2,500,000Miles of Service in Fift -five Years and Never a Failure to Report "on TimeW That is thcrccord of Martin E. Early, Engineer on the Northern Pacific. RAILROAD MODEL No. 2 Mr. Early is a Hamilton enthusiast and he will tell you that forman! youql like this st14rdilrcollstr14cted years of his Railroad life he depended upon Hamilton to time his trains. ~~il~~~d~~~~h.isfeatured by Thousands upon thousands of Railroad men agree with Engineer Early. They know from experience that Hamilton means Accuracy a special pe nd u n t construction and that Accuracy means Hamilton. No "ifs" and no "buts." with connecting bar which makes Call upon your favorite jeweler and ask him to show you the several rnlpossiblefor bOio Or "Own to Railroad models. Writc to us for interesting literature about Harnil- come out. he clear1 y desigl~etl ton Watches and n new Timc nook which you will find very useful. dial permits easy reading. Address Dcpt. R, Hamilton Watch Company, Lancastcr, Penna., U.S.A. " "-TheRailroad Timekeeper of America" Page 1 I SUC~ES~ORSTO LOWRY LUMBER CO. 3TURERS & DEALERS "IN ALL KINDS OF LUMBER SPECIALIZING IN nnILROAD BUILDING MATERIAL Strong as Ever for the 44Frisco" Mange Building MEMPHIS, TENN. Phone 6 - 2312 The Mount Vernon Car Manufacturing Co. Repair Shop, 500' x 1SO' Capacity Per Annum: 10,000 Freight Cars; Pdly equipped with Cranes, Electric 150,000 Chilled Tread Wheels; Riveters, etc., enabling w to work in all kinds 20,000 Tons Forgings. of weather. BUILDERS OF FREIGHT CARS OF ALL KINDS MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS We HORACE WILLIAMS CO., INC. ENC INEERS AND GENERAL CONTRACTORS ANY CLASS- CONSTRUCTION -ANY SIZE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD Specializing in Design and/or Construction of Dock Wharves, Piers, Breakwaters, Dams, and Jetties, Bridges, Railways, Highways, Industrial Plants. All classes of Building Construction, Building Foundations. Maintaining an Engineering Department for Consultation, Investigation, Reports, Surveys, Designs. HOME OFFICE BRANCHES Fifth Floor Southern Building Pensacola, Fla. Mobile, Ala. Houston, Ta 833 Howard Avenue NEW ORLEANS, LA. Representatives in Prinoipat cities of AII Southtrn 8Ma FRISCO TERMINALS at PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, WARRIOR RIVER BRIDGE and Other Important Works for Frisco Lines BUILT BY THIS COhIPANY OXWELD RAILROAD SERVICE CO. REPRESENTING : LINDE AIR PRODUCTS CO. The PREST-0-LITE CO., Inc. (Linde Oxygen) (Prest-o-Lite Acetylene) OXWELD ACETYLENE CO. (Oxweld Apparatus) UNION CARBIDE SALES CO. (Union Carbide) CARBIDE & CARBON RAILWAY EXCHANGE BUILDING BUILDING NEW YORK CITY CHICAGO, ILLS, Pnge 3 L THE FRISCO EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE ROOM 927 FRIScO BUILDING . ST. LOUIS WM. L. HUGGINS, Jr.. Editor '!!ARTHA C. MOORE. Assoclafc Edlfor WM. McMILLAN. Adoerllslng Manager I.U'HlfINC. Speelal Representallpe J. J. KAPLAN. Adwrtislng Sollcilor I'd. VI MAY. 1929 No. 8 Permission is given to reprint with or without credit, in part or in full, any article appearing in this Magazine I Contents of This Issue Pages Frisco Helps in Home Econon~ics........ ....., ....................................................................................4 Damage from Rough Handling Decreases 29.5 Per Cent............................................................ 5 Kews of the Frisco Clubs ................................................................................................................6-16 A. H. Jones Elected to Adjustment Board .................................................................................... 16 J. L. McCormaclr Heads Springfield Chamber of Commerce .................................................. 17 Nueller and Dodge Pronloted ........... ........ ..................................................................................18 For Meritorious Service ......................................................................................................................20 Passenger Trains 95.8 Per Cent On Time Dnring March ........................................................21 Locomotive Fuel Performance Records.................................................................................... 22-23 I The Pension Roll ..............................................................................................................................24-25 Editorials .................................................................................................................................................. 25 1 Flashes of bIer~.iment........ ... ...... .... .......................................................................................27 The Twilight Hour ................ .............................................................................................................28 The Frisco Mechanic...................................................................................................................... 