RAILROAD PAINTS FOR ALL PURPOSES Coach mtd Car (Metal) "JIetnlsteel" Puint SurPfwer 13uilding and Statiuu "Metnl" Comas Prc$cr\cr ".Vrtnl" Canvaa Proof Paints Paint Preifiht Cnr Paints St. Louis Surfacer & Paint Co. ST. LOUIS XAKEKS- NEW YOllIi PANTASOTE Galena-Signal Oil Co, The National Standard FRANKLIN, PENN. for Car Curtains and Car Upholstery SOLE ~IASUFI~CTURERS OP CELEBRATED AGASOTE HEADLINING GALENA LUBRICANTS IYATERPROOF Prrfectiou Vwlre nud Sigunl Oils

AOXOGEXOUS iu its Co~nposit.iou; AND will uot wlrp, blister or separate. G;I~~II;IIhilwny Safety Oil

-t-- FOR SESD FOR SAXPLE Steam and Electric Railway I-se -- 0- Esclusi\ ely Gunruutcccl Cosl THE PANTASOTE COMPANY B.l~pc?.i Soquice Free 11 l$ro;~d~i~y,Sew Y01~li l isher Illclc. 793 >Ionaduoeli Blda. 'Iric-:~go, 111. Bun Fruncikeu, Cnl. S. A. MEGEATH, President I Con. P. Curran Printing Co. 1 Printers, Designers, Engravers, Lithographers, Blank Book Makers

PHONES EIGHTH AND WALNUT STREETS Bell, Xaiu 5191 I Rinlorll, Crutrnl 9!)1 ST. LOUIS, MO. Mention us when writing to advertisers, it mill help us both. TIIE PRISCO-NAN 1

Insures more 1208 Michipsn It:~ilroad Jlrn Pays >lore Railroad Avenue JIen I.:mploya more Ex-Rail- CHICAGO road Men TIIAS ASY OTIIER COXI'AXY

Refore I'm 1111rt S:l111<*...... tell mc Ilow little .\rltlress ...... Ill~~olllcIl:~1:r~lll~c ~osts. .\xr...... Oc(:u~)f~tioll......

SECURITY SECTIONAL ARCHES I FOR LOCOMOTIVES I 30 Church Street, NEW YORK I American Arch Company, mccorrnick Building, cHlc*co I

UNIFORMS UNIFORMS

223 W. Jackson Blvd. CHICAGO ,

i\Iention us when writing to adwrtisers, it will 11ell) us both. 2 THE FRISCO-MAN THE HEWlTT SUPPLY CO, WHEN VISITING KANSAS C STOP AT C. AI. FIEWITT, President BLOSSOM HOUi HEWlTT BABBlTT METALS

RUBBER GOODS

803 Bailway Exchmgc, CHICAGO THE TEXAS COMPANY Texaco Fuel Oil Conlorrning to Government Specifications HIGH IN FUEL VALUE ElTicient - Economical Texaco Railroad Lubricants Cut down the wear and tear on rolling stock Illuminating Oils Signal Oils THE TEXAS COMPANY OPPOSITE UNIOS DEPOT Manufacturers of all klnds of Petroleum Products EUROPEAX I'LAS

ST. LOUIS FROG & SWITCH CO. XXYUFACTURER - INSULATED WIRES and CABLES 7'gE- v The performance record Frogs, Switches, Crossings, of KERITE,covering over Switch Stands for half a century, is abso- Steam and Electric Railroads lutely unequalled in the whole history of insu- Oliver lated wires and cables. Electric & Mfg. Co. RAILROAD AXLE-LIGHT PARTS AND REPAIRS 2219-2221 Lucas Ave, ST, LOUIS, MOW Mention us when writing to THE FRISCO-MAN 3 FLINT Varnish Works FLINT, MICHIGAN

Varnishes, Enamels, Engine Finishes, Blacks, Colors, Primers, Surfacers, Etc. FOR THE RAILWAY TRADE .-* The ~riend-" That Never Fails This Is the frlend that you cau go to Don't Pum~Your Life Awav IUV hour of the day; the frieud that llis your wants anti saves your money; .- . .he frieud that ministers to every mem- The No. 2 Rockford Car is a light, Ier of the family-Montgomery Wnrd weedy. serviceable runabout for the k Compou)'~~ntdogue. - It oficrs you the lowest prices on SIMPLE in con*trnction. :lothing iu the height of iushion, on the latest Ideas iu household goods, iu ,ools, light xunchinery-on ,yerpthlng 'rorn gius to iiutomobfles. lhough an lrtlcle is in big demand you can buy t from this Catalogue at a bargaiu price. The thousma-page display of ~uerchandiveis a uever-failing source of wonder iu variety uud values. The Montgomery Ward &z Company Catalogue fllls every want, meets every emergency according to a forty-one Tear single standard of honesty. 811 articles are priced by an unvarying rule. On any purchase which does not satisfy. your ruouey is refunded wlth- out question or cluibble. Xontgoxuery Wnrd & Company's lat- est Cntnlogue conveys to millions of customers a11 these advnutages In full Xu. 2 Hockford Car measure. Send for Catalogue No. 43. Addre88 Dept. 00 MONTGOMERY WARD & COMPANY Sew York, Chicago, Knnsas City, Fort CHICAGO PAEUJIATIC TOOL C:O. \Vorth Texas, Portland Oregon. CHICAGO NEW YORK (\YC hikw e~t~~bli~hili~ntnin enctl ol nlrovo 1E7 Bfsher Bulldlng 50 Church St. ..,.ntevs. Srnd cn 11o11ltnenrclit yea.) Brunches Everywhere.

- -- -- . ------Vol. VIII, No. 2 SAINT LOUIS,MO. February. 1914 - pp-- "EFFICIENCY IN SOLICITATION"

"Efficiency in Solicitation" lnrans the adoption of the bcst ~nethnds of secnring the maximum of profitable tonnage, either in carloiids 01. less quantities, with the minimuru of cost, and tlic avoidance of duplicw- tion or lost motion. TTnder the New Agency Plnn, each Agent holds the position and ;Is- snmes the duties of n Saleq~nanfor the Company, and it is our ilmhition ant1 clesirc to huild up the very bcst owmixation of Salesmen that is possible. mTe Iiilvc the talent in our rilnks--service that is attrnctive to the shipping public--and with the proper and sj-sternatic effort on the piirt of our Salesmen in educating thc shipper or receiver of freight to spccily 011 1~i.sorrle~ "VIA FRISCO" whc?~hit c~oodsare ordered, a long stcp will be made in the direction OF greater tonnage and a great dc;~lof ilnnccessary work will be clispcnsctl with. Do not overloolr the import;lnce of cultivilting the Traveling Sales- man. ITe can be of the greatest ~Sistilnccin F~zrnishinginformation as to hnsiness moving nntl oftcn ciln assist in sccuhg the routing. It is an estahlished fact that thc greater part of the freight solicita- tion or the present day iq on bnsincsc; that is mli.cc1c71j bought or sold, and uniim. tlic prcsent method it rcqnircs the scrvices of two Transportation Saleslnen to srcure an order-the Agent, or Salesman at point of destina- tion Ienrns of an order that hos hew plaeed in the territory of the Gen- eral Agent or Salesman presenting that territory-Salesman No. 1 irninediately sends Salesman No. 2 an "Advice" or "Information" Let- ter and asks him to secure, and with prompt, action and good work a grcat dral of husiness is secured-hut if Salesman KO. 1 conld have an- ticip~tedn fcw days and conld hare inducetl his c~storne~to specif!- rolltinrg "VTA FRTSCO" whe?, ilra order was placed, the services of 6 THE FRISCO-MAN

Salrslnan So. 2 woultl not ha] c heen necessary in ally way on this par- ticular rrlovement, and his time could have been devoted to the securing of other business. This is especially true in the purchase and movement of so-called "Season Goocls" such as Agricultnrul Implements. Canned Goods, lkans-and various other colnmociities that could be na~necl. The JIerchandise Salesman is not satisfied \\it11 securing promises from his custon~ersto purchase from his firm at some time in the future, Imt uses his bcst etrorts in securing the order Lhc,t n?td 17~ei-e. In the same 11 ay, the Traffic Salesman should endeavor to educate his customers to route "VIA FILISC07'on his orders instead of sending subsequent routing orders which rnay be delayed, lost or ignored. This company has gained a very enbiable 1.epatation for the tcanl- uork hetncen its representntivcs, and its \ritl~ecauuot he over-estimated, bnl if this is snpplelnented by indixGdna1 effort, intelligently directed, even better results will follon-duplication will be avoided-and nlore time given to a11 of our salesmen. Routing orclc~srequire teanl-work-rontiwg on orders represeuts individual work-the first is good but contains s "perhaps"-the sec- ond is better-prncticallp assures us the toniii~gcimrl reprewrits thc re- lilrrl~wntol' "JCITicicncy ill Solicitation."

'(I I(, . ' .. . -- THE FRlSCO-MAN 7

Address ...... L ...... Remarks: ......

A sr~pply of individual business cards be mailed promptly at the end cw rtls and prospecstire traffic cards of each trip. hale been furnished all passenger con- When additional cards are needed a dwtors on the Frisco, with a viex to requisition on the office of Superin- having them assist in the solicitation tendent nil1 bring a new supply of bnsiness. promptly. A record of the number of The i~~dividualcards I~earthe motto, cards tnrned in by each conductor is "lt will always be our desire to make to be kept for cornparatirc and other your tril) con~tortableand pleasant on purposes. a Frisco train." Thc prospective traf- The Frisco interests are surely our tic cards bear the motto, "Let us have interests and it is hoped that each an opporti~nityto den~onstlateto you conduclor will be a "booster" and an that n e can handlc your carload and ardent solicitor of business for the I>. C. I>. business to your entire satis- Frisco. This can have hut one resi~lt faction. Our service is strictly first -Increnscd Revenue. class." Lct us give our hearty co-operation Tlre purpose of these cards is 01)- and sincere support to this plan that vious. This plan of soliciting busi- it may be a snccess. ness is being tried out, based on the well knov,n fact that passenger con- ductors are nell acquainted with a large number of shippers and receiv- Springfield Workout. ers of freight and are adding to their At one of the most intcresting and nrquaintance daily. enthusiastic meetings of Frisco men, ~f a conductor nieets a prospec-t~re Springfield, 310.. January 20 and 21, sllipyur on any of his trips, he is to whir11 mas largely attended by repre- baud 11im one of his husiness cards, sentatives of all departments, impor- also om? of thc prospective traffic cards tant matters pertaining to transports- . to fill in-or the conductor may fill in tion, operation and traffic on the Fris- the prospective traffic card for the (o TI ere gone into thoroughly, and sug- shipper-after which it is to be mailed gestions made by ninny were disrusscd. to the superintendent of the division Approximately 150 merc present, in- on which the conductor is employed. cluding W. C. Nison, rcreiver and The superintendent. in turn will for- chief operating officer; and W. 13. ward it to the proper traffic official or Biddle, receiver and chief trafficB offi- agent, but it is necessary that the ccr. THE FRISCO-WAN

