The Pennsy, November 1, 1966

AN EAGLE TAKES FLIGHT

WASHINGTON sent a letter August 22, 1966 enry Hoffman stopped pruning H the hedge and looked hard at the visitor. "Are you pulling my Dear Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman: leg?" he said. The visitor again identified him- I learned only recently that yours is the only family with self as a newspaper reporter and five sons currently on active duty in any of the military said he wanted to know how Mr. services, an experience unprecedented in the United States Military Corps. Hoffman felt about the letter from the President. I am deeply im~ressedby this record. "What letter from what president?" said Mr. Hoffman, who is a As you may know, each day I receive reports which indicate PRR policeman and likes his facts the bravery of our servicemen and which make me realize precise. even more the magnitude of our debt to them. Meanwhile, inside the house, his wife, Clara, had just opened an en- This certainly applies to your fine sons who individually velope engraved, The White House, and collectively have demonstrated the highest degree of but before she could run outside and loyalty and dedication. tell her husband about it, the phone rang and another reporter began But just as I am proud of them, I also want to commend you questioning her. for imparting to them a deep 'sense af patriotism and a full What this was all about was a let- understanding of the responsibilities of citizenship. ter from President Lyndon B. John- As long as we have families such as the Hoffmans, I have son, commending the Hoffmans for not the slightest doubt that the liberty this nation has having five sons on active duty with Henry Hoffman, father of five Marines, enjoyed for almost two hundred years will continue to be the Marines at the same time-the is a PRR policeman at Greenville, N.J. a birthright for future generations of Americans. first such family in Corps history. The newspapers had got word action in all his brothers. I wish you would express to each of your sons my appreciation, about the letter in Washington be- The next in age, Henry, decided as well as that of the entire country, for the contributions fore the Hoffmans actually received to enlist at 17. At that age, he they are making to the cause of free men everywhere. it. needed parental approval, and Mr. Things got busier and busier Hoffman refused. "You're still a Mrs. Johnson joins me in extending best wishes to all of around the Hoffman home on Bing- kid," he said. "Wait a couple of the members of your courageous and devoted family. ham Avenue, Rumson, N. J. Neigh- years." bors came crowding in. A news pho- The next day, Henry went out tographer arrived to take shots of came back home with the Marine the proud parents. recruiting sergeant. A letter came from Governor "How could I hold out against that Richard J. Hughes expressing his kind of determination?" Mr. Hoff- man says. "I signed." pride in this patriotic New Jersey Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Hoffman family. Congressman James J. How- Henry is now a staff sergeant in 92 Bingham Avenue ard made known that he would in- the procurement division at a Ma- Ruson, New Jersey troduce the news story in the Con- rine depot on Long Island. gressional Record. The third son, Walter, is now a "It all kind of overwhelmed us," corporal with a Marine security de- says Mr. Hoffman, who does security tachment in Athens, Greece. He's now a private first class at a send for me." duty at the PRR's big: watwsids The fourth, Robert, is a corporal Marine tank repair school in Cali- The story of the Hoffman family, freight yard 'at Greenville, in North with a Marine air unit in Vietnam. fornia. spread by wire services, has ap- Jersey. The fifth son, Richard, practically The Hoffmans have three other peared in newspapers across the The Hoffmans' involvement with had to fight his way into the Corps. children: two daughters, Mrs. Grace country and has brought many let- the United States Marine Corps be- He's near-sighted, and when he took Baun and Elizabeth Ann, and a son, ters of praise. gan nine years ago. The eldest son, his physical he was told that even Joe, 13. A. woman in Houston wrote that George, came home one day with with his glasses he didn't quite meet Joe already has organized his she had two daughters but no sons the casual announcement that he the standards. own Marine unit among the neigh- to give to the armed services, and and two buddies had dropped in at "You mean all my brothers will borhood kids. They've dug foxholes she wanted the Hoffmans to know the recruiting station in Asbury be in and I won't?" Richard shouted. and have pieced together uniforms that they had her prayers. Park and joined up. It took two M.P.'s to calm him. out of odds and ends. Joe naturally But there were also two "anti" "He was only 19-we'd hoped he'd The Marine recruiting officer final- appointed himself lieutenant. letters, saying Americans have no be around the house a while longer ly said that if Richard could get a The Hoffman family was invited business fighting in Vietnam. -but there it was, and we were letter from his eye doctor testifying to a reception at a Marine headquar- To this, Mrs. Hoffman replied: proud of him," says Mr. Hoffman. that his eyesight had been constant ters in New York, and a colonel kid- "The United States is helping the George is now a lieutenant in for a number of years and was not dingly asked young Joe if he was people of Vietnam resist Commu- charge of the weather station at a likely to worsen, he'd be considered. there to enlist. nism. If it wasn't done there, it Marine base in North Carolina. Richard came back with the letter "1'11 be here at the right time," would be dumped in our own laps George's action set off a chain re- the next day. Joe said firmly. "You won't have to and we would be fighting here."

