tion in the commerci:ll world. 1)~securing the public as a co-opero- Their efforts in thc past hare been tive booster for them. ;\lost all men to maintain luxury and elegance, and are beginning to realize that it does the public have dcmanded speed. It pay to do work efficiently and morc has becn a comprtitive factor among safely. Onc of Mr. Rich;lrd'.? rpigrams the various roads. Eoth the public is good advise at all tim(,s, "Bctter be and the mi1ro:lrls ovcrlooltcd thc most careful than crippled." important featurc-"Safely First." It is true the roads arc adding ncw Thr "Safely lpirst" movcmcnt had its material at all times, but they arr birth as hovc all olhrr great and Iast- malting an effort to secure the best ing movcmenls, from necessity. The from the line of recruits. The timc is stupendous ~~roblcmconfronting the not far clistant whcn thc itnsafc man will be a back number. I-Ie is a source to regret it. I an1 requested by ti~r of danger to the public and to the invitation cummilleu to talk on con- ~,:ril~.oademployes. If we are to nrorit ditions as they csistc'd before lhls undcr first-class conditions, with best movcrnrnt was organized, and as they of rnc~chineryand latest safety devices, are today. KO ha.rcler subject could wc must be firsl-class men mentally have been picked for' me, for to me the and physically. past is gone; the 1)rcsent is here to- I'rcsiclent Delano paid high tribute to day. but gone tomorrow. It la true, no the railroad man when he said: doubt, that past espcricncc has taught "Railroad men do not clalm they arc us many things. but the future loome Iwttcr than any other men, but consicl- 111, 11cfo1.c us n-ill1 wonclerful possibili- csring the problem broadly anu fairly. 1ir.s offercd to us, that we may make it has always sccmed to me that rnil- the way safer and better for those who roud men would average up with any foilow us, and that they may profit by cqunl nun~bcrof bankers, rnanufuctur- 0111. 11;lrt cxpr,ricnci: is thc 011ly reason erzl or' n~erchants." \ve sl~ouldrccall it. Scifcty First draws a mcntal picturc \Y~PII1 cull to mind the clnmperous not only of safety for you but snfcmty ri~~~(litionswhich cxistcd ycars ago, iL for the millions. Our sense of justicc n~;ilicsrnc wonder how I could possibly Lo every othcr man has, under this br 11c.1.r Loday to write these words. 1 ~novcment,becn steadily growing, ancl can xe swilch stands that hung out in why? Becxr~sc the slogan, Safcty ~]I;I~:I,0vc.r n;il.ro\v fills, and the brake- First, nas in it thc voicc of recon- man had to tc un expert to drop or€ ~tructionof principles. the side of a car. If he failed to catch It has been said that the pricsts nre the switch stand il meant a roll down cngafied in the greatest task in the thc dump for him, and whrre switchcs world-that of saving souls; but if we ii;~pl)enctlto be located on lcvel ground. are not going to save the lives, there it mas madc thc dumping place fur xre not going to be any souls to savc?. broken links and pins ancl roclca which Vcllow-workers, let us save plenty of \v(:l.c not nxntrcl any l~laceelsc-nice mnterial for the priests. pl:icc for a brakc?man to clrol~ inlo. Chairman of General Safety Congrcss There 1v;is no 11lircc providcd along t-idc of the Baltimore & Ohio, A. Iluntcr Lhc t~iicli to yet to thc smitcll. \Vi. Boycl, gave a word ~~icturoworthy of alw:rys had to t~iltcLlle ccnlor of tl~? repetition. With your permission 1 tr;ii:ic anil 1.nn al~c,iitl of Llie cnxint: 01. will borrow his thunder: i,;rl.x, over, tics not lillcd ill. Now 1111- "l'ractically all of the rctiring mrm- is :111 changccl. 