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VOL. Xlll FEBRUARY 1919 No. 2

Walker D. Hines Appointed Director-General \\.nll;cr I). JIi~ie.;,2\s.ircctor-General, a11t1 then as .\ssistant administration of the I01 he became first vice-president of thc vice they rcntlcrcd during my Ierm as Di- L, & S. IIe was then thirty-one years rector-General." old and one of the youngcst railroad es- The first official act of Director-Gen- ccutiws at that time. Mr. 1-lines left era1 Hines was to send the follo\ving tlie L. S: N. in 1904 to engage in tlie telegrani to tlie variom Regional Direc- practice oi law in Sew Yorlc. In 1907 tors : 11e \v:ts ~natlege~ieral counsel of thc Sa~ita "To railroad ofiiccrs and cmployw : 1:c. antl the following year matle cliair- "The l'rcsirlent lias apl~ointetlme Di- man of tlie Esccrltire Comniittcc. and in rector-General of Railroads eflcctive at 4 TIIIC FRI once. 11 \\-i>h111~ first official act as Lli- rector-Cicncral of Kailroatls to be thiy statelllent to officers and elliployes. ITa\.- i~igIxwi part of llr. 3Ic.ltloo's organizil- tion from its first day, his policies arc my ~wliciesant1 I intcntl to carry tlicni out and to do 50 througli the csistiiig raill-o:id org;lniz:~tions of the 1iailro:itl ;ltlrninistratic.m. Illat the Ivar is \\.on, tlie (Go\-ernmcnt's "The responsibilities of the \vork call- railroatl job is to rcntler all atleqr~atc ~iotIle esaggcratccl and therc can be IIC a~i(Icon\re~iicnt transportation service at sllccess ill it \\.itliout yo~~rconfitlencc ant1 re:lwnal~lecost. 'I'here can Ijc no greater suppi,rt. civic triumpli in tilnc of pencc than the ~)erfor~ii:lnccuf n s~lcccssf~~ltransporta- tion service for tlie one li~~n(lrctlniillio~i consulncrs, protl~~ccrsand travelers in ti ciitr 'l'o participate ill the acliie\renic~itof tliis grcnt ol)icct. 1 invite all the rai!roatl officers ant1 emplo!-es \vith \vliom I ha\,c liad tlie great pri\-ilcge ot co-opcrating in tlleir s~le~ltlicl\var \vork. "I am a profomtl I~eliel-el-in the virtue or' 1nut11al i~ntlc~-.;ta~~tIi~~g.JIost tlisputcs come €1-o~iithe failure to i~ntlcrt;tanrlthe otllcr fello\v's Icgiti~ii:~tcnee(ls ant1 his Icgitin~aletlificullies. 1 shall (lo my I)c.\t to r~lidc~-st;lntlthe poirlt.~of view of all the Litcrcsts afiectetl 147 tile contlr~ctof tlic rai11-o:uls or cliargctl \\-it11 tluties on the 5uLjcct ~1111T sli:11I also Is!-, irnnlily and as clcarl>. as I call, to get all tliow interest5 to understand the Government's neetls and tlic Govenlnicvt's tlificillties in co~iducli~igthe raih-oad tl-allsport:itio~~ service. T ;is!< of all 111;it thcv will i~icct 111c 1l:lli \v:I~ ~IItlii~ qeat \v(~YI< of tryitig to understan~l." Success-A Practical After-the-War Talk

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As to the tliings you find you don't do FOLI sometimes assume rc.:l)olisil~ilit\-. know, atlmit ignorance. .\sk questions ill and later attempt to ptoff CHI sollieone ortlcr to learn. False pride at such ti~iie- elsc the 1)lamc if things go wrong? niigllt nlean great losses. Ant1 be as ;\re you honest from top to toe ? Im- hcIplrrl lo ollicrs wu~tingto learn as you [)rovements in inclivitlual.; and in organi- would like to II:L\,C !.our s~~periol-sIx to z:itions arc tle[)crltit.nt on 11-ntliiul reports I \\'it11 such goocl will constantl!- of \vl~:~t\\.:is tlo~~eantl Iio\\- it was done. asctl, tliere car1 I)e great "team \vo~-k." .\ gootl 1;oss \\.ill 1.ery likely kcel) a Innn Service, iri order to hl-ing the most who mnltes ~nistakesif lie lclls the tr11t11 protit. 111~rstbe of an ~lnusual501-t, in an about thc~n. Eut the man \vllo will lie unusual nianncr, ill an un~~sl~alplace, or 111ustgo, "for the good of tlic scr\.ice." at all un~1.jua1ti~iic. Ihn't ~nerely"fol- .\re J.OIIa gootl soldier l I )o you obc! lo\v the Icaclcr." Be tlisti~ictive. I:c a orders, antl olq promptl! a~itlgraciou+ 'Icader yourscl f'. 1). T I>o yo^^ avoitl arg~~ing.a~~tlqui1)l)ling ? And, 11avi11g cliosen a lil~eof work. 'll~el-cis alwa!-s a proper t~mcfor maliing stick to it. It was Josh I:illines who re- suggvstions. If J-ou are courtco~lswlieti minded us that the finest virt~~ein the espressi~i~your views, your iclcas atltl postage stamp i~ its al)ilit!- to stick to OIIC advice will probably be asked for. thing until it gcIs Illere. If yorr arc tlo- lh!.o11 plan your work ant1 tlicn wo~-I< ing rcason:~ldy \\.ell a~itlcall "sccx all\. (In!.- !.or~rpla11 ? Tlic h:~lll)l:c!-er \\.lin Lnkcs too light ahcad," don't flop. 'I'lie "flolq)cr," ~iir~cl~tim to "\\.iiitl "1)" 11~1s:I hnrtl ti111e e:rsil!- tliscmitcntccl antl csl)ecti~iggreal. preve~iti~igsteal.: lo sccon(l Imse. Jl yoir sutltlen changes for the better, goes fro111 can la!. out \vorli for oll~ersant1 keep one thing to another, from one concern tlie~li I)r~sy,yorl will l)e nwrtli niore to to another, with small hope of getting !.orlr employer. .Igoocl \vorkcr is Ics.; aheatl. \.alr~r+l)lethn a gootl crecr~ti\rc. Kcep You may have learned how to do some everlastingly at it, but tloli't try to (lo thi11g.j well a~itlbe as bright as a ncw cvcrything )-ourself. You 1i1;1y 1)ecomt. a dollar, I~ut what about your 1)usiness rcal manager if you are properly en- jutlgmcnt ? That cannot be gained es- (lo\\-etl, ant1 a worlier. Ant1 you will earn cept wit11 time. YUIIcanuot get it all by the atlclitional rcwards yo11 gct. The real pul-cllase, but may, perhaps. earn it J11r- 1)oss has ;I llmler tad< than the man un- ing long, faithfr~l service. \Vha~cwr tlcr Iii~n. voilr WOI-lcis, never q~itstudying. 1 f you REMEMBER-MOST TROUBLES NEVER think you I.r~io\vit all, or even al~iiostall. HAPPEN \.orl havell't !.et bcgr~nto learn.

CHECK YOURSELF UP ON THESE POINTS too seriously, just I-eme~nl)crtliat you 110 YOLI work \\,it11 such intclli:,.ence arltl call co111l)c.liailure to come and get j.orl skill that you require the nlinilnu~n ill short ortlcr if you incl~~lgein ivorry. amonnt of super\i.;io~i? .\ man's ser- \Vorry is tleatlly. il man can "worry vices in a particulm- line of work may Ile liis head off.'' until he is quite uria1,le to worth nominally S.; a day. If he rc- (Ilillli clearl!-. Ile can worry his Icgs out quires some s~~pervisio~i.the same scr- from u~ltlerhini, so that he can't walk viccs may be lowered in valuc to $3 a straight, his slio~~ltlersdroop and his jaw (lay; if still more supervision is ~icederl, drops of its owl :veight, so that he i.s a to only $2 per (lay. )lave you learncd so picture of dejection, avoidctl l)y all who to work tliat you ask asi.sislance only after \voultl themselves keep LIP their own a rcal sturly of the problem presented? If corlrage. so, you are gaining constalitly in intle- \\'ark does not kill. \Vorry does in- pendcnce. jl~rc,tor~ncnt, 1)unish and kill. Jt 1)l-e- .\re you willing to assume rcspousi- vents proper conccntratio~i. It injures bility wllcn it corncc? If J~OLI shirk it tllc quality of work. It drivcs away re- tliro~~ghfear of' a bit of blame if things 1lal)ilitating sleep. don't "pan out right," \-ou may lose tl~e When you rest, rcally relax both chance to show wliat you can. . do with the nerves and muscles. You have sometimes harder tasks you are in tra~n~ngfor. Ant1 ridtleri with a carcle.;~driver ill a motor SUCCESS-A PRACTICAL AFTER-'IT1 E--WAR 'TALK 7 car and suddenly realized that your plus money is that the\- 11-ouldn't know n~uscleshaw been set ant1 your nerves how to care for it if they had it. keyed LIP the whole timc. When !.ON You may be hoping for the time to alight, you are not rested, but tirecl. Many come wheu you can 11a1.c a felv tIlousantl pelsons hold thcmsel\rcs with the same tlollars asicle, Yo,l tension, \vhether \\Talking or ridinfi. in a to work for you, to hring !.ou, say $60 n train. or even if lying in bed. Rclas. ye;l, for each $~o(x)in\,c..tetl, very \yell, Rcplace depressing \vorry, profitless antl D~~~,~tallc about sucll a gain from in- pitiless. with sometl1i11.q uscful. Linger terc.st, t~loug~l,as long as yell are now over tllc llopeful vie\\r rather than the sllellding uselessl!, or nce,-llcssly $60 or worst possible outcome. $600 in a year. That \\-oultl be interest An old gentleman ill l17cstcrn I'enn- on $1000 or $10.000, antl yo11 are throw- sylvania wrote over his fireplace, as a ing it a;\:ay. Your carelessness is evi- propcr \\.:1r11ing to his !To~~n::friends : "I dence that you don't \van[ the income you hnve livctl a long time ant1 had a great arc dreaming a1)out. If you really want many troi~hles. I!ut most of the trouljlcs it, the first thing you \\.ill do is prune never hnppenccl." yor~rcspc~lse account.

