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TRAINS 96.4% ON TIME No. 41 Stripped to Bare Iron for Repairs Schedules Maintained by Passen- ger Service During May, Report Shows AT Frisco Lines passenger trains are on time is a matter T"that has come to be taken for granted both by the traveling public and by employes and the reason is obvious when one glances at the monthly statement issued on pas- senger train performance by the gen- eral manager. In the statement for May, the 4,824 passenger trains oper- ated by the Frisco are shown 96.4 per cent on time, and el-en this is not outstanding for Frisco Lines. Several of the preceding reports of this year have shown even better performance. Of the different Frisco divisions, the River division made the best rec- ord during May, operating 816 trains 99. per cent on time. During May a year ago 874 trains were operated on this division and were 95 per cent on time and during May, 1928, this di- vision operated 1,052 trains 99.5 per cent on time. Southern division had the second best performance, operating 826 trains 98.3 per cent on time, which com- A few bows before the accontpanying photograph was tabert this loco?noli. pares favorably with the records made was roaring 21p and down Frisco Lines irt freight sewice. A few days afi there during the same month in 1929 the picture was made this engine, No. 41, -was agai~l itt service, eqttipped WI and 1928. A total of 930 were oper- syphon, new back sectio~,of fra)ne, and a booster which increased its power tzvc! ated there in 1929 and 806 in 1928 per cent. Already this year seven engirres have beetr so eqtripped in the ltuge loc with on-time performance of 95.4 and motire shops bt the West Shops plant at Springfield, and nilre ntore engi~tesyo- go through this process before the year is over. Even zdten stripped down to L 96.8 per cent for 1929 and 1928 re- bare irou rendj~for general repairs, art ultra of ronrance clings to these steel-and-ir spectively. higltts of the road. Central division is ranked third in the report with 310 trains 97.1 per cent on time during May. This is an improvement of the record of operat- reveals. During that month a year Sympathy ing the same number of trains 91.6 previous the same number of trains Mrs. Grogan: "It was awh! per cent on time, which was made were 94.6 per cent on time there and Twinty-sivin Czeko-Slovacs and or there during May, 1929. During the during that month in 1928, the 248 pas- Irishman killed in the wreck!" senger trains which were operated on Mrs. Callahan: "Indeed! The par month of May, 1928, 620 passenger man." trains were operated there 97.6 per that division were 95.6 per cent on cent on time. time. "I thought you were deaf?" A total of 186 trains were operated The report, giving in detail the pas- "I was, but I got one of those elec on Texas Lines and were 88.2 per senger train performance on all di- tric appliances for the hard of heal cent on time during May, the report visions, appears below. Ing, and now I'm wired for sound."

Per Cent Trains Total Total Trains Maintained Standinn of DlVfSlON Trains Operated Schedule or Made Maintained Schodule Uo Time or Made Uo Time Divisionr May May May May May May May May N:) I% I% I!:: I!:: 1930 1929 1928 1930 1929 1928 1930 1929 I?:' River ...... 816 874 1052 808 830 1047 99.0 95.0 99.5 1 Southern...... 826 930 806 812 887 780 98.3 95.4 96.8 2 Central ...... 310 310 620 301 284 605 97.1 91.6 97.6 3 Northern...... 1116 1111 1333 1081 1045 1313 96.9 94.1 98.5 4 Western ...... 186 185 216 178 181 215 95.7 97.8 99.5 5 Eastern...... 558 568 620 532 459 566 95.3.. - 80.9 91.3.- 6 Southwestern ...... 826 800 910 776 753 886 93.9 94.1 97.4 7 Total Operated ...... 4638 4774 5557 4488 4439 5412 Per Cent Operated...... 96.8 92.9 Texas Lines ...... 186 186 248 164 176 237 88.2 94.6 Total System O~erated...... 482.4 4960 5805 4652 4616 5656 Per Cent Operated...... 96.4 93.1 97.4 Page 21