tion of I\'.T. Tyler, general nmnager, I'aszengcr TrafLic Manager Ililton, etl'ective Alarcll 1. hlr. Tglv~.will bc an~~ounced,effective February 1, the suc,ceeded b.y E. D. Levy, assistant appoi~~tmentof John N. Cornatxar, geueral manager. fo~,~~erlpassistant general l~assengvr agent at 31empl1is, Tenn., to l~osition Assistant General llanager Levy an- of general ljassenger agent. nounces the following promot.ions, c~f- Mr. Cornatxar will retain his head- fertivr March 1. quarters at Alenlphis and succeeds to T. B. Coppage, superintendent, the position made vacant By tllc pro- Northern Division, Fort Scott, Kaus., motion of Ilr. I-1ilto11 to passenger is appointed superintendeut transpor- traffic managcr. tation, with headquarters at Spring- Our new general passcngcr ilgcnt has field, 310. bee11 in the scrvico of thc Frisco since 0. H. XlcCarty, superintendent, River 1598, and in railroad service had tvorlc- and Cape IXvision, is promoted to ed 1111 throng11 n1a11y positions in the Sorthern Division as superintendeul, Imssenger departnlellt. I le has hat1 snrceeding T. B. Coppagc, promoted. the distinction of being I'rcside~~tof C. H. Claiborne, assistant sul~erin- the Business Men's Club of AIen~pl~is tendent, River and Cape Division, is and is now a director of the Tri-State appointed supcrinte~~dentof lhat di- Fair. vision, succeeding 0. 1-1. AlcCarty, C. A. Redden is al~pointedcomlncr- transferred. cia1 agent, with office at Jacltsonvillv, .T. IT. Doggrell, superintendent Fla.. effective January 113. freight loss and damage claims, is all- .T. 31. 1Villiams is appoi~~t,~d.travel- pointed assistant superintendent ing freight agent, with offire at Char- lransportation. lotte, N. C., effective ,January 16. G. 16. Whitelam, chief clerk to assist- The follo\ving changes in the oger- a~~tgeneral manager, is appointed su- ating del)artrue~~tbecame effective perintendent freight loss and damage 'ebruary 1,5: clain~s. C. F. Hogkins, sul)erintendent at A. Mr. ;\.lc.lllvaney, assistant super- Francis, Okla., is appointed 6npcrin- intendent freight loss and damage tendent at Sapull)a, Okla., sucwxxling claims, is appointed chief clerk to S. T. Cantrell, resigned. general mnnilger, succeeding G. E. 5. i\T. Chandler, superintmdent at Whitelam, and orfice of assistant so- Enid, Okla., is appointed superinten- perintcndent frcight loss ar~ddamagc dent at Francis, Okla., succeeding C. claims is abolished. F. Hoj~ltins,transferred. J. F. Frazier, night chief tlispntcl~er, C. T. Mason, assistant superinten- Chaffep, No., is appointed assistant dent at Springfield, No., is appointed s~~pcrintendentof the River and Cap? superintendent at Enid, Okla., sur- Division, succceding C. H. C!lail)ornc, c,eeding J. 31. Chandler, transferred. l)ro~noted. a. 11, Doughty, general agent at Bir- F. TIC. Uranna~nan is appointed as- mingham, Ala., is appoint,ed acting su- sistant superintendc~~',in charge of l)e~,intcn(lcntat Birmingha~n,vice ;I. T-I. thc TAcl)anon, (:linton and Sgringficltl .Jackson, resigned. The Vet of Veterans Miss Duncan's Snap It is doulrtf'ul if therc is a113. rail- Train No. 3, engine 1030, preparinz roadcr in the country who can cow to leave Sl)ringfield, Mo., for Fort [)ete with IIarry L). Taylor in his re- cord of long and continuor~s service under one cmploger. Mr. Taylor-or "Uxlcle Harry" as hc is Irnown to Frisco men-has served the colnlmny faithfully for half a ccn- tury, and as a rcward of his long and loyal servicc he \VHS retired on a pen- sion .July 1, 1913. in spite of his sciventy-eight years "lTncle Harry" is erect xncl tlpporently

Sn~ith,Ark., was sllap~ed by Miss hlaud Duncan, Decemlw 19, 1913. At the time the picture mas taken the engine was in charge of Engineer Frank Gano and Fircmlan W. H. ]racy.

No. 150 Colnbinalion car No. 130, at the time the 1)icture herewith selwoduced was taken, Scptenlber 8, 1933, had becn out of the shops just two years, and has Ixcn in scrvice evcry day, never miss-

as active as ever, and is a better mrul physic~ally today than many of his yollngcr associates. "l?nc:lc Ilarry" began his railroad rawer Jlxy :, 1SG5, as braltcnlan out of Pacific, No., and continued in thtit ~)ositionuntil Jauuary 10, 1884. From January 11. 1SS4. to Nag, 1007, he was ornploycd in thn North Springfield ing her turn. During that period the sl~ol)s,as car r~paircr,whcw Ilc \v;~ car. corcrcd 185,000 miles, hcr run cov- i)ronloted to bolt machine operator, re- ('ring 2 12 lnilcs a day. maining in that position until the date I'icturc. ol' the cwwas suappcd at of 11:s retirement. Ilugo, Ohla., hy J. Ilcrron Urcst1)ay. The accompnnx ing reproduction arr taught the apprentice boys and shons the class room of the Appren- they are instructed in such niathc- tice School at the New Shol~,Sllring- matics and mechanics as arc best cal- culated to make them efficient at their field, 110.. in \\ hich apprentice classes, respective trades. pointing to a high degree of success, The apprentice boys are to be thc arc conducted. luture forewen and ~nechanicsof thc The pur1)ose of the school is, by Frisco and no effort is being spared to Incans of class instruction and home train and educate them along the niost study, to gi\e the apprentices at the modern and up-to-date lincs. Sen Shops, North Side Shops and Eighty-si~hoys are now enrolled in South Sidc Shops, a thorough practi- tile class at Springfield, which is un- tal education along mechanical lines. der thc supervision of Instructor A. 13. Sketching, drawing and designing Iierr.

Hayti Depot ,4 new depot recently constructed at Feliruar~-2, 1914. Tllc Ilew strllc*t~~rc IIayti, Jlo., was owned to the public ,cl)laces the old depot which was de- stroyed by fire some time ago. It is electric lighted and is equipped with every modern improvement and con- venience. Tlirougli fhc courtesy ol' the Ilerald, Hayti, Rlo., The Frisco-3lan is able to rel~roduce herenith a photograph of the depot. The ac.cornpanyin~reproduction shows the "consermtnr~" In the basement of the ~IOW~I~phnL at the Xew Shnwi, Sprint-neltl, Yo. The warmth of the engine room, the moisture in tlle air, and the convcnlence for \v;~t,c.ring,as \re11 ns Lhe ebuntlnnc,~of li~.ht,probably nlnIzc?a this spnce one of the most ~lcsirnhlesrcen 1wuac.a to be Pound. Everyone, of wnr~.e,rc~nlem1w1.s the art,istin manner in Wllich tbo flo\vers, kcgt In thls roonl tlurinc. thc winter, are nrran~ellal~out the S1~rln~i3rlduhnps ill summer,

Bulletin No. 14 A c.laim was paid recently for a shipment which our agent Itne\\, was J. H. Doggrell, Sup~t'lnl(~r~dertf,E'rcigllt short from connection but for which Loss ami Duwuge Clat n7s he had, in error, issued a clear re- Shortages ot entire 1)~1cltagosand ceil,t. such errors are the result of discrepancies in checking freight call failure to properly check sl~ipments he prevented, to a certain extent, if against billing, or dray ticlret, and the dray tickets and \vayl)ills, as \\'ell as practice of some agents to receipt for expense bills, nl e Icgihl\ \\ rittell alld slLigments before in their possession the description of thc ltenl-, made and to deliver shipments without get- plain. ting signature on evpense bill, is a An agent has called attention to the causc, in some instances, of our hav- trouble esperienced by him when ship- ing to pay claims. ruents of canned goods are not desig- The foreman of a switching crew natcd as to kind. It' an agent is short recently placed a car containing oil, a case of canned goods, and does not \vhich was leaking, on an industry Itnow whether it is a case of pinenp- track and inforn~ed the manager of ple or a case of pumpkins, this conl- the industry of the condition of the pany might easily be forced to pay car. Later this manager approached lor the value of the niore expensive the foreman and asked him to make a conimodity. 1,oolr this up and see if notation of the condition of the car on your hilling is above criticism. an cspense bill, which he produced at the time. The foren~ancndorscd the done wheu hc prolected this conl- esoense bill, "leaking nil~en l)lacctl," pany's interest, someone before him and signed his name. It devclo.~cd had evidently passed the mattcr IID later that the notation had been placed without reporting it, or it would not on the wong expense hill and chin1 have reached the statiou where it. was was filed for a shortage on t\vo cars Sound. You can ~naltemoney for tho instead oC one. company every clay by taking (:arc! ol' A conductor plnced an old system something someone else has over- C~uniturecar at a non-agency station looked. for a carload shilment. of sunflower Recently an agcnC had a tlaruajietl secd. When the shipnlcnl reached shiy~nent of chol~rcfusetl. 11 was dcstination every sack nas wct ant1 necessary to dump lm't of thc ship consignee refused to Ilandle. After ~nent. Nevertheless, the agent found negotiating with co~~signeefor sev- the market on chops had gono up, and cral days, 11e was induccd to acccpt he sold that part of tt~cshiprrlent in and haudle the shipnlent to hest a& good condition, at, a fig~~remuc.h bet- vantage. A claim for about $200.00 ter than the invoic.e, with result, t11e resulted. The rondwtor should haw t~onipany's loss was considerably rc- known the equipment furnished \ws tlllc:cd. not fit for the lading, and his Itnowl- i,~tIII~, si~ggc~sttl~at yo11 I)~maden edgc of equi1)rnent n.ould hnvc 1.11- lhv Icnon l~tlge of yr~ur clc~~.ksan11 ablcd hi~nto flccitle for the benefit of he1l)ws and increase their value to this company. \-OII and to the company by liccping 111) Follow, in your imagination, solne th(.ir c;nth~rsiasmin the r(?cord you aw ol thr s11il)mcnts that o~iginatc ;it trying to ~nalic. Yo11 cnn 111:llte the your station through to di:stineCI.IOI~. t' Illan 11nil(>1,you bigger than his 501) xntl you will find some surprising in a11d in so doing yo11 will nmko a bet. 1)rovements can be matle in loatling. ter jol~for yonrscxlf. Tho greatest as- stowing and I~andlingfreight, ns \veil svt this c,o!llpnny I~asis thc knonlrtli.c ns in the matter of furnishing prol)er and cslrcric-nc.c of the men \vho Inovc, erlnil~ment. l l~cfreight, while the grcatcst dra\v- Not everything calltrtl to n~yattpn- 11nck and the greatcst loss to th(, com- tion is the result of failnre of some pany am the res~iltsol' lack of kno(v1- ~rnl)loycof ll~eco~nl~m~y to ])rol'~orly cvdft!, initiative ant1 inlhusiasnl on tl~c! llcrforn~his duly. In I'act n1:1ny (.iIS('S !)art of lhv mon on th(. g~,ountl,\vh~th- I~ro~~ghtto In,. atte~~lion,sho\v that he 1)~an agcnt, operator, check we ha\e many live agents and other clerk, c,ontluclor, s\vilc.h~~~a~~,enginwr enl~~loges. or ot11c.r c~ml)loyc1of this company. An ag'nt rrcc.ntly I'o~~nda snlall quautity of orc in a bnd older car. Whelan-Bedford Ire saw that the oro was properly .2 n~iniat~~rer;~ilroad train carrying takrn care of and rcported his find to a lelegranl was Ihc unique rncthod of office of s~~perinfentl(?ntfreight loss anno~~nc.ingthc engagement of Niss anrl tlalnage rlairns lor disposition. 3Tn1~vWh~lan to IVilliarn J. I3edforr1, The colnpany \\-ill br al~lcto rt5alizc n (.it!. ~)asscngcragcnt. St. 1,ouis. at a c'onsideral~lc sum of nior~ey from the fire hnndred party, .January 14. Thr sale of this si~lvagc.. 1\711ilc thc agcmt, rlxtc. of the 11-edrling has not been cle- wns only doing \vh:ct he sho~~ltlhave citld Example us. Talk in adherence tu Lbe Safcty First arti- 1I' ivc \vcm to choose bctwccn ttvo clcs of faith, lor if he is not and does school tcacliers, Air. Esaniplc aud sorneLhing reckless or carcless, it is es- I'rof. Co~lvei,salioil- 311'. .Example t~c~tlelj piobalrle that the iuaiming or -sould get tl~cjob. iniuring of solile man undcr him can At lliis time of the ycar, molloes, IJL li~idnt his door as the fruit 01 his precepts, "wisc saws and modern in- l~,idexample. starices" are apparent everywhc~'e, This argu~nentmay seem, to some, from the maxim on the pay chcck to far-fetched, but a little thought given the Christmas card oil the parlor ta- to the matter and a little consideration ble. as to what effect the example of those It is true that a drop of ink may abow us have on us, will prove that make a n~illionthink, but it is equally it is as true as the laws of cause and hue that many drops of ink haw been ell'ect. useirssly expended ill a futile eft'ort to The rank and file of Frisco men, in make a few t.l~inlr. a large majority, appreciate the im- This brings us back to thc choice portance of Safety First, and one in betwren Mr. 1Sxanll)lc and I'rof. Con- authority who, by word or example, vcrsation, and this is dirrcted to Mr. disregards it, will find just to that es- l.:sanlplc, who occ,ul)ic.s the position of tent the regard the Inen hare for him I'orcnlan, yardlnast,er, assistaut super- lessened. - intendent, sulxrintendent, general su- Where's the White Horse? perintenclcnt, and all othcrs in author- In cleaning out his desk the other ity. day an agent on the Western Division Ry circular, personal Irlter aliil came across the following communica- thror~ghthe pages of Tlr c 12risc.o-Jln~r. tion, dated 3Iarch 8, 1905: all have becn rcpeatccll!; impressxl "I hav two gils. Oldest benlng marled \\.it11 tho i1~1l)ortanceof Safety First, h'ls a r~chtto gom wher she plena. The youngest he~ingouly 12 geurs onld mil I~ut,this vast amount of printcd ancl \\ant tlckcts over your line, road some written matcrial is of 1,racticallg !lo wher iu Arknses. Doo not sell tho young- est girl n ticket, us it Is a paninst my will xvail-unless Air. I(:san~l~le-oc:c~~~~yi~ll:for her to leav home. She is read bendded onc! oC the positions herelofore nn11!:4 nud blue eyd." Our agent informed The Frisco- -sl~o\vs the nien under him t!::.t I::! ;Ila,~'s correspondent that the ''Read- aplweciates and follo\vs the precepts of headed" girl has ne\er been found, Safc>ty First. The careless or reckloss and that he is of the opinion she foreman can render sterilc the field slipped onc over on him, as he has \vhe~'ethe snf'cty sced has hcen sown been looking lor her ever since the with unsparing hand. nbove comn~unicationwas received. Those under him, seeing him do 1:1:.11l1lIIlIIllll'11111lIIIl1111lIIIII;/~1 11111111111lIII 11llIIlIllllllllllllllll~llllllll~!'Il'I"lll so~ncthingin violation of the rules of Safety First, will argue on two the- ories: One, that this Safety First talk is nothing but talk; the other, that he \\.ill criticize them if they do not take the same chance that hc does. Therefore, it is of the greatest im- l~ortnnc~ethat thc official-no matter what his position-he doubly cautious 14 THE FRISCO-MAN