BE A "SAVE-THRIFT." NOT A SPENDTHRIFT Onc necds to learn how to enrll, to save Most men of large affairs have been and, sometimes, not to loan. rcgar(1 "save-thrifts"-not "spentltllrifts." The to that third point. heed the rulc laid reflex action on your character of habits clown for himself I)!- a Chica~ohusine.is of thrift will in the long pull he as be11c- man : ficial to ~OIIai: the accumulation of the "X'evcr loan more money to a marl extra tlollars. without security than, in a inch, you Look after the uloncy you l~a\,e,n11d wnulcl hc \villing to gi\.e him." The wlnc you will become fit to haw more. (he thing applies to ~igning or indorsing gootl reason so many Inen have no sur- note;. or going on I)ontli for irienrls. Troubles of a Liberty Bond Clerk

:IIIKJIIII~ of ti~~lc,to sa). ~iotlii~~gof the licnv\- labor cost to (he railroad. The i~iin~ctliatccause of nlaii\, coiii- plaint^ rcccivctl, nus st ~~niortunatelybe at tril)~~tctlc~~tirely to suhsci-ilwrs them- selves. -\ man en~l.)loycd in the me- c1i:uiic;iI dcp:~l-tmc~~tat Springficltl \\.ill s~~tltle~~lytra~~sfcl- liii activities to Kan- as i Iiriiii~li~i~,I ei~lis. I [is new 'l'imckeepcr is ~re\-erinformed that TROUHLES OF A LIBERTY BOND CLERK 9 Liberty Bond Deliveries pc3ncr;ll circular, could be t;~lie~lcnrc of, in- stead ui insisting that thcv adhere to thc The I:rir;ci)-11 an : standard plans. The audit records are ruled 11 is not always: easy to apologize-to to fit livc plans, and not for an indiscriminate admit error, or to slnoultler a tleser\-etl numl~cr ot plans. blame, 11ut it aln;a).s pays, antl for that 6. hIany sul~scriptionsarc nol: n~arkecl so as to indicatc wlicthcr tlic deductions siio~~ld good reason, want to say to all Frisco commence in October, 1918, or January, 1919, employes that wc I-egret the delays which or \vhcther thc fivc-month plan or eight-nionth have occurrctl ill cIc.liver\; of our Second plan is dcsired. antl Thirtl Liberty khnds, and by way of The above arc a fe\v ot' the commenc- explanation, dcsirc to acc~~~aint1-Inem with ing trou1)lcs; they are succcctled, aftcr a icw of the cotitributi~lgt'actors. \vc commcncc ~naliingdeductions from A short time aftcr wc ass~~metlthe the pay rolls, by innunnerable requests for stupc~~tloustask of ha~itllingthese bond cancellations of subscriptions I)y rcason issues for l'risco employes, many ex- of poverty, siclaness, death or cmployes periencctl clcrlcs wcre clraftcd or volun- leaving tlic service, then \re are con- teered for \\'ar Service, which made it fronted with the follo\ving: necessasy to fill their places with young, and incsl~criencctlhclp. Si~nultaneor~slv Employ scsigns 01- is trnnsierrctl with this came the wage increase and from one place and one pay rolI to back pay proposition wliicli took precetl- another place or another pay mll, and elice o\.er cwrytliing else. This volumi- very oftcn the dctluctions cease, because nous \\.orli naturall!. cnusctl sonic confu- subscriber says ~io~liing,conseclue~ltly, sion, resulting in delay to Liberty Eontl we hnlic no n-ax of knoiving ahout the deductions and deliveries. transfer. At thc entl of the period, quite a number of these emplo~-csinsist that These niattcrs, howevcr, have a! lieen their hontls arc paid in full, notwith- properly ailjustctl and tlic new clerks standing thc fact tliat se\;cral deductions have had sufficient opportunity to become haw been skipped and it takcs consitlcr- acquainted ant1 more expert in the 1:ontl able corrcspontlcnce to convince them of \vorlc, so this departnient is now \\re11 OF the fact. ganized and r~~nningalong smoc.)thl!;. \Ve have had a great many ~~crl)lcxirig 0~11-Fourth issue, not\\:ithstantli~ngtlic and annoying things to content1 with. a~itl fact that it was ni~rclilarger than any-of they hare caused man!7 tlclays, hut T its precleccssors, is Iwing handled in fccl safe in the assertion that \ve no\\: splendid shnpc, \\.it11 coml,l;liuts of slow Iiavc the sit~~:llio~i\vcll in Iiantl. ;111(1 deliveries few. l~cncciortll,thcrc \\.ill 11c littlc cause for l'he following is a sunnlnary oi n few complain(. of our troublcs nrigi~~nti~igcntircly with tlic subsci-il~r: 1. Sjgrlatlircs of sul)x~.ibcrsare uftcn il- lepil~lc. 2. Sulmxihcrs oitcn fail to tlc5ignate ~lic prolwr tlq):ii-llnc!~~t ill which llic!; arc cm- l~loyctl, h)l- csanlpic~. :L loco~r~o~i\.cci~pi~~ees ill sn!; lic i-; ill Ihc 111~~hanicnldcpartnienr. ~LILill rt-illit~lic is a part oi 1l1c tra11sp1j1-1:~- Lion tlcparLmc~it: and in sornc in5t:lnce; cn- p1oyc.s in tltc geiicral oficcs ;it St. I,ociis sa?. t11c)~arc cniploycs oi thc ICastei-n Division. 3. Soli~cvnil~loyr.; ,;I!. ~licy;ti-? clerks, bul fail lo shoiv iii \\.IIII.~.rIrl):~rt~nc~i~ tl~c!; arc ~vorking. 4. Jlany eniplvy~.~i:til LO sl~o\v their lo- cir ci~itFn1- ii~stance, :[ ~neclianic \vitIi llcarlqirnrtcrs a1 Springlield. may bc 1ocntc.d in onc uf thc several different shops. for \vhich scpnratc rolls arc mndc. 5. Canvassers appear to havc told cm- ployes that an). onc ot :\ ~iumbcrof tliffcren~ plans otl~crthan Ihi~scpro\.idctl for in the Sgt. T. F. Fitzgibbon last one., Cap[:tin John, icll mortally woundcd in thc last icw (lays of l~ostilities. 1 know Sgt. T. F. I:itzgibLon. forn~crlytlis- thcv died gIo~-iously for thc cause thcy so patci~crat Xewlx~rg\\.rites a most in- Iii~hIycstccmctl. teresting account of his csperiences in I rather felt lhc sting oi not bcing ablc to the was zolic, in the iollowing lettcr to bc on tllc iro~~tlo sharc the mdcscribable ecstasy and lhrill that tl~eactual participants Engincer 117. J. Morrill, of Pacific, whom esperier~ccd or] that ~~icn~nrableof a11 tlatcs, hc a~lclresses "hly clear 'Kid'." The the clc~~cutlil~uur oi the clcvc~~thday oi the cauhc of this unusual salutation is a mys- eleventh 111ont11. 'l'lic Freucl~salr to cacli otlirr tesy. hut tiicre mr15L: bc a reason. IVe'll :11ic1 to the AIIIC~~CRIIsoldiers as a greeting: "La guel~e,c'cst fini, vive I't\meriquc, Illearl- iiavc io IcL thc Knginccr esplain. Sgt. in? the war ih ovcr a~itlIon:. livc A~ncric;~. l'itzgihbon is \yell l cmplo!,cs, par[ic~l:~slythose of the East- dcrnonstr~tio~~~l~roughout and Bclgiuni. ern 1-)ivisio~~,\vho \\rill find plcasure in ;iltliough 1 presume it hay bccn as \vondcriul, reading vjvitl description of contli- or cvcn nlorc so, in thc dcnr old U. S. A. It his could Iinvc bccn no less than a woiiderful op- tionri alitl cspcriences serving our L.S. portunity for Inc to 1i:ivc occupied a fl-o~it- in the Great l\'w. linc position and to have witiiesscd thc rrn- In Fmncc. November 24. 1918. I)elicvable sndtlcn cnding of it all, aftcr ha\-- hIy dear "Kid": in:: spent many months at the front (and on With almost a year's servicc in far-off almost every scctor of thc Western Front) to France and not a fetter from you docs not bccorne accusto~ncdto thc sight and sound oi slacken my persistent dcsire to kccp in touch the most hideous dcath-dcaling instruments with you. Inasmuch as I have received lct- genius could invent. tcrs rccc~~tlythat \\ere more than six months Sincc thc signing of tlic armistice the CCII- nlrl corrobor;ltes 111y prctliction of your hav- sorsliip has son~ewhatloosened and this has i~ig\vrittcn nle. 3fIy former afiiliation witli been my first opportunity lo givc you, as I 11ic Frvncl~,Rritish and Ca~larlian.\ruiics I~ab. am about to, nly nctual \vlicrc:~l~outsas well no doul,t, prccipitatcd thc u~~iortu~iateIiard- as sonlc of thc marly thir~gsthat I have been .\]lip upon llic postniastco~s of loc:~ting a for- doing. :\fter Ilaving dclnrlied at Uordeaus. \\-a~-tli~ljiadtlrcss. At any rate. Kid. 1 Iiave E'ra~~cc,cnrly last I~I-cli,I \\-;IS immctliatel!; rii;~dcthe cscuscs ir~your t)chali, 11'cit ~;IP? detached from III~orgclni/ation and sent to 'I'OD,\Y is desig~intctlas "F;~tlicr's Clu.ibt- Tours for rcrtssiynn~ctit. 'l'licncc, I proccetlrd rn:ls Ixttcr Day." Pvrllaps, you Itno\\- that 1 to tl~cMo~itdidicr scctor which was, at that Iiave no father. hIy daddy dictl ioui- years tinic, occupicd by tlie Fourth French Arm!;. ago 1n;t J1111c. 11 is tlcsircd that s~~chIin- 'l'lierc I organized and established an advancctl fortunales scck an alternative, thclt is \vritc to ticadq~~artcrs,so far as the lincs of couiniu~ii- some onc clsc's fathcr-so I did not hesilntc cation were coi~cernetl, ior Genera1 Pcrsl~ing. to find niy sr~hstitutc. It was an opport~mityneithcr drcarned of nor Just a ycar ago tonight I[ \\:as with you. hopcd for, so I considcrcd it quite an holm-. \\'hen I rccall all thc joyous cvcnings that \\-c 'I'licrc wrrc scvcral Gcncral Staff oiticcrs at uwl to have, it secnls only \wtcr\nd S frsli-ht side I)!; \idc \vith time in May thc Amcrican Division \\-as scrit ~lir1;rr11ch, thc Enplish, the Canatli;lns and to ,stem the tidc \vitli tl . French, and I\-? the l?rlgi;ins \vho \vcrc rcatly to olicr ul) the htoppcd thc Heinics almost in the iourgoni 01 sliprcmc sacrilicc. for thosc at hornc that thcy the city of Mesnil-St. Firmin, just west of lovcd. .2nd now. my homc has witnessed the Monttlitlier. Simultaneously, thc doughboy test, tlic tcst that man can nsually endure with and thc Marines stopped them at Chatcau- a stronp hc:~rt, but thc onc that Icavcs its Thicrry. Now thc bi~fight was on and ior everlastma scar in a mothcr's soul. Roth my days and days we founht in thc same old spot. hrothcr.; lie under the sod of Flantlcrs. The \Vhcrc the Fritzies slept onc night we took 11 the Iwds the nest, as \\-ell as using the sa~nc wires and licacl(jr~;trtersaltcrllativcly. During one oi our countcr-attacks I \\as \I-ountlcd i:; the lcit leg by :in .\ustriar~ 77. :r 11igh cxplosivc shell. .I co~nradcant1 1 had gonc c~vcrthe' top in :I ~notorcycl~,hc ridi~lgthe sitlc-car. Our ohjcctivc \\.:is an outpod to imtall some brizzcr sets. IIi? and my jourl~cy was ;L short ol~c:111(l littlc \\.ah lcit oi the sidc-car to tell the sad SI~II-yoi its ~infc~~-tull;.~tcoccupant. Ht, smilcil and tlicd a glorious death and hi, noth her receivcd a posthun~oustlccoration from tllc. I:rcncl~ Govcrn~nel~t.Son~ctinlc later, after I ha(l rccovcrcd, our aclva~lceIicatlquartcrs was di+co~itiriuctland the A~ncric:in troops riic~vcrl to aliotllc*r sector. 'L'he11 I \v:r5 tra~~sfcrrcdto tlic I%ritishnear :\nrirns and shortly aitcr tha: to the Canadian Royal Flying COI-psat Storncr near tllc lTosth Sea. Aftcr several such trans- fcrs I 1:1ntlcd again nt llontdidier and n.as :tt- tachctl to thc l2ourtl1 lircncli i\rrny, \vherc 1 won n "Crois dc GIICSI-c"tlccoratio~~ with t\\-o citations. Later I went to the Sccontl Field Ratt;llion of the First Division, where I \\-a sc.vcrcly \vo~u~tlctlin my right side hy shrap- nel. 'l'his timc I \vas g-ivcn rlo for "quits," l111t I told tllcrn thcy codd not kill an Irishi~iar~an11 I \vns right. Sincc I \vas cvacuatcd from thc hospital I havc traveled ;il)out a grcat deal. \\-as tr:~nsirrrcdI~crc, Sar~n~ur Maine-ct-Loirc. :uid nililiatcd \vitll thc 31st 'l'ransportation Corps (Railway E~~gi~lccrs)just rcccntly. Al)out :~ll 1 (lo is c:~t111y thrcc Corii-\viIlics per [ clay cscrpt occasiol~ally act as i~ltcrprclcrto 1,iccll. 1:1';1y was iormcrly f~hr~loyecli~t llenry- the tli\ ision sur)crintcntler~t oi thc - ctlo. Olila., n,c (~41. il~sportor. Enlirlrtl .Tllnc 26. Orlcnns I<:d\vay. :\ntl hy the way, 1;rnnk Ilc- 19H. u~rd wls seut to Yt. liarrison. and from Groat is Cl~i~iDisp;~tchcs licrc. Of course, yo11 Ihcrc ((3 (.)llic.c.rr' Training Sclwol whore he rc- c*c,ivr.rlhis con~n~issionon Oct. 7. Tie Was on his Itno\v lli~niroln 5apulpa.-and we were talk \\.;I). to I.'I.:III~.C\\.II('II the .\~~~~isticcwas sifned. ing :~l)oiltyo11 a ic\v tl;tys ago. Althougl~he's \\';I?; clisrl~i~~~gcclfmnl Ihc arm>-on Jan. 1. T,fct~t. a licutc~~:int,I~e's the S:IIII~ oltl 1;ratik ant1 one of tlle til~cstboys that I ever met. \\'(,II. Kitl. how is cvcry tliil~gabout St: Louis and Sc\\-burg? 1 prcsume the 1"rlsco IS rull- riin~as usr~aln~ltl tllnt you arc still on thc T. M. Dickey 11c1111l)crs1 and 2 ru117 1 have often \vishctl The follow in^ is a letter iron1 'Y. 11. L that could be hack on tl~cold job again that I)icke!-, for~ncrlyeiii~)loyetl on tl~cCcn- wc 111i,gIit I)c together, but tllerc's littlc hopes of such. Tell my old frirntl. 'fon~,hcllo as tral 1)ivision. FIis niany tric~ids\\-ill he well as Joc JJync.. 1 riiust se~ldJoe a cart1 plcnsctl to Iiear- from him. sonlctimr, for 1 promised him onc prior to my leaving Sc\\,l)urg. 1 llcvcr havc heard from )lobs Houston as yrt only through Helen. I . - wo~itlcrif he ever got to 1:rancc before the and was cc-rtainly gI:ld to rcrrivc it. I am all iinisll. Flclcn ~vrotc~IC that IIarIcy, F~~il~li.employe oi t11r 1;riscu :inti havc bccn for the Grovcr a11d nroqt ail the oltl Imys hat1 joinctl I;r.;t 13 years, 011 tl~c(:cr~tr:tl I>iviiioi~,and when tlic colors. (FI-allli just stcppctl in ;rntl snit1 w:lr \v;is dcc1:iretl 1 fclt like it \v:~s 111y tlut~rto to ask yon if you rcrncml~crLII~ ti111e you were join, so I~crc1 :~III. ;i~itlIiave hcc.11 for the last riding thc cnboosc on smile freight down 17 ~nonths. 1 likc it vcrj \vcll Ilcrc, hut cer- around Sapr~lparind krloclictl thc sto\-c ovcr tainly do not \v:~nt tn live l~crctl~c rest of my \vith your Iicad \vllcil the 11-ain 111-olieirl two?) lifc. 1 nctvcr got r~pto the front lines as they lk'cll, Kid, 1 icar tliat I an1 tnki~igup too siitl \vc were ot too ~ilucll value nhcrc we much of your valuablc timc. [ certainly trust \vc,rc. Every nlan in our rcyimcnt was sonic that yon as well as tlic littlc wifie and all the kintl of n foreman. I ncvcr ot to sce any kids arc ~ettinnon finc. I am looking forward oi the other Frisco boys, but somc of rlicrn arc to the clay that I sllall arrive in St. Louis to hrre. \\'c had a finc trip conling over, was !)ay you n I)ig visit and I Ilopc that that clay ill hopes that n.c wonld scc some of the Ger- IS not too far distant. Pay 111y kind rcspects marl sul)s, Imt 1 guess thcy n.ere afraid of us, to all the Frisco boys. And pleasc accept for or clse they ~~cversaw us. It niight Ilavc becn yoursclf and family my very best wishes for a a good thing they ncvcr, as we might have had 1-13prJ). Christmas and sc\v Year. FITZ. a I)ad time of it. [t sno\vctl all day on us as OVER THERE 13