FRISCO GIRL HONOR1CD ACCIDENTS ON DECREASE A SCHOOL LEADER Yarie Moon of Blytheville Chosen Accident prevention work on Frisco Miss Mary Louise McElwee, 13- Best AlI-Around Girl at Co llege Lines brought very gratifying results year-old daughter of the Frisco's flrst during April-a decrease of 27.? per IS$ trick dispatcher at Hugo, Okla., made MARIE MOON, daugliter of cent in the total number of casualties a remarkable record in her four-year If. T. Moon, cashier at 13lythe- as compared with the same month a high school career which was finished IM ville, Ark., was outstrsnding year previous-the monthly report FT last month. Not only was she awarded imong the graduates of Tilliam issued on this subjeot by H. W. the All-American Girl Medal offered Tds College, Fulton, Mo., this Hudgen, director of accident preven- :.ring. Miss Moon made a br Wiant tion, shows. The reduction of 20.6 mrd during her two years a t Wil- per cent in the total number of ,ism Woods, being a member 1of the casualties for the first four months of this year in comparison with that period of last year also testifies to the effectiveness of the safety meas- ures that are ernployed on Frisco Lines. The decrease in the number of casualties among employes for the month of April amounted to 35.7 per cent campared with that month in 1929 and for the first four months of this year a reduction of 25.4 per cent was effected in the number of employe casualties in comparison with the same period a year earlier. Among the different departments the greatest reduction in employe casualties was made in the mechanical department both for the month of April and for the first four months of the year. In comparison with last year the reduc- tion in this department during April amounted to 53.3 per cent in the num- MISS MARIE MOON ber of casualties and during the first four months the reduction there was Student Council her 5rst year, and 43. per cent. Maintenance-of-way de- P~sident of the Student Body the MISS MARIE LOUISE McELWEE partment was second with a reduction (In Costume for a School PlagJ !econd year. Miss Moon was also a of 49.3 per cent for April and 37.3 per xember of two national honorary fra- cent for the first four months of the annually by the Auxiliary of the wnitiea. Phi Theta Kappa, scholastic, year. The decrease in the number of American Legion, but she fulfilled the ~ndPhi Delta, music and drama. On non-employe casualties for the flrst following positions of honor and re- b~rgraduation, Miss Moon received four months amounted to 2.4 per cent sponsibility during the Lour-year 4he biegest honor of the college, the compared with last year. period: secretary of the Home Room, Rllliam Woods Emblem, presented to representative of the Hugo Junior Ibe beet all-around girl, by the fac- High School, feature writer for the E!@. She received her degree in aid. One day during last December Broadcaster, official paper, played the .issodate in Arts, as well as her cer- she received ninety-six letters. part of "Wisdom" in the May Fete, tiflcste in expression. "I met Mr. Clark when he was work- was captain of both the girls' baseball ing on the Wabash and we were and volley ball teams, and played married at La Trobe, Pa. I thought clarinet in the Hugo High School A CIVIL WAR VETERAN he was the biggest flop I had ever seen Band. (Continued from page 12) when I first met him, but he finally kr observation of a corps of doctors won me over," she said, mirthfully. Mr. and Mrs. Clark have two sons, The Reason lor weeks and his recovery was attrib- The bridegroom, just now married. ired to his rugged constitution. Walter and Roy, who are both con- "Daddy" Clark is well known to the ductors for the Frisco and who have Had strangely disappeared; And for the bride the bridesmaid raterans of Frisco ,Lines. In 1928 and also served on the Rich Hill Branch, Quite natually feared. Ir the recent reunion he was present- where Mr. Clark, senior, served his 64 with a badge by the veterans as entire time. Ed, a third son was killed Until the blushing beauty king the oldest veteran at the re- at Olathe. Straight made it understood Inion. "Mother" Clark is almost as "Daddy" and Mother Clark attended He was out ascertaining !!mow as her husband. She has in- the Veterans' Reunion at Springfield If father's check was good. rrrested herself in prison work for this year, where they greeted their Tars and has had a number of boys host ef friends. Talk about preparedness! Chicago nd girls paroled to her after serving has appointed a committee of promi- prison terms. She. makes frequent Revenge nent experts to solve the problem of !jps to Jefferson City in behalf of My rival makes me not enraged, the traffic jam that may be caused by me mother's son, and her stack of Nor do I care for him, the large crowds that may attend the My mail includes letters from coast For, even though they are engaged, World's Fair that may be held in :P coast and Canada, imploring her I teach her how to swim. 1933. Page 22 ~~~EEcoFP/P~OSS'~GQUX .I