'I'hc g~,oundaround (II(, I)crs ot the Safety Committee will con- slviteh stand is fillcd nrld Icvclctl i)I'T, tinue lo be real safety men and grad- anct Lhcw there is :i plncc ~)rovidcci0111- unlly by getting the co-operalion of side of thc track to nlakc a run for the majority of men not on comrnlttco, tl~rswitcl~. 1:vc.n bridges that arc lo- we will find greatcr promptness among ~itcclnear to s\vitchc!a arc i)ruvidt.~l thcm to adopt and usc intelligently \\-it11 a \v,tlk and xuard rail. That safety devices. We will nevcr rcnch alone will save many u. brirkcmon from the idcal, but come so rnuch nearer it brniscs and broken bones. tl~iinwe have in Lhe past t11:lt all thv \Vhcn ;I man hti~l.t~dout as I)r:~ii~'- otlicers and ernp1oy.c~will be anl~umc.tl nlnn tnrcnty yc,ai,s afi'o, Siifctp lf'i~.sl of the accidc.nt recortls of pnst ycnrr." n~tsforemost in his thoughts. \1'hc*11 IIP nrnt clown to the yard to go out on Engineer TV. J. T\'allace delivered 11is run, Lhc fil.sL thing he did W:IS to ao over thc toy, of tho train, inspect the following- address, which was writ- the bralic whccls to scc that they W~IT ten by Conductor A. I<. Boggs: properly fastencil on thc staffs, and I np~)rcclatcvery mucn ann thank look at the bralcc to see that it \\-cIIJ', you for the opportunity afforded me ;it hold \\-hen he set it; would Ii;ivc. tlr, this mccting of publicly exprc%slng my cn~inctake the slack out of thc train: views upon the greatcst movrnlont cvcr would go along thc train and find out undertaken by any railroad systc,nl. whcthcr thc links, pins, and 1~r:lkr Safety First has alwkiys Iwrn my chains werc in good condition, for he nlotto and I hnvc ncvcr t-d any r: 11. wcll Iincw if any of them werc out of 16 THE FRISCO-MAN nrtlcr. it might mean an accidcnt I%education is the only thing that will him or somconc elsc. do it. Ilow many br:tlccmt!n do you scc to- 1 would lilcc to scc printcd on cvcry day who will go ul) and down thr train train order blank in red ink the words: lonkiny for drfective operating rocls or TION'T fail to show this order to your gr:~b irons? Tile safrbty n1)l)lianccs C r P w. which havc becn thrown around the UONT pull up and baclc in whcn men have titlien awny the safrty alert- you can hcad in. ness that su~~~~oundcdthe t1xinn1c.n of DOZJ'T' fail to sec that thc switchcs twenty yeit1.s ago. The vn~,ionscom- arc ~)ropcrlysct after you use them. mittees have ;~ccoml)lisl~rdwonders in T)ON'T fail to givc the coming train reducing the tlangerous conditions th:~t cstra protection in sto1,my wcathcr. rc- have always surrountletl us. The men ~artllessof thc right you may havc. :tnd ofncials hxvr dril\vn clos~~.towther 1)OX'T fail to see that thc order sig- by the movernt.nt which is the Icttcr nal is clear when you pass it. ".\" in the all)h~tl)ctof Safvty First. I would like to scc l~rintetlon evcry To gct in closer toucli with tlic dan- ticket thc words: gcrous conditions that now exist, is my IIOS'T get off thc train whcn it is in untlcrst;~ndinji of the object of thir motion. movement. I believe greater ~'csults l>ON3'l' Ix nf~,:tidto uslt thc r~n~)loyc~s would bc attained if tlic members oC to hrlp you; that is th?ir business. local cornmittces, cxccpt the chairman DOS'T Pail to com1)ly with the rr~lc.: wrrc ap1)ointed for trrms not to exccrd of tlic railroad; it will 11ell) them 11. three months. By doing that \vc worlltl makc yo~rrjourncg :I safr one. 1i:tve new men, new 1.1lood and pl,obitlrly I v.oulii liltc to see sinns hanging in ncw itleas. I would like to see thcsc depots and cars bcnriny thc w~,ds: nwn picked from among, the younger DON'T