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SOUTHWESTERN DIVISI(

S UPERINTENDENT C. T. MASON reports the 1 i- ous service rewarded with merit marks:

D. H. Austin, section foreman a t Jones, umanoma, on r'eoruary 6, while train 432 was passing that point, found a brake beam dragging and =+qpped the train. The crew removed the brake beam. Mr. Austin's personal

:ord was credited with fifteen merit marks. W, L. Reynolds, car clerk a t Oklahoma City, found cars KC8 15417 and

I86 billed on slip bills from Tuttle, Oklahoma to Neosho, and upon arrival a t lahoma City he found that the cars were home to connecting line a t that nt, and he therefore stopped them and avoided excess empty mileage. Ten r i t marks was credited to his personal record. 0. N. Bridges, brakeman a t Francis, Oklahoma, on extra 4130 south, De-

nber 31 found broken arch bar on GATX 6224 whlle looking over the train Mill Creek, Oklahoma. For his careful inspection of the traln and finding s hidden defect, his personal record was credited with ten merit marks.

T. H. Ballard, yard clerk a t Afton. Oklahoma, while checking train extra 4152 east, morning of February 27, found S F 129202 listed a s a n empty boa and upon examination found that car contained a load of cotton seed meal. A letter of commendation was placed o n his personal record file.

0. M. Story, switchman a t Afton, Oklahoma, while standing on the station platform a t that point a few days ago, discovered broken arch bar on COSX 689, train 434 and had the car set out. His personal record was credited with +T merit marks.

J. M. Calhoun, brakeman a t Sherman, Texas. on extra 4160 north. Feb- rry 16, while looking over train a t Ada, Oklahoma, found S F 94618, empty t car with broken arch bar. The car was moved to Francis where car in- ?ctor was notified of this defect and car repaired before it left there. His :ord was credited with ten merit marks.

NORTHERN DIVISION Superintendent W. H. Bevans, reports,the following cases of meritorious

service; which earned proper rewards: G. M. Christy, conductor, C. J. Baker, brakeman, and Alfred Malmgren,

fireman, were addressed on February 14 and commended on their efforts to assist in locating merchandise taken from car S F 129552 in train 335 near Leon, Kansas, the night of January 31. They wired information a s to finding merchandise along the track when passing on train 334.

T. Y. Tennison, engineer a t Monett, Missouri, was advised that extra 4024 while traveling east recently, lost trailer dumb-bell west of water tank a t Sarcoxie, and he was asked to be on lookout for this part. H e found and de- livered same on arrival a t Monett, thereby avoiding a tie-up of the engine. His record was credited with five merit marks.

Dewett Cherry, section foreman a t Sarcoxie, Missouri, was called a t 3:05 a. m. January 3 1 to assist in placing engine, handling train 312 on that date, in condition to move to Monett. Mr. Cherry responded and furnished tooIs and blocking so that the work could be handled a s quickly a s possible. His record was credited with ten merit marks.

H. S. Miller, operator a t Columbus, Kansas, on February 13, found draw bar pulled out of S F 32340. H e secured permission from the dispatcher to be gone from the board long enough to transfer the merchandise in this car, to another car. His record was credited with ten merit marks.

A. Bartzen, operator a t Fredonia, Kansas, a s train extra 1269 was passing that point, found S F 50695 in need of a new pair of wheels. H e had the car inspector apply a new pair a t Fredonia. His record was credited with five merit marks.

P. L. Anderson, brakeman a t Ft. Scott, Kansas, while on train extra 4135 recently. discovered brake beam down on FGE 15338, 22 cars ahead of the caboose. The brake hanger was broken and there was no safety chain on beam. Same was repaired, and a letter of commendation placed on Mr. An- derson's personal record file.

J. L. Reynolds, conductor, and Cecil Lynch, brakeman, of F t . Scott, Kan- sas, on February 28, found draft key out of draw bar B end, KCMO car 3517, which allowed the coupler to come out. This occurred on train 139 a t Girard, Kansas. Ten merit marks were credited to the records of these two men.

WESTERN DIVISION Superintendent S. J . Frazier reports the following cases of meritorious

service : J. B. Vasilopus, section foreman a t Winfield. Kansas, detected a hot box

on car moving in train 632, February 2, and called the attention of the crew to same, and necessary action was taken. He was commended for his action.