B. L. Kimbraugh

li :in.onc w;1111s ;illy swcrt pot3toci, scc J. I-!. l'i~~ney,of Ilugo. he 1i:ls :L rancli oi bpuds, tl~clargest and hcct ill the statc. .Any onc that \mnt to see a hiq farm i;~full blast. see S\vitcIim:l~i C:lnrk. lir Ijas r,cc:in trccj 200 feet to tl~v til-st li~nh,wnic Ircm Cl:~rk. 1 ~:LW <01111' oi that I~igt~nlbcr oi >(iuri on the 11o;its as nin\t pule\, as 1 came over. 'l'he 11igI1t art1 nlastcr don't allo\v srnul-" beca~~se"Stringy" eats crackcrs in bctl. Bcst regard? tu the bunch, 1'11 cut off behind this for this ti~nc. I am doing 0. K. and will be Inck prctty suon. Wc dealt the Dutch a lot of misery antl ran the Kaiser off, so there is nothing to [lo I~rltco111c lio~iic. 13. L. E;~srnn.~vc~r. Bat. D. 121. 11. I;. ,\.--A. k. F. r\. r\. P. 0. No. 788.

Fro111 thc time that we entered thc service, John F. Long we wcre put throrrgh a course of vrry thorough preparation, and it \vas a sourcc of a,yood John I?. Long, for a number of years deal of anlazelncllt to me having scrved 111 the con~lcctctlwith thc 1"risco at Spri~rgficld Spanish-American \\'as. to see the improve- and o~herpoints, :IS Division 17orcnla11 ments, In~agincill an army the men liot only rccciting t11c ordi~iar?;n~ilitarv tlrills, but Ix- ant1 (;cncl-al Forenlan, but who is now a inx under the carc oi conllwtclit medical of- C'nptain ill the U. S. Engineers in Francc, liccra, dentists, etc.. hcing viluippctl Ivith not wrilcs a11 interesting letter to Thc 1;l-ism- only the ordinary clo~l~cs:i= \vorn I)? a soldier. hlw. ITe has many friends on the l;'ri?co but toilet outfits, 1st aid p;~ck;tges anti "house \vives," frrrniihctl x ration of tobacco and wl~)will enjoy hc3ring from hin~. cxt~d!-. 'l'lic 1'. hI C. :\ lia\.c made it pos- IGlitor ".i'hc I.'risco-JTk" sible ior tlic soltlicr- Lo Set ircc statmnery, ;lc- Ihr Sirs: ccss to lil~mrj-,games. fornishcd 11.; with mov- 1 am ,illst in recril~t of your Octohel- n11t1 ing nicturc ~nacl~incs,plriced our camp on a ;";ovcmbcr iqsncs oi tlic "FI-isco-llnn," and tlic first thing 1 want to co~nplimcntyou on the regular vaude\-illr circuit, \vhic11 :ill goes to incrcnscd yizc of the gaper. I Ilxve in my show that a wldirr's life is not so had after l~on~cin all tl~eissucs of the Frisco- all. Clf cour>c ollr men have gonc through a Man fron~the beginninz and not only en- lot of hardsllips :cnd tlie best of it all is they ioyed the contmts of yorlr latc issucs, but I have sho\\w thcmscl\-cs coual to any emergency ;horoughly \\as pleased to note the incl-cased tht has comc up. size of t11c magazine. 'l'l~c "Frisco" I~cjn~one Our rccortl in France is sucli that we are of the most important railroads in the United rightfully proud to haw the opportunity to Statcs dcscrvcs a good employe's niagazine. 11:lvc served in the present str~~ggle.Our I I i~.1Cvc1.y 0111~ n.;~ntcd to I.I.III~(>IIC;I~C~ tl~c l!oy,. tv t;~lI\ to the111 :lnd ill- icl-vit,\v LI~~III;~l~out LI~cir jir-c.:~t coillitry, tlicir jii.c.;~t \\ark, r.vrryoilc \vns a~isini~.;Lo p~-i)\c IJIVIII i111r11o~111dlc.~ :I~IIII~I-:~L~I.)II. .\11i1 t11c l>o!.> \vc,rc 1111 to h11c11an c,scc:s of rmp~~larity,at cav \viilioul l~)ldnc,.>.gay ;ind not nois),. 1 rc;~ll> tvxs ~~ror~tloi you, fol- ll)erii, ic)~.:\rncric;r, to I wish it might he possil~lc for tuc to cs- rc:ilizc. tlic>sc thirty privatci wcre tllil-tp gciltlc- plain to you modern mctl~otlsemployed by the Kovcrnmcnt in h:~ntlling this war. I am quite nlcn. I cuultl judge even Ixttrr c~ithis at In? surc Lhat our pocplc are justly prorltl oi thc hon~cin thc ~.vcning.whcrc I h;ld asked some acco~np!isl~~~ettll:it 1i;~vc Iwcn rficctctl 1,y ~irlfricr~db oi nl>- ilar~glitcrs to mcct them. thosc \vho Ilavc 11:ltl the 11;untlli11:-:tii thew -1'11~ \vIiiol~~iolly y~t~iycroiv11 \v:i< pcrfcctly ":I prcyx~ratio~ls. I'L'r~i>ori."t11v fi11c licl~:~\~ioroi yor~r II~JJJ?. their Just as moll as it is finally settlctl c-III~ Inell are ansioub to get homc, Ijut thry do not \vn;ll ~ti11111ir11c~t~lllrl~iam~, thcir i~wili~~c~..tllcil- deli- to come homc until tlic queslio~li, ~cttlctl.;~ntl c;~tc;scnti~~~cnt.. ant1 their pridr iu their country. scttletl ri$lt. in tl~cirui~iinr~n, in the I)c;iuly oi tl~circ;lrlw c\ cr! thing ju-L iits cntircly i~urgrrat and lo\-- III~:~tlnii~-ntic~n ior .\~ncri;a. I nint connl-;ttw 1;iic you ~~I-Y)IGIII?-. C:ipt;titi, iur Iwi~igwltlicr lo ;uch ;L coulltr?-. :t~id~I~Iccs. 01- I)~ttcr.i;~tlic~- Lil 511~11 l)i)>-s.