The ahovr reproqltlction kllows .Joh11 1'. Crow. Bolnlwr. Strnfforll, 310.. with n group ol eo~r~rntlr~of the Civil \War. IIc may be seen ~iandinfiat tllr cstrenle right in the picture nt the noint indicated hy the arrow. Mr. Crnw rnt.erei1 the rcr\.iw nl the J:rism in Oetnbrr. 188i, nnd wns retired on a ~mnsionreeentls, nftw twcnts-seven srurs nf service. at tile USP of 80 yCi1rs. Mr. Crow la the oldest pensioner In point of nge.

Two of the l'rinco's Sniety J:i~*t ~IIII~~:IPP ?I~OWLI in the r~'~)rodu~tiouberc\vitl~, nt the publid!. erofifiing, Tultle, OkIa. To lhe estrenie right in the ~)ielurc?is Ilnrry 1)yclimnn. %i~npilinter nnd foreman, nncl just in front of him. J. S. Il:~rney,pnintrr. To tl~crstrmne left, the (i feet 3, iv Painter W. S. Xec'ltl. J. E. \TooAw;lrd, standiug just tn the right of Mr. Neclrl, 11as rounded oat thirty-eight years in the service of the Z'riwo. He is bridge fore~nnnon tlitx Southwestern Division. Taken From the Original Ozarlt Uplift was north or west of Say, this thing of being a grouch is where they mas. a host. Tl~ere's nothing in it. Ton1 took off his cap and turned all Keep it up and the first thing you the way round until he faced her and knom your draw bar comes out while said, you are pulling up a hill and you land "Lady, durned if I knom." at the bottom-Junk. Tom didn't know it all, even though Put on the seft pedal and apply thc 11e had railroaded for thirty years. So air lo this old rough and ready stuff. we've just got to remember tnat the It don't get you any further than a ~)~tblicthat asks a lot of questions are dead engine. trying to learn something worth know- I Itnow some Cellers think it a sign ing, and it should hc our l lea sure to of feebleness to say "please," but be- 11(~1pthem along. lieve me, I've found that little word If one thing more than another good for anything from a hot axle to gives nle thc original pip, it is these ;I ~nad"super." Smart Alerks who fcel called upon to Then, this thing of balwin' out a josh cveryone that nastrs their timc rnnn so that everybody in the round talking to them. 1io11se Iinons that you think he is all This kind of rattle finally wind u11 of tlle fifty-seven varieties of idiots, wonderin' why it is they can count should go to the discard. I've found a their friends on the first joint of the hcart to hcart talk, sorter soft and low, index finger of their left hand. went further and did more good than Sure, they eujoy their wit, and maybe all the finest oratorial cussin' over a some other sap head grins too, but thc lengthy period and longer distance shudderin' victim remembers it longer over did get me. than anyone else, only different, and Of course we all get spells when the when his turn comes, which it gener- mad wells up into our systems until ally does, the nit is walking slow, far our rollar button creaks. But the other hphind his job fellow ran get just as mad and we are Then there's the poor fellow that a tie with nothin' doin' but a. lot of \\.ants to be nice and polite and is 11un1id conversation. It's a lot better playing the wrong system. to get him otT into an unused corncr 13c don't knom that kind words antl and go at him something like this: dulret tones are the ~janhandlcr "Eill. yon'rc got lots of good poinls friends. IIe rerls off a line of talk and T kno\~you are trying to do thc \vilh his r!.es fixed upol~ the ~vliolc lwst you can. hut so11 are a little out round ~vorltl and hears nothin' rscept of line and T want yo11 to help get it his cwnversation, or hc uses the coun- right." trr for an Ostenioor and rests a larger Dill s\vells 1111 antl sa>-s,"sure," and po~,tionof his weary I~uIkthereon. yolr have turncd 11p jack. It all comes to this. You've got to Thcn, there's the ignorant pul)lic. IN: attel~tive, listen carefl~lly to what Tt,'s astonishing how little they know. thc other fellow sa!.s, cut out the Yo11 ~atchyoursclf wondering ho\v they s1ouc.h and give a real and timely make a living anyhon. smile ocrasionally and then you'll be This rcminds me of Tom Shelton, pretty close to the genuine article. who was n brakeman on a passenger TI you haven't really got it, a little run. An old lady asked him if the prarbticn will get it. The poet that said son~etl~~ngc~l~onl HOW Not to Read "kind words being Inore than corncts" A llr. Sl~ephvrdof the Bronx wilts was on the right track. 1 don't lino\~ to the cditor of the Ncw York 2'17110s much about cornets, but I do Itno\\, a liind word properly applied \\ill be a lettcr nl~ontGray's "Elrg);." IIc bc- heard further than any cornet that gius 1)s quoting a college 1)rof~ssorah was ever tooted and \\.ill do a hca!~ saying that the poem is so perfect thal marc townrds soothin' the tnrl)ulo~~s."not one \vord coultl bc snl)tracted from it and anothcr word substituted." This statenlent seen~ed excessive to the Associate Editor I31*onsite, I\ 110 "thercforc reread the poem \vitl~great carc and Sound two - "The assoc:iale ~1.1.01Y in one particular verse, \\'hich :ditor of the U701n- in's L)~~)~I'~IIIPII~," 'l'l~clr II:IIIIP,their yedry, ~11~11liy the 1111. 2 o n d u c tor Dave I?l l(~W1l lllllse, Long\vell o l l 11 (! 'The ~I:Jwof I':II~IC :IIIII PI(~%? s~ipl~ly: .\lltl IIl:II1y :I 11,1l\. ICY~ :ll.lrlllld sl1c StlY~\\.S, li a n s a s I)ivision '~IJ;I~IP:I(,II 111c msti(, iu~~ralistto (lie, aalls Section Fol~"The expression 'their ~lamc'should IN nau I*:. G. Se\vlancl 'their ~~anics.'as all th(. ~~eoplcin tho ~f Augusta, Iiwls.. q~aveyartldid not Iwar tllc. same llarnr. whose p11ologra~)h The phrase 'and many a Italy test' is is herewith reproduced. singular. and thc verb 't(,a(.h' is 1)lural. llr. Ye\\-land is the I~usb;~ndof Nrs. E. G. Newland, \vho is not. only editor of the \\:urnan's Uepartnlont, I)llt also in cl~argeof the Frisco \\'omen's Snfe- t); 1,eague. correc3t." Eac:li to yoi~rmuttons, JIr. Cotton at Sulligent. Sl~ephrrd;this lettcr of yours is worth quotinfi 1)rec.isely I~ecauseit is a I~orri- The cotton l~latforn~at Sulligcnt, Ala., is sho\vn in the ac,c!ornpanyini:~g reproduction. W. T. Springfield. agcnt, says 'rll:lt \: orking i,ublic servant. The novelist 'l'i~a~kerayteems \\ it11 sentences \vhich, I'WIII a ped~nt'sstandl~oint, are indc- fonsihle. Yct Thackerag stnnds with the author of "Tom Jones" at the head of English novelists, and is c!ven "somc ~)umpkins"as a stylist. Sh:~liespeareis 11111 of solecisms and rcdundnncies con- ctrmned in Hill's "Rliotoric," yet that though the> havc s11ilil)cd o\er set en no\r.isn det.racts from Shnkespcare's su- thousand bales of cotton recacntly and premacy over the nlorc careful writers have about one thousand more to move, of a later day. Grammnr is an escel- not a single bale has been lost or mis- lent invention; it corresponds to for placed ma1 etiquette in sorfal life.-CoTllc~'~ TIIE FRlSCO-&IAN 17

