Submarine Coat Combination Raincoat and Warm Orrercoat Men! Here is the most practical coat ever made, at a bargain price and only $1.00 down! Broad shawl collar of best qual- ity 4x beaverized lamb skin; and warm plaid blanket body and sleeve lining. Outer fabric is rippled submarine cloth with a coating of rubber between making coat absolutely stormproof. Smart stylish double breasted belted style with two large patch pockets with flaps and two muff pockets. Strapped sleeve. Length, 44 inches. Tan only. Sizes 34 to 46. The Mount Vernon Car Manufacturing Co. Just completed, New Repair Shop, 500' x 150'. Capac ity Fully equipped with 10,000 Freight Cars; Cranes, Electric I50,OOO Wheels; Heaters, etc., enabl- 20,000 tons Forgings. ing us to work in all kinds of weather. BUILDERS OF FREIGHT CARS MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS R. F. CARR, Memphis W. E. LOWRY, Hickory Flat, Miss. President Vice-Pres. and General Manager 0 S'A~HICKORY FLAT, MISS. SPECIALIZING IN RAILROAD BUILDING MATERIAL Strong as Ever for the "Frisco" GENERAL OFFICES P. O. BOX 1032 MEMPHIS, TENN. Phone Main 2312 MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF I Ashcroft Gauges Putnam Machine Tools I'p , Consolidated Safety Valves TRADEMARK Hancock Inspirators and Valves Shaw Cranes BRANCH OFFICES Birmingham Cleveland San Franclsw Boston Detroit Seattle Hayden & Derby Injectors Mill Supplies ~ ~ - - Buffalo Philadelphia St. Louls Main Office: 100 East 42nd Street, New York, N. Y. Chicano Pittsburgh W. H. CROFT, First Vice-president M. S. PAINE, Secretary-Treasurer Magnus Company INCORPORATED Journal Bearings and Bronze Engine Castings NEW YORK CHICAGO HOUSTON, TEX. SHREVEPORT, LA. ROGERS, ARK. Hussey-Ho bbs Tie Company Railroad Cross and Switch Ties Lumber, Poles and Piling "WE HELP MAKE THE FRISCO SAFE" General Offices: 1967-1969 Railway Exchange B.uilding ST. LOUIS, MO. WALTER POLEMAN, President WESTERN TREATED AND E. A. NIXON, UNTREATED CROSS Vice-president and SWITCH TIES A. R. FATHMAN. TIE AND TIMBER COMPANY PILING Vice-president CAR and TRACK THOS. T. POLEMAN, 905 Syndicate Trust Bldg. ST. LOUIS Sec'y and Treas. OAK Kettle River Treating Company White C o u n t y Lumber Mills ZINC AND CREOSOTED CROSS TIES 1 ENRIGHT, ARKANSAS MODERN ADZING AND BORING i\fACHINES Quick Deliveries of OAK, GUM, CYPRESS Especially Equipped to Fill MADISON, ILLINOIS RUSH ORDERS of CAR and TRACK OAK E. A. XIXOS, PresidenL R. A. CALfIX, Sdeu Jkrnager WALTER POLEMAS, President THOS. T. POLEJIAY, V.-Pres. A. R. FATHMAN, flce-Pres. H. G. JlcELHINWEY, G. SUIJ~. A. R. WATH.\IAS, Secretary and Tre.lsurer R. E. KXEELAXD, Gcn. ~lgr. I. E. PETERSOX, Sec'y-~reds. II 905 Syndicate Trust Bldg. SAINT LOUIS THE OHIO INJECTOR COMPANY 1437 Monadnock Block CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Manufacturers of OHIO LIFTING INJECTORS CHICAGO NON-LIFTING I N J E C T 0 R S CHICAGO AUTOMATIC FLANGE OILERS, CHICAGO LUBRICATORS, OHIO LOW WATER ALARMS, CHICAGO AUTOMATIC DRIFTING VALVES, LOCOMOTIVE BOILER ATTACHMENTS, OHIO CAB SQUIRTS ELECTRIC METAL CUPOLA MET~L-- EXCLUSIVELY WAITE PHILLIPS COMPANY PRODUCERS. REFINERS. MARKETERS OF PHILLIP'S HIGRADE PETROLEUM PRODUCTS Refineries : OKMULGEE, OKLA. WICHITA, KAN. TULSA, = = = - - = = OKLAHOMA Page 5 THE FRISCO EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE 827 FRISCO BUILDING ST. LOUIS WM. L. HUCCINS,Jr., Editor MARTHA C. MOORE. Associa~cEditor WM. McMILLAN. Adocrlislng Manager VOL. 111 NOVEMBER, 1925 No. 2 Permission is given to reprint, with credit, in part or in full, any article appearing in the Magazine Contents of This Issue PAGES "The St~ti~~ylatid"Cliriste~icd at Kansas City, .\.lo., Octohcr 5 ........................................6- 7 Keclamation Plant at Springfield, Mo., Saves More Than Million 1)ollars a Year. Part 1.8 10 Making the Grade, a Cartoon and Story of Prcsidcnt Kurn ................ ................ ....................I I Frisco IdRailways of Nation in Adoption of Nc\v Paint .................. .... ............ ......................I2 Xcw Plan for Better Service Contest Ko\v in I:.ffcct ............................................................... I3 Xight-I'ternal Sight-a Short Story of Carelcssncss ............................................................ .... I4 Somc Personal Experiences of a Railroad Rail ...................... ......................,.....,.....,........... ...,.... I5 Second .i\nn~tal Scrvice Mecting at Springfield, Dccctnber 3 and 4.................. .. ................ I6 \.\%at ! Another War in Texas?...................................... Claim Agcnts' Meeting at Springfield, Mo., October 9 and. 10............................................... I8 Rev. H. F. Rohn of St. Louis Offices Is Methodist Minister ................................... 