Captain I.o!ig cl~clwcs\\.ill1 Ili.; Ictler the idlo\\-ir~xI)t~llcti~i, \\.hirli i wli es-

17. Dee. 18. I:~~llctinSo. S3

OUI-Iiillc to11.n is vcrj old and slcuyy. :LII~I dnrinp ihcw terrible fn11r 1-cnl-s, rht. \-pry y~i~tl~ of our bws and girl.; secmcd to have ~u~lliin the central tlro\vsi~~c~-.\Vlrc~\ the nrlni.

Lieut.-Colonel F. G. Jonah Home, Receives Discharge

cncmy. 'lhcic conllcctii>ns I\ c.1-c thc pps ncro.ii \v11xl \\,as forii~e~-Iylmo\v~i :IS 'So 11x11's I~n(1.' 'l'hc l:ritisl~, l;rcnch, i\nlcric:~n xltl Gcrmin light r:lil\\x!; tracks are ;ill tl~esainc fi;l~~gc,.a~~tl ;ti llle Gei-illall> rctrc~:rtctl so Iiiirricilly trolll rl~cSt. I\liliicl .sector ~lle\;(lid no1 have time to destroy Llicir. syslcnl. So thal \vllcn \vc made conncclions wit11 lllcir traclts \vc at UIICC had a means of conimunicalion to ;i 1:irgc arcs which tiicy iormcrl?; had occuyictl, ant1 it is o\-er tl~csctracks partly that the T~~clithI-s ai~tlha; r~ntlerhis in&\-itlual cl~argcin adtli- Li(i11 to llic 'l'\\dith, the 1;ourtccnlh hginccrs. :III(I portions of sc\-cr:il other regiments rc- c~-uilc~lin varior~sparts of tl~ccountry. "Gil. Pcrkiw is rushing thc \\-old; of clcan- i~igup llic scallcretl rnatcr-kt1 ill tlic ljatflc arcas and espccts lo remain wi~h~Iic rcgimcl~l utilil lic can I~ringa11 thc men homc. "It woultl be impossible to nicntion tlic men \vim have rcntlcrctl much excellent scrvicc in- ch\-itlually, I)ecausc tlic regimcnt as a whole has been rcmarlialdy el'ficicnt and succcssiul. .\ number of thc of6cers, inclritlin~ myself. ~vcrcdetached fro111 tlie rcgimcr~tshortly after its arrival in 1:1-:ince-:r11tl assi~r~etlto special duties. J \\-as C:iiif,f I<~~gil~cerin tllc Depart- 111c.1itot I'ight l<:~il\v:~~zsancl \\:as ill Paris fot~r n~o~ltllslast \viiltcr nl the Ilcadquartcrs of lhe . . I ~-an~po~-l:~~io~~lkj~:i~-t~~~cnI, c~y:~ge(l ill or- :anizalioil \\ol-li. ant1 \\.a< :it (;rant1 I-lcatl- qr~nrtcrsin Clia~~;iir~litFrom ll:~~.cliunlil ;ilt~r \igi~i~ig(1; ti]? ari~ii~~icc, "\\.ilh tlic sifining oi lhc arnliaLicc thcre \\Ins all irnilldialc ct'salion of nc;~rlyall constr~~c- tion \\ark and ilo inore 1il:Ilt rail\vays to I)r~ilrl, I \\,:~s rc,lic\-ccl iroi~~IurLllcr service. "[,ic~it.-Col.(GI~TJI, iorn~crl!~\\'ill1 ~licCOLLOII IlC~l~1,~11fiincc~ri, a11d 11~:1rly311 of Ilis oiiicei-s a1-t. St. I.ouis incn. 'l'l~ryh;i\v all \yon ~~ro~noti(.~llssincc going to f:r;~ncc ;rnrl two of tlicrn, CapL. Ilarrv E. Ncl;arl:i~~cland Capt. J. \\'. Sltcll!;. i.c.xivcrl tlccor:i~ions irom tl~c Iiritish inr nicritorior?s \vork ill 3I:lrch. "I snw Chl. Laird allout 1)ccenlbtr 10. Ilis Ilc:~tlqr~artersis ;it n pl;w :ll)out 12 miles nortll of 'l'oul. T'l~c,l~rnltli of tlic rcgiincnt is cxccl- Icnt. Inflt~cnza \va5 app:ircnLly 11111cll ~i~iltlcr in 1"rancc tila11 it \\#as hcrr. 'l'lie rcgimtwt hatl 110 iritalifics csccji~ahout thrce nlcn \~howerc liillcd in acciclcnts." '~III' tiwl ~~llo~u~~~;~ttllLB~tl~t, Anit.~~.i<:;~~i l'::,.~u.,e i11i:5\io11 ill ?<~ssiu~!t,, 13h,l!s.* .\tne~.ic;~'s((,I,III rtC li,.ii(.e. 7'Ilis II;~;;l~lil'lll IIII~IL<,L\';IS 1.11,<,11 111 1111. llol~~l('IIIIVII. k'.ll.is. \\.~~VI.I,111,: 1<,,1 11 1;Iis IS Former President Roosevelt Dead

:lclvr :IIICI l1i.5 \\-rilit~gsI-~~)I-~WII~~CI :I lii~ll t! pr of Al~~~ci-ic:~~~is~ii. Of Ih~tcIl~II'VS~J.>,~ II~I~II in XCIVYorh citj. ~II(')ctoLc~- 27, IXJH. in :L home ill I.;:i.i~ 20111 stl-eet. 1Ile lml)>-'I'l~codnre \\ :is 1 c1i111 l c \\.:I,

DATES SHOWING IMPORTANT EVENTS IN COLONEL'S LlFE 01.1,27, lS.%-/,'oi~rr ill .\-,,:,' Yorl?. iSRO-~~'i~trrlr~i~/ctiji.r:rri ffi~i.i,c/i.clI 'iii.i8ci.~it?'. Ocl. 3: IXSO-.l ltrr~.ir~cl:l lice Ilrr tlrnii~ryf.ec. ;,~/IIIdi,-d irr 1SS !. lXA'2-Ije1-oiii~ iitc-:ir 1~~71.O/ .\'f,;Ls Y'orIt 1cgisIi1- 20 THE FRISCO-MAN

1899-Dccairrc Cosert~orof New Yoi-k. ticularly intercsting to note Engineer ). 1900-Uccniiic [/'ice-1'i.c.ciriciif of lire C'iaifrcl \V. 13inklcy'\ ~)er-iornia~~ccon cngi~ic .S'lafes. 1025. 1901-Hccairrr I'rc~sitlerif to srlccccd IWillinii~ ,. JlcKbrlcy, ns.cns.ciitnfctl. lhis engine wa.; assig~letl to him on 1901-/:;lci.fcd J'rcsideirf (I/ tiic Uiritrd Stoics. T:m~~ary1, 1918, :111d ior the c11ti1-cycar 1906-AiL,ai.dcd Nobcl /IC(ISC /jri:e (Sl0,llOOl tllc cngi~icllas ~iiatle54,000 ~nilcs~vitll- /or ,yood ofliccs iii briiiyitig to close ll)illi~ig contc~~ts\\.it11 thc i11ct.vitahle interests at heart, :IS \\.ell as protecting c.laims following. 'l'liree of the five \verc your c~iil)loycr,i. I am thoroughly cot>- (111 s!.ruli .\hipmtwts alone, and in o~le vinceil that every care should he asetl in case the claim was plainly an i~istanccof dccti~igmen for liositions as receiving ro~~glil~:~n(Ili~ig. clc~~ks,especially :I[ the largcr 4iippi1ig I an1 co~i\.incctltl~at rccci\:i~ig clcl-I;> ~ioints. The (la-; I~aspasicd for us to arc not as careit11 as they should be in I-el!- (XI anytlii~ig except alxol~~teconi- ~ioti~igp;tclti~~g ui~lilitio~i~ as shili~iicntb lictelice if wc arc. !o hri~igabout improve- are rcce~vetl. .\ thoroughl cou rhc of 111e11tsill tllr hantlli~igof fwight. ctl~~catio~ini to \\.ester11 (Ilassific;~tion 11-e are jutlgetl 1)y 1-cst1lt5otil!., \\.l~icl~ r~i1t.b \\.it11 regard to ~):icki~igaiid crating i. fair a~ltlright. I I n.e take ~iri(lca~itl sl~oultll)c co~itluctc(l. 1L.c ~iiwstlicar i~i intercht ill our \vcli-k. \ve \\;ill feel a sat- mint1 tliat \vhcrc \vc :~cceptsliipnients ini- i-iactitin in the kno\\.leclre' 7 of \viirk \\.ell ~iropcrl~.cr;~tcil (11- Iiosctl fro111 tlie ~i~~lilic.tlone. If 11.c can not. \ve are :I 11ii~-fitant1 11.c \rill Iiave to pay tlicni tlenrl!. if tlicsc ~liol~ltlbeck some other e~iiplo!mcnt ~l~orc is any tlalnage, rcgartllc~soi our good st~itctlti1 us. 1171iile modern ~xilroading li:~nttling. Some cancel-11s. tloi~iga large is a \vorlc of great detail. we seltlnm fail vol~~~iicof I~usii~es.~in furniture, \vrap to mastel- our particular line if we gi\.c their sliip~iients"11 ill pqicr ant1 escclsicir it po(l liar-tl study and concentrate all to such an cxtent that it is in~liossilile. otir energie.< to Ixcoming sl)cciali~tsill \rithout a close esaminntio~l,to sce tliat otlr line, 01- the clas of n.ork \\T arc as- thcy are imliropcrly crated. The idea sig~leilto. n.ith soiiic ~iiailorder concerns seeliis to In thc :111ovc. I have dealt ~iierelywith lie to prc1inrc the sliipment for- trnti.+ tlie rnatt?~-of proper packing and iri con- portation with jt~.;t as little expense as clusion \rant to e~nlihnsizctlie i~i~portnncc Scr\.ice iclr 511c:c.r~. i 'atl-ic~rici 'u.11 icir i'ec\-i?l~I 'uerililie-. l'c.1-icll;ll1lc ic~r I'ri..c.r\.;~i)l~~I-oc,tl;. ;~-ea~ci-I 'r1.1:11ictie111 ~UI- (;~~III;.III I~IC~. '1'11~l',cyf \.CILI1.h1 %(.I\I.;;II inr tli(: l~ 'L 1.1011. . . ('o111:111:)11SCIIW Lor C'CJI~IIIIOU(.I~\>II). ll;~~-lic~i~~gior ~I'c!(:~~lio~iing. I 'ro(lt~cti(,nli(,~i- I 'eb>i~i~ih\l~. --C.tr~rtrtlirrrr 1;ooti I1 rtllct ill. Cl Warming Up