'H. E. Compton, fireman a t Enid, Oklahoma, was commended for his ac. tion in making extraordinary effort to repair engine which had broken down, resulting in getting passenger train to terminal without serious delay.

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ANOTHER RECORD HOLDER

"Tip" W a t s o n Is Oldest C o n d u c t o r O n Southwes te rn Divis ion

N looking over the records of vet- eran employes, there is one in par- ' ticular with attracted attention.

Frances Tipton Watson, familiarly known in railroad circles a s "Tip," is the oldest conductor in point of serv- ice on the southwestern division, just completing his thirty-second year without a break in service.

F. T. WATSON

He claims Springfield, Missouri, a s his birthplace, and a s soon a s age permitted, he got his first job as a brakeman, with the old KCFS&M, in March, 1895. A short time later he secured a position a s brakeman with the Frisco. H e wanted to t ry out a number of these roads, and worked on the T&P out of Ft. Worth, the D&RG over Marshall Pass and several others until 1894, when he returned t o the Frisco, which h e claims is the only "real road."

Mr. Watson has covered a territory of 1,200 milea on passenger runs, which i t is believed is a wider terri- tory covered than that of any other passenger man in the service. He followed the trail through Oklahoma, and was the conductor on the first passenger train out of Sherman, Tex.

He resides with his wife and one son, a t 940 North Main Avenue, Springfield.

Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Williamson, Frisco agent and wife a t Cresson, Tex., announce the birth of a seven- pound baby boy, Douglas Williamson. on December 15.

Start Him "Sister Johnson, I'se talrin' a col-

lectlon fo' de benefit of our worthy pastor. He's leavin' us to take a church down i n Alabama an' me thought we'd give him a little momen- tum."

CE ROUGH HANDLING

P F Z w ~MPLOSS'~CQZ/NE

FRISCO GIRLS WINS PRIZE

For ty-Three P e r C e n t Decrease In Care D a m a g e d First 60 D a y s

comw 1926 i

decrei aged, a n in hand11 cent, the a

Thi ber o dling amon1 Guy k Kansz dling most know1 ness. opera sult y He w ctlrtnr port for t

There changes 1 ent divis: vision, wl in^. and i

standing be noted,

With t i lng the 1 expected keen corn sions, wh other fnr

ITATEMENT showing cars dam- aged by rough handling for the first two months of 1927, a s bred with the same period of and 1925, shows a 42.8 per cent ase In the number of cars dam- 1927 compared with 1926, and

crease in the number of cars ed, per car damaged, of 63.31 per with a 30.14 per cent decrease in mount of damage per ear. s campaIgn t o decrease the num- f cars damaged by rough han- is attracting great atteqtion

p the employes. and according to L. Hapkins, fireman at Neodesha, is, "the causes or rough han- a re varied and many, but in cases can be traced to lack of ledge or judgment or careless-

If you don't know the proper t b n s a t the different points, con- 'our road foreman of equipment. ill be glad to show you." This

,,,.,.nent i s printed in red on the re- .he first two months of 1927. hare been some important n the r~tanding of the differ- lons. The southwestern di- ~ i c h has been steadily cllmb- 'rom 6th in 1925, and seventh jumped up to first place in hile a few changes In the of the other divisions will this is the most pronounced. ie southwestern division tak- ead in this campaign, it is that there will be some

petition from the other divi- ich a r e all vieing with each

......... first place. The statement for the period men-

tioned above, follows:

BONADEI, AND MARY LAWLER Bonadel Lawler, thirteen-year-old

daughter of Frank J. Lawler, Frisco engineer of the St. Louis terminal, was presented wltb Arst prize, a Stew- art-Warner five-tube radio on Satur- day, March 12, by the St. Louis Safety Council, for her activities in the pro- motion of safety among children of her own age.

The presentation took place a t the Chamber of Commerce Building, St. Louis, Mo. Bonadel is shown in the accompanying picture with her sis- ter, Mary.

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MORRIS BEFORE TRAFFIC CLUB

A brief historical resume of the es- tablishment of port differentials '-- export traffic as between New Y Philadelphia and Baltimore was gi members of the Wichita Traffic ( a t a meeting held on March 3, bj E. Morris, assistant general i r e and passenger agent fo r Frisco L a t Wichita, Kansas.