George C. Neues is transportation William E. Swigart, Jr., of Hunt- A lost briefcase can mean disas- manager for the Herald-Tribune ingdon, Pa., who is president of the ter to a harried businessman. That's Best foot Fresh Air Fund which sends hun- Mutual Benefit Insurance Company, why F. C. Brennecke, of Harris- dreds of New York City boys to a praised the help given by Robert burg, wrote: forward summer vacation in the country Moresi, ticket sales and service clerk "I was a passenger from Philadel- each year. He wrote a note of thanks at the PRR's Pittsburgh station, in phia to Harrisburg. Mechanical dif- for PRR smoothness and efficiency locating a raincoat left aboard a ficulty at Paoli necessitated trans- during the airline strike, when PRR train by a guest in Mr. Swigart's fer to a substitute train. In the trains assumed much of the extra home. changeover, I left my briefcase in travel burden. Mr. Moresi took the telephone the original car. "How George Keegan, station call from Mr. Swigart after it was "The brakeman (A. S. Welch) master at New York's Penn Station, learned that the visitor had left the put a message off at Lancaster, and accomplished the job of handling coat aboard a train headed for Pitts- the briefcase was located and our large groups is a mystery," Mr. burgh. Mr. Moresi arranged to have brought to me on the next train to Neues wrote. it taken from the train and sent Harrisburg. "Passenger sales representative back to Huntingdon. ' "It is another example of the Herb Fox (left) was on hand to as- "We were privileged to have had smooth functioning of a great sys- sist, and we thank him and all of the his special help," wrote Mr. Swig- tem and its dedicated workers. It other persons who helped make our art. "His attention was generous and may be routine to you, but it meant trip as comfortable as it was." pleasant." a great deal to me."

- have flown .. . ne of the most impressive bird from its base. 0 migrations in history is nearing What's more, none of them had its end. even the faintest trouble finding a It is the flight of the PRR's 14 Penn new roost after they were shooed Station eagles. Even Audubon would from their 56-year-old nests above have marveled. the entrances to the PRR passenger Each granite eagle weighs 5700 terminal at New York. pounds, has a wingspread of 74 It was in October, 1963, that the inches, and stands 63% inches high Railroad announced its intention of giving the eagles away. A few weeks later, recalls Kenneth Simpson, manager of the chief engi- neer's office in New Yo:k City, the total number of requests for the birds went over 500. The requests came from as far away as Puerto Rico and California, Maine and Florida. "What to do with the eagles be- came more of a problem than we ever thought it would be," Mr. Simp- son said. "It seemed like everybody wanted one. "We reviewed each request, and finally placed the eagles where we thought they would be most appro- priate." One went to Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, in New York City. This was where Adolph Alexander Weinman, the man who sculpted the eagles between 1908 and 1910, had studied. One eagle rests on a pedestal in the A Pennsy eagle, all 5700 pounds of him, National Zoological Park of the takes flighi from Penn Station, N.Y. Srnithsonian Institution in Washing- ton, D.C., as an outstanding por- trayal of the proud, swift creature Giant crane lowers an eagle at bottom of photo, while Penn Station demolition con- * that is the national emblem. tinues, and, at top, Madison Square Garden takes shape. (N.Y. Daily News photo) Four were given to Philadelphia's Fairmount Park Association, which One will maintain a vigil over an- Penn Station. placed them at the corners of the other railroad station-the Long Is- These birds will be practically all Market Street Bridge, crossing the land Railroad Station in Hicksville, that will remain of the old station. It Schuylkill River. Here they are N.Y. will be replaced by a completely clearly visible from the PRR's 30th One eagle has been donated for the new air-conditioned station, entirely Street Station. campus of Hampden-Sydney College, below street level. Two eagles stand guard at the en- Virginia. A glass-enclosed mall will provide trance to O'Hara Gymnasium at the The remaing pair, now being sepa- access to the new Madison Square U. S. Merchant Marine Academy, rated from a half-century's grime, Garden, which will be the world's Kings Point, Long Island. will return to the new Penn Station largest center for sports expositions, One rests on