Pail to read your ticket; the, men In thc service. You can't tell information contninctl therein may br. what bright thoughts along thc line of of vital importance to yo'u. Safety First will come from the brain DON'T, board a train without know- of some curly-headed boy. Thc olil ing positively that it is the right one mcn havc always worked in the safety for you to talcc. cSolumn. The fact thcy are here today And above all things- is a living evidence to that. The Ian-s DOX'T gct on tlic train unlcss yo11 of our country are written in lain arc going' some place; the tritin crrw l.:nglish, yct it takes a Sup~,cmcCourl will titkc carc of yo11r f~,icndsan(! sometimes to decide just what they loved oncs. They may secm xruff ;:I:(' mean. Thc same thing applies to our surly, but try thcm and secL. 1,11lesand inst~,i~ctions.1h~y by day nrcl I would like to scc pl;~ccd in tho \vork amonn men with whom nrc clil'fPr sl)ac(. lretwc,cn each car \vindow tlic as to what a rule means. :\ccitlrnt.- wol~ls: might he avoided if the Central Com- 1)OS"I' plztce your bagg;igc in Llir 1r:ittcc would tbc conxidr~.cdthe Suprcn~o r;!(:li n1)ove you or in tliv aisles; it (:oi~rt to put a const~.uctionon cvei'y mi~litciit~sc sonic one to i)c injul-?(I. ~.iilc,in order that thr em~iloycsovcr '1'1io wnrninx would bc a &,mat benc- the entire systcm woulcl understand fit to SOlTle IJ~OII~C. the rules alilcc. Before the various I mould likc to svc on a prominrnt cornmittces nrcrc orgnnimvl it was no p1at.r on cvcry wiy-hill: ~;tsyrnattcr to get :I dangerous grac- 1)OS'T unload tllis f~.c!i&:I~tand lcxvt! ticc stopped, but now there is not :I it whcl,r it might calls(? some one to man among us. who cver misses tho br injurcd. opportunity of getting bcfore the Don't is a wonderful word; it shoi~l~l proper one tlic dangcrs as he secs bc placcd in evcrp conspicuous plncc them, for he wcll Itnow:$ the rerncdy to kccp evrr fresh in the minds of thc will be applied. cmployes and thc public of clangcrs Still, there is an untold work to II~that may lurk thrre. clone in educating tlic public. as wcH I can look baclc to childhood's happy 51s the employes, to be carc~ful tocli~y days and hear over again my motllcr that they may bu wholc tomorrow, itntl s;ty. "JIy boy, don't do that azain." THE PRISCO-MAN 17 -- T~cyc.;~~,s have cluicltly passed sincc of races, swimming events, dancing, Mn6 lhen the lime is fast changing the alicl also a ball game between the color of my hair from black to gray, but llht :r clay p;csscs but I hear over Springfield and Fort Scott teams. A ;~nd owl. lhc wo~~ds,"Don'l do that performance by the Airdonle Stock :%gain." Company was one of the afternoon's 1)01\"T be afraid of your suger~intcntl- attractions. cnt. IIe won't hurt you. If you mnkc a mistake, tell him about it and tcll him the truth. Go to him with your troubles the same as you did with Card of Thanks your lather when you were a boy. I Frisco Picnic At Fort Smith The Frisco employes of Springfield, The accompanying reproduction is No., enjoyed their twelfth annual pic- lrom a snapshot taken in the Fort nic at Fort Scott, I I The engine and yard men of Paris, engine of her size on the road Read- Texas, regret very much to lose En- ing from left to right, those shown in gine 3622, shown in the above repro- the reproduction, are: Switchman W. duction together with the Paris day- S. Lear, Foreman John Love, Switch- switch crew, but she has been trans- man A. T. Bastrop, Engineer M. A. ferred to Sherman. She was tho pride Alred, and Switchman C. H. Forger- of the day yard crew, and Foreman $on. John Love says she is the biggest Jlcrnphis Terminal Safety Commit- Bottom row: B. A. Schevel, machin- tee. Top row, left to right: E. J. Cady, ist; J. L. Moore, secretary; E. L. W. H. foreman; D. B. Miller, extrri Magers, chairman; C:. R. Crowley, gang foreman; S. D. Critser, repair boiler inspector; J. L. Fazxi, W. H. track foreman; E. H. Wilson, section foreman. foreman; A. F. Foster, shop foreman. 