19 "Mother" Clark, Eighty-one-Ycar Old Frisco Booster has had BIany Expcrienccs ................20 Fucl Economy Embraces All Classes of Scrvicc....................................................................... 23 The Pension Roll ........................ ........... .................................................................................................27 Hotncmakcrs' Page ....................... .......................................................................................................28 Miss Frisco Clad in Fashion's Latcst ..................................................................................................29 The Twilight Hour ............................................................................................................................... 30 Frisco Rahics ......................................................................................................................................... 31 Flashes of Merri~ncnt............................................................................................................................ 32 .-\mong Ourselves-l‘hc Scction Mcn--4 Page of Cartoons ......................................................33 15tlitoriaIs .................................................................................................................................................. 34 &tween the Rails ....................................................................................................................................3j Photographs of "The Sunnyland's" Christening........................................................................ 36-37 Pastime .................................................................................................. ... .... ... ...... ..... ..... , . , ..... .. ............ 38 The Frisco lfechanic .......................................................................... 3-41 Frisco Family xe.'ews.......................................................................................................................... 42-68 THE FRISCO EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE The Frisco Employes' Magazine is a monthly publication devoted primarily to the interests oC the more than 30.000 active and retlred employes of the Frisco Lines. It contalns storlee, Items of current news personal notes about employes and their families, articles dealing with various phases of railroad work: poems, cartoons and notices regarding the service. Good clear photographs suitable for repro- duction are especially desired, and will be returned only when requested. All cartoons and drawings must be in black India drawing Ink. Employes are invited to write articles for the magazine. Contrlbutlons should be typewritten, on one side of the sheet only, and should be addressed to the Edltor. Frisco Buildlng. St. Louis, Mo. Dlstributed free among Frisco employes. To others. grlce 16 cents a copy; subscription rate $1.50 a year. Advertising rates will be made known upon application. "The Sunnyland" Christened With Elaborate Ceremony at Kansas City, Mo., October Five as Maiden Trip to Florida Starts Miss Jeanne Koontz, Frisco Daughter, Is Sponsor-Mayor Albert I. Beach of Kansas City Officiates-Train Receioes Rousing Reception Along Right-of-way 21'1'11 a triumph;~lltI)last the nhi5tlv and a at 830 ~)'cl~cIithe nest morning, she bore her 1;risco r--!w2 prolonged sllout of enthusiaml frotn the 1;qe colors xaily and gallantly. !---£crond of official5 ;mcl 5pectatorh. "'l'he SUI- Aq royal welcome awaited the new train! www n> land." ncw l:ri\co train to 'l'am1)a antl St. Never before in the history of Kansas City had ne\v I'etcrsburg. F'lorida, left Kansas City, Missouri, at railway service been so enth~~siasticallyreceived, antl 9 :00 o'clock on the dot the morning of October 5. besides the official welcoming committee antl the fair r,1 he new train \\m chrihtencd with a pomp antl ccre- sponsor, more than a h~undretl other rail~vayworkers many befitting its merits, and all along the righl-of- in tlw great terminals hat1 joined Kansas City news- way from Kan5as City to Birmingham, F'rixo employes ~)alxrnicnant1 ~)hotographersto witness the event. and Frisco townsmen lined the tracks to wave "'l'he Ilon. A%lbertI. Beach, Mayor of Kansas City, Mo.. Sunnyland" God-speed. arrived at 5:45 o'cloclc and escorted Miss Jeanne Koontz, daughter of Mr. J. 13. Koontz, vice-president Many Departments Aided Plans in charge of traffic, to the head md wherc the chris- tening ceremonies were held. ;\4iss Koontz 1n;ide an lior month5 ahead the passenger department had :~ttractivesponsor for the splendid train. busily ironed out the details of the Sunnyland's rout- Mayor Beach presented a bouquet of two dozen 1111- ing and schedule-in conjunction with the Southern perial roses, the gift of employes in the passenger and Seaboard Air Line Railways. For weelcs ahead tlepartnient at