a pedestal at the Val- to keep a watch over train riders. entertainment and conventions. It ley Forge Military Academy, near This time, however, the eagles will will include a 20,000-seat arena, a the spot where George Washington's rest much closer to the ground, 5,000-seat forum and a 500-seat cin- troops spent the bitter winter of perched on pedestals in the new ema. Other features will be a sports 1777-1778. Pennslyvania Plaza. museum, a Madison Square Garden This bird is one of four that now adorn One eagle went to Vinalhaven, The plaza will be a mall area in Hall of Fame, a 48-lane bowling cen- a Philadelphia bridge, with PRR's 30th Maine, near the world-famous gran- front of the 29-story office building ter, and complete facilities for closed- Street Station providing a background. ite quarries. that will be erected on top of the new circuit television. . . . and the old nest

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he traveling public last month New escalators will be installed T got concrete evidence that the leading to the ramp as well as to new Pennsylvania Station in New Seventh and Eighth avenues and to York was a big step closer to reality: 31st and 33rd streets. The station's new centrally located As new areas of the station are air-conditioned ticket office opened' opened, demolition of old Penn for business. Station continues, to make way for While much work remains for the the new Madison Square' Garden ticket office area, and the electronic and 29-story office building. aids for travelers and the escalators The steel framework for the new to street level still are to be placed structures make a dramatic addi- in operation, the new ticket facility tion to the skyline, intriguing side- and a new reservation bureau already walk superintendents who daily will enable the Railroad to give bet- cause a traffic, jam on Seventh Ave- ter, faster service to customers. nue during the noon hour. The ticket office is located mid- way between Seventh and Eighth A sweeping incurve and recessed lights avenues, west of a new taxi ramp. feature the newly opened ticket ofice.

Downloaded from http://PRR.Railfan.net Original document from the collection of Rob Schoenberg ©2011 - Commercial reproduction or distribution prohibited Careful handling for a big load The big loid weighed more than the High Line, the elevated freight 500,000 pounds, which is pretty route through Philadelphia. And its heavy, even in this era of giant height, 17% feet above rail, wouldn't loads. quite clear certain bridges. It was valued at somewhat more Charles B. B. Penrose, assistant than $1,000,000, which is a good-sized supervisor of clearances, had to plot sum, even in this era of high-value a routing that just about doubled shipments. the mileage. And PRR men gave it the kind of The steam generator was loaded handling it was entitled to. on a hefty F-38 flatcar. Coupled to They moved it over a carefully this were two "idlers"-empty flat- plotted route, at rigidly prescribed cars with the sole function of sep speeds, and delivered it without a arating the heavy load from the lo- hitch, without a scratch. comotive, to spread the weight safe- "It was the kind of treatment that ly on the rails and on bridges. has helped make the PRR the pre- These three cars, plus a cabin car, ferred handler of oversize loads for were run as a special train. many shippers," said J. M. Tagler, Conductor T. F. Armstrong, En- supervisor of clearances. gineman R. M. Melton and their The shipment was a steam genera- crew took it out of Thurlow Yard, tor for a nuclear power plant. It was Trainer, Pa. built by the Heat Transfer Division The train headed south instead of of Westinghouse Electric Corpora- north. It went to Perryville, Md., tion, at Lester, Pa., just south of then west along the Susquehanna Brakeman Kevin D. Miller stands by as a locomotive couples to the king-size load. Philadelphia. River to Columbia, Pa. Here it It was to be delivered to Green- turned east onto the A&S Branch. without touching. power on the track the train was ville, N.J., and then to be floated The top speed was set at 15 miles The train then proceeded on the using - No. 3 - until the train across New York Harbor for load- per hour, to keep the heavy load Trenton Cutoff, the freight route cleared the area. ing aboard an ocean vessel bound from swaying. that bypasses the busy Philadelphia At the PRR's Greenville Piers, the for Spain. Approaching Downingtown, the tracks. In Trenton itself, there were heavy load was nursed aboard a To go from Lester, Pa., to