Receioe Twenty New Locomotives During June

HE twenty new freight locomo- are Commonwealth cast steel bed with Boiler pressure is 225 pounds on I tives ordered from the Baldwin - cylinders cast intregal with the new locomotives and the size of 1 T Locomotive Shops have now frames, and the locomotive cab, brake- cylinders is 27x32 inches. The tent been received and are in service on men's cab and tender tank are all water capacity is 12,000 gallons s the Northern and Southern divisions, welded steel, no rivets. The main the coal capacity is seventeen tons. running between Kansas City and reservoirs have a capacity of 92,000 Birmingham. They are similar to, yet . In addition to the new engines, t~ cubic inches. The engines are equipped larger than the 4100's and have been combination mail and baggage a numbered 4200 to 4219. with two 8%-inch cross compound air have been received as well as 1 The weight of engine of the new pumps located on the front end, and a straight baggage cars. The straie 4200's is 375,790 pounds and total run- Hancock chime whktle. Grate area is baggage cars are 70 feet long, . ning weight of engine and tender is eighty square feet as compared with steel, and were built by the Amerie 608,830 pounds (as compared with 70.3 square feet of the 4100-4134 en- Car and Foundry Company at l 349,600, weight of the 4150-4164 en- gines. The heating surface (flues), is Charles, Mo. Five of the combinati gines and 582,720 the total weight of 4,000 square feet and the heating sur- mail and baggage cars have a fiftec engine and tender). face of firebox and syphons is 390 foot mail compartment and five haw The frames of the new locomotives square feet-total 4,390 square feet. thirty-foot mail compartment.

PRAISES FRISCO WOFXERS personnel of a great institution like SPEED AND COURTESY WI: the Frisco Railroad i11 this country (Conlirtued from page 14) through which it runs at a time of That rapid handling of freight sr courtesies by employes are imporb! commerce, to the success, to the pros- discouragement, at a time of difficul- factors in winning business for k perity of this country by reason of the ties, but it is a time when every man company is once again proved by L! service you are rendering to one of should stand by his job, making his letter of apprec'iation below which. the great institutions that is building service better every day, not alone be- Frisco patron at Leachville, Ark the section of the country which it cause of the reward he is receiving by wrote J. H. Doggrell, s~perintendt;~ traverses. Do not be mistaken, gentle- reason of compensation for that serv- of transportation. men, in the idea that the greatness of ice, but in addition to that because of the United States of Anle~icais solely the satisfaction that comes to him in "We advised your agent, Mr. G. P because of our fine system of govern- the realizatmion that he is contributing Homan, on the 23rd that we h? ment, wonderful as it is. Do not give his part of faithfulness, efficiency, loy- wired an order to the Claflin Flo~ all of the credit nor place all of the alty to a great institution that is Mills, Claflin, Kansas, for a car t responsibility upon the President of growing greater every day, and that flour to be shipped at once and thr the United States, the Congress of the he is a part and parcel of forces that we were in need of the same and a[ United States or the Courts of the go to make this a greater and better preciate a rush shipment. United States. They play their part, country as its institutions grow and "Mr. Homan advlsed me on the :$I! important though it is, but the solidity develop and render greater service. I that the car was rolling and that of this country is dependent upon thank you. would be traced to destination. Tk great institutions like yours that are car arrived on our track today, dl: rendering service to the people of Eager for the Joke five days service from Claflin. B: America and that develop every sec- "I say, D'Orsay, have you ever consider this splendid service a?: tion of the country for finer, happier, heard that joke about the guide in wish to thank you for the same arl better people, that they may enjoy Rome who showed some travelers also advise that on account of yc11- greater blessing of life and be able to two skulls. of St. Paul, one as a boy respond to their responsibilities as and the other as a man?" local personnel we have given t8. citizens of this great country. "Aw, deah boy-no-aw, let me Frisco practically all our huslne:.: It is a fine thing to be a part of the heah it." since the 1st of January." Page 23