CENTRAL DIVISION MEETING Tllc 1.egu1ar nicelii~g01 the Central ant1 tluluagc claiiiis, \\.as uesl talcell IJi~isionLocal Agents Assorintion, at 111). the Court house, Fayctteville, Ark., 'l'he I'ollon.ii~g letter addressed to .Janr~nr)-S, was full of interest, and it I'rcsidt51~lsIaocal Freight Agents' As- is regretted a larger nunibcr of tl~e socialions, I'ro~n J. H. Doggrell, was agents were not able to attend it. rcati at the mceling. It is sell es- .D. L. Ewing, assistant general planatory and ageuts are requested lo frcight agent, addressed the meeting. note same carefrilly: He gave an interesting talk upon traf- "1:cccnt trills over sevcrul divihiourr, to- g

Sew Passenger Del~ot,Arton, Okla. Reclamation. scral) l~asrosultctl in il good-as-ncw Onc of the nr\v t1li11gs on lhc It'r~sco shovcl wort11 licc or six linlcs as ~nuch. is "rrclan~:ilio~~."Sow rcolnr~~>~li~.~n,lo 1-lerc a work~nmis silting before a a Alissouri ear, means the taking oi very siu~l,lelJrcss aud slraigl~tcr~i~~g lands that have lain foul and dank un- railroad spikes; there is n loco~notivc der water for Inany years and 1na1t111g msting in place aud the engine is be- tl~enlusef'irl by drainage and flood pro- ing repaired with the "oxweld" torch, tection for the first time in the~rhith- the quick repair savi~~gthe running erto worthless lives. Reclamation ou time of tlw locol~~otireas well as thc the Frisco is even more wonderful heavy labor and lnaterial expense of than this. It conslsts in taking taking the machines to pieces, fitting thiugs that have already served a new casting, and putting it together through a lifetime of use, bee11 morn again. Over on yonder sidctrnclt a out and discarded, and making them gigantic magnet is unloading scrap- as good as new. "New lamps for old," iron frov~a flat car; it is the old ma- chanted the magician under the WII- lerial conling in to bc made new. dews of Aladdin's palace, and the offer Nothing is too siuall and nothing too seemed wo~~derfulto those mith~n. largc to receive attelltion. We hnvc The Frisco does what the magician all seen a tangle of tn'isted iron rods did not cven attempt. It makes nciv bcsicle thc track where freight cars things out of the old ones. had been wrecked and burned. 011 The visitor to the Frisco shops at the Frisco this hopcless loolting nix- Springfield sees the reclanlation pol- terial is hauled to Springfieltl. icy of the road everywhere in evidence. straightcncd under a drop hammer, Here, for cxa~ngle,is a brokcn "bols- cirt into suitable lengths and lnade in- ter;" one of the two heavy steel cast- to bolts. A nominal cxpcllse makes :3gs just above the trucks which car- scrap worth pcrhaps $6 a ton into ry the ncight of the body of a car. !!o!ts worth $30 to $40 a ton. But yesterday a broken bolster was Whcn all-steel cq~lilmcntwas first just so much scrap metal. Today a introduced the wise shook their hrads workman comes along with an insigni- and asltcd what would becon~cof cars ficant loolting metal rod in one hand racked, strained and \vrenched in and an o\y-acetylene torch in the oth- ivrccks in 1vhic11 nothing was broken er. He puts on a pair of amber-col- but everything bent out of shape. Thc ored glasses and turns the fierce heat Frisco has answered the question tri- of the torch upon tlic fissure. The umphantly. Tt has a sort of strait metal on either side grows soft; the jacket for cars strained past the elns- rod of iron or steel melts and the white tic limit, where a system of pan-wfrll drops fall or. tlw seam-presto! the screws brings the wl~ole strr~cturr bolster is as good as new, and the back into "square" in a few minutes saxing ovcr thr value of the scrap and of irrisistible pers~rasion. the expense of the repair is something Tt is n source of justifiable pride to likc $20. St. J,oirisans that the Prisco, a St. Here is a piie of brokcn sl~nrels- Loais railroad, operated by men who handlos shattwed, blades-do sho~-~lsarc our neighbors and fellow towns- have blades?-n-orn out and broken men, is lnading Arncrican railroad ad- off. The good handlrs and the good vance in tl~cmatter of reclan~ationof metal parts are united and an eupcn- material rcjectod by t,l~cpractice of a diturc of 10 cents in working over few years ago.-,%. Loqtis Republic. SAFETY FIRST 11l~~4lll1W1ll~~~l~l!lllllIiIIIIllillllllllllllllllllllll~lllil~lIllll1~1.1!i~~I1ll!!lilll1'11!I1~~111!~1~1111111111i31~!11i~11111111111llllllllllllli~lllllllllllll!lllllJllllUllllllllIlllllllllllllllll~Hllllllllflllll~!llllllll Pat Selson, Section Fore~nmn, ple were killed and 163,000 were in- C'oilri:ay, Xo. jured on the railroads of the United States during thc last year, it is easy Acltlr'c'ss ~P~OIY!Eastcrr1 Dicision Sufc- to see the field for safety organizti- t!j Co~nmiltcc,11'ollu.. Xo., tions. This should iiisl)ire cve~ysarely sJun?ii7r~lJ, 191j. organization to greater effort. Tn- Ahout three years ago the work of spiration is the fruit of loyalty, ant1 the Interst.ate Coininerc,e Cou~mission love for and loyalty to our work in- c~o~ic:lusivelyproved that the great ina- vites itlcas for improvement. It is the jority of railroad accidmts mere not interest that n-e put into our morlr due, as was formerly believed, to rle- that counts. Life is not, we may say, railments and collisions but in eighty for mere passing pleasure, but for the to ninety percent of the cases to soine higher imtoldment one can attain, the Iailure of the human element; to some noblest character onc may grow, and little thing left undone; to some 1111- for the gimeatestse1,vic.e ouc can rendes necessary chance talten by the men for all mankind. t liemselves. The life that gocs out in love to all It bccame apparcnt that tllc only is the life that is full of rivhes and n-ay to grevcnt tllcse accidents was to c'ontinually cspaiidiilg in bcality and eelwate the men to do things in the power. We should grasp the truth of safest possiblc way and not take 1111- the great law, that we mill find our necessary risks. To accon~plish this own Iife only in losing it in the ser- it was necessary to get the men per- vice of others; that the more of our sonally interested; to rnalte tliem fcrl own life we give, the fuller, thc richer that they were doing the work of pr(?- and the greatcr and grander, the more venting accidents to themselves and to beautiful and the more happy, ol~r their fellow employes. own life will be. It was eqrlained to the men in dif- It has been said that scrvice is n forcnt ~1cl)artnientsof railroad servii.t: inpasure of greatness, but serric.? is that acrielentu wcrc not inevitable I)r~t ]lot oi~lya measure of greatness, but avoida1)le; that it n7ns the eluployes ol' 11n11pinc:ss as well. 31an enjoys life and not the oft'ic,ers who tvcrc killc3d in ~)~'o!,ol,tionas lic invests in it his and injured and left widows arid or- cwei,gy, his thought and his sympathy. ~)hans,and that if these ai~i~itii~ritsAs our lives are measured by what wc were reduced it \~ouldbe the mcn 1)ut into the world, we, as members of tlienisclves who would be benefitted; lhis Safety First mocement, should that what was necded was safety men 1)11tforth our beat efforts to make the more than safety devices; that only nelv year more valuahlc than the pre- by co-operation could improvement he vious by rendering a greater service. 1)'ouglit about. The larger our capacity for service The matter was so effectively pre- and the more complete our willingness sented that co-operation was secured, to serve, the more abundantly will he and safety committees mere appointed. the fulfillment of the proverb that it JVhen it is realized that 10,000 peo- is better to give than it is to receive. In the lower portinn of the rrproduslior, tllosc incliratrd bx the nnmlwrs, one to fourlcra, urr: 1 tendent: 4, PJ. .I. Ilooston, air-won1 foremall: Ti. 11. E. Brown, tinislir~'l)er;0. C. R. Rusrll, cbirC c-ll?rli: 7, srnilh foreni:~n:10, I~rinlzSt~halrubcr, rlinclline forernnn: 11, D>ivid llines, llrnss Crrilndrs forrmac; 12. S. c1n1.k forenuin. XPLOYES. SPRINGFIELD, 310. rtem, are: 1. 11. X. \\'ebb, ncco~~ntant;2, 1'. .I. Sterr, ~enernlforeman; 3, R. F. \\'l~nlen, supcrin- hid 1.1vrk: i. R. E. Fores~nnn,stmosrapher; 8, \\'illiam Aton, rherker; 9, \\.alter Constance. black- elnur ; 10. S. E. notlrr, tinncr forernen; 1% Joseph Newl.irlc, ang hoss; 14, Joseph T\villing, scrnp TI-IE PRISCO-MAN