2 0 THE PRISCO-MAN No. 1316 years; l1. F. Guin, station clerk, who Engine 131r; is said to be one of 11"s been connected with the road ]\I. heaviest ellgilles ill service asitle from for "bout one year; and Operator the hlallets, She ,,,as ~,,,iltat scllen. A. Sha\v, who has served continuously ectady, N. Y., in September, 1912. lor the last four years. Shedding Smiles The new car sheds being erected at Fort Scott. Kans.. are now Dracticallv completed, and as a result, H. H. Hona- I __-i~ -- - - - ~ nett, Wo. ------~ . - -~---- .~. . . . >.-4- -= 1-5- ~.~ Busy at Guin Agent IV. 11. Byrd of Goin, Ah., says ker and A. M. Irvine are wearing the that his st:llion is one of the busiest smile that won't come off. on the It'risro lines. The work of constructing the sheds The employes of the Guin station are was under the supervisio~l of Ed. shown in the accompanying reproduc- Kingston. Toney Prent Clark, piece-work checker, and Carl Lhrling, assistant tion. Reading floln riglit to I~ft,they 'I are: W. 11. Byrd, :gent, wllo has been car foreman, both employes of ~~~t in conlinllous service for the last four Scott, Kans. THE PRISCO-MAN 21 -. -- - . -- - - .- -- .------ .John I!:. ITasltell, machinist and alr- 1~r;lkcc~s~r~rt, Sapul~m, Okla., is also bilrn(% :11,liht wilh the base drum, antl (.;In I)(. scrn on all engagements \villi tliv S;1l)ul1)a (loncrr't Unnd. 'I'hc new ice llousc- at the Sapul11;l rirundllo~rse is cornl)leled and now in uhe. '1'li(, nc.w L\vo-st:~ll roundhoube is no\\, 111,in~uhc,cl 11, ~l.c;~t;~(lv;lntafic at S:r- l~~llrilfo1. 110using tllc 10(11) clils8 pas- SC,I~,~(~I~c>~lqines. Pittsburg G. \\'. Yc~r~qcrson,ro;itlmilslcl~'s e1(~1~1< :iL I'illsl,u~~g,visited relatives ;~tNco- bh~,J uric, 29. I'il.c'rn;\n I)\vipht T.'(.ssc.n(l(.n is lk~yinx (!Sf I'rrl. :I i'(,\\, il;~ys;~nrl \villi his f;~mily ih visiling 1.cl;llivcs at Clir,~~i~l.;cr,.'I'l~cmy ;~lt(,n~ll,d;I ~.c.unior~of Lhc Fct;sc,nilr,n f;lmily 1lic1.e July I. Cherryvale .\. 1,. ICdxc~.lc, ~:IL.rcl~;li~,cr, is a[,- ~~ointcdfowrnan at this point, suc- ri.cclin::. .I. \\-. l*'irs, ;rlrl)ointc'tl car fol'c- man at \Vicliita, lians. 22 THE FRISCO-MAN -- - off for a few days visiting with his Fort Scott Is taking his annual vow- parents at Cherryvale. tion, which he is spending in Colol~,~rlo \V. 0. Adams, switch engineer, is and b~ltLake City, Utah. spending his evenings enjoying the Smltch Engineer C. H. Finley of 1701 L new Ford car which he recently put.- Svott, accompanied by his wife, IS vlsll- chnscd. ing in Colorado and Utah. Fort Scott \Ve have started another N:itional Graphite Lubricator test on this cli- 'I'l~c ~~aintgang have been busy at vision between Fort Scot1 antl Spring- tllis 11oint for tile last month antl field, this time we are using engine thinp are fixed up in fine shapc. 1265. 11~11.1.