Mr. Morris stressed, in a n Intel ing manner, the confusion which isted in the year 1882 between tl.,,, ports, ana told of the numerous rate wars between eastern carriers opera- ating from Chicago and St. Louis, on the question a s to the proper diLer- ential to be used a s between various points.

"After much discussion," Mr. Mor- ris said, "the advisory commission decided that Philadelphia should, on export business, carry a differential of two cents per 100 pounds under New York, These figures were apparently arrived a t from the fact that a t that time the steamship lines operating from Philadelphia and Baltimore, re- spectiveIy to LiverpooI, England, car- ried a two and three cent higher ocean rate than steamer lines out oC lU- York.

"The commission, in summing i ts report, stated that they considc the differentials suggested, merely a s a temporary arrangement and fair for that period, but would possibly be- come inequitable' a f te r a lapse of time; but forty-five years have now elapsed since this decision was made, and to the credit of the shipping pub- lic, a s well a s the carriers involved, the figures named by the commission remain in effect t o this day a s stand- ard differentials."

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I A P P

The man who never told a lie Is foolish to risk spoiling his reputatfnn by saying so.

PER CENT STAHI D A M A G E D DIVIS

DIVISION N U M B E R CARS A M O U N T DAMAGE N U M B E R CARS H A N D L E D TO TOTAL 0 1 or D A M A G E D H A N D L E D TERML,,,

TERMINAL 1927 1926 1925 1927 1926 1925 1927 1926 1925 1927 1926 1925 1927 1926 1929

TERMINALS Springfield ...... 2 4 1 $ 725.00 $ 655.00 $ 35.00 113,894 126.951 127,088 .0018 .0031 .0008 1 2 1 Birmlngham .... 7 1 9 423.50 40.00 491.00 125,486 142.153 111,538 .0056 .OD07 .0081 2 1 2 Tulsa ................ 8 41 26 1.130.00 706.00 633.00 95.820 135,235 128.607 .0083 .0303 .0194 3 4 5 St .Louis .......... 17 5 17 205.00 104.00 979.00 113.513 ,116,510 117,942 .0150 .0043 .0144 4 3 3 Memphis ........... 32 41 1.048.00 4,142.70 2,656.50 146,235 219,170 230,292 .0219 .0337 .0178 6 Kansas Cltv .... 34 44 717.50 1.729.00 778.00 107,746 112,110 117,490 ,0316 .0472 .0373 6 ' - - - - - - - - - - -

Total ........ -100 178 137 $ 4.249.00 $ 7,376.70 $ 5,372.50 702,694 851,129 832,957 .0142 .0209 .0164

DIVISIONS Southwestern. - Western .......... - Central ............ 1 Eastern ............ 2 Southern .......... 6 River ................ 11 Northern ........ 26 - - - - - - - - - - - -

Total ............ 4 6 77 78 $ 1.501.50 $ 2,031.80 $ 4,459.25 784,342 833,103 799,364 ,0059 ,0092 ,0098 - - - - Texaa Lines ... 1 2 8 25.00 20.00 186.50 11,588 24.850 28,836 .0086 .0080 ,0277

Tot. System..l47 E57 223 X 5.775.50 $ 9,428.50 $10,018.25

1927 Compnred With 19% Per cent decrease in number cars damaged ................................................ 42.8 Per cent decrease in amount of damage ...................................................... 38.7 Per cent increase in number of cars handled per car damaged ............ 63.31 Per cent decrease in amount of damage per car handled .................... 30.14

April, 1927

VE BURNING BRIDGE ON BESSEMER BRANCH IMPROVEMENTS AT YALE --

Division Men ,Do k at Depew, Okla.

of , I ph In

mains ana d. men, together v tion man, and h proclaimed hero ting out a fire of Depew, Ok' March 7.