Our love, our service, our hell)frrlness have reared in the hearts of our fel- to others, invariably comcs back to us low mcn. intensified, sometimes a hundred thou- Xothing has cvei- I~appenctl in this silnrl fold. There never was a person norld, nor never will hal)pen, as great \vho did anything worth doi~~g,\vho \vithin itselr, as far reac,hing in its (lid not 1,eally ~,eceivcmore t,han Ile gencrtkl c'onscquenc.e, as the con~ingof ga vc. the Son of God, thc Eternal and the As a rule the curse of life arises Infinite, into this world in the lorn1 of I'rom the misconception of sir:.nific~ancc. man. It stands altsol~~telyalone and Slrn \\.ill toil mrl strive, gla~rand \\:itliout parallel. It \\'as the deeds Ile whcmc to acrr~rnulatca grrat. hom'tl of did, and the sc'rvice He rendei~etl,that gold. \\'hy strive for \vf~alth\\rhen a sta~nped Tliin at ollce thc grandest llorgan must lay down his gold at the 3la11 that has ever graced the tide of grave and a Harriman surrender his time. scc.~~ritics?TVhg strive for ncxalth and The samc sentiment. has inspired thv power that passcs like the cphen~cral great& heroes of history. \\:ashing- dew ant1 leaves prince and pauper ton \\.as imbudcd with it \v11c11 he pcers in dcnth'? Why strive for fanlc, strucmk from thc l11.o~ of the down- that feathcr in the cap of fools, when trodden race the hadge of servitude nations and people fade like flowers and placed in its stead the crown of from the face of the earth and are for- sovereignty. Father Denliean was gottci~? Even con! inents fade from imhued \\.it11 the sanle sentiment when t.he great \vorldls facc and the ocean hc left Ilo~ncand fricnds, kindred and bc~l1)ccomes the mol~ntain'slrro\v. coulltrv, and \vent forth to die for the Tn tl~efinality of life all men we ~nisemblelepers in luitl Pacific. oqual. There the nlillionairc is as B~itno cenotaph arises to conmcm- poor as the medicant, the master as orate his sacrifice. Silent as his o\vn ~O\VPI.JCSS as thc sIavc. Thcre the dead lips arc the trumphets of fame. st:ltesn~an surrenders his honors, the The. T\venticth Cc~~turymarks the wo~.ldj~~ghis ]~lcnsures, the l)roucl man c~~lminationoi an era ot' human t1.i- llis dignities and thr laborer rests urnphs, a brilliant corralation of vic- t'rorl~ ~u~requittccltoil. Though we tories over the cohorts of ignoranrt> may attain fame and fortune and write and prejudice. Rut its crown of irn- o~~rnames in letters of gold among ~)arishahle glory is tho recognition those nhoin thc world calls grvat, we that manhood is more vsluablc tha~~ shoultl not forget that thero will come moncy, that man's dcctls are worth :I ti~nc\vhcn our acts must pass in re- more than his tlollars. that. his highest vie\v lieforr Him, \vho notes the spar- atta~n~nrntscan only be reached ro\v's fall. Then we will not bc meas- through his service for others. nred by our gold ducats nor gildcd These things shol~ld give impetus frippery, but 11y the standard of serv- to safety organizations, shoultl inspire ice we have rendered, by the good them to ivork; work not only in the deeds we have done, by the sacrifices interest of Safety First, but in the in- we have made and by the temples we terest of any other movement that has THE FILISCO-NAN 25 SAFETY FIRST lor its I)urgose the protection of its bued io thcir minds and they too, will rights and the advancement of ils lvel- hclp in the movement. fare and will add to thc prosperity and It is mighty easy to gct a fellow glory of the road. hurt, hut it is awfully hard to get him well, so let us get together and help in To All Operators the Safcty First nark. Boys, let's get together and help the OPERATOR, rcst of tlie employes of the Icrisc:o Eastern 1)ivision. Railroad in the 'Safety First move- nicnt. The Golden Rule We can do it by keeping our plat- "J)o unto othcrs as you \vouId have fornis clear of trucks and all kinds of thein do unto LOU,"is the titlc of a inaterial likely to hc the cause of crip- Snfcty First tr~hutebegot of csper- pling or othcrwise injuring trainmen. icnre, nrittcn by Frank J. Se\ ins and When we have unloaclecl express issued by the Central Safcty Commit- from trains, and are through with tee of thc Frisco. trucks, let's not leave then1 where a Every linc of this I)oolc is well trainman can stumble over them or worth rending IJ) cuery one, but par- get hit by them. ticularly by those in the railnay ser- I'lacte the trucks at the side of your vice, and, that it is of interest to 0th- station, or string them in a line and crs in callings foreign to the -railway block them. If a truck is left stand- service, the following letter from Rev. ing on the platform as a passenger W. .J. Williamson of the Third Baptist train goes by, the suction is some- Church, St, Louis, will attest: times great enough to start the truck "I ;~l~llrrci:~tcyour tl~o~iyhtfrilkindness ill s~n~lingnnlc the very interesting pim- rolling, and, if there is no block or pl~lctby !dl-, VKIII~.T. Sevi~is. I JIAYC rc:1(1 anything to hold it, it will roll to- it with the deepest intcr'est :ind you III;I?. hc sure n minister is ghd to see the IIIIS- wards the track, and it may come in mess Ilfe ooI the n-orlR put on the basis of tlw ctern:~l lam of God. This is ow of contact with the train and cause a de- the most interesting p:tmphlets I el-er re- railment, which may result in the loss 111elnhwto hre rend. It will attract midn :r(tcution, n~rd what is of wstly mom of s life. V:I~IIP will tlo :I gmt clcnl of good for the Let us each talre particular pains Fricco systcm :\nd for :[I1 I)r~sincssmen w11o rc:lrI if," with orders we reccive for the differ- cnt trains. Be aurc we are right and I~Cvery visitor to the Panama-Pacific then go ahead, always making certain International Exposition will have an the order is right before giving it to a opportunity of actually driving an au- trainman. In this way we mn save to~nohile about the grounds. A con- many dela) s and sometimes much cession has 1)ecn let to a Chicago firm trouble. to operate two hundred tiny motor- When w hear trainmen talking driven chairs. Each one mill seat two about things that have zone \vrong, persons, and one of the persons must that is the time to preach to them the act as rhauffeur. As the speed of the two great words-SAFETY FIRST. machine is not high no danger ran Re csertain to do this and after a short possible res~iltfrom their use by tlie while these t\vo words mill hcrome im- novice in thc antomobile game. Aluch has been said from time to return, and there is no greater rccoln- time upon the subjects-Econoniy and pense than the knowledge of having Sal'ety First-and it seeins these done justice to yourself and your tcl- should be first in the minds of all lowmen. Frisco men. In the first ages the question \\as It is economy to practice Safety asked, "Am 1 my Grother's keeper?" First and it is Safety First to practice It has always been answered in the economy. If every employe would al- affirmative, when a man has sloppcd ways place economy first in all his ac- to consider it and allowed his sense 01 tions, he would find himself practicing justice to answer, until today it is no Sal'ety First; on the other hand, if he longer disputed that the true success of would place Safety First in all cases, one cannot be accomplished without at he would fine himself practicing true least reflecting in some degree the suc- economy. cess of others. Since Lhe happiness True economy means more than the ot one tends to the happiness of all, saving of every thing that causes loss we should be willing to help bring in sonie way or other if neglected, about the realization of the command whether- money, or its representatives, of the Great blaster-"Uo Unto Others material and time, and the man who as You Would That They Do Unto practices economy, not only helps him- You." self but everyone with whom he comes When we read the statistics pub- in contact, and the same can be said lished from time to time, showing the of the practice of Safety First. percentage of increase in the preven- For instance, take the man who is tion of accidents made on this line always in an unreasonable hurry to do since the inauguration of the Safety every thing assigned to him, who does First movement (and this is part of things in a half never finishing true economy) we are convinced that anything. Part of his time, at least, is the time is fast approaching when all wasted, and he neglects to put into men will realize that each of us is practice Safety First. A job -half duty bound, in justice to ourselves and done is often worse than if left un- others, to make this great command done. True econoniy lies in doing ev- our purpose in all our actions. erything right, and if this is accom- It has been said and demonstrated plished there is no waste of time or that "Right is hlight" and that he who material. willfully does wrong will suffer in cou- If every man would get into the sequence, and neglect to do right is habit of keeping these two subjects in willful at all times. mind at all times, a point would soon Men are sometiines heard expressing be reached where every man employed themselves as not believing in these by this company would be doing justice two movements, doubting the motives to his employer and receive justice in of those who are taking hold of them THE FRISCO-MAN 27 SAFETY FIRST and hell~ingadvance their principles. sumed by the conductor delivering his Such men are only doing themselves orders properly, but there is the sat- injustice, retarding their own progress. isfaction of knowing the orders are They know they are talking against thoroughly understood. their own welfare, but let us be char- If each employe will comply with itable to them knon'ing that- the rules coming under the headiug There is so much bad in the bcst of us, "Safety First," good results are sure And so much good in the worst ol us, to follow, there will be less destruc- That it behooves any of us, tion of property, and greater than all To speak kindly to the rest of us. fewer deaths and injuries.

Some Good Results It. C. IIol.ines, Co?~ductor,0ca1.L Ui~is- ion. I "To secure radical improve- ment in the absolute prevention Some good results from Salety First are shown on the Ozark Division, such of railroad accideilts it is the as the careless habit of riding on the clear duty of organizations of engine pilot is no longer practiced. employees, for the protection of Trainmen are more particular in themselves as well as the public, placing cars on spurs and sidings, get- ting them in proper clearance, thus to co-operate vigorously and ef- preventing injurics to persons on pass- ficiently with the management ing trains. in the strict enforcement of all 1 have often wondered if a train- rules affecting safety." man could go home and sleep with a clear conscience, if in a hurry to do I. his work, or through carelessness, he \vould leave a car outside of proper Why Should 1 Be a Believer clearance, and thus cause an injury to in Safety First? some innocent person. (' R IIzifr, B?ukerna~~,Routh wcslr in No, I don't believe there is a man Dl Gzslon. on the Ozark Division who is that \Ye frequently hcar it said Safety careless. I'et's not leavc any traps of First makes spotters and informers of that kind. Tt is far better to consume emplo.\es, in that they report one an- n little more time in doing our \~orli oth~r. and do it right, than to depend on the 1 Ila\c3 been on a corninittee about othcr fellow altogether to place a red card to notify us of danger. Look for three months and I have ycbt to hear a dangerous place and attach a rcd one report read that could in the least card yourself occasionally. \\ay injure any employee; but I have The bad practice of conductors send. heard more than 230 reports made ing train orders to the engineer in from the Southnestcrn Division alone. care of the brakeman is no longer in all of which were reporting conditions force. A little more time is con. whereby you and I might be injured or THE FRISCO-MAN SAFETY FIRST IllllJlii~Il!I~lilii!l~l~!ll~~!l~lllllllllllIIIIiIIIJI!illlllll'lilliiiilllll8~llli]~lIPIIiliilllilll!lll?llliliilllllllllllllJIlIII~IlI~IlI1l1IlIlI~IlIIIII!l1llIiI~I~IlI!IIIJI~/~IJI!I~I~I~I!I!~~~~I~IJI~I~III~I~I~III~III~I~III~I~I~~II~I~~~I~I?~~~~~ 1)ossibly killed. These reports consist Sow what is the cause of the n.011- of buildings, bins, l)latforrus, etc., too derful decrease in accidents? 1s it close to the track, board laying be- Safety First? In the several nlontlis tween or adjacent to tracks with nails 1 have been on Committee, as 1 have stic;king 1111, drawbars and other ob- said before, more than 230 rel~ortshave stacles for us to fall over in yards, been rendered. Don't it seem possible runaways for bridges, cattle guards, that at least a few accidents might gates open and various other subjects. have resulted had not more than 90 Knowing the work that is being done per cent of these reports been cor- now and the conditions that have es- rectcd. This work has beon going on isted in the past, I nlust say that, for since July, 1911, and anyone who the railroad employe and his family, worked prior to that time knows that Safety First is a "God-send." a good work has heen done whatever Who ever heard of yards being clear the source niig.ht Ire. of all forms of obst.acles between \Ye are told that no demerits are iiu- tracks until the advent of Safety posed or discipline administered as First? Who ever tho~ghtthat You result of a report on a Safcty First and I would quit using break beams condition. This, seemingly, is where for foot boards, kicking drawllars, rid- \ye gain an advantage, in fact, I have ing low pilots and etc., until the ad- yet to be shonn wherein Safety First rent of Safety First, and still our \wxlc is not to our advantage, when it is is only commenced. It behoow every to our disadvantage in any respect, employe who sees anything he consid- and I have made this decisiol~ after ers dangerous, to report it and at least llaring investigated. do his part in having the wrong sight- When you see wherein the move- ed, and after halring reported itl if the lllellt for sllO1ll- nlan responsible the is der to the nrheel, renlemhering that at negligent, ding dong at him until you least possibl~.you are saving fel. at least get an. answer. Thenl and low being cripl,led for only then, haw you done your part, life or llis wife and children frolll be- and I am quite positive You will have c.otlling \rido\v and orphans. the management back of you. Ordinarily a kicker is one who nelrer does anything himself to correct a Practice Not Theory nrong, but expects the other fellow to . do it for him. I find this to be the R. 8. Nn~zcc,Conductor, Southwestern fact in fraternal orders as well as Division. Safety First. We have assembled at this Safety TYere it possible to get each and ev- meeting today for thc rmrl)ose of de- ery employe to be as careful in the visiiig means that will better secure handling of the business entrusted to the safety of our fcllow eml>loyt?s and him as he rnrould if he was worlring for ourselves. That ought to be estnh- a private party, can yo11 guess what lished for our guidanre and protection the result nwuld be? what might be termed a code of safety tlirec,ting; whnt ought to be done and \Ye must in n sense become the in- what ought not to be done in order to strnctors of the hundreds of men em- p~'omotc sal'clty. We must formulate lrlogcd on the railroads. It 1)ecornes !)lam I)y wl~ichwe can instill into the our province to point out the dangers mind of cwry cn~ployea desire to pro- ~nddirect as best we can the manncr Iwt his fellow employe and the public of avoiding them. from danger, and nmlx Safety First One n~eansof lessening the dangers all actual pravtice anlong railroatl men of railroading, a most effective orlc, instead of a theory among railroad of- xl~ichcan be r~nl~loyeclonly by the of- ficials. ficials of the road, is to see that no \.re have 1)cen chosen from thc ranlis vareless or reckless men, or man ad- to serve on this colnmitt,ee beenuse it dictcd to the habitual use of intoxi- is ~~resumedthat we, by reason of long cating liqnors are retained in the ser- years of experience in railroad work, vice. A careless, reckless or dr~lnlien ha\(, acqui~wt sound and practical ulan by one touch of the Ite); or one idcsas of Safcty on railroads, and that strokc of the pencil, or by one jerk of we are best q~ialifiedto say \\hat ought the throttle or switch handle can cause to be done to elin~inatethe dangers a grcater loss of life and destruction flowing fro111 the operation of railroad of pro~erty than all othcr dangers I 1,ains. von~bined. Negligence is the father 3Iany wise and beneficent snggcs- of danger and breeds death and de- tions l~avebeen obcred along this line, struction wherever it goes. Negli- nlany more will yet be offered, and I gence and liquor go 11and in hanil, and, 1)elieve tI1n1. every official or elnllloyc r(?gmtless of \\here yo11 find tl~en~,yo11 who is thoughtful and careful enough also find danger of some charactcr to discern a danger, is practical lurking about. T.et us commencc a i-.~~o~~ghto s~~ggest a remedy, by the fight on negligence rind intwnpcranw npl~licalionof which that danger may here and now, and Ict the fight I)(! Ile climinatecl. So mhcn we learn that waged most hitterly until it is driven a gicen iu.t of onlission or conmission, off the Prisco railroad, and thus by c,itIlc~*cn~ploye, tresl~asser or thc c~t~rminatethe chitsf dangers wl1ic.11 1)11l)licat large has become dangerous. threaten our safety. let us consider it our solemn duty to Dy aiding our officials in a rigid t;ike sue11 S~CLIC.as may be necessary to e~~t'orcemmtof Rule "G" we can soon prevent a repetition of such acts or c>liminatethe dangers whiceh HOK from lirac,tice. 111c intomperate use of liquor, but to It is unfortunate that nll men cm- r~liminatethose which are the resi~ltof l~loyctl on raiIroatIs arc not conserva- negligence will take n unitcd and sys- tive and l~ractical. Tf they were tl~crc tcmatic effort OII the part of every pcr- \rould be no good reason for the crca- son connected with every department tion of a Safety Committee, but since of the railroad service. Negligence is they are not there is much work to be a disease and can only be cured by ap- done by committees along the line of plying the proper remedy. In treating putting "Safety First" into practice. negligence we must apply the doctrine 0 0 THE FRISCO-MAN