'lllc cnt >vt\l~clhcrwlf l~~~ui-iou~l~~ill I'rv~itof ~IICkitcl~c~i r;lnxc a11c1 IW~;LII 10 1)ur. 1,ittle 1)olIj.. \\,as strai~geti.] 11w \\a!-.; oi rats, ~-cg:~relc(lher \\.it11 lior- ~oI.. "( (.;r;111'11ia!" ,sl~ccciccl. "( 'OII~L, h~l-~(lLIi~l<. '1.JlC c:[~'s/l~~llll [(.) hl!!." :,,,,,,,,,,,",,llI,IIIIIIIIII,III,,I,IIl,lll,,ll,lI,,,,,,,,,,,,,l,,,,,,,,,lllltlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllIIl,IIIIlIIlIIII,IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIaIII~IIlIIIIIIIIlIIlllIIIIlII~ - Railroad Administration News From - ~,llllllllllllllll,llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll1lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll11111111l~~l111111111111llllllllllllllllllle

CONTROL OF STEAMSHIP LINES s11cI1sllit? :ire l~rc!\r(I. IIY baitl. 111c ~O~C~III~ICII~ RELJNQU ISH ED nl~l1r.11:11 it tl<,

RESIGNATION OF'DIRECTOR. DIVISION OF OPERATIONS

011 Ikccrnl~cr20. 1018, C;irl R. (;r:iy. Ijirvc- 101- oi tlrc L)i\.izinn oi Opcratio~~iOI~ illc L. S. R:I~I~{IAII.\cl~~~i~~i>t~-atii>~~. sen1 11i. I-~>~~I~;II~oII FREIGHT MOVEMENT FOROCTOBER. 1918 to I)i~-cct(.~r-(;~~~ir~-;llllr.\11111) 1,) t:11;~*cfiw Jx~i- II;II-J, 1.;. lljlO. Jlr. (;ray sai "J-I-~IIlla\~ s~I.\ [TI \\ it11 SWII III:II~<~,I~:~Iiili~~. Io\:III! :111rl l~;~tri~)~i,~~i.IIL, ~11~1;trcd. "and II;I\.c, ~rct~dc~-(dscrvicc (I! YII~II \xlue in thc rc- ~q)c.~-:tii~>~i.11111 yo11 li:~\-r I-CIIII~I~Iwrvii-e ni h- 11igI1r-t cl~;tr:lctc.r [I, !OLI~ t.r)1111tl-y '' \\-. T. '1') IvI., SI II~III. .\>?~GI~III~l.)ircr[or i.1'; ( )l~rs;~Li~~~~sIII~I~~:I.111.. Gl-ay, later \vas ;111p11i11tc~il I )i~-~,ctorI.![ \Ill;, 'l:)i\.icio~~.vffc~-ti\,c, J:IIII~;II.~ 1:.

SALARY READJUSTMENT FOR TELEG- RAPHERS. AGENTS. ETC. AUTHORITY OF DIRECTOR-GENERAL TO FIX INTRA-STATE RATES 24 THE FRISCO-MAN arlcr and cstcnt of tilcir work cannot I)c treat- W. T. TYLER MADE DIRECTOR OF OPERATION ctl ai :( chis All e~~~ployesalc to IJ~paid on ;III liourly basis.

AMERICAN RAILROAD ASSOCIATION

SUCCEEDS W. T. TYLER J. 11. Young 11as been appoinlctl Senior '4s- si.\t;int Director (sf the 1)ivision of Operation, snccwxling \\f. '1'. 'Tyler. recently appointed Ilirccto~~of [l~cDivjqio~~, iollo\vin# thc rcsignx- tion oi Carl 12. GI-ny. 111.. Voun,q formcrly was presitlcnt of the Soriollc Soutlicrn aotl 1:1ter bccxnie Fctlcr-XI 1Iana~crof the Vir- xiliian :~ndl11c Soric~llcSoulhcrn u~~tlcr~11e t., S. R;~ilro:id :\cl~iii~~istr:~tin~~.

AUTOMATIC TRAIN CONTROL COMMITTEE AUSTIN F. DUFFY. NEW MANAGER 'I'he creation of tlic Automatic Train Con- OF SAFETY SECTION trol Co~nmittcc11;is I~ccnannc~unced, ell'cctive January 1-1. 'l'l~c Co~nniittcc \\;ill proccetl at OIIC~to make a str~tlyof, antl rcport 11po11,the autc?ni:~lic train cuntrol dcviccs now ~111dcr- going tcst upon various lines, or available for tcst. \\.it11 their rcco~nmcnd:~tionsfor the ill- stnllatio~~and furtlicr pr:tctical Lest of any dc- vices no\\, or dul-i~~sthcil- invc\tigation, mndc available for that nurposc, \vllich they may co~isidcrpracticable :ind reasonably conform- ing tn ll~cpurposc to bc accomplished. WORK OF RAILROAD EMPLOYES IN 1918 'l'lic xcliicvc~ncnts of rhc transportation f:~- T. C. POWELL. DIRECTOR DIVISION c~lilicstlurinz 1918 1vc1.c SII~II ;IS to nlalic ever) OF CAPITAL EXPENDITURES oliicial ;111d c~iiploycof tlic railroad aclmi~~istra- Iil~n1i;~ve ,illst c.2u.r to fccl pro~rtlfor Ilic part '1'. C. l'oivcll has been appointed 13ircctor 11lnycd 1)). e:~cli in c~t;~blishing.;ncl~ :l ~-r.<.ortloi oi thc Jlivision ~i Capital Espcnditurcs, suc- ;~rcotnplizl~~nrnt. cc,etliug jutlgc lli o\.rr t11e rxil- rccently to 1)ccomc l'residcnt of tfic UII~IIII n-~;~tl.

cr~tiunoi the nvar it was necessary lo provide ior the daily tnovcmellt to antl from intlustrial plants and camps of 205,587 persons in cacli tlirection. To perform this ivork, 2,319 pas- c~ipercquigmcnt cars wcrc ill use daily.

'l'licn c:llllc tIi(: tlc~~~:u~tlsof the ;~llietl na- rio~~sfor lootl supplies of all kintls. I f tlic \v;~r \\.:ti to 1.w \YOII, tl~cUnitcd Stale:: ivoultl I1;lvc to upply lllc f~,otlstllffs for the trOol,s lipliti~~pag:~i~~>t ZIIC ;~rnlics of tlic I<:li5cl-. .\g:ti:~. the railroad ;itI~ninistrntiori\isas put to 111c Icst. :cut1 ;l#ain tl~cI~u~~tlrctls of 1111rns:111tl. oi cmployes tlc~no~~str:~tctitl~cbir p:~triotisrli 11y 1)111tinptheir slioultlcrs to the \vllccl, sti:l;iny to their po~rsof duty and dcvoti~~r:;111 thvis cnrrxics to >upl~lyingtl~r ncceswry ie)otl~tufi's. \\l~icl~,I1;1(l they 110t I~cel~fortlic~~~iiing. \vtrultl IIO (11111111 11:tvv re.-ultcd in tlcicat ~III-the :~llicd ar~iiity

Ey llarcli 1.i. the vcz>cl cal~;lcity ol the :\Ilia l~atl11cc11 s~ti~lied ant1 tl~cre\vas xvail- ;il)le :it Sortli .\tl;l~itic 1)orL.: all csrcss on \vlwrls ui 6.318 cnrlontl oi ii~~)tl~t~~ffs,csclu- si\-e oi jirnii~ 011 cal-s and ill clcv;~lcirs. Sincr t11:lt time 111cre lias ncv'r lice11 AII~(1a11ger of tlic :\mcrican railways iailil~glo tr;lnlmrt llic necessary atiio~~ntof food ;u~qilica to ICuropc. .\..: an illustration oi tlic rll:illnc.r in \vl~ich[l~r movclncnt oi footlstr~fi.: \\-;t.; 11:lndlcd a~itlIioiv 111t. clllcrgellcy \\.a> mcl. i~ ii b~~tiicccsstry to 1111iirrr;tl ~~~ilc:~gc~icl;ct\ ; ill~st:~rid;irdizatir~n cxll ;1ttc11tio11to the f;ic~tl1;11 i11 1hc p\,riod ili CC~I~~~JIIIC.IIL: the III:L~~~CII~IICCoi COIIIIIIOII irom July to So\-cml~c~-,1918. 1~3,i,fIWl11c!rr time t:~l)lc, 1!rt\vcc11 in~porta~~tpoints; the 11tiIi- ~1r.iof gr;iin \vcrc l~antllctlthan in thee wmr i.ati1~11c~i \\.;tlcr rtrutes ior tl~crelicf of crontl- III~.III~II\Oi . 1017. ~IIu\ dc~~~onilr:~li;~::t11c rail linr.;: tile ;ltli)ptic~noi thc "Sailir~~ch!-" 1)1;111 ; :IIICI the iurtl~c>ri~~,qof :I st:~nrIard f1wig111 cni,rnli>ll.: c,stra .;ti.;iin yl;.~cctl llpn11 t11c ~.;~il-cia-\ilic;ctic~~~. ~-o;.irliII~ this one iten1 ;I~IIII~.

It 111112.1 1101 Ix s11pposc~1tI1;lt \\I~ilctl1i5 \vork A New Employes Magazine \\-as bcit~q mrl-ictl on hy tl~crailroad at!: ministration sr1111c intcrfcrcncc \\.it11 the tmns- portaliul~ ol crrcli~~ar!- isriglit in the Lnilctl Statrs co111tlI)e a\.oi(lctl. 'l'hc ncccsaitie.: 11i t11c 11 XI- h:id to come fi1-st and thvn the \v;i~~tsof the civilian pop111;ition of thc country \\-crc lakc11 <,arc oi :titcr\vards. \\'it11 a 1ilnitt.d .5upply Oi p:is\cngcr 2nd t'~-eigl~tcquip~~~c~~t a\-:iilablc. ;inti \vith ;I 1;irgc proportion o i this cq~iiplncnt II~Y~(YIor the muvcnlellt oi (I-OO~:IIKI i~utl sulrplics. ll~crc\vcrc not xuiiieic~~lcars m~tlloco- 111otiv~brc~lx~ii~i~lg (11 idly Inwt civilix~~II~~IIS, 110r \va\ there ti111c3,111:1tcri:11.< jlur IJII~I- tc. l111il(l A Future Statesman tl~t.111.lf tllr people gel~crallyx~~fl'crrtl ally ill- rr111\ct~icnccs, thesc were IIQ~~IIC to ll~ciacl tli;~ttile rnilroads \\.ere ul~ilcrgii\,crnrnc,llt c.oll- i.rol.

