The Frisco Employes' Magazine, January 1925

Page 39 Statistical Department from start to flnish, for Mr. Bell and A Frisco Booster each of his readers. Mallie King, Reporter Operator Miller: "Look here at this Our chief clerk, D. M. Todd, accom- message, how do you spell 'Tallahas- panied by his wife, are spending two see'?" weeks in the south-Galveston, New Orleans, etc. During Todd's absence Collins Reed: "My typewriter don't C. W. Martin, traveling accountant is spell very good, especially on a cold acting as chief clerk. day like this." The first day of quail season Claude The South end has certainly helped Jarratt and Claude Emery went a the farmers care for a great amount hunting, a rabbit to get, and for all of cotton this year, the largest crop we know that rabbit's running yet. in several years. Agent Haigh, at However, later in the week they went Davidson, says he gets excited in his again and shot seven quails and the sleep and thinks the mattress is a tail off of a rabbit. bale of cotton. Mrs. Julia Bassett, who has been in Dan Callahan: "Engine 775 doubled the Frisco Hospital at St. Louis, is into Lathan last evening account too home again and is getting along much tonnage." nicely. Guy Oldham: "That's nothing, I Mrs. B. C. McDonald, of Camden, doubled last night, too, account eating Ark., who is known to us as Irene too much." Cornwell, paid us a nice visit and was John Morgan: "When these balance entertained at a noon luncheon by the sheets won't balance I just wish I girls in the office. could vanish." Our file clerk received a package Tessie Smith: "Did you ever try from St. Louis from Mr. Kerr, con- vanishing cream?" taining a khaki suit. Said she didn't know whether to give it to the Sal- Dispatcher 0. J. Storm has just re- vation Army or to the cleaners, as it turned from a vacation spent in the surely needed the cleaners attention. east; states he likes New York alright However, upon interviewing him upon but takes him too long to see the his return, found out he rode the en- town. gine on No. 4 to St. Louis, and from Ada Dillon, steno to chief clerk, JAMES RICH, all indications must have been com- evidently believes in doing her Warehouseman at Cabool, Mo. bination coal and oil burner, with Mr. Christmas shopping early. She so- Ken- acting fireman. journed to Oklahoma City, about the "Limericks" Engineer 'John Moore was born in middle of November, for what pur- Submitted by Roy Bendoff 12. 1878. pose, of course, we do not know, un- Peirce City, Mo., on January less it was that she was looking for The June-bug is a foolish bug That being the most important fea- Santa. With scarcely any mind- ture in his life, it is quite natural to He roams across the field at night note it first. G. W. Durkee: "Pretty muddy but. With his headlight on behind. On January 1, 1901. Mr. Moore be- a fine day over head." gan firing with the Frisco out of Walt Kennedy: "Yes, but not very The Bugamist Monett, and was promoted to become many going that way." A June-bug married an angle worm an engineer on August 1, 1907. An accident cut her in two, While on the extra board at Monett, At the present writing Mrs. A. They charged the bug with bigamy. he ran three ways, down the Central, Campbell is in a hospital at Oklaho- Now what could the poor thing do? Kansas and Southwestern divisions ma City, having undergone an oper- and had a regular run between Mo- ation a short time ago. While her A City and a chorus girl nett and Sapulpa, on the Southwest- condition has not been reported very Are much alike, it's true- ern, the last seven years. encouraging past few days, we under- A city is built with outskirts, stand she is now beginning to im- A chorus girls is, too. At present Engineer Moore is "cap- prove. We hope for her speedy re- tain" of Engine 4,114, one of the new covery and early return to her oil burners. He is described by one of family at Enid. When Eve brought woe to all man- his associates as a "great big, red- kind, faced, jolly, good natured Irish boy, Hi Harriss: "Did you ever 'see a Old Adam called her woe-man; always willing to do more than his blue negro?" But when she wooed with love so share of work. He loves to smoke Carl Brewer: "Now don't get funny, kind. his Missouri cob pipe, and when John I've heard of those read newspapers, He then pronounced her woo-man. gets the fog coming out of that pipe, green rose bushes and brown shoe But now with folly and with pride. full strength, it has the same effect blackening before." Her husband's pockets trimmin' as a booster cut in on the 4,114." The