DECREASING CAR DAMAGE Thcse Kansas City .Employcs':Scnd Greetings ! hinued Efforts Reduce Loss 28.7% First Five Months HE atertness of Frisco employes In protecting cars from damage r by rough handling continues to rid excellent results as is shown in rort on this subject covering the st five months of the year which 3s ~ssuedby the office of the car wuntant, Springfield, Mo., June 9. '~enumber of cars damaged by rough .ding during that pe~ioddecreased .:per cent compared with the same .:od of 1929, and the per ce~tof :rease in the amount of this dam- :J vas 41.6 per cent. The number of cars handled per car ~maged increased 33.7 'per cent dur- :the first five months of the year apared with the first five of last ?I and the per cent of decrease in .amount of damage per car handled Meet the hnch frorri Kunsirs City. -muted to 38.67 per cent in the Fronr left to right: Alvin Moline, price clerk, store drpartnwst; Dorothy xe comparison. Johnsorr, stenographer, office rrzaster nzechartic; !'I. F. Shivers, chief car clerk; Central division had the best record Eleartor Forster, P. R. clcrk; Wrr~.Edwards, assista)lt tiritekeeper Agnes Lyrcch, -nag the Frisco divisions with no file clerk; Walt~~rMedlock, roundltorise foreman, and Parrline Iloffrmn, comp- a damaged during the first Ave tometer operator. jnths out of a total of 158,480 han- d. The report ranks Eastern di- Ion in second place with seven cars dled. Second place among the termin- handled. During the same period of naged there, a total of 332,810 be- &Is was given to Birmingham. where last year 60,000 cars were handled :handled. Southwestern division is eight cars were damaged out of 297,- there and eight cars were damaged -en a rating of third with twelve 341 handled during the first five then also. During the corresponding -:damaged out of total of 412,643 months of 1930. Tulsa was ranked period of 1928, a total of 15 cars were .iled. third, handling 358,881 cars and darn- damaged there out of 61,719 handled. 111the terminals, Springfield ranked aging eleven of them. The report, giving in detail the r during the flrst five months of Eight cars were damaged on Texas damage by rough handling for the . rear. Four cars have been dam- Lines during the first five months of period under consideration, appears .(there and 299,714 have been han- the year out of the total of 54,091 below:

PER CENT STANDING 'DIVISION NUMBER CARS DAMAGED DIVISION OR DAMAGED AMOUNT DAMAGE NUMBER CARS HANDLED TO TOTAL OR TERMINAL HANDLED TERMINA! 1938 1929 1928 1930 1929 1928 1930 1929 1928 1930 1929 1928 '30 '29 28

::a Clty ...... 18 32 46 398.00 . 1.266.00 1,751.00 309,799 315,149 314.811 -mphIs...... 29 27 44 2,470.00 597.00 2,471.50 245,092 247,982 381,657 ~mgharn...... 8 12 17 197.00 312.00 1,080.00 297,341 306,722 306,280 I,!Terminals. ------T.wt District.... 55 71 107 3,066.00 2,175.00 5,302.60 852,232 869,853 1,002,748 ------::em...... 7 18 31 399.00 1,810.00 2,757.50 332,810 355,872 342,938 :A...... - 2 13 - 350.00 310.00 15S,480 161,602 161,563 :baestern ...... 12 14 15 480.00 250.00 560.00 412,643 427,107 421,439 -!m...... 3 - - 100.00 - - 87,232 100,400 93,430 ti Divfaions, ------b-lad District. -24 -34 --59 979.00 2,410.00 3,627.60 ---991,166 1,044,981 1,019,360 .Liab...... 11 32 41 466.00 949.00 992.50 300,063 329,301 313,889 glfleld ...... 4 4 3 77.00 1,062.00 135.00 299,714 314,055 328,670 k~ ...... 11 33 18 550.00 4,352.00 1,685.00 358,881 386,834 370,977 $ T~rmlnals, ------District. -26 -69 -- 62 1,093.00 6,363.00 2,712.50 ---958,658 1,029,190 1,013,536 Belt ..... 1 -4 --- 3.00 190.00 - ---50,693 52,055 - a...... ----S 8 15 41.00 99.00 1,087.00 ---54.091 60,000 61,719 em ...... 179 251 339 8,650.00 14,819.00 20,835.00 IDSO Compnred wlth 1029 lecrease in number cars damaged...... 28.7 Per cent decrease In amount of damage lecrease in amount of damage ...... -.- ...... 41.6 per car handled...... ncrease in number cars handled tr damaged...... 33.7