29-37 Frisco Family News .......................................................................................................................... 40-72 THE FRISCO EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE , The Prlsco En~ploges' Magazine 1s u monthly publimtion devoted primarily lo the interests r be more than 25,000 active :p~dretired e~~~plosesof tile I'risco Lines. It cuntuins storlen. lrnu of current news, personal notes about cnlploses and rhcir fnnlilies. articles dealing ZI:~rarlouv phases of railroad work, poems, cartoons and notices regarding the service. Good -I?!r photographs suiu~blefor reproduction arc ea~~eclallydesired. ilnd will bc returned only ern reauested. A11 cartoons and dtawin~sniust be in black India draw in^ ink. Employes are invited to write articles for the nuiaazlne. Contributions should be tgi~c- r:llten, on one slde of the sheet only, and should be addrosscd to thc Editor. Friwo Buildi~~y, Dlslrlbuted free among Frisco Employes. To others, prlce 15 cents a copy; subscription rate FRISCO HELPS IN HOME ECONOMK - N this age of competitive trans- work which Mrs. Temple portation the potential traveler Mrs. Elizabeth Temple, of sore is the poultry schoo!: nbr I chooses the line which his of these were held during: hr friends recommend, and never be- S13 ringfield, Teaches Can- county seats wliere som- ~h fore was contact stressed as it is organization or person r 111 today. A friend of a Frisco em- ning, Rug Making, Poultry a meeting and farmers an nl ploye, for instance, is bound, Raising and Gardening to wives came in for a twoor - sooner or later to be a patron of day meeting. On each da; the railroad. Housewives on Frisco Lines ent phases the poultn~. There is on Frisco Lines a key problems were de woman whose duty is solely that such as breeding, feedio- - of contact work with friends and pa- ing, reducing cost and increasr? trons along the Frisco's right-of-way its and marketing. 5 -from Menard to St. Louis, from Bir- Then there were held sir. mingham to Ellsworth, and it would campaigns, which meant that + be a safe estimate to say that she the county seat as a center, I $1 comes in personal contact with more fifteen farms were visited du. potential patrons of Frisco Lines than week and the conditions checl any woman in the en~ployof this road. "When we first started the F It is probable that her record along Frisco Lines, it was difficult that line equals that of the best of out whether the flock of a 8 1' contact men. Carm was a credit or a loas Mrs. Elizabeth Temple of Spring- Temple said. "There were ~II' field is titled Home Economics Super- or records kept. We could I ! visor-a designation as unique as the out if too much was paid for I work she undertakes. housing and we did not knor - Her message is to the farm women to cut down. I in the interest of their poultiy flocks, "In the last five yeara tho- * their homes and their envirolis. Dur- been a great change in that dl; ing 1928 she held a total of 600 meet- On nearly all the farms vherd ings in various comn~unities, and are as many as 200 hens, an a rough figures have it that these meet- record is kept of daily egg prod ings were attended by approximately cost of feed and of sales. Th. ' 50,000 men and women, who have de- ers are growing business-?I! veloped the farm land in the Frisco's AIRS. ELIZABETH TEMPLE through this record system II! nine-state territory into the most pro- find the productive or noliprn ductive [arm lands to be Cound in the working for the U. S. standard grad- part of the poultry line on the - United States. Not only does she cull ing. This standard designates cor- and naturally the farmers nhl out the flocks, but she teaches the rect color, size and shape of eggs with kept this record show a nice ?- housewife to can her own commod- good shell quality, guarantee that the For a time there wan an incr ities, to make her own rugs, to im- eggs are infertile and that they the white flocks, but last year I' prove the ariangement of her kitchen are packed well for shipping. dustry took a turn hack to 111 so that she may save herself needless Good eggs come from good, healthy duction of the heavier brw' steps, and if there is time, attention is flocks and so Mrs. Temple began her brown-shelled eggs, bringing . turned toward landscaping the yards series of meetings in communities. help to market conditions. Tt and grounds adjacent to the farm One hundred and two meetings were always a good demand for . house. sponsored by civic community clubs shelled eggs for local deale~' Her training came from ~racticalex- such as the Lions, Kiwanis and Rotary there are more White Leghorn " perience. During 1917 she served as and also by the Chambers of Com- during 1928