According t o master a t Oklal are , that some grass on the ba bridge 464.6, ab right-of-way. T the water, and cumulation of 4 soon caught flr

Section Foren gang working lengths from tl and that it kel right-of-way. 1 toward it, and the bridge, loca The Are was qu --. L.. .a-

local No. 444, consist- 3. Jeck, conductor; E. rey, engineer; R. G. ; C. A. Smith, A. B. D. Thompson, brake-

vith Walter Fink, sec- Is gang, h a r e all been e s for their act in put- on bridge 464.6, east

la., on the date of

even with tl train crew

When Col could not f with tho ha ..*"A. W.." ..- had the ent engfne crew where they cock and i t until the Art the result t partly dam2 delay traffic

"I saw thc mediately a Schubert. " 2 wonder at t train crew B gine on top flames had side of the 1 them about

"I am givS &risco Mag6 world will we have on There a re r

Each men as Walter E celved ten n torious s e w mendation f intendent a1

W. A. Schubert, road- loma City, the details boys had se t flre to

rnk 00 the creek near out 300 feet from the he flre had spread to thls water had a n ac- 311 on the top, which e. Ian Fink, who had his

about flfteen pole here, notlced t h s fire )t coming toward the le started his gang just as they reached

r l No. 444 showed up. lte close to the bridge.

trna oy roe me the local got to it, the bridge was on fire, a s were the

' big trees on each side of it. It looked a s I f the bridge could not be saved.

l e combined efforts of the and the section men. lductor Jeck saw that he tut out the fire by hand lp of the section men, he :ine cut off, and had the drive it out on this bridge opened u p the blow-off was only a few minutes

? was completely out, with b a t the bridge was only iged, and not enough to

A man in that it was who could that's not h that can't, b

s place and conditfons im- fter the Are," writes Mr. ind I could not help but .he nerve the engine and ihowed by driving the en- of a burning bridge. The burned the trees on each bridge to the top, some of twenty feet high. ng this information t o the rzi~re, so the rest of the know what kind of men the southwestern division. lone better," he writes. ~ b e r of the crew, a s well ?ink, section foreman, re- nerit marks for this meri- ice, and a letter of com- 'rom C. T. Mason, super- : Sapulpa, Olrlahoma.

Worse Yet a London court remarked annoying to have a wife cook but wouldn't. But alf s o bad a s having one nt does.

-London Opinion.

Thc senior craw or1 the Besstv~wr Branch itear Birnrirtgltaru, Aloba,arrla, peused for a morlrrrrt zvhilc the photog- rapher strapped tlietrr "on dttr~." Frorrr left to right they are-R. L Chap~r~nrt. Brakcn~ort; T . P . Kelly. engitrccr-; Joiirr Bazevtore, condrcctor; Hrcgh Crnztfard. firernan and Charley Ware, srcorrd brakeman.

The sem'co o f the co~rrbirted fivc tot t i , . npprorir~ralely 150 ycars.

NEW TRACK SCALE AT CHAFFEE

Among the many Imprcrven~ents b e ing made on the Frlsco, the biggest project undertaken a t Chaifee was the installation of a 150-ton, two-section weighing scale in the local train yards. The scale, which is fifty feet In length, is a Fairbanks-Morse two- section, type S, 25-150 ton track scale of the very latest type and meet8 all requirements in every detall. There is only one other such scale on the entire Frisco System, a two-section scale manufactured by the Strait- scale Company and located a t Kansas City. It is sald that there a re other 150-ton scales on the system, but they are of the four-section model. The cost of the scale installed here was $17,000.00, according to J. S. Bai- ley, scale inspector for the Frisco System.

The scale i i supported by concrete piers of sturdy construction, and has a 10-foot pit that is waterproof. The pit was bullt by the Hedges Conatruc- tion Company, under Frisco supervf- sion. The carpenter work was done under the supervision of W. H. Brooke. general foreman of the build- ing and bridge departnient lor the river division. The location of the new scale is a ehort distance north of where the old scale stood, near the center of the train yards, and is ele- vated a distance of approximately four feet, which necessitated the building of new track.

Fr i sco Will Abandon H a r v a r d ai id Memphis Mechanical

Facilities

M ECHANICAL department Cacil- itles maintafned by the Frisco a t Harvard. Arkansas, and

Memphis, Tennessee a re to be aban- doned and moved t o Yale. Tennessee. six milea southeast of Memphis, where $1,450,000 will be spent in en- largements and lmprovernents of the mechanical and car building facilities a t that point. The move will make Yale, Tennessee, one of the finest mechanical and car building railroad centers in the South.

Preliminary work on the move has already begun with the sinking of two 500-gallon-per-minute wells. I t is expected that two years will be re- quired to complete the work. The complete plant will be one-fourth mile wide and one and one-fourth miles long.