~1). Pipe, "thc Britishcr," would J. L. l'endel-, yardmaster at Cheroliw, like to hear from any one who has a i~ccomlmnied by his wife, visited at full-bloodcd bulldog male pup for sale, Fort Scott recently. with register'. Write, carc of Car Foreman. Conductor F. I-[. hIcCann is now handling the Joplin local out of Fort The rcpair forcc is nrorlcing full blast Scott. and Lhings are looking good for Fort Scott. JIechanicnl Sunerintcndcnt John Forstep was a Fort Scott visitov June ICnginccr W. B. Goodrich and family 21st. ~l~atlcan auto tl'ilj to Columbus, Kans., ~.ccently,whcre thcy visited friends and Engineer \V. F. Pritchard of 1h1.L rcht ivcs. Scott made a business trip lo Kunsas City recently. \V. I. I SECURITY SECTIONAL ARCHES FOR LOCOMOTIVES 30 Church Street, NEW YORK 1 AMERICAN ARCH COMPANY McCormick Bldg., CHICAGO I THE FRISCO-MAN The following engir~cs wllich had Mr. AIal.ingls duties as assistant su broken frames were rcpaired with intendent at Amory, effective June Thermit recently: 1288, 1208, 1296, 1291, Superintendent Jackson, who has 784 and 539. been confined to the hospital at Bir- Machinist Feathers has just returned minxham for several werlts, has iulr,-..,,.. from n trip through West Vi~,ginin. 1.ecovrrecl and has recently resumed his duties. Geolxe Stcols, assistant tirnelceepcr. left for Virginia July 5. Carthege ])an Mdhonc~y spent a ten days' va- Three new men were installed at thr c:itlon w~th~.clnt~res at Hitnnibal. Mo. Frisco and Missouri Pacific interlocl<- Mr. Al:ihonry is t~mpioyctl as l~laclt- ing plant at thi8 point, effective .June srnith. 24. They are 0. C. .Jaclcson, first trick Joe Lewis has returneJ from the St. operator; F. J'. Bahcoci~,second trivlc T.ouis hospit;~l.but ix not yct able to ol~erutor; and W. D. Thomas, tl~il~l 1Y.J)Ol.t for duty. triclc opera tor. Trarry Stewnrt has the sympathy of The passenz-cr depot, section hor~sc :1i1 oC his ~.nilrol~(i~~ssociatex in the loss and water tank at this point have rv- of his wife, wl~odieii rrcrntly. Mr. c(xivecl a new coat of paint, and it is Sicwart is one of the oldest machinists said ail of the company buildinjis :it at liansils City. Ile has cllarge of the CarLl~ageare to be painted. rod i\~ol~lc. \V. E. Spindler, first trick operator. was g~~anteda leave of absence, .July Francis 1 to 10. V. I. Melvin, 31. and I. clerk, has re- signc~d :~ndtaken :I position with the Sherman >I. K. M 7'. at Lknison, Yews. He is .\Iachinist V. W. Abrams and F. ('. sl~cc.(vdt~tlby 1:). W. .Burltett, formerly J3achmiln, two of the oldest men in stenogr:~plier on the twnsl)ortation point of service at Sherman, have Icft rlesl~ the service, Mr. Abrams goes to thi. Koberts Electric Company as auto ma- J. L. Robinson, assistant timekeeper, chinist, and Mr. Buchman to the Vr:lsil- )lax resignvd nnd taken position with ington Iron Worlts to fill a simi1:ll~ tile Katy at Denison, Tcsas. A. E. position. lk~vidson,forn~erly file cleric. succceds hIr. llobinson as assistant timekeeper. The Frisco baseball team recently dc- Ceated East Sherman by a score of I J Engineer clanis is is spvnding his an- nual vacation "at hornc on the Carm" near. 'l'llaycr, .\In. ICnginec,r Ciiarl~s lqrsnch is on 505-806 during Nr. Adanis' I;'unr~.id scr\'iees w~'lx! 11cld nt Z::!ll :I bscnce. o'cloc.lt from thc Sl)rin,qficltl .\vcn~~o l'l~csl)yt~,~,i:~~~('huwli. 'L'hc in tcl.nlcnt 1''. .I. Towncs, formerly rounclilol~se was in Sl:il)lo I'itl'lc Cemrtcry. 111.. clcxrlr at ChaKec, visited his parents Yollng is rrl r\'iv(.