Green- train came to the Whitford over- half a dozen places where the high double-track car-float. To prevent ville, N.J., looks like a straight shot pass, where the steel trusses allowed load would reach up to within two the float from capsizing, seven hop- northward on a PRR map. only a two-inch side clearance. inches of the catenary power lines. per cars loaded with coal were run But this load couldn't go that way. The speed was slowed to less than To prevent a high-voltage flash- onto the other track to equalize the It was too heavy for movement on two miles an hour to pass this point over, the power director shut off the weight. The PRR tug Detroit shepherded the car-float across the crowded wa- ters of New York Bay to a dockside rendezvous with the SS. Ocean Jet at Brooklyn. The ship is specially equipped to handle big loads. The ponderous generator was hoisted on deck. Previously, the ship had also taken on a 250,000-pound cylinder, shipped via PRR from the Struthers-Wells Corporation, Titus- ville, Pa., and bound for the same destination. The ship then sailed for Carta- gena, Spain. Still ahead for the big loads was a rail trip through the As is often done with heavy loads, H. J. At waterside, R. T. Torvaldsen adjusts All eyes are on the alert as the heavy mountains of Spain to Zorita, site of Mielnicki oils rails for easier rolling. mooring gear as the load approaches. load comes rolling on the float bridge. a new nuclear power plant.

"I think the new station will He has no advice about diet; More seniority be quite an improvement," he he eats ~ractically anything. says. "The other one was get- And smoking? He's had a pipe ting kind of old." going since he was 14. than Penn Station But one thing that isn't get- Mr.. Blanthorn has never ting kind of old, he says, is owned a car, has never learned Aubrey V. Blanthorn. to drive. "I'm 74, but that doesn't "When autos first came out," mean a thing," he declares. he says, "I said they weren't Mr. Blanthorn is a demur- safe-and I was right!" rage clerk at the PRR's 37th Street Freight Station. He commutes daily from his home in Huntington, Long Island, and briskly walks the mile between Penn Station and the freight office twice daily, except in heavy rain or snow. At home, he adds a daily 10- minute walk, and he does his own painting, gardening, mow- ing and hedge-clipping. All of ubrey V. Blanthorn came to that keeps him in trim, he says. A work on the PRR at New His formula for staying York in 1906, when Penn Sta- young is: tion was being built, and he's "Keep active-keep yourself still a PRR employe as he young at heart and young in watches it being torn down. mind." On the job at 37th St. Freight. Aboard the car float, with coal cars for ballast, big load moves into the Bay.

Downloaded from http://PRR.Railfan.net Original document from the collection of Rob Schoenberg ©2011 - Commercial reproduction or distribution prohibited After the show, Actress Gerry McMahon shows Fireman Charles Hopper and Gang Why the lady cried Foreman E.F. Long some real-life damage. r he audience was so quiet, you of the Avondale Playhouse in Indi- rcould hear a pin drop. anapolis. but what dropped wasn't a pin. It It was a problem play. The lady's was an oven door. problem was that she had just This was a scene from a new show bought a complete array of new th t recently toured the PRR's kitchen appliances, and the items Sd uthwestern Division in a refur- had arrived scratched, dented or bished old passenger coach. It played busted. yards on the Division, to au- "Can you blame me for crying?" of PRR yard and road men. she said, and she cried some very he heroine was Mrs. Clementine real-looking tears. I - Slave - All -Day - in - the - Kitchen Who, she wanted to know, were Jones. She was played by a profes- the careless transportation people sional actress, Geraldine McMahon, responsible for this sad situation?

Well, they weren't PRR men. The stage props were kitchen ap pliances that had been transported by another carrier. The items were lent to the PRR by the receiver, especially for the stage presentation. The point of the play was that railroaders entrusted with the ship per's goods have an obligation to make sure that their handling never causes such sad scenes. The play, like many a Broadway show, had co-producers: Earl W. Guertin, supervisor of loading services, and John T. Lybarger, transportation supervisor in charge of damage control. The reviewers called the play "a el furbished old coach serves as theater for Southwestern Division's anti-damage show. smash hit."