NEWS OF THE SAFETY DEPARTMENT 3

Originators of Safety First By Sz;~;,itclzi~~niz_T. D. Trotter The wort15 "S:tfct]i First" lilic thc enticavor to get his proper rc~tand rcc- ~vclrd "C'rin~c" cover a grcat ~i~ultitr~clcication, t1icrel)y I)~-ingingtlie rcs111t of of propositions, wherc human elements Safety tcachingq to ;I rnaximr~mdegree. enter thcrcin; and \\,ldc tllcre ih no tloubi: that the prir1ci~)lesof Safety First wcrc first taugllt by thc ofticials of the hneri- Facts and Figures can Railroad.;, thc sa~nctloctrine is now being taugllt, :~ndto a consit1eral:lc dc- fi comparative statelnc~it of 11ersonal gree, I,eing practicetl in a11 \vall;.i of lifc injrrries during the no nth of L)ccembe~-, irom thc iniant ill its ~l~other'sarms, to 19lS, as con~pareclwith tlie same period the gr:tr~tlE;r[lwr in the oltl armcllair. last )-car, has just becn compiled and Salct!- tcacllings :tnrl practices seen1 to niadc p111,lic l~y(.;. L. Call, Sril)e~-intcntl- bc most co~ispic~lous\vliere first origi- ent of Safety. 'That the emp1o)es may na~erl. n-it11 the ~\n~crica~iI.es ~~othing-,IIIIJC..;.: tl~c ctl~plo)~s arc VCI-J- 32 per cent, ~vliileirlj~~ries to o11t4tlt.r~ careful ant1 use tlleir (-hi-given intclli- increased 2.5.8 pcl- ccnt, comynretl with gence to talic cnrc of the most val~~ahlc,sanie month in 1917. In compiling stirte- and J ct nlost dangerous ~i~acl~inery,whcn ment of injury to cniplujcs, Mr. l?:t11 has c-~~tof condition, wliicli is tlie machincry divided thc111into classcc. namel\:, Trnin- commonly called I.You can't nicn, SivitcI1111~1i. Stationnien. Tracli- ~nca.;~il-cIiis temperament with a steam Incn, Ilridgcmen, Carmen, Shopmcn, and p~7ge.neither can you put him in po(1 Otllcl- Elnployes. All classes shower1 rc- wol-kin% ortlcr \\it11 a ~iwnkey\vrench or mal-1;al)lc tlccrrascs in injririr.;, with thc coal chiscl. exception of the Carmcn and Otlicr Em- 'The XI-~LIIXCII~that matlc the strongest ployes, wlicrc numhcr of ininries in- impression relative ti) the eight-honr crcasetl 66.6 and 57 pcr cent, respective- working clay for railroatl nicn. \\as that ly. long hours eshaustetl them, both mental- On the Eastern Division. a tlrcrease oi ly ant1 ~rliysically,and ~vlicn in that un- 46.4 per cent \vas nttai~tetl. .L\fI classes afe ant1 ~~nrcliablccondition. were more of employes shon.etl ticcreases with the linblc to cause scrious accitlcnts; I)otli to exception of the Carlnen, whcre 3 200 per I hemselws, to the company pr opertv and cent increase is noted. Total injuries to the pr~hlicin general than they woultl for the month were 1.5, compared wit11 were they \\-orlting shorter hours, that 2s last year. they niiglil get the proper rest and recrea- On the Ccntral Division, injuries to tion necessary to keep thc body and mind the nrlniber of I) were reported, compared in a safe ant1 suita1)lc contlition to per- with 25 last year. !\]I classes shour a de- fornt the clntics of their hazartlous call- crease. I ng. The Southwe~tern Division injuries Hence, it hehooves each ant1 every rail- increased 3.5.5 per cent, or from 56 last road employe to avoid Inany of the most year to 77 this year. Injuries to em- tlangerous forms of dissipation, ant[ to ployes, ho\ve\-cr. tlccreaserl 33.33 per 28 SEWS OF THE SAFETY DEPARTMENT 29 ccnt. Tl~ei~~c.i-c:lw lor the division wa-; -\t the Spi-ingficltl Terminals a total due to a 400 per ccnt incrcasc to passen- dccrcasc of 58.S2 per ccnt is rcportctl, gel-5. \ddc injurics to cmployes decreased 56.- The Retl River I )i\:isio~i rcportcd a 2.3 per ccnt, or irom 16 for Decctnl)er, total of 15 injuries in 1918, as compared 1317, to 7 101- 1)cccmber. 1018. with 36 ill Ilcccnilxr last vcar. a tlccrcasc Total injurics in Knn-ah Citv Ter- of S.3 per ccnt ~iiilialsincreased 20 pcr ccnt, all being in- The \\~cstcrii TXvi4tui rcljorts a cle- juries to employes, none to pa-wiijicrs or crease of 76.19 pcr ccnt. with :t total 05 o~~lsitlcr-s. but five injurics in 1')eccml)cr tliis year, St. Loui.; Terminals rcpost a dcci-e~se where there wcre 21 last ycar. Injurics of 50 pcr cent in total nr~ml~crof in- to e~iiplo?-cslilicwise tlecreasctl. juries, while iiij~~sic.~to cmploycs de- ththe Kortli~r11 Divisioii a tlecrease creasctl 83.33 per cciit-one this ycx and il-om 68 to 32 i.i 1-eportctl, for 52.9 l)er six last. cent, \vliilc i~ijr~sicsto c:mployes dc- -1t thc Spri~igfieltlShops, a tlccrcase of crea.;eil 50 pcr ceiit, 15 inj~~ricslor tlic 20 per cent is rcportcd. 'I'hc \\rest Sho~,s month tliis year, ancl 30 last. lctl \vith n tlccreasc oi 63.6 per cent, or Total injuries oil the Ozarli Division 4 injurics this ycar and elc\:cn last. In- for Drcenibei- tliis year, were IS coin- jrlries in tlic Korth Shops increased 300 parcil \\;it11 14 Inst year, an increase of per ccnt, four this !.ear co~npareclwith 25.5 I)er cent. Inj~rricsto employes like- onl!. onc last year. Sonthsitlc Shops and wise incrensetl, jr~mpingfrom S last year L

Central...... Southwc.stero...... \Irestern...... Xorthcrn...... South~rr!...... River L Cspc...... Red River...... st-~ouisTerminal...... Sprin~eieldTcrrnin:rl...... Knoszs City Termin:d...... \Yest Shops...... North Shops...... South Shorjs & Reclamation I'lsnt ...... Sew Frciyht Shops...... Total...... - Incrmw ...... Dccrense...... UNITED STATES RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION WALKER D. HINES. DIRECTOR GENERAL OF RAILROADS

ST. LOUIS-SAN FRANCISCO RAl LROAD

St. Louis, Mo., January 21, 1919.

ALL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYES:

February 1st-8th, inclusive, will be observed by all roads in

the Southwestern Region as "NO ACCIDENT WEEK," during which period all officers and employes are urged to pledge them- selves to prevent injury to their own persons and their fellow employes. Your earnest efforts are requested in the achievement of signal results in the work of accident prevention during this eight-day period. Concerted action on the part of everyone con- nected with the road will be necessary to success.

G. L. BALL, Superintendent of Safety.

Approved : J. M. KURN, General Manager.

(For Safety Sake-Watch Your Step) Dr. Hogeboom Resigns ploycs who have been called to thc Springfield Hospital through injury or Dr. R. I\'. fTogchooru, Surgeon in sickness. I-Iis resignation is a serions cl~argcof the Frisco Hospital at Spring- loss to thc l~riscoHospital Association field, resigned effective January 1, to bc- and to the Frisco employes, as he was come a praclicina .iurgeon in the city of considered an able physician and a man Springficlcl. by all who lanew him. 1)r. IIogeboom h:is been ~vitln thc Doctor establislled in Frisco I-Iospitals for Inany ).cars. IIe room 408 Hollalld P,uilding, Sprin$eld, was born in C)scaloosa, Kansas, i\'oveiii- where he will specialize in Surgery. bcr 9. 1875. and rcceivctl his earlv educa- tion in the public schools of Topeka. Ezl IJater lie took up the qtutly of medici~te Thomas O'Reilly 'I'homas O'Reilly, for sixteen years Chief Rate and Chief Bill Clerk at Seventh St. Station, St. Louis, passed away on December 23rd, aged forty year<. He was stricken with inflt~enzaDecen- I~er17th, the dreaded disease developi~lg into douhlc pneumonia, and resulting

iatnlly in spite of t11c be.t efforts of his family doctor antl the Frisco nietlical staff. i\niongst his old associates, To111 may be gone, but lie will not be soon for- gotten 1)ccauuc of his many qualities that cndcarctl him to his working associates. :tl the Slate I:nivei-sily of Kansas, ant1 Possessctl of a line phj-sique, liand- completed his .iLu!lics at Ru.41 Mrtlical somc. intclligenl. cncrgctic, gcncrous, College, Cl~jcago,in 1807. Soon aftcr- loyal both at 1non1c ant1 outsitle, thc un- grntlt~atic~nIlc I)cc;lmc co~~~iccteclwith ~lic ti~ncl! tlcalli of a iriciicl with such fine ~~Iou~itC:1:-mcl Coal Co., wliet~he re- :~ttril)utcsIca\~s a voitl which it seems mained until July, lS09, n.hcn Inc c;lnic to impos~i1)lcto fill. Hc is survived by hi.; the t7risco IIospilal at St. 1,ollis. In 1909 witlow, hIrs. Thercsa O'Reilly, who was hc went to Springfield as Surgeon in not ablc to atlcnc.1 tlic ol)sequics. being Charge of the T;rixo I-Iospital, which confinctl to bet1 by the samc disease, and position Ilc has held up to the time of his by his son, James Gerald, axed fifteen. retircmcnt. He was laic1 away at Mount Olive Dr. Hogehooni is consideserl to bc a Cemetery Decelnber ZGth, after services surgeon of great lanowledge antl ability, at the hcrmc, at the Catholic Church of ant1 is ~vcllknown to Inany Frisco em- St. Vincent tlc Paul, nnrl at the cemetery. 31 32 THE FRISCO-MAN