(l by his nsiCe. and tl~cshol) I~oysJunc 30. Vred Dierson is I~andlingthe throttln on 801-502 wllile Nr. Frcncll is Iluntlling 806-506. Ensineer Perrin clied at tllc St. Louis I~;mployes' lIospit:~l June 26, after :I \Vm. ~:iiln~.macl~inist ;it Lhc Xvw tcw clays' illness of tyl)lloicl pnonrnonia. Sliol~s,ri~turnt~tl to \vorIi ,111nv30, ;ifti,r The synil)athy of the Thivcl 1)istvict 11. sixty 11ila.s' iiiy-OW. Mr. 1i;~Iincs;~y+ boys, cveryone of whom was it fricnd hc SCVISlikc a nc-\v man. of the deceased, is extended to 311.. I'crrin's family. Brakeman Robljins nnd family sl~cllt n pleasant two weeks' vacation ncnr l'awnre, Olila., the latter part of Junr. Engineer Jnclc Green and Dr. k'inney. company surgeon, have just complctcd Ll~cir private !v:~t~r~~lant, and it is a I~cauty. Jack and Doc,s;iy "no more dust in thcir imrnedi;~tcncighhol~hootl." J11.s. .J, r. Lellew is spending tho sum- mer n~onthsin thv mountains of SP vatla. Nr. 1,vhew c~s11cctsto join 111s wife about July 10, icnd will cxnjoy that c1c:lighLfui climate for about thirty days wys lie rides ir Uavidson machine, which is one rwlson why hc is never Springfield lilt?. 1)ewcy Patterson, ni;lchinist i\l)j)rvn- Lice at the Xcw Shol~s,\vns callcvl to ol~io,Jl~ne 19, arcount of thc (1~atI1elf his brother. Fred C. .Usup, ti~llcltccpe~~in 1111. mil- chine shops, was unablc to report for duty for sc~\~cralclays bcc:lusc of illncsr. JLr. and Mrs. Milo Crawford :ire rc- cciving conjir~rtulations over the ;.II.- C:vo~.g:.c\\r. l)avitlso~l,drive wheel tire rival of ii ten-pound boy, June 90. 311. Clawford is employed as ~nacl~inistat st.ttc,r at tl~cSew Sllol~s,nccorn~~~~nictl thc Sew Sho~)s. 11); l~isvife nn(l two (11111gl1tcl's,nladc ii trip to Il~~gbp.North I);~lcotu, Junc 19. Boilermaker Jlc~onald is rvjoicinfi for n visit with rcl;rtive? :it Lhat point. ovrr thc arrival of i~ 11ab.y boy horn June 30, while 1\11.. Nc~\uliffcis rrcciv- ing concr:~tulationsover the :l~,rivillof a twelve-pound Ix~bygirl. .Jacob A. Young, beiicvcd to have bven the oldest cnil)loyc in thc scl.vice of Llic ]?risco, dicd Junc 22, follolving a strokc' 26 THE FRISCO-MAN ------. ..- - a . 11. P. Kincaid, who has lately bccn c*mploycd in the store room of the New Shops, is transferred to the North Side storol,oom, in charge of sections 9 and 10. 31.r. Kincaid has been in the scr- vicc of the company many years. J. LC. Rosenbalm is ar~pointcdgeneral Loreman bl,idgcs, buildings and water scrvicc, Eastern Division, with ofRcc ul SlrringAeId, No., effective .July 1, suc- cec.c,tling G. W. Turnrr, who, after forty- scvcn years of continuous and eflicicnt scrvicc, is relil,ed in accordance with thc pcnsion system. Hugo Ihgincer N'. G. Reynolds has just "Son, Mere's A Good rcturned from St. Louis, where hc at- Watch For You" tcndcd a mecling of the Brotherhood trf I,ocon~olivc Engineers. 66 B 0 U G H T it when 1 Jtachinist Bert Kelly is off on his started railroading twenty ;tnr~li;llvacation, which he is spending I with his parents at Hot Sgl'ings, Arli. years ago. It has been a Mrs. Cora Fitzjohn, wife of Nachinist splendid timekeeper. You are l~'ilsjolln,has just returned from a visit old enough now to give a watch will1 ~'cltilivesin l'aris, Texas. good care and the wearing of it will help AIdster 3Icchanic L. E. Foot paid this you to be more prompt and exact. Then, lnuint a vlslt last week. too, I want it to remind you every day 1Cnginee.r J. S. Carson, better ltnown that your old father cares for you. I arn us "Cncle Johnny," is ill at thc Frisco getting a new watch that answers my Ilosl~ital,Syring'ficld, ,\lo. purposes better because it has a clear IVilliam FValling and family are distinct dial I can see in the dark, an slrcntling H month visiting relalivcs and extra hand that tells me when to wind and I'ricnds in norlhern Alissouri. an excelled reputation for timekeeping." 0. L. Ch~~istophcr,fmmcrly clerk at I[l.