of cause and eit'ect. There are many gence is a disease and can be cured if things which prodnce negligence, in properly treated. About the best rem- othcr vords which cause negligence, edy that I can suggest for "inadvert- but I sl~allrefer to only t\vo of the ence" should be given in two doses; most noticeable. The first of which is thirty demerit marks \vould be good for the first dose, and if the patient "Ineficiency" and the second is "A lack doesn't show rapid improvement, a of interest in work." time check would be best for the sec. IYc have a great many mrn in rail- ond 'dose, because if an employee does road service, \vho, if possessed of the not keep his mind on his work he be- required ability, would be careful men comes a dangerous agency and the and uever cause an accident. Their railroad will be better of£ without him. intentions are good, and they would do We have good men employed on all that safety requires of them if they railroads who are of a nervous temper- knew how and when to act and when ment and therefore easily excited; this not to act. But they very often neg- class of men are more apt to cause an lect to act when they should act. This accident by acting when they ought is true of the Inan ~vhohas not made not to act than any other and a con- the duties of his position a study. One stant vigilance is required to prevent cannot become efficient in his line of accidents resulting from escitement. work unless he makes his work a Arts of this kind which most frequent- sl~ecial study. The propcr discharge ly occur are the throwing of switches of his duties will become natural and under engines and cars, running in be- casy for him if he makes them a study. tween cars to adjust a knuckle at the and he will he quick to see and avoid last moment, and giving signals at the that \\-hich is dangerous and will he wrong time. Some most shocking in- ahle to handle his part of the jl~riesto persons have heen caused by worlr in such a a as will signals being given at an improper most ecertively promote safety. time. I remember one in particular. Therefore, it should be the purposc of X conductor steps out of the tele~raph the ~nernbersof this c!on~mitteeto urge office, and through esdtement. and (!very cmployce to niake his duties a without informing himself of the ronstant study, and endeavor to teach \vhereabouts of his bralieman, gave his them that efficiency can only be the re- engineer a signal to hack the train. As sult of study and that.efficirncy will a result one of his brakemen was run ~~romotcsafety. over, lost both his legs and mas other- Again, we have the man in railroad wise scriously injured. The brakeman service xho acts when he ought not to was coupling air hose when the signal act. This is the result of one of two was given. Such men as he ought to things, one of which is "Inadvertence" be kept out of the train and yard ser- nhirh is nothing more than negligence vice and when an employee is known in the strictest sense and often spoken to be of a nervous temperament and of as absent mindedness; the other is easily escited, that fact ought to he "Escitrment." As before stated negli- brought to the knowledge of the proper THE FRISCO-MAN 3 1 SAFETY FIRST llllllilllllllllllilIlllllillIIIllllllllllllllllllllllll1illllllllilll1llllllilillilil~Illlllllll~ll~1lll1~illlIIJIIllilil!~lllI1~Ililililllll~iIi11l11111'llill1I1iRlll~llll~ll~lllIl~IlIllIlllllliilllltlHll[IlllillMlllllllllllllll authorities in order that proper steps quire that the train crew forego mak- luay be taken to protect against him. ing a mceting point, if to attempt to do 1)isciylinary action will very often so xi11 be dangerous. If trains are run have ;i tendcncy to steady the nervcs at escessive speed, it is done in violn. of an enlployee, as this escitcnlcnt is tion of rules and without regard for often produced by carelessness. safety; it is l~urcly negligence and We also have the nlan in railroad thcrcfore dangerous. Let every em- se~~victen.l.10 does uot have the best. ployee become interestd in the welfare iuterests ol' the railroad at heart; who of the railroad company which employs is only intcrested in putting in tinw him, and he \\;Ill instinctively promote and drawing his pay. This class of safety. III:UI can never be of value to a rail- It oughl lo i;e thc gui,l)use of cvcry road, Imt on the contrary is a detri- einl~loyeeto be courteous and obliging Iuttnl. to tl~crailroad coml)a~~yand his to the pat~,onsof the railroad and thus I'cllow e~nl)loyes. An employe who kindle in the licarts ol the 11ublic a does not have the interest of the con- friendly feeling for the railroad coln- lmuy at heart will not do ruucll to pro- pny. 111 gronloting sakty we need tuote safety. 1-Ic may pron~otehis o~vn the co-operation of the public. Very of- safety in a laggard sort of way but he Len a patron of the road can offer is usually too indolent to make safety timely and salutary snggestions which a study and thercfore safety is not pro- are in the interest of sarety; a sugges- moted by keeping him in the service. tion, it is probable, the most practical His place can be supplied with a man and astute railroad man never would who will be wide awake to the best have thought of. If wc have public fa- interests of all concerned in the oper- vor it is less difficult to enforce regu ation of the railroad, and these are lations designed for the better protec the kind of men who will pron~ote tion of the traveling public. safety. I have noticed that on passenger We also have men in the railroad trains the porters and brakemcn very service who are reckless and indis- often call stations too soon and thus creet. Reckless employees suffer lronl place their passengers in danger. The lack of interest. Recklessness in rail- moment the station is called the pas- road serviiac is hardly distinguishable sengers begin to rush for the door and from bravado. IVhen a train crew on lo the platfornl. This is dangerous starts on short time to make a meeting and should be stopped for lm.cl~ancca ~)oint,knowing they ulust escseed the c.ollision or derailment occurs Lhcrc ir sl)ecd liniit to nlalte it, they are but little chance for the passengers. prompted by a spirit of bravado instead while standing, to escape injury. 1 be- of an interest in lhe welfare of the lieve it would be in the interest of railroad company. A railroad com- safety for the train crews to requirc pany does not espect its employes to passengers to remain seated until t.he take dangerous chances in order to train is brought to a stop. This could make time, therefore, it ought to hr be done by requiring porters and brake- understood that Safety First would re- men to admonish passengers of thcir mote safety and in a srrrprisingly short Let the ernblen~ of the Frisco and time there will bc marlwd dcr~~eascIn Ihe uhitc flag of sobriety be \vorn to- thc ~~umbcrof accidents on the Brisco. gether; let 11s carr5 thc banuer of ef- Nine accidents orlt of wcrj ten arc due flcie~lrpwhile we vork; our slogan al- to negligence in sonic form and would ways be "Safety First" and ere long thc uot hale occurred if some c~rnployec~ news will be heralded from Maine to had not neglected his duty. Let us Calit'ornia, and from Florida to Alaska euterlninat~ negligence, drrinlienness that if ~ouwant to travc.1 in thr cen- drrd rec~klessncss. T,et nb study ll~e tral west, southwest, south or south- Imlr of rules. I& us make our duties east, it makes no difference where 1ou a constant study and thus raise the want to go, or what time you \\ ish to standar.d of efficiency 011 the Fristo ~naltc,the Frisco Railroad is the safest 1xilroac1 to Ihe top notch. rorlte to take.

Tllr Ihct End lorn1 crow, IIugo, Oldn., \vllo run fro111 liu~o,Okls., to Ashdown, Ark., nre sho\\n in the :~ho\rrer~rndurtinn. The 13ic'turo wnr takrn at lnrvmnn. Ark.. while t11r (rain rrrw \%ere wailing for the rllzine rrem to cat. Ponduetor JIcJhniels i9 \err nrnnd of l~iccrew and knys he would not trade them for nny crew on the road. Kending from left to rizhf. nrr: Gnv Simmonr, brdcemnn; 11. 31. Willinmu, brake- man; d. It. !Irl)anirIs, concluetor; J. It. Tlritton, brolce~nnn: R. -'. Berry, %Kent; .I. F'. l'oztrr, train clerk.

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may print them in this departnrenb. What It Proved Qnack Doctor-Yes, gentlemen, 1 have sold these ills for twenty-five years, and never had a word of com- plaint. So\\, what does that prove'? Voico from the crowd-That dead men tell no tales, guv-nor!