The Frisco will spend $750,000 dur- ing 1927 on the new projec In erect- ing power houaes, roundhhse. ma- chine, boiler and blacksmith shops, store house, two coal chutes with elec- trically-driven conveyors, a mill shop and several car yard buildings. The power house, with two 450 horse power boilers, will be one of the most modern power houses in the South.

The Frisco will double track i ts rail- road between Memphis and Yale. The present yards a t Memphis a re neces- sa ry to take care of the Frisco's rap- idly growing buslness to and from Memphis, and the expansion a s con- templated by the Yale program, will entirely relieve the situation in the local yards so a s to permit of expe- dited handling, which will be greatly to the interest of the shippers a s well us t o t h e Frisco.

The Frisco's car building program a t Yale for 1927 includes the con- struction of 600 new gondola coal cars. the conversion of 200 coal care into flat cars, and the reinforcing and mod- ernizing of 200 coal cars. Yale, Tenn., is the largest car building yard on Frisco Lines.

Paymente by the Metropolitan LIfe Insurance Company t o insur- ed offlcers and employes OI the Frisco Lines for the month of Feb- ruary, 1927, totaled $9,589.62.

This amount was divided as Pol- lows: Total and permanent disabil- ity in supervisory group, $1,163.04. In the shop group, under, death claims, total ~ n d permanent disabil- i ty and health and accident claims, the payments were, respectively. $2,000, $663.52 and $3,028.54. Th2 death claims in the clerks' group amouuted to $1,000.00, and the total and permanent disability pay- ments, $414.52.

PROGRESS IN GREATER TRAFFIC

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and reports of freight and passenger business solicited and secured were made.

M. J. Conley. divisfon freight agent; C. R. Welcb, traveling auditor; J. H. Douglass, general agent and L. S. Baney, station baggage master, all offered excellent suggestions for se- curing additional business while per- forming their duties, and when in contact with the traveling public.

The Kansas City Chapter, named, "the Sunnyland Club," entertained i ts members with a dance on the night of March 8 a t La Fiesta auditorium. Eight hundred Frfsco employes and their families were in attendance. On the following night a meeting was held in the office of G. F. Macgregor, executive general agent. where an advisory and executive board were elected. Those elected to serve on the executive board were: F. E. Mor. gan, R. E. Wiiler, F. H. Fenner. W. E. Devinney and George Light. The advisory board mbmbers named were: G. F. Macgregor, J. M. Flannigan. B. J . Gleason, W. B. Berry and E. G. Baker.

The Frisco employes who form the official staE of this -club are: J. Burch. president; L. J. Lefgh, Rrst vice-president; A. C. DeFries, second vice-president; J. E. Harris, third vice-president; H. J. Hoke, secretary and manager, and Elmer Lindemann, treasurer. A social gathering is held once each month, with a business session following. --

The Oklahoma City Chapter of this organieation has held three meetings of recent date: February 14, Feb- ruary 28 and March 18. Each of the meetings were In charge of Fred E. Carter, president. Dave L. Estes, is the newly elected acting vice-presi- dent and A. D. Minick. secretary and treasurer. Seventeen men were elected a s vice-presidents, represent- ing as many organizations and crafts.

The meeting of March 18 was at- tended by Messrs. F. H. Shaffer, M. M. Sisson, H. F. Sanborn. J. W. Nourse, C. H. Baltzell, special r ep re sentative and C. T. Mason, superin- tendent, each of whom addressed the gathering.

Following the business meeting, - the 100 employes present danced to music furnished by a real Frjsco or- chestra.

This CIub is making great head- ' way with Its organization and is ef-

ficiently combining its social and business features a t each meeting.

The St. Louis Chapter was formed on March 9, after a meeting in the office of P. W. Conley, superinten- dent of terminals. Committees were formed at Seventh Street, Chouteau Avenue, Tower Grove, Gratiot and Lindenwood, and a vigorous campaign launched in this new effort.

Sub-committees appointed in the shops and terminals have pledged

ceoperation and reports of results are already comlng into the office of the genera! chairman of the Great- e r Traffic Clubs a t St. Louis.