~go, but now eml)loycd nt Bort \\'ortli, visitcd his llal'ents and old Make jlour boy happy. Give fricncls at Hugo rcccntiy. him your old watch. And don't Engineer C. Van Busltirli is building forget to ask your jeweler for the a, new home in Laurel Heights. This most up-to-date railroad watch the loolcs rather suspicious. Mr. Van Bus- kirk is one of the many en~ployeshere 19 jewel B. Mr. Raymond with who can boast of a beautiful home. winding indicator and 49 dial. Extensive improvements arc being made to the Webb Hotel, just east of $44.00 it: the thin model 25 year case the Brisco depot. $42.00 in the thin model 20 year case The Brisco ball team of IIugo has closcd a season of twenty gamrs. losing one. Out of the ninctcen games won, Elgin National Watch Co. Lllrec of thcm w-erc shut-outs. 'I'hev I0 S. Wabash Ace., Chicago, Iff. wcrc nranaged by L. jV. Christopher. THE FRISCO-MAN 27 -- - - - ELECTRIC HEADLIGHTS ARE BEING USED ON OVER 16,000 LOCOMOTIVES I ALL OVER THE WORLD I We makc all styles of Punches for use in Rail- road Boiler Shops. Kindly send for catalog illustrating THE CLEVELAND STEEL TOOL CO. ~~e~~~~~l~f CLEVELAND, OHIO. - - Motor 2109 ; Motor car 2109 on train 673 was snapped at Custer City, Okla., recently Safety First in Riveting by section .oreman us sell of that 6:::b :E:%F S. Tool Holder or Piston Ke- Eltaining Wall. POWER SPEED DURABILITY 'I'I1111 Ilare i~l~:lrtlc.tcrimiLllc llOYEI: IIAJIJII'K rilwc it first ~xored rh~\t ~~~~eu~nulir,rivctil~x \r.;i. il aucrcG\. \Vritc tor 1~~1lIclinSo. 12t. point. At the time the picture was All(lr(:..h l)l%~l.00. taken the train was in charge of Con- CHICAGO PNEUMATIC TOOL COMPANY Chic;lxo Ollice: Sew York: ductor Charles Piper and Engineer 10.-17Fisl~cr Bldg. EO Cllurcll St, I3ra11chnsevers\vhcrr. Clalid E. Smith. 28 THE FRISCO-MAN w 1208 Michigan Insures: more Railroad Men Avenue Pay Mors Railroad Men Emplop more Ex-Riiilrmd Hen CHICAGO THAT AKY OTllEK COIPASY d nciorc llrn ],,,,.t Sfl~nc...... tell nlc how little I,,colrlo Il,surancc Address...... costs. Age ...... Occunatio~~ ...... Over RoIIed 50.000 from miles Best QuaIity in use Steel CONTINUOUS JOINT WERER JOINT WOLHAUPTER JOMT Catalog at Agencler THE RAIL JOINT COMPANY ~,yg~o.h~~Indla Bld~. GENERAL OFFICES: Denver.~ail&ay Colo. ExchangeEaultable Bldg. Portland, Ore. Wllcox Bid#. 185 MADISON AV., NEW YORK CITY Pittsburg, Pa. Ollver Bld~. Makerr of Baae Supported Rall Jolntm for Standard mnd ". MO' Speclal Rall Seetlonm ello Glrder Step or Compro- Commonwealth Trust Bldg. dm, Frog and kwltch, and insulated Rall Troy, N. Y. Burden Avenue by Montreal. Can. Joint., protected patent.. Board of Trade Blda.- London. E. C., Eng. Uluheilt Award-Parls, 1000; Buffalo. 1901; St. Louis, 1904. 36 New Broad St. KIRBY MANUFACTURERS LU M BER cornLong Leaf Yellow Pine Lumber Addre.. Corrempondence to Houston, Texas J. W. CHANDLER, General Sales ~gt. I I Mention us when writing to adycrtiscra, it will help us both. THE PRISCO-MAN The Baldwin Locomotive Works PHILADELPHIA, PA. Crane Locomotive ADREON MANUFACTURING GO, Blow-Off Valve I Malleable Iron Body; Crane Hard Metal Trim- Security Bldg., ST. LOUIS, MO. mmgs. Valve opening 2 j/4 inches. Two-inch Boiler connection. Wearing parts renewable. Seats self-cleaning. Closes automatically with the pres- HEWITT MANUFACTURING GO, sure; impossible to stick open. C. M. HEWITT, President SAMPLE VALVE FOR TRIAL 303 Rnllwnr Exchnnga CIlICAaO WITHOUT CHARGE Journal Bearings CRANE CO. AND CHICAGO BRASS ENGINE CASTINGS OFFICE AND WORKS: ESTABLISHED 1855 4153 Clayton Ave. ST. LOUIS, MO. ROBERT W. HUNT & CO., Engineers CHICAGO NEW YORK PITTSBURG ST. LOUIS SAN FRANCISCO MONTREAL LONDON TORONTO MEXICO CITY SEATTLE INSPECTION OF RAILROAD MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT Mention us when writing to advertisera, it will help us both. Sir- I'n the Hearts Union Hen.