A Section Foreman's Letter to The Roadmaster A section foreman on a raill*oad was ordering a list of supplies. He had completed his letter when he found 11r was in need of a "frog" for a switch. So his letter ran as follo~vs: tirorKo Slwvllan. Sketched by C. T. Calvin. Mr. Roadmaster: - Dear Sir-You mill l~leasesllil, mf? Time for Drastic Measures some pick handles, spike mauls, spili(% An old woman was waiting nervous- and \vrenches. ly for a train on the Katy. We will Yours truly, call it No. 2. The agent came out and PAT IIo(:.is and a frog, cllallzed up, "Xo. 2 is twenty minutes --Rlcc:7i,n?1ge. late." The old woman sniffed. Wasn't Quite Sure Presently he returned and chalked A S(,otchman, in search of work, up, "So, 2 is forty minutes late." s~~cc.epdrd,after inuch difficulty, in The old monlan groaned. finding employment at a shipyard in I3ut when he reappeared and wrote, IAverpool. "No. 2 is sixty nlinutes late," she could Thr joh, which consisted mainly in stnnd it no longer. carrying heavy planks, was by II~ "For the land's sake." she said. "will Ineans to the man's lazy liking. somebody please take that piece of Aflc~ he llnd been at it for sonlc time, tllerr- chalk away fro111 that Inan or \IT fore, he went to the fo~~manant1 Ilever will get away from this place?" -Baltimore Xews. askcd: "Did Ah tell ye ma, name \\hen All Going By Opposites started to work?" "\\That is yollr name?" "Yes," replicd the rorcrnan. "YOII ".\!in~lie, ~nnnl." snit1 it was Simpson." "All right, but we esl)ect a nlasi- "011, then, that's a right!" said the mllm amount of work out of ~oII."- Scot, "I was jist a-wunderin' if ye I/vrr.slon Post. thocht Ah said it was Samson!"-Ex. I Women's Department MRS. E. G. NEWLAND, Augusta, Kansns, Editor

Whose Ox Was Gored? thougl~tonly of the benefit the enl~ You Ila\e all heard the story of the 1)loyc receives from Safety First, tl~e two nleu, A and B, who o\vned ad- c.onscr~.ation of life and limb. \V11y joining fields, liltetvise some oxen not look at the other side Sor a timv which roamed the fields. and col~sidwthe conservation of the One day trvo osen got into a fight, company's revenue and property'? the cvnsecluctlce of \vhich was that 7'11erv is no modern institution \vhosc> t1lf.y brokc tlon'll the fence and the ox .;uc.cess is nlore dependent upon tl~o Iwlonging to R was gored. A writ to t1iligcnc.e and loyalty of its clnploycw 1% and said to him; "Two of our osen than the railroad, and very frw, il' have been fighting and your ox gorcd any lines of work, in \vhivh tlr~c.m- ~tlinc,so I~atllythnt he died. I suppose 1)Ioye rcw?ivcs greater returns for his yor1 \\.ill pay me for the damagc done?" eflorts. Mr. B \,cry indignalltly rel~licdtl~at Ile AH these ret~lrnsare not represent- \vould not. "The oxen were equally ed in tllc montllly pay cl~erk.\Ire nlust to bIalne and must take the cons('- take into c,o~lsiderationthe amount of quenccs." \\'hereupon hlr. A said, "I pleasure and profit received every year am vrry glad to hcar you decide thus, in frer transportation. tlle benefits of .\1r. R, for it was your ox that \\'as the hospital, nledical attention, the gored." That \vas :I tlil't'crent mattcr pension l)lan, and many other kind- altogether and R, after considerable nesses slmwn individual c,ases, ac- argn~nent,told A if' he did not llay for cording to the circ~~mstani!es and the ox he wonld sue him. merits of the orc,asion. In rrtiun for Are \vc like Alr. D, or are \ve just thrse it is our duty, and should be our and fair minded, able to see both sides pleasure, to give our hest work, our of a qrlcstion? There are t\vo sides to ideas and our faithful allrgianrbe to rai11,oad \yolk, and wc n111st not forget our rmployer. thc cnl~loyerhas a vic\vpoint as well George P,. Cortelyou, prcsidi~~gat a as the employe. mceting held in connection \vith the lip to the present time we have Tnternational Exposition of Safety THE Fl1ISCO-MAN

Saiii(atio~iat Sew York, \yhic.li opcnocl selvf1s, kt us csul~~ineoul~selvcs and Ucceml~cr 1 I, said ill regard to c%111- sco il' nc xi,(: giving a Ilu~~dl~ed11cr l~loyersand eni~~loyesgetting togetllw: c,ctnl; sc~vic.r,or only j11s1 c~lo~~gllto "If these relations contiuuc on right got 1,y. lines there will be none of thc bitter PI'S1 I, 1)OS'T I

1 lmve urged so strongly a united Enid Meeting clfort to malie thc Frisco a gold ~neclal .llrs. 11. X. Sl~elton,E~litb, ODlo. roild, that gerliags you will bc inLcr- Tho regular 111ceti11g of tlie \\rest- estcd to know who \\-on medals for cvn JXvision Safety Committee, Enid, last year's safety work. Okla., January 22, was well attended The International Exposition ol and 1)roved both interesting and in- Safety and Sanitation was held in structi vc. Sew Yorli December 11 to 20 inclu- The e\'ening session, to which the sive. Xlr. Arthur \\iillia~iis is prcs- p~lhlicwere invited, was called to or- itlent of the American Alusenn~ of dcr by Superintendent Chandler, who Safety and Dr. William A. Tol~nan, acted as chairman. author of what is said to be the most After a few brief remarlis, in which cwi~plete and co~nl)reliensive book of tlie aim antl ohject of thc safety meet- Safety 1q7irst that has apl~earedul) to ings was explained, Superintendent the present time, is director general. Chandler introduced the first speaker The awards werc as follo\\'s: of the cvening, Presidcnt Sor~thardof Scientific American Cold Aledal- - the 1Snid Chamber of Commerce. 111.. Scli~iAIarinc Eiluipment Co. Southartl's talk was highly entcrtain- TI-avelers Insurance Co~nl)al~yGold ing, and, as lie has traveled estensiw- ?Jedal-Kt'\\, Yorlt Te1cl)honc Co. ly, it was instructive as well. Louis 1,ivingston Scanian Gold Nest or1 the program was an illus- Nedal-United States Stecl Corpora- trated lecture by \\I. R. Spanlding, tion. chairnlan of the Central Safety Co1i1- Rathenau Medal-General Electric mittee, upon Safety First. This was Company. enjoyed and proved instructive, not E. I-Iarriman hlemorial Medal--- only to tlie railroad enlgloycs but the Southern Pacific Railway Co. pul)lic, and it is 1)elieved \\-ill be a The last mentioned is the one lor great help in eliminating unnecessary which we are working, heing awarded ascidents 1)oth to the en~ploycsand the for tlic best rccorcl made by an Ameri- 1)uI)lic. can Steam Railway in accident pre- illrs. E. G. Newland, IMiLor, l\ro- vention and hygiene affecting the pr11)- man's Department, \ras the nest lic and its own pewonnel during thc speaker. In a very pleasing manner cwrrent year. Mrs. Newland entcrtained her hear- The others were given to these va- ers, explaining the ohjcct of the Wo- rior~scorporations for their work in man's Department, and need of it, antl promoting safety and health among the good we hope to do. She explain- 1 heir eml~loyes. ed in detail thc work planned I)y I ail1 pleased ant1 greatly encoilr- Frisco women. aged by the many cordial letters I an1 After i\Trs. Newland's talk tlie arld- receiving in rcgard to the new Wo- ience was entr~~tainedwith stcreopti- ~nan'sLeague. I wish it was possible con slides of al~orrt thirty views of to print all ol them, brrt if I did, nlc Ca.liforniaJs b~a~~tifr~lhomes and wor1ld ocrrlpy all thc space in tlic parlts. magazine. I feel sure we will ac- This closed a very sucressfr~lmcnt- complish niuch in the coming year ing from which all departcd tvith a de- and that the lcng~lewill be a grca1 termination to do their part towards sriccws Irom every standpoint. malting Safety First a success. THE FRISCO-MAN 3 9

Regarding the Enid meeting Mrs. \Ir. Greener of Paciflc, i\Io., whose Newland says: husband has been an agent on the .\IS risit to Enid. Okln., more Brmlg con- Frisco for the last twenty years, sajs: vinced mc of n fxt I knew :~lreudy-th:~t fiuer people than the members of the With reference to your request in Ti'r~sco famils cannot Be found. I w:(e royally entertxined and found the West- the January issue of The Frlsco-Xan. ern 1)irision men, ns well :IS the women, very e~~tlrusiust~c:~lrout the Woman's De- I am sending you my application pxrttnent, the league nud the momnu's for charter membership in the F. \V. worlf. I 1~11the p1e:wure of n~eetinpSuperin- S. F. L., which you are endeavoring to tcntlellt Ch:~ntller,who INS in the sixteen organize. I believe the idea is a good ~nontl~she 11:ts beeu nt Enid, won the con- lidei~w:IIII~ friendsliip of Imth meu nnd one and hope every Frisco woman will women. interest herself in the movement, and J am sure it will be a success. Mrs. W. R. Xaddos, Fayetteville, Ark., wife of Frisco Claim Agent, It would be a criminal neglcct on Central Division, in a letter to the the part of us women, who are so editor says: vitally intercsted in the welfare of I just happened to pick up a copy our husbands, fathers and brothers- of The Frisco-Xan and discovered that \\ ho help to make up the great army Frisco women had a department all of Frisco employes-if we did not en- their own, and I am very ansious to ter into this movement even with become a charter member of the F. W. greater spirit than we would expect S. L. and do all I can to help such a them to. And, since they hare ac- grand cause. complished so much in the past, I I have been greatly interested in the know that a great deal more can be Safety First movement ever since the done with two organizations worlring Frisco adopted it and felt there was to the same end. plenty of work for the women to do if T believe it would be a good idea we could only "get together" and let for us to arrange to meet at some cen- our husbands, fathers and brothers tral point and effect a permanent or- know just how interested we are in ganization; also make this a "get to- their safety. gether" meeting. Then arrange for I am glad that I am a Frisco wo- rousing big meetings to be held, say man. I believe we have the grandest once every three months. I know the road in the world, so let us join hands social benefits we would derive would and help make it not only the safest more than repay us for the effort. We hut the most prosperous and we (YUI could at these meetings point out do this by encouraging "onr" Frisco many causes of accidents, suggest man (or men as the case may be) to remedies, and refer them each time to always do their dutv. So here is three the Central Safety Committee for con- cheers for the success of the F. W. sideratlon and action. S. L. These are my views, and while J only count for one, I hope there mill In a communication to the Editor be enough take interest to make the regarding the F. W. S. F. 13.. Mrs. G. movement a success. 40 THE FRISCO-MAN