On the derf . . . G. M. Cross, ashore and afIoaf eorge M. Cross is a double ca- G reer man. He's been with the PRR for 25 years, and with the United States Navy just four years less than that. His PRR work is performed on the mail platform at 30th Street Sta- tion, Philadelphia, where he recently was promoted to acting foreman, supervising the loading of mail in PRR cars. His Navy duty is performed as a reservist, three weekend days per month, aboard the Destroyer Escort J. D. Blackwood. His rating is En- gineman, 1st Class, and he is the top enlisted man during his four-hour watch in the engine room. On PRR duty, George Cross keeps tabs as At cruising speed, there are five Baggageman J. H. Hardy loads the mail. men on the- engine room watch. But when the ship maneuvers, especial- ter flow into the ship's boilers. ly during arrivals or departures, It is the kind of thing Mr. Cross there are up to 10. For each of the has been doing since 1942, when he ship's maneuvers, an order comes enlisted in the Navy. from the bridge changing engine He served on oil tankers in the Aboard ship, Engineman 1st Class Cross adjusts steam in response to orders from topside. speed. That means hurried *gauge North and South Atlantic. These checks and adjustment of steam slow vessels were sitting ducks for never learned if it sank or not." ban missile crisis, and spent seven pressure, fuel consumption and wa- the German undersea wolf packs. Mr. Cross was discharged in No- months aboard a Navy patrol boat, Often he found his ship engaged vember, 1945, and came back to the keeping an eye on the Cuban coast. PRR man George M. Cross on weekend in a silent running war of nerves PRR. In 1948 he joined the Naval His Navy adventures have rubbed duty on destroyer escort J. D. Blackwood. with the unseen enemy. Often he Reserve. off on his growing family. His eldest and his shipmates waited tensely for For two years, he was in the sub- son, George M. Cross, 3d, recently the fatal torpedo that never came. marine division, and spent many joined the Navy. There are six other Once, on a run to England, a ship weekends on undersea craft. children. directly ahead of his own was tor- "A lot of people don't like those When Mr. Cross takes off for his pedoed. pigboats," he says, "but there's a lot three days aboard ship each month, "She went down like a stone," more room aboard them than some he goes with a fellow PRR man. Mr. Cross grimly recalls. other ships. You just have to get He is Jonathan N. Francis, a bag- One of the attacking submarines used to sleeping next to a torpedo." gageman, who not only works on was damaged by a depth charge and In 1954 he was madelan instruc- the same PRR mail platform but surfaced so close to Mr. Cross's ship tor at the Naval Reserve Armory in serves in the same engine-room at that his crew couldn't depress their Philadelphia. He taught hundreds of sea. guns low enough to hit the U-boat. sailors the engine-room science he Says Mr. Cross with a smile :"We "The officers were popping away had learned the hard way. talk about the ship while we're on at it with their .45s," he says, "but In 1962, his Reserve group was the Railroad, and we talk about the the U-boat submerged again. We called to active duty during the Cu- Railroad on the ship."

Downloaded from http://PRR.Railfan.net Original document from the collection of Rob Schoenberg ©2011 - Commercial reproduction or distribution prohibited What do you do next? brakeman at Penn Coach Yard, A Philadelphia, was releasing the hand-brake on a coach when the brake handle sprang from his hand and smashed him on the forehead. He fell to the floor, unconscious and bleeding. "And none of us knew what to do," recalls Car Repairman W. Sam- uel Usner. "We didn't know whether it was wise to move him or not, whether to apply pressure or not, or how to bandage the cut." An ambulance took the injured man to the hospital and he soon re- Dr. S. J. Cyran, PRR medical director, and covered. But that was when Mr. Red Cross Instructor R. C. Appler present Usner decided he ought to find out certificates to John P. Walsh, T. J. Cor- what to do in such an emergency. coran, Henry T. Flood, F. W. Schieber, He and six other PRR men en- W. Samuel Usner and Edward Moody. rolled in a Red Cross first aid course, set up by Personnel Super- body thought that was the best visor Emory Robbins, who has since thing to do. But now I've learned Car Inspector J. P. Walsh practices mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on Henry T. Flood. retired. The Red Cross instructor you're supposed to put the burned was Russell Appler, of Paoli. Red Cross certificates, were: in an emergency, the men taking the skin in ice cold water." first aid course become more safety- The 10-week course was intended Mr. Locantore recalled the time John P. Walsh, Timothy Corcoran as a pilot model for similar courses. and Harry Flood, car inspectors at conscious, Mr. Locantore pointed when a trackman slipped and fell out. One of the students, Electrician down an embankment. Penn Coach Yard; F. W. Schieber, Pat Locantore, said he had taken car repairman at South Philadelphia "You know