Tlie high inas of requiem at St. T7iii- great inany eniploye3 \vho do not realize cent's was celebrated by the Rev. Father- the value of sucll inaterial. Moser, C. A[., and served b!~ lame? Gerald together with onc of the I)o!~.; from the office, La\\wnce Connelly, antl Niss Blanch IYcaver, one of the office force, sang in the clioii-. The pall- bearers were all from amongst hi.; old Frisco associates and thc station force at- tended mass in a body. Father ;\loser, who lillc\\. him long and \vcll, paid Ilim a trilmte I:oth as a man and a Christian, tliat \\.ill be loqg I-i-nic~n- bcretl by liis sorro\\:iiig r~clati\.es and iricncls, taking as liis tlienlc. ".\. !TLI live, so sliall !.ou clic," :iiltl tl\\,clling,parLi- crrlnrly 011 tIi:lt l)c:~r~tif~iltrillit!? 111 hi< lifc, lo).alt!., cliarit!~, and stcailiast :mtl uilslvei-viiig atllierc.nce Lo his faith, hi- hoiiie. nncl his frieritls. TTc was one oi the most active uicn~lrrsin tile St. \'in- cent de l'n1.11 Socic~!,, tlle good father mentioning 'l'c~in's cvcr-rcatlincss to dc- vote his time to~wrtlsrelief of the poor- ill the parish. gcnel.orri;l\: sribscribing from his slcndcr Illcanst and also that he was a memI>ci- of the Holy Name and all the other parish societies. It is said the good rlic young, and hi.; tlcath coming at the Yule-litlc seac.oil when all arc .so forcihly remirldetl of tlicil- origin ;lnd tlwir end, it is the tlevorrt hope of hot11 llis rclativcs and friends that he \\.ill fintl tl~egntes of Iicaven ajar and that he \\rill pass on \vi[hortt stnp- ping, to tllat etcrnal re\vnrtl which his ese~nl)larylifc liiatlc liim so well to tle- serve. As an eniployc of tlic Frisco lie \\.a. as trlie to the compnny's interests as lic \\.as t~ liis frientls, liis cliurcli and his family, al\va!.c giving tlic I~cstthat \\:as in him. so [hat it is not in the Ilomc cir- cle alone that lie will f)e missetl, brrt his counsel as \\,ell as llis personality will he missed I)?: liii old associates. Rcqi~i~scat An Honest Opinion ill pact-. r? Cost to Supply Road Engine The Frisco-?\Ian : Below is statcincnt of cost of supplj- ing each indi\.iclual road engine. Ii po5- sible, I \vish Xotr \vorrltl ~~leascIiave same printed in Tlie Frisco-Alan, as I believe that it might Iia\-e a tendelicy to effcct a saving in eilgine supplies, ns there are :L GEKERRL LNIVS

Effect of Dissipation 1 AMONG OURSELVES /

PERSONAL MENTION GREENLAND, ARK. L. IZramcr. Fctlcml .\Iana~cr,11:s hat1 hi5 (H. J. Mullen. Agent.) jurisdiction cstc~ldctlovcr thc .\lissouri. Okla- N. Langford, Switchman at Sapdpa, Okla., homa & Gulf I<. R. : hvaclguarters at St. Louis, and family, \\,ere visiting with 3Irs. Langford's Mo. mother of this placc a few days Idore Xmas. 7 he titlr of J. G. 'Taylor, Acting Supcrin- \Villiani Shsoner, Section Laborer, has re- tendent of the Ozarli Division has been turned to work, after being n victim of the flu changed to Superin~cndcnt,effective January 1. ior scvcral days. F. C. Gow has bcen anpointed Supcrintend- 'l'he Grernland scction crc\\ was called to ent Terminals, Tulsa--West Tulsa, effective \\;inslow thc 8 and 14 to hclp unload skcl 0x1 January 1. Mr. Go\v's headqnartcrs will be at thc cction at thal point. Tulsa. The position of Trainmaster 'L'cr- 'l'he increase in rcvenue business at Grcen- nlinnls, Tulsa, is abolished. land during 1918 over 1917 was only $152.86. G. E. \Vhitcln~n rcsisncd ns Supcrintcndent Freight, Loss and Uamage Claims. effective Renzic Ross, all ex-Erirlgc Foreman for the January 1, ant1 tlmt position has bccn abolished. F'risco, and \vl~ois no\\. Bridge Foreman for thc hlo. Pac. Ry.,was visiting \\.it11 his family L. C. SlcCntchcon, forn~crlyAssistant Super- here recently. intr~~dcnt,F. L. 6 U. C., has bcen apopinted Freight Claini ~\gcnt, with jurisdiction ovcr Thc Agent at this point does not meet Nc.. freight, loss a~~dtlaniagc clain~s. This ap- 704 any more since lie is required to work pointnlcnt was effective January 1. only 8 ho~~rspcr day. Thc tillc of C. C. Higgins, Acting Superill- An emplogc from the Chief Engineer's oflice tcndent of 3,Iotivc Pon-cr, has hcen changed, was at Grcc~~lantlonc day last week doing effccti\:e January 1, to Supcrintentlcnt Motive somc work. Po\vcr. 31r. Ili~gins'hcadq~~artci-s rcmain al Thc Flu is a \visitor at sevcraI homes iu Springlicltl. Greenland just now, but not any dcaths from R. 11. liusnir has Ixcn appointed Assistant this discasc ha\^ been reported I~ere. Freight Claim :\gent, cffcctivc Jmiuary 1, \villi hlessrs. Gco. Colc and Tl~os.Neely, Bridge 11catlquartcr.s at Spring-6cltl. Carpcntcrs, were visiting home folks last Sun- day. Wc noticcd T. R. 3lcC:lurc passing on 715 ADA, OKLA. a irw tlnys xgo, ant1 113~~l~arncd S~IICC that (Anna Belle Glenn.) hc \\;as going to Cameron Okla., to take chargc of lhc SI:LI~IIIIat that placc. LIcClure Operator Fsazicr, of FIolclcnvillc, is visiting was agent at G~-cenlanclfirm January, 1913, to hoi~~ciolltsat 0;iktlale. 'l'cnn. Dcccmher, 1914. (;II~Chatl\viclc, Fireman, has bcc~~rclensctl 'I'hc Local Safely 17irst Clulr oi Grcc~~land fro111 lhc army ant1 will run out of Francis. will hold a niccting some time this month. "Rountli~catl" liain.;, I;irrman, also rcleasetl from scrvicc. is hack on the I)onrd at Francis. Lincrn;ul Pal-licr, of I:ra~lci~,has Ixcn ill for ahout t\vo mo~~ths.\\'c arc very sorry to hcar SPRINGFIELD his improvcnici~tis \.cry slo\v. (C. E. Martin.) 31~s.A. T,. Scilz, \\if? of Conductor Seitz. died I)ccc~iilrt~r3 :lt I'r:t~~ci-, of inlluenza and \r7cis intcrnctl at S11rrma11 \\-est llill Cetn- ctcr)-. oi Git-Is go \viltl, siinply \viItl over uniiorrns- 111-5. Crumc. iviic Clrrk died rcce~ltlyof th~tmalws it nice for I<. C. L'~ltlcr\vootl,Lcstcr- influc~~mant1 \\-as hurictl at Francis. 1,an~pfortlnntl 1.c~)l:~rI<(.. rcturnetl oltlicrs Llr. Copclantl, 31:1nagcr of l'clcgraph De- \vim are back on tllc old jobs-Janual-v 1. part~nc~ltoi 1I;itlili. spcnl the holidays with his 1101ncicrili.iin 'l'exas. Rcports a good time. Miss 3Ial.y Lyncll is visiting in Llurfccs- .\lis~RIIIII Snii~l~ t'rorn H. & R. l.)cpartmcnt, lmro, 'Tenn. \\re hopu you have a good timc. l\.Iatlill, and Xliis J3owen from ?rIatlill were Mar?;, but do take care of ~l~athat. glrcsts of lliss C;lc.~~n:~t .\(la ~rt'cently. Astli~~rPark< \\cnt on a hunting trip for 3Ir. and Mrs. I',ales ant1 tla~rphtcralso spent co~rplcof (lays; hi< assistant says to tame a a day in Ada. ''\\:ild Cat" ( ?). \\'e \vondcr. I.. I,. Wallicr. I-Iclpcr, SIill Creek, just rc- Tl~cDcpartme~~~ ofTers congratulations to turned from Canlp Travis. G. li. R. on his tlnncing. Good work, George. Mr. MJclch, Operator. llill Crcek, just re- Girls arc sltrc to appreciate the appearance of turnctl fron~Camp Cod\.. a real good 111an 011 the floor. 13ralteniar1 ?Jartin. of Frailcis, is the proud Carl Tl~o~iipso~~.Great Lakcs Training fathcr of ;t wsv hca~~tifullittlc daughtcr. School, spent Smns holidays with his AhdONG OURSELVES 35 l'.\Rl~~SJ'S? lliss I\t,asd \\,as 111issi11gi1.0111 l~crilrsli ~IIIscvcral nitcrnoorls (cnil~citlcr~cc.). Miss 1)t1111);1r11:1s a \V~II~ICS~IIIti111~' ill Dalla.;. so she say;-holtliers :~ncl evrr!~tliin,y-leavc it to ;\n11. S.Ir.3. Frank Jazml-c.1 rrsigcd lirr ~~~sition Janna~-~-1. Paul I.)cckcrt. former Frisco imploye, at 1Jiss Irene lleyer is the new stello. prcsent \vi~l~tl~c U. S. S.. is 1101ne 011 :L 30 clays' Ica\.c, having .illst scrvctl sis months over JJiss i\.Iary Flo\vcll i+ the rccortl clcrk. seas. 'Lhis accounts for thc. pnpul;~rit~(~f We havc I)ccn \erv bus\. xhnliinc har~cls\\it11 IIelcn. among the girls. thcse I:rothc~-s in 1-isiting l'elc~rapl~Opcrator~. 'rhe 111:1jority ~~niiorn~. of the girls sent out from thc Frisco Tclcgrayh Scllool rrnploycs of the Accor~ntant's Mi.; Marie Dehrens left Friday for Los were C:I~ OTfice. awl a warm \\-elco~ncis altvays \\ailing ..\ngclc, CaI., for :L visit. Miss llurphy is handling tlic statclncnt dcsk. for them. Kcccut \kitors \\ere 1,Iiss Ida Mae If thcrc is n "ztcno" 111issing when the IlOtIi \Vattcrs, Stafford. .\lo., Llihs Clara Cannafax, li)li for lies at Llic "llill." Ihn't you 111i11kso, llr, llxst~~s? Josc~ljllir~cPhillips. l"retlerick, Olila. I\'. I<. 1.etsch has ~no\rctl;1gai11; \vondcr \vhy .\lis< I~crtlia ('arlso~~wn callecl Lo Lamar, IIV do~i'tpa! rcnt. .\lo., Jan. l(&:iccount srrious illrir.ss of her Davis 1xl)olt had Imn Lransfrrrctl il.nl11 the qi\tcr. Smiles upon Smiles! lliss Mauclc IIaralson ~villtcll you it is I~ccauscher twin I~rotl~cr, Clai~ile Ilnr:~lson, has iust ret~rrncd fro111 Fran~c. 11r. 13;t1-al.;on is a veteran of the .\rgonnc 1;ol-cst ;tnd tells of many thrilling cs- ~~cricnccs..-\lso .solnc \.cry i~~lcrcsli~~gthings rc~~ardingI;I-cnch .\laic-Is. Private, E:lrnc;.t JIajorc, forn~crclcrk in this oliicc, now stationed at C';IIII~'Travis, 'l'csas, jvas a recent visitor. Mrs. Elmer Jarrett, \viic of E. L. Jarrett, Asistant Chief Clcrk, is in the 11ospital. 011 account of tl~c sudden illness of her .sister. Jliss -.\gnc I lxrtlcy was called home to O:ccol:~. 11~1..OII Ja~~mry10.