The Ft. Scott. Kansas Chapter held i ts second meeting on the night, of February 26. C. Jones, vice-president had charge or the meeting, due to the fact that J. 0. Armstrong, president of the chapter was ill. K. F. San- born was the principal speaker. He introduced W. H. Bevans, superinten- dent, Ft. Scott; E. G. Baker, assistant general passenger agent. Kansas City; M. J. Conley, division freight agent, Joplin. and C. 0. McCain, general agent a t Ft. Scott. Kansas, each of whom spoke on the new campaign for more business for Frisco Lines.

A meetin8 was held a t Sherman, Texas, March 11, when the citizens of that city met with the Frisco em- ployes and officials. The employ- es discussed the payroll Frisco employes spend in Sherman, and the result was a mutual understanding that the merchants would exchange service and carloads of materials in return for the money spent in ' the i r places of business.

Many of the Frisco officials were in attendance. including C. H. Mor- rill, assistant to vice-president; 0. H. McCarty, general manager Texas Lines; M. M. Sisson, assistant gen- eral manager and others.

The Ft. Worth, Texas Chapter has a unique organization. Ben B. Lew- is, a s chairman, has organized two divisions known a s "A" and "B" which function under the leadership of P. N. Davis, and J. M. Freeman, who are termed ."Majors". Under each division are three teams, head- ed by R. D. Ward, W. R. Edwards. J. H. Richards. J. L. Ward, E. C. Wilson and J. I. S t e p h e n s o n , known as "Captaina". This chapter has a splendid organfeation, and the chairman is being flooded with infor- mation of possible new business in both freight and passenger channels. Culletins are being issued by the chairman from time to time, which show the standing of the divisions and teams of this chapter, and be- sides competing for greater results with the other chapters of the sys- tem, there is keen competition among their own divisions.

"Get in to win", is the slogan of this group, and tangible results a re being recorded.

- An organization of colored em-

ployes has been formed a t Hugo, Ok- lahoma, with a first meeting on March 14. These employes elected Young Redic, chairman, and Willis Burnell, secretary. A social and business meeting was held on April 4, where ways and means of further assisting In the work of the Greater Traffic Club of Hugo was discussed.

"The response of the employes of this railroad to their president's a p

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peal for active solicitation and in- formation on prospective buslness has been highly gratifying to every- one," Chairman Sanborn said. "While we do not have the names of all who have put a shoulder to the wheel the last month, the following employes have, during that period either se- cured passenger or freight business themselves or given valuable tips about prospectlve trafiic t o repre- sentatives of the traffic department, which in most cases has resulted In additional revenue for this company.

Thos. Morris, assistant yardmaster. St. Louis, Mo.; U. C. Mitchell, cash- ier-operator, Boynton. Okla.: J. A. Miller, agent, Columbus, Kans.; E. D. Cauble, night chief clerk, Memphfa, Tenn.; H. S. Crothers, accountant clerk, Memphis, Tenn.; J. L. Fazzi, warehouse fgreman, Memphis, Tenn.: Wm. A. Moore, rate clerk, Memphis, Tenn.; W. F. Corkery, chief clerk, Memphis, Tenn.; & M. Dowling, de- murrage clerk, Charles Benson, yard clerk. Clarence Whelan, car order clerk. and Robert Young, car service clerk from St. Louis, Mo.; Jno. L. Morgan, Greater Traffic Com.. EnId, Okla.; C. J. Stephenson, ass't t o gen. mgr., Springfield, Mo.; Leo Waters. C. F. Maddy, E. R. McKnight. L. W. Blakely, Van Deatrich, from local freight offlce a t Ft. Smith. Ark.; Jno. P. Ansboro, Edw. J. Immele, local freight office, Wichita. Kans.; Arthur Boen, local freight office. St. Louis. Mo.; J. H. Daugherty, chief clerk me- chanlcal dept. Memphis, Tenn.; Ar- thur A. Koch, Seventh Street, St. Louis, Mo.; C. D. Cochran, sargent spi. officer, St. Louis, Mo.; 0, W. Bru- ton, sup't terminals, Springfield. Mo.: P. W. Ramsey, team Crack clerk. Memphis. Tenn.; W. G. Ragains. agent, Morley, Mo.; L. L. Stephens. engineer, and Murl Calvert, switch- man from Wichita, Kans.; Geo. V. El- liott, claim agent, Joplin, Mo.: 0. S. Momany, storekeeper, Oklahoma City. Okla.; G. H.' Jury, asst. superinten- dent, Tulsa, Okia.; R. 0. Andrews. operator-cashier, F. C. Zimmerman. yard clerk, and Verner Cauder, train meeter, from Brady, Texas; J. C. Briggs. traveling auditor, Springfield, Mo.; Jos. E. Duran, speclal agent. Ft. Worth, Texas; W. F. Brandt, general foreman, Springfield. Mo.; J. M. Brown, pensioned employe, Aberdeen. Miss.; Pa t Moran, yard clerk, St. Louis, Mo.; E. W. Cunningham, clerk. local Crt. office, C. E. Bobbitt, clerk, local frt. office, A. W. Meyers. chief yard clerk, J. J. Santry, switchman, Hamilton, yard clerk, Lindeman, cashler, H. A. Wilson. revising clerk, Mrs. Fanchon Johnson, comptometer operator, J. E. Ham, yardmaster. Wm. A. Collins, clerk, C. H. Coombs. clerk. Mark Cassidy, bill clerk. J. J. Fitzgerald, clerk, and Rich O'Con- nors, car record clerk, all of Kansas City. Mo.; O'Toole, (Thos.), chief yard clerk, St. Louis, Mo.; J. J. Sltt- ner, agent, Holcomb, Mo.; A. Bowles. claim agent, Sprfngfleld, Mo.; M. G. Cooper, claim agent, Birmingham, Ma.; B. E. Montgomery, agent. Mal-