how to act in case of "He said his ankle hurt-we found an accident," he said, "but you also first aid courses before, "but there out later he had a fracture-but Car Shop; and Edward Moody, elec- are always changes you have to trician at 46th Street Enginehouse. realize it's much better to prevent there were too many people buzzing the accident in the first place." catch up with. around and giving orders, and no- In addition to learning what to do "For instance," he said, "they body really knowing the right don't recommend tourniquets any thing," he said. more for stopping bleeding. They "They finally got him on a make- tell you to use direct pressure on the shift stretcher, but his ankle kept wound with a bandage or piece of slipping off. cloth. And the old back-pressure "If somebody with first aid train- method of artificial respiration is ing had been there, he could have DR. JOHN W. FERREE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, out, too. Now they teach you the spoken up with assurance, and peo- NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS, INC. mouth-to-mouth method. ple would have listened to him." Are you prepared in case of an eye emergency? Despite "One day when I burned a finger, The other students in the first aid I smeared it with vaseline. Every- the best in eye protective programs, an eye accident may course, who recently were awarded strike-either at home, at play or even on the job. .It is estimated that each year there are more than 422,000 eye accidents in industry, in schools, at home and at play. He digs up With such overwhelming numbers, you never know when you will be called upon to aid someone injured. Knowledge of first aid for eyes may some day mean the railroad lore difference between sight and blindness for you, a family member or a fellow worker. These special emergency tips istory teachers have taken are divided into four major categories for easy reference. H a lesson in history from PRR Conductor Joseph C. Boyd, of the yard industrial crew at Elmira, N.Y. That's because Mr. Boyd is the recognized authority on local railroad history, and was BLOWS %$ the principal contributor to For a blow to the eye or a "black Bandage a cut eye lightly with a a book entitled "Chemung eye," apply cold compresses sterile gauze patch and call a County-Its History." immediately for about 15 min- doctor immediately. An eye with utes per hour. A black eye could a cut, puncture, abrasion, etc., Twelve local historians, in- Mexico during a three-day con- mean serious internal damage to should not be washed with water. cluding Mr. Boyd, wrote por- vention at New York State the eyeball and should be seen Do not try to remove an object tions of the book, published in University in Buffalo in 1961. by a doctor. stuck in the eye. 1960. He was assigned to write He was asked to tell how the on transportation and to sub- book was produced, to guide mit 1200 words. But he ended those desiring to undertake up contributing 20 pages of the similar projects. 85-page book, covering trans- "I had never talked in public portation in this New York before and I died a thousand BURNS county from the Indian canoe deaths before I got up," he says. Whether caused by flame or SPECKS chemicals, a burn in the eye to the jet. "But I didn't feel a bit scared Do not rub any speck or foreign The book was prepared pri- once I got started." should be flooded with water im- body that gets into the eye. Lift mediately for approximately 15 marily as a text for seventh- He says his consuming inter- the upper lid over the lower lid minutes. Hold the head under a grade classes in the county est is "my own railroadn- and let tears wash out the par. faucet or pour cool water into schools. The first printing con- namely the PRR's Elmira ticle. If the speck doesn't wash the eye from a glass, pot, kettle, out, keep the eye closed with a etc. Do not use an open eye cup. sisted of 5,000 copies, of which Branch. He digs railroad facts light dressing and seek medical the schools bought 3.000 and out of the microfilmed newspa- Burns, especially those from attention. chemicals, should be examined the public bought 2,000 at $1 pers in the Elmira Library. He by a doctor as soon as possible. each. The second printing was formerly made runs to Wil- bought ux, by the Chemung liamsport, and also browsed It is most important to keep in mind that these are first County Historical Society. through the library there. aid measures only, and you should never attempt any other Conductor Boyd's prominent Mr. Boyd has earned such a form of self-treatment or self-medication for eye diseases role in the book was the rea- reputation that he constantly or refractive errors. son he was invited to address gets visits, phone calls and let- A free gummed sticker listing these first aid tips for the nearly 400 historians and ters from railfans, lawyers and shop, school or home medicine cabinet may be obtained teachers from throughout the others to clear up obscure by writing to National Society for the Prevention of Blind- United States, Canada and points of railroad lore. ness, Box 426, Dept. A, New York, N. Y. 10019.