HEC!EX'l' S(:I-;IUI%:S IS TIIE '"SUSKY SOUTII" The two low^ photos "sho\v what \\.e had to contend with nc,ar IJayward. Okla.. during Christmas \Vcek." says Supt. E. I.. AIc~gers. The photo at the lop shows .\ssl. Snpt. Old- ham's "Snow Sprcinl" as it loolcrd on arrival at IIunter. Oklil.. December 2i. "Therc was a largc anil enthusi~sticcrowd on hand to greet Mr. Oldham, as we had not seen a train for se\-era1 clnya." sass .\~ent 31:1rtin of FIunt~r. 'The snow was about 3 feet deep." ln this pholo is seen t11rc.c cnpincr and. one ~.~lioosc?tlr;~t m:~& the i;~mousrl'il, fron~Enid lo IIuntcr in three day?. .\Irs. Setlie Eclt II:I~ rcsignctl her position as C:licck Clerk. Slore :~b~)utSlrs. Rclt a11tl .\[I.. Timms ill the next issue, 111;t~l~e. Miss .\l:~hcl Llunt \mi in St. I.ouic J;~nuary LOCOMOTIVES 12. CL~\lhlI)l:I'.\KThllbST. (C. I<. llartin.) 11. R. Jones ;~ndG. \\.. XIcLili 31.1. lbotli I)ack FOR EVERY VARIETY OF OII the jol~since tlic Kaiser has surrcn(lcrctl alld camp trainilig 110 IIIC~-c i~tcrcststhern. :I :I SERVICE :I :: Bill knew tlicy were coming. Mr. Juncs \\.;is ill ONiccr'.s 'I'raini~~~a1 C;~rnp Pikc and 111.. .\?cl.i~i \\-as Gr~irralManngcr oi ~hcSarro\\l Gauge\\-ell ii not Gcncral Jl:il~agcr, ;i 1 cry Gcn- era1 Scccssiry Atljr~nct, ill Caliip S;iiii HOLIS- Locomotives 1011. for Industrial, Con- Jlc's comc back to liic. \\l1c11 it comc.;, lo licrpin:,. up an enormous co~~respo~~tle~ircant1 tractors' and Light lctlj~ig iolli kccp riglit lip Lo date \\-1lt1llis ~iic~\.c~iic~ils,li. S. I:roo!ie t:ikcs all [irizcs (like Switchin8 Service. a fi.>ll). ITo\\,e\.cr, lic 1i:l; slio\\.~~Iiis .,~~iilinfi i;~ccill the ofiicc. 011, ll~cllo!.s arc cv~nil~g 11:tck. Kccp the hu~ni,6rc.j burning mtl don't loosc Iicart. 1:ldicc. 'l'licrc ill bc a lot oi "settling do\v~i"I\-l~en tlicj. all conic Ix~ck. 'L'lici~ tliry'll spc11d tile rest of ll~c-irlircs setting up. THE BALDWIN (;, E. \\'l~ilt~l;~~i~,SII~I~~~II~~I~~~IIL of 1;reigIit Lo.;.; ant1 1h111:tgc Clainis, rcsignccl I)ecc~~~bt.r LOCOMOTIVE WORKS 26, LO arrcpt scrvicrs wit11 the tiovcrnment in . PA. Ihc \\-or!.;-. at I-log Islantl Sllipljr~iltlingp1;unt. \\.c all re.iinicc \vitl~ Iiirii thaL liiq al~ilil~.JI:\s I i I so o-I: rcco~~ii-~,(\L ~hc linic oi Iiis dcparlurc 111c J~cp;irliiic~itj~rcscntctl I it1 :I IIIL~~LII1 5. J. L. 1IcCor- niack spoke thc iarc\vrll \\:ortls icir 11s all and 51.)(.ll;c then1 wcll. L. C. JlcCr~tchcor~,for~nvrly .\>si>~n~i~ SII- pcri~i~c~~tlc~iloi I"~-ci~lil I.oss uid L)a~~iagc C'laims, Ins Iwn appointed I;'I-ciglil Clai~ii Agcnl of lhc Frisco, sr~cccctlingG. E. \\:hitc- lan~,I-esignctl. ?,[I-. .\IcCutclicon comes into his nc\v dutics with many ycar3' cspcriencc in c1;titn niartcrs ant1 wirli the 11rnl-ty co-operati011 al!d ~1i~\\-it11 ofliccs :IL S11ri1i~field, 110. J. I*. N~CII~III:ICI.;i> the ncw Cliici Clcrk antl I?. L. 7'r11i~tChici Claitii Clcrk. hoth being ap- The Rush of Air, created by the poin~etlJnnr~;try 1. C. 11. tlcnslry has rcsigncd swiftly-moving train, is heavily laden as Iic;~d oi the 0. 5. k D. I3urea~r ant1 has with coal-smoke, gas and dust, and it 1.w~~~~~crcctlctl h~- I.. L. T:a~~gcrt. is a wonder that trainmen retain their .\. S. .l'otitl ha5 rchig~ictl to go \\-it11 llic 1,. normal Eye-sight as long as they do. & S, 31 Louisville. Murine Eye Remedy is a Convenient 11 I\ man \vorltitw in the Frcicl~tClaim Ollicc and Pleasant Lotion don't oitcn gct a cli:unce to do his part to\\w-tl and should be applied 7-2 cuttirip down a clnim by rral work. Ilo~~c~~er, following o ther C. I,. Ste\\arl tlitl :L gootl job, \vl~c~i.rccclilly ablutions. ;I 111:111 pI;~ccd :I cl;iini for 835.00 10 cover Murine relieves \vliat Iic ~hot~gl~t\\.:.I> wry serious damiges to Soreness. Red n ess a ~nr~sicca1~inc.t.-n very rare and antique and Granulation. article, antl oi C~ILII-srlilcr so lllalljl claims \\-as consitlrrcd such a srnall tiailre that D*twoials rrupplv Mur- $35.00 ins at 50c per botlle. ~t \\.;IS tl~ii~i:! tlic railroad a favor to acccpt so s~r~nllaiiior~nl. CaI h(1 the article SCII~ill LO The Murine Eye Rem- the sliops ;it Sl)ri~igiicldand tlic material bill edy co ~h~cagow111 ricccssnsy to li:\\.c it fixed 111) in good sllnpc and ma11 ~&kof thi Eye so ~IICclaimant would nccq)t it was only 83 ccriti. SOI~ICgootl \\-orl<. 1.c I\n: "If" whrt? If qpu weren't sa "aver-warked." wllh luch "long hours, or had Inare slrerl~th:lnd enrrRy? Wasn't it Edlsarl who stayedup half the night to educate hlmself in apile af every handicap you could ever have'? All big men nha haw made thelr mark in the world had the omb,fiw-the rl~lr~r.mi~trrfio~l-toimprove their spare time, to train ihemwlves for big work. You, tao. can possess power, munry snd happinessit you'll only make the effort. The rcmnrd is great-it's worth it. Here's :\I1 we ask: Merely rneil t11Is caupoll. Put it up to us without paying a!. p~.urnising. Lel us send you the details of nthers' success tl~~~~ughI. C. S., and then decide. 5lark and moil thls coupon now.

I.ely C'wti., :~gc31, a Fri.;n Copper~~iiitl~, ilic.11 l)ccc1111~~1-I4 from i11ilrienj.a at hi5 homc.. SOS 1':. C'orn~iiercial Tt. I lc is xurvivcel hy one cl~lld:uid tlic \\-itlo\v.

11rj. lr111:~E. llille~-,;igc 29. cIic(1 I~cce~iilrcr Occupstmr 10 irn~iiini-tuenza ;it hcr Ite?lnc 2007 N. Camp- ;\- Employcr silr\ i\-ed 11\: licr li~isl~nncl. Street 11eI1 St. She is and No. C'1:irc.nt.c Nillt,r, n Friscc~ L.'irc~iia~i,ant1 L\~II ..III;III cl~iltls~~:i, City Statep-- - NEODESHA 1:u~ler C'has. -\. ])a\-is. Jr.. pait1 11s a vcry (L. J. Westerman.) pleasant visit Christmas Eve morning-. Uuglcr G. K. \Vilcos, Assistant Alxstcr .\lccIian~c, [)a\-is was fol-~nerlyoflice I~oyin llaster Me- \\-;is at Ncodcsl~a.J:~nr~ary 3 on business. chanic 11'0rrna11's office. TIarry Erown, 1;rcifiht Ho~!sc. l;ore~nan :~t We rcgrct wry n~uclito lose Mrs. Paul this point, spc~ltscvcral tlavs VISI~III~at \\'iclii- Spangler. as I

Spoke from Experience I The United Iron Works Company, manufacturers of varied lincs of machinery antl castings, appreciate thoroughly the opportunity ol prov- ing their service to the southwest. Inquiries solicited. c3 GENERAL OFFICES Saving Time KANSAS CITY, MO. .\ Cniletl States ~nxrine, retusning Planls Tkroztgkoltl lh Sotcllricesl. from the firinz.. line in Francc. lcll tlic following story : I ;\ negro soltlier had his arm taken olf by a shell fragment. He squirmed oves the ground as if in quest of so~netliing. H. H. HEWI'IT W. H. CROIT Promidont Vice-Proddont "Lie still, and wait until tlic stretcher- I)carc~-scolnc up," his c~nisa(lesea11- tioned. "\\'hat are you loolcili~for ?" MAGNUS COMPANY "I'se looking ios tlat arrn," rel)liecl tlie (INCORPORATED) ncgro. JOURNAL BEARINGS "Looking ior !.our arm? \Iili;~tpxl AND Ilc 'I'hey can't sc\\. it on \\.ill . it .. to 'ou? aga 111. BRASS ENGINE CASTINGS "Golliez. I Ii~io\\.~tlat, I)ut 1 wants tle New York St. Louia Chicago \\?rib' \vatell thts o~iit."-l4'alb .Ylrcct JOIII-~I~~. c3 .\ scl11at1(if rookies. compose(l oi vari- TYPEWRITER $3,,"= ous nationalities, nmstly Italiaus, on be- ing given thc co~ii~iiatitl"kl:trli time!"

. ~ all executctl the co~n~nautl\\it11 tlic es- with back-spacer. decimal tabulator, two-color ribbon: ctc. Evc~yIntc style fcaturc and modern ception of one small dark-slii~inctl so11 operating convcn!cncc. Perfect nppcarnnce, Pcr- of Saplcs. fcct actlon and absolute dcpendnbility. Sent anywherc on approval. Catalog and Special The scr-geant aslxtl lii111 \vli\r 11c di(l Pricc FREE. not execl~tc the ~.no\wilent-antl he rc- Harry A. Smith y)lietl : [3781 218 N. Wclls Street, Chicnqo, Illinois "hnna want to." "\\'liy not?" \li:~rl)ly dcn~a~i~le(lthc DEARBORN SERVICE sergeant. Is jusl as important an aid to economi- "( 'a~v-an e I\ alk-:~ lilic tle~~ce:~~itl cal railway operation in this time of don't-n get :I Iin lace!"--.llor~cc (Ill.) reco~~str~lctionas during the most strenuous months of the war period. The railways must 11se the best in every line of supplies, in order to Oliver Electric & maintain the stantlard of service re- quired. Dearborn \Vater Treatment Manufacturing Co. has proven its value and is no\v in llse on more tlian 1CK) railuxys in the United States. A satisfied user is the best recommendation of the quality of Railroad Axle-Light and the ~)sotluct. Locomotive Headlight Partr Our organization of che~nistsand me- chanical experts is at the service of 219-2221 Luur Are. ST. LOUIS, MO. the railwny.~at all times in the sol\.- ing of hat1 water prol)lems.-,*l~!~~~.

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