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AGENCY CHANGES FOR MARCH

H. W. McFarland installed perm nent agent, Pascola, Mo., March 1.

T. H. Lacy installed permanel agent. Pettigrew. Arkansaa, March

A. B. Cardwell installed temporax agent. St. Paul, Arkansas, March

C. F. Rogers fnstalled temporal agent, Hopeton, Oklahoma, March

L. L. Sharp installed permaner agent, Olden, Missouri, March 2.

J. J. Corum installed permaner nwent. Trnv. Oklahnmn. March 4.

C. M. Whirlow in agent, Cameron. 01

C. W. Roberts in agent. St. Clair, M

J. A. Winn ins agent, Winslow, Ar

A. Braden ins1 agent. Peckham, 01

R. W. Tapp Ins agent, West Fork, P

W. S. Wight fa agent. Garfield, Arl

J. M. Johnson in agent, Perryvalo. J March 8.

E. H. Harvey 1. agent, Avoca, Arkr

J. B. Smallwoo manent agent, G March 9.

Effective March Oklahoma, ticket ar

T. L. Carson In agent, Casey, Okl:

Effective March Missouri, ticket age

J. H. Robson in agent, Jones, Oklal

H. M. Russell in agent, Norge, Oklal

E. J. Lemmons i~ agent. Frederick K:

J. W. Zimmerm manent agent, Vall March 15.

Effective March kansas agency closc

J. H. Hannegan i~ agent. Hopeton. Ok

T. 8. Winn in agent, St. Paul. Ar

THE LARGES'I Members of th

Opera Company through the soul during the 1927 se la0 miles on FI largest single pass of the year.

Traveling in tv of 17 baggage ci and two diners, F ed the company ! as, on March 13 homa; from Tulsr Joplin, Missouri ; March 17 to Wi Wichita on Marck

- - - - - , - - - # , - - - - - - -- -, - - - - - - - - . stalled permanent rlahoms. March 4. stalled permanent issouri, March 7. ttalled permanent kansas. March 7. talled permanent rlahoma, March 7. stalled permanent Lrkansas, March 8. gtalled permanent kansas, March 8. stalled permanent lunction, Missouri.

stalled permanent insas, March 8. ~d installed per- arvln, Oklahoma,

10, Crum Creek, geney closed. stalled temporary rhoma. March 11. 11, Hermondale,

m y closed. stalled permanent loma, March 14. ,stalled permanent homa, March 15. stalled permanent nnsas, March 15. an installed per- ey Park, Missouri,

16. Midland, AF ad. mstalled permanent lahoma, March 15. stalled temporary ,kansas, March 16.

MOVEMENT e Chicago Civic on annual tour

thwestern states !ason, traveled 1,- 9sco Lines, tbe ;enger movement

ro special trains rrs, 11 Pullmans 'risco Lines mov- kom Dallas, Tex-

to Tulsa, Okla- r on 'March 16 to

from Joplin on lehita, and from I 18 to St. Louis.