ladies are so full of whims Hi: "Yes, but did you see that green That people call them w(h)immen. black board uptown?" P. D. Hayes, chief clerk in sup&in- To a hen, said Henry Ward Beecher: Western Division tendent's office, is in the St. Louis "You are such a beautiful creature." Transportation Department Hospital at this time for removal of The hen just for that, appendix, which we hope will be suc- Laid an egg in his hat, Our Slogan-Boost or Blow cessful and speedy. We need that And thus did the hen reward Bee- A. L. Kinkade and Elma Williams, light. cher. Reporters We are sorry to report the death of C. A. Piper on November 2nd. Con- Once I heard a mother utter: Employes on the Western join in ductor Piper has been in the service "Daughter, go and shut the shutter." sending an unbustable good wish and of this company twenty-six years. "Shutter's shut," the daughter mut- hearty cheer for a very Merry Christ- Our heartfelt sympathy is extended tered, mas and the best of a New Year, the family in their sorrow. "I can't shut it any shutter." Page 40 wages, and to the public, on the other FATHER AND SONS hand, lower freight rates. The books of the railroads are open. They make regular reports to various GIVE 108 YEARS SERVICE Government bureaus, and just as reg- ularly these reports are published to the country. There would appear to be no chance for misrepresentation of the significance of these reports, but it is a fact that few people read statistical reports of this sort, and there- fore are easy subjects for false propaganda. The spuriousness of the charge that railway profits have increased at a phenomenal rate is evi- dent from a bare comparison of increases in revenues with increases in operating expenses and investment. The year 1916 was the most prosperous year of American railroads before the war and the year 1923 the most prosperous since the war. Between the two there was a net change in operating revenues of $2,692,714,261, as shown by records of the railroails and of the Government, this figure representing an increase for 1923 over 1916. This fact is often pointed out by anti-railroad propagandists. Its companion figure, which no comparison can ignore, showing operating expenses of the roads during the same period increased $2,770,843.322 is not mentioned in such propaganda. The showing is, that far from becoming swollen with excess earnings, the rail- BEN McCRUR.1 RAY McCRUM roads of the country, with a constant increase in investment, are today ac- Now Pensioned-52 Years in Service Engineer in Kansas City District tually returning $78,129,061 less net income than in 1916. Railroads today The McCrums-Ben, the Father, and his sons, Ray and Paul, have a com- are paying $1,419,474.487 more for bined service record of 108 years with the Frisco Lines. labor than they did in 1916, and $174,- 802,087 more for taxes, in addition to greater cost of fuel, materials, and hire of equipment. The obvious denouement, if not the OIL RECORDS OF ENGINEER HYNES intentional goal, of such propaganda The following oil records were kept by Engineer J. Hynes aud turned in is Government ownership through wrecking private ownership. If the to the assistant fuel agent: people of this country want Govern- Oct. lst, Engine 3,742, Engineer Hynes, Fireman Sims ...... 314 gals. 8 hrs. ment ownership of the railroads they 6 have reason to commend the constant " 2nd " 3,749 " " Lunch ...... 416 “ " " harrying and misrepresentation to " 3rd " 3,742 " I. Delaney ...... 385 "".'55 Mins. ' which the railroads are subjected. If " 4th " 3,751 " ...... 340 " " " they do not want Government owner- " 5th " 3,745 " ......304 " " " 10 “ ship, they should rouse themselves to rebuke such tactics which seek to " " 3,746 " 608 """25 " 6th ...... cripple the utility most important to " 7th " 3,745 " .......550 " ""50 " ' the welfare and prosperity of the " 8th " 3,749 " ...... 451 " " " country. , " 9th " 3,742 " ........,520 " " " 2 " " 10th " 3,751 " ......519 " ""30 " Jerry, The Office Boy, Tells How " 11th " 3,745 " ...... 444 " " " 25 " ' to Play Bridge, and, " 12th " 3,746 " ...... 404 "".' ' Occasionally Poker " 13th " 3,745 " I......395 """ ' This here guy, Eddie Bernard, has " 14th " 3,751 " '......361 " " " been telling you folks how to play golf. And from what I gather 'round the building, the right wav to play it is to read what he has to The Attack on the Railroads ganda operates principally through say and then forget that you ever jnggling of figures of railroad income, (Ft.

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