Emblem Pins Some Class Initial distribution of the emblem Employes of the Operating Depart- pins of the Frisco Women's Safety ment, particularry, will be interested I'eague is being made by Mrs. E. G. in the following itern, clipped from a Newland, director ot the league, to thc paper published at Calumet, hIich., and Frisco women located on the different sent to Z'he Frisco-&Ian by E. \V. Wool- divisions and at the different termin- ridge, chief clerk, Springfield, 110.: als of the road. Chnrlic \\'ebb is responsible for tri~~~s- Of course the future of the league niittiug Lhr following to us. 'Ie s:~pshe hearil :I Frisco employe braxgiuc to ;I drpends entirely upon the interest the Sorth-Western employe and that tills re- women take in it, and any woman de- s~~ltecl: The largest locomotire in the world is siring one of the pins, who is inter- in Springfielrl, 310.. operating orer the ested in the object of the league, can l'risco Lines. It has fire acres of grate Imrs and four acres of netting in the obtain one by addressing Mrs. E. G. smoke-bos. It takes a man n day and a Sewland, Augusta, Kans. Ii:~lf to wall; through one of its cylinders. It has an elevator running up to the hwd- Mrs. Newland attended a public lizht, and it takes ten harrels of oil to [ill it up. It talies two men forty-five meeting of Frisco employes at Enid, ~ninntesto light one single light. and it took Dfteen carpenters nine months to Okla., January 22, and in a brief ad- bniltl hcr pilot. They hare a steam shovel dress explained the object of the to give her coal. The tender holds ninetp- seven cnrloads of coal. Every timc she es- kague to those present, outlining the 11;luxts it rnina for thirty minutes. The en- plan she desired the wolnen to adopt xincer rlscs n sei~rchlight to look ont for signals nntl goes blind after rnnning six in successfully conducting the leag~~e.months. It tnlies two astronomers, with powerful telescones, to see her gin-.. The 'AS~e\\ as th T wwan's B~~~a~tnwntof pony mheels are the size of monster turn- the Frisco-Man. tnbies In this conntrv and a scctiorl of the L%tcitlc cable is use& 'for thc hell-cord. It taken forty-right hours for one of the spnrks to fill1 and it is a meteor when it strikes the earth. When the whistle blows. it c:inses an epidemic of deafness in Wag- uokn. Oltln. Monster trees have 1)cCn bro- ken from the wind of this train. Slle runs from Sprinqfield, Yo., to Dallas, Ter., :I {listnnce of 247 miles, in fifty-fire minutes, 111:11zinghcr tunnels :is she eocs. She hauls l.i4:1 cars nud the rountll~or~scforce hold their annual picnic in her flrelms erery Some time early in .\larch en:- sumlncr. \\'heu they w;isli 11cr 1)oilers it plojes of the Northern Division are to in necessary to drain the Jlississippi River ;~tSt. Louis, where she is t;~ltcnfnr c1e:in- hale a social meeting at Fort Scott, ing. She c:lrries 1,860 pol~ntls,of steam Iians. Frisco women are to be in- pressure nnrl 'J40 pounds of alr. ll~etllrot- tle is pplled by :l stntiomlry encine in the yited to the afternoon session and it cab. lhe lubricator hnlrls fourtccll bnr- is rpls of oil. When she 1c:lres the r;lils there hoped a large number will attend. is an enlthquake in Lns Angeles Pour days A supper is to be served at six o'clock Inter. lhis train goes so fast that when it stops still she is still going ten wiles and a program of speakers and music :III hour. The %lare of the he:~rllight c~11 is to be arranged. be RCCII through :I hill half a mile thick. When she takes water, she dries an ordi- Mrs. Newland will be present at nnrr liilte 2nd lowers the n-:iter lerel of the' river scveral feet. both afternoon and evening sessions. She will again make an address to the Frisco women in which the objects of FbrIy In I.'cl)r~r;!ry :I reprrsentatire of .T;~mcxs 11. Hirsch ,t Co., Chicap, 111s.. the league will be explained and she 1nnn11foct.nrcrs of uniforms. will hegin a. will confer with them as to the best trip orer the Frisco Lines fnr the purpose 01' tilliill~IIIPilS:1r~~:I)f~11ts of trilill ~lllpl~V!H inethods for proinoting such objects. for sunlmcr n~~ifor~n<. Atong be Line

1St11ployes who have been in the service North Springfield t\\i~utyjetirs and over are looking pleas- P. S. Freeman, Chief Clerk, Shop Snl~erin- ,lilt :III~1i;ipp.v these daya. They have re- tendent. (1bi~rt1,1111111::1 t~?liirport:ition for the yeor l!)li, R. A. Jacob% for~ncrlyof the Atchison I.'inished JIateri:~ls Company, Atchison. IZnns.. is assigned the position of general forcman of the store depnrtment. Xorth SprlngEeld, succeeding A. H. Gray, tr:ulis- Springfield ferred to Xew Shops as storekeeper. The I)oys 11:uve Iwn wondering why ;\la- J. J. Stokes, labor forem:~n, mnchine chinist liibl~c) 0L' the Xem Shops has bee11 shop, is seriously ill at the Springlielil Inte serernl rllornings recently, hut it has hospital. ilcveloped that there is a new waitress at thc Big Neal Restaurant Rl;icksmIth Foreman French has rc- t~~rnetlfro111 n short visit mith his son nt Gnlreqlon, Texas. has been suffering of a tumo; of the brain for the hst three months Is in :I crithl 3J:ltt Christmnn, foreman machine shops, condition. He hfls been rcmoled from the is b:lct :~twork after several days' illness. Frisco to St. .Tohn's Hospital. Henry has seI-ven his time :is a painter npprentice, and Wtlg:~r Johnson, clcrk in the car depart- bnt for his recent illness. would hnrc WIT- mcnt, \rho nws vnccinnted recently, mas pleted his time :is machinist apprentice. uilable to report for duty for serer:~ldays. He has the hcnrty wishes of all thc boys \V. H. Shaller, who served his time ns for a speedy recovery. machinist apprentice at Worth Springfield >Iachinist Apprentice Harry Patrick has Shops, but who has been running a barber the sincere sympathy of all the apprentice sliop for the lust two years, is back nt his boys at the New Shop? in the rlenth of hi4 trnrlc nt the North Shops. mother, recently. C. \IT. Leitwein, tinrier, was otP duty for about six weeks ill of typhoid fever. He rcturt:ed to work recently, but suffered a rclapse and is again confined to his bed. Ozark Division E. V. Springer, nccountant, is trans- Robert Collett, snperinten~lent locotno fcrretl to Francis, Okln., ns chief clcrk to tire perform:lnce, spent nerer:il hours in ;\faster AIecli:~uic L. E. Foote of (he Red '1'h:lycr. .Tannary '"3, nud we were glntl to River Division. -Mr. Springer left for h:ivc him mith us. Fmncis Bebrniiry 3. on train No. 9. Otis Crockcr, diqtribution clerk, succeeds Mr. Train rille and mechnnicnl meetings arc Springer as :wcount.int at North Spring- held regnlnr each ;\IonA:iy at the P. 11. C. field Shops. A,. Tha,yer. Matters pertnining to trnln rules :trc discussed between 3.00 P. 11. iind Iil:icltsmitl~ for ern:^^^ French h:ln moved 1.00 P. ;\I.. and mechanicill mnttcr~betmccn into his new brick office and General Boiler 4.00 P. M. and 6.00 P. 11. Employes :it Forernnn Malley expects to move into l~is Thttycr are very much interested in thew new qnnrtcm, work on which is rtlmost meel-inxs nnd they are niwass mcll :~t- t~ompletrrl, in a short while. Both 1)uilrl- tended iugs furnish much better quartrrn tlii~n werc formerly used by thew dei~ort~ne:~ts. 11. J. Burrell, switchmnn, Jonesbori) Pards, is the proud father of n ten pound C. B. Story. piece work checker, Xorth baby girl. Sprinrfleld repair yard, is at work at Hugo ns tcmpornry piece work checlwr. It is Miss Winnlfrecl Henrle. assistant nc- not :~nticipatetlthat Nr. Story nil1 nt:~y 11: counkint, his just returned from :I r:lc.l- Hupo very long, :is he has left I)cl:ind :I tion spent in Memphis, St. Louis nnd Chi- fiiir J'ollnr lady who is constantly wrltinr cago. askiuc him when he n4ll return. The fanners III the fruit belt hare been F. E. Cnldnoll, fuel accountant in officc m:tking extensive preparations for nnother of Snpcrintenclent Simms, has taken a po- 1,ig peach harvest, Recent cold wcnther sition in offlce of gcneral fuel nzcnt. S::~nt did not injure the frult trees, :~ndpros- Lonis. Mr. Cnuldwell left for Stlint J,ouis pects :Ire good for another big pet~chcrop IW>ninry 8. ~II1914. 42 THE FRISCO-NAN

The dairy feature is gettiug n stroll:: Iiold iu tl~cC;tbool, Mountain Grove i111ti It's the cloth in your over- JI:~r~sfieltlLcrritorg. Wcst 1'l;iins 11;is a new S2G,OOO.M) public SYItfitti school building iu course of constrnctio~i. 1.'. 0. Ellinon, stenographer ln mister ~nech;lnic'softice, has resigned and is srtc- ceetled by Hnrr~Brans of SprIngfleld, No. The Board of Directors of the Y. 31. C. A. at T11:i~cr. cous:rting of JLessrs. A. B. Adams, H. \V. f\laloney, C. E. Duris, J. J. .Joslin. C. It. Call:~hanand li. I.:. Fleming, held n meeting Pebrunrp 8 Standard for overseventy- five years Fireman Thomt~sC.oldm:ln of the JIem- phis sub-rlirisiou 1r;is 11cc11on Llre nick list tor several dnrs. p!Iyalways Saint Louis Choutenu A\enur Ronrrd IIouhc.. Tom Oiixon .;nccaeeds George I-luyheu as round house foreman at Choute:~~Aveuue. Xr. Hughes 1s tis:insferred to Newbiirp, 310. Ed Murphy, who has been I:iid ow for some time, is :lg;iin hiick at work. Otto %ink, machinist apprentice, who un- derwent nu operatioil nt the Deaconess Hospital, Is recovering rapidly. Carmnu Cu~iuinplinm,who spent a few days In Springfield. Jlo., receiitly, 111 the interest of the car dep:irtnlent, hiis re- returued :~nd is aqain r~twork with the boys on the Rip Track. Xr. .T. ITr. Coker, is :lppointed cnr lore man :it Choutenu Avenue, succeeding Gus Rnu, resigned. Cherryvale Records show that during the month of .T:rnuory, 210 foreizr~cars. 354 system crlrs :i11(1 12 passenger cars were repuired at this poiut. Guy Edgerle, brakeman on the Santa Fe, was the guest of his brother, Foreman ICrlqerle, for a short while during January. C. & E. Foreman Waterbury :~ndgang :ire at work at Cherrywle, making repnirs to bridges and culrerts; nlno making re- pnirs to the cinder pit. Ihrlr Wintermote :iucl wife spent n few cl:~ysrecently n-it11 frieudn :11 li:insns City. to see that the cloth is stamped - " STIFEL" then I know that I ant gettiny the best clorh In rnv overalls. No other cloth IS "lust as rood." Sl~frl "Say, Doc," said the brawny scrub- cloth has been on the mar- womnn, "yer gettin' a prelty good ket over 75 years. Be sure Tr*n'k you see the mark :p ::A ' thing out o' tendin' that rich Smith on rhe inside before -you &T :!, .> !! ;:> ;:> buy if you want your gar- %9 :--,,,a boy, ain't yer?" menrs to wear. INDIGO DYC "Well," said the doctor, "I get a Cloth Manufactured by u pretty good fee, yes. Why?" J. L. STIFEL & SONS lndino- Dyers- and Printers. WHEELING. W. VA. ''\Yell, Doc, I 'opes yer won't fergit SALES OFFICES NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO that my Willie threw the brick that 260-292 Church St. Postal Telegraph Hldg. 'it 'im."-Ezchange. CHICAGO TORONTO 223 W. Jackson Blvd. 14 Manchrster Bld~. THE FRISCO-MAN 43 The Baldwin Locomotive Works

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The Frisco is always on the alert for suggestions. 170u can show us how to I get more business. How to get better results with less expenditure of time and energy. How fo effect Real Econo- mies. The Traffic Department is anxious to be shown. Send in your ideas and help "boost." W. B. BIIIDLE, Receiver and Chief Traffic Officer