LOADING 'EM HEAVY MERITORIOUS SERVICE Several months aao the Memohis. ' (Continued from Page 24)

Tennessee, newspapere announced that a new record for cotton loading had been established by a Memphis compress, when 300 round bales, with a total weight of 75,494 pounds were crowded into a regulation box car.

This record remained unequaled un- til T. E. Walker, general agent for the Frisco a t Muskogee. Oklahoma, announced that on January 12. 201 square bales, with a total weight of 101,584 pounds were loaded into a regulation car a t the Traders' Com- press Company.

On February 11, a report made by the Ardmore Compress, a t Ardmore, Oklahoma, stated that 207 bales of cotton were loaded into one car, with a total weight of 103,531, pounds.

"We are trying to get everybody to load, if possible, one more ton when making their shipments. It 1s in line with the program of the railroad and the car service division of the Ameri- can Railway Association to obtain maximum loading of cars," said J. H. Doggrell, superintendent of transpor- tation.

Before these records came to the attention of the Frisco officials and others interesteb, 166 square bales to the car was the best known loading record.

I 113 YEARS' SERVICE I

This yard crew a t Clinton, Mo., has a combined service total of 113 years. Standing, from left to right they are: A. T. Laney, conductor, 32 years' service; Thos. McDonnell, engineer. 30 years' sei-vice; Clyde Hunter, brakeman, 16 years' service, Harry Kline, brakeman, 17 years' service, 'and Dan Dunden, fireman, 18 years' service, is in the cab.

Lowe "Waiter, this coffee's like mud," ex-

clafmed the customer. "I'm not surprfsed, slr; I t was

ground this morning," was the un- perturbed reply.

CENTRAL DIVISION Superinendent S. T. Cantrell reports

the following cases of merltorious service :

Harry Riggins, operator, Wiley Echols, water service mechanic, and Tom Terry, coal chute foreman, a t Talinina, Oklahoma, when Frisco properties a t that point recently ran out of water. got the City fire hose and connected i t up, and watered lo- cals and hill engine, whlch enabled proper operatfon of trains.

During the recent sleet storm which caused damage to telegraph wires, T. E. Oldham, brakeman, re- paired line between Muskogee and Okmulgee, Oklahoma. His record was -credited with fifteen merit marks.

SOUTHERN DIVISION C. C. Evans, brakeman, on train

No. 234 .while inspecting train a t Hardy. Arkansaa, found broken arch bar on car. L&N 3559, coke for Spring- fleld, Missouri. He was commended for hin action.

J. V. Smith, train baggageman, Fayetteville-Muskogee route, who was coming in on train 786, February 26, after lighting lamp in baggage car 280, discovered the lamp had flooded and caught .are to the car. He stopped the train and Engineer Porter assisted Mr. Smith, and using a water bucket, they put the fire out. Mr. Smith's personal record was credited in a proper manner.

Pike Hailey, tlcket agent a t Tulsa. Oklahoma, supplied J. R. Simpson, of Seminole, Oklahoma, with informa- tion which brought about the pur- chase of seren tickets vla Frisco rails from Tulsa to Oklahoma City, thence to Seminole, Oklahoma. Mr. Simp- son writes: "In my experience with railroad companies, never yet have 1 received such courteous treatment a s that accorded me on thls occasion. It was necessary for me to move my wife from Tulsa to Oklahoma City and then on to Seminole, even though she was in a helpless condition. Your employes, both on the train and in your railroad station, deserve every consideration that yon may be able to show them, and especially do I wish to call your attention to Mf. Pike Hailey who did not know me, nor did he know who I was, but because of his position there with your company. he seemed eager to render sewice. and went out of his way to do your 1iAron a favor."

BALL TEAM AT ST. LOUIS The Frisco employes a t St. Louis

will again have a baseball team entered in the MunicipaI League and all f i i sco employes of St. Louis, interested in trying to make the team, will please communicate with George Grellner, room 918 FI?sco Building, St. Louis. He will be glad to give them any particulars in regard to the re- quirements, and the date of the 5rst tryout.