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Downloaded from http://PRR.Railfan.net Original document from the collection of Rob Schoenberg ©2011 - Commercial reproduction or distribution prohibited OPENLINE REPORTS FROM ALL OVER Merger case goes to Supreme Court- The Nation's highest court on October 18 delayed the FROM THE Penn Central merger in order to provide time for review of a ruling issued by a U.S. District court at New York. The lower court had refused to grant an injunction requested by eight railroads. The Supreme Court set the following timetable: The parties that want to appeal the lower court's ruling have until November 30 to submit statements. "I read the Pennsy, and I think Parties supporting merger action-the PRR, New York it's great--except one thing: There Central, Interstate Commerce Commission, among others is never anything about Michigan. -are to file replies and briefs by December 30. For instance, if it weren't for all the Argument before the Supreme Court will take place pulpwood that we're shipping to the on January 9. A total of four hours has been allocated, paper mills, maybe The Pennsy with four lawyers permitted to participate from each side. wouldn't have enough paper to go "It is gratifying that the Court acted so promptly and Coal dock proiect moves ahead- he PRR has awarded a contract for construction of a new around to all the employes, and has declared its intention to proceed with unusual dis- some of us might not even get paid. patch," said PRR Board Chairman Stuart T. Saunders. Lake Erie coal dock, to be completed by the spring of 1968, a full year earlier than was thought possible when Hope to see you around here some- He noted that the Interstate Commerce Commission had time soon-and bring your camera." scheduled an October 31 hearing to review the protective the plan was announced last year. The new $7% million facility at Ashtabula, Ohio, will be able to load coal from -Mark Cunningham, PRR clerk, conditions it had set up to indemnify the Erie-Lacka- Cadillac, Michigan. wanna, Delaware & Hudson and the Boston & Maine for unit trains and storage piles into the largest Lake vessels at the rate of 6000 tons an hour. possible adverse effects on their traffic, resulting from the (6 I noted your recent cartoon Penn Central merger. The present Ashtabula coal dock will be closed at the end of this season and construction will begin immedi- showing a signal on the left side of "The actions of both the Supreme Court and the Inter- the track, and I wish to remind all state Commerce Commission are most encouraging, and ately. Next year, PRR coal and ore traffic will be handled over the adjoining New York Central facility while con- concerned that the Chicago & North- I am sure that the matters before both of them will be western Railway operated 'left- decided promptly," Mr. Saunders said. "The Pennsyl- struction proceeds. The new dock will have modern dumpers, infra-red handed' for many years, and still vania and the New York Central are confident that con- does, as far as I know. The old summation of their merger is relatively near at hand." thawing sheds to assure fast unloading of cars in winter, and capacity for ground storage of more than a million Lake Shore & Michigan Southern tons. The operation will be geared to the fast unloading also ran left-handed. I read your pa- requirements of unit trains. The dumpers will be able to per with much interest. It is sent to unload a car containing 100 tons of coal every two min- me by 0. W. Brooks, track foreman utes, or 3000 tons per hour. The PRR expects to handle at Emporium."-Ivan W. Saunders, 3,000,000 tons per year at the start, and eventually as N. Braddock, Pa. much as 6,000,000 tons. In the artist's sketch, coal hoppers are being unloaded "We are very much interested in at right, while a Lake vessel is being loaded from ground acquiring copies of your periodical. storage at left. i Will you kindly advise if you can favour us and if we should make re- mittance in advance in order to ob- Needed: business aid to government- tain these copies."-Luis Olivares, A plea that more businessmen actively cooperate in na- Mexican National Railways. tional affairs was sounded last month by PRR Board Chairman Stuart T. Saunders in an address at the Uni- "In your May 1, 1966, edition of versity of Virginia Graduate School of Business Adminis- The Pennsy, you carried a picture tration. of Private Francis E. Hamilton. I "Big business, big labor and big government are per- thought you would be interested to manent parts of our society," Mr. Saunders said. "It is know that his father, George Z. frequently in the interest of all parties to find rapport on Hamilton, is employed by the Penn- broad economic issues. I think the sooner American sylvania Railroad in Philadelphia. businessmen fully understand the new climate of coopera- My father, Daniel A. McCarthy, tion prevailing in this land, the better will be our chances Pvt. Hamilton's uncle, brought of solving some of our most difficult national problems." home this copy of The Pennsy, as Mr. Saunders said that "all too often, the voice of busi- he is also an employe, in the Harris- ness that is heard in Washington is one of protest, gen- burg Diesel Shop."-Dana Hunter, erally rejecting government proposals. In many cases, Harrisburg, Pa. businessmen would be far better off if they would coun- ter government proposals with constructive and imagina- "I have been a constant reader of tive ideas of their own." The Pennsy since it was first pub- As examples of businessmen assisting government, Mr. lished. and look forward to each is- Saunders cited several national committees on which he sue as it is delivered to my desk at NO.1 passenger- Jackie Gleason was named is serving. One is the Business Council, which advises the Copperweld Steel Company. It "Rail Traveler of the Year" by the American Association the U. S. Department of Commerce and is consulted by is a fact that we all receive numer- of Passenger Traffic Officers, meeting in Chicago last all Cabinet officers and several Congressional committees. ous periodicals. some we read and month. The TV star has hired special trains to transport A second is the President's Labor-Management Advisory others we glance through, but some his troupe, and he frequently speaks up for railroads as Committee, which brings together leaders of labor, busi- we enjoy even though they have no the most desirable way to travel. He is shown above with ness and the public at large. A third is the Advisory Com- connection at all as to our physical other performers during a trip on the PRR. mittee on Balance of Payments, which is conducting a make-up or hobby, but just a switch program to reduce the flow of private capital to foreign from everyday reading. This is the countries. Mr. Saunders also served as .co-chairman of way The Pennsy pleases me. Con- New Department of Transportation- the Business Committee for Tax Reduction, which rallied gratulations for a job being well On October 15, President Johnson signed legislation cre- support for the Federal tax cut in 1964. done."-H. E. Smith, Glassport, Pa. ating a new Cabinet-level department to coordinate transportation matters under a Secretary of Transporation. - Consolidated into the new department will be the The 'Ditch' gets $500,000-senatorial op- E The Pennsy is published by the PennsyE policy-making, promotional, research and safety functions ponents of the Ohio River-Lake Erie canal project were E vania Railroad. Company for itn em- i ployes. Address any commnnications to 2 of various agencies now dealing with transportation by unsuccessful in their attempt to cut an appropriation of I The Pennsy, Room 1042 Transportation I rail, air and highway. However, regulation of rates will $500,000 from the Public Works Bill before it received Center, Six Penn Center Plaza, Phila., 2 Pa. 19104. - continue to be the responsibility of independent agencies, final Senate approval last month. The money will be used such as the Interstate Commerce Commission and the to start detailed planning for the canal. However, oppo- Civil Aeronautics Board. nents of the project stress that the States and communi- President Johnson had requested that the new depart- ties along the proposed route must announce their will- ment also cover water transportation, and take in the ingness to pay their share of the costs before actual con- Federal Maritime Administration, but this was not pro- struction can begin. Officials of many communities have vided for in the legislation passed by Congress. already expressed their opposition.

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To meet the mounting requests for these dramatic originals, painted by Grif Teller, were reproduced pictures of Pennsy trains in action, we now have on PRR calendars for the years 1932, 1950, 1952, an additional supply on hand-handsome, full- and 1960. Send for your full-color prints today. color prints suitable for home or office. The 4 paintings are reproduced from deepetched litho- Fill out thecoupon below and mail with check or money order, payable to Pennsylvania Railroad, to: "Portfolio," Pennsylvania Railroad, Room 1040, graphed plates and printed on fine antique stock. 6 Penn Center Plaza, Philadelphia, Pa. 19104. They are offered by the Pennsy at the modest Please send me portfolio(s) at $2.00 for each portfolio of 4 prints. price of $2.00 for the complete set. The prints - measure 16 x 12 inches-a standard pictureframe Street size-and come in a portfolio that also ~ervesas a City State Zip Code- State of Pennsylvania residents should add 5% sales tax. natural package for Christmas gift-giving. The ......