Page 24 September, 1927

AN ACCIDENT DECREASE M a i n t e n a n c e of Way Workers

Register a 37.4 Per Cent

A STATEMENT issued by H. W. Hudgen, director of accident pre- vention, covering the month of

July compared with the same month a year ago. shows tha t the mainte- nance of way and structures depart- ment had a decreaee in casualties for the month of July, 1927, a s compared with the same month last year of 37.4 per cent. This is a n exceptionally fine record. since all prevlous reports have shown this department with a n in- crease in casualties.

"Another record which is note- worthy is that made by the shops. They show a decrease of 7.1 per cent in casualties for the month of July, 1927, compared with the same month last year, and a decrease of 10.5 per cent during t h e year January 1 t o July 31, 1927, compared with the same period last year", Mr. Hudgen states.

The next best record was made by transportation employes, who show a decrease in casualties of 25.5 per cent for the month of July, 1927, a s com- pared with the same month last year.

Six accident prevention meetings held from August 1 to August 11 were attended by 385 employes and visi- tors. The largest one was held a t the Y. M. C. A., Monett and was attended by 317 people. This meeting was held a t the Rialto Theatre where the pic- ture, "Gambling With Death" was shown to the enthusiastic crowd.

Other meetings were held a t Spring- fleId, west shops, August 1; South Springfield reclamation plant, August 2; west coach shop, Springfield, Aug- ust 3; north car department, Spring- field, August 6; mechanical depart- ment, West Tulsa, August 9.

The largest meeting of the fifteen heId Crom July 5 t o July 29, with a n attendance of approximately 2,000, was a t Amory. on July 22. More than seventy people attended the meeting in the City Hall where an interesting program was presented. A capacity crowd of 1,600 attended the picnic sup- per in the City Park a short time later.

One of th'e special entertainment features a t the Amory meet was the musical program presented by the Amory String Bean Band, composed of eighteen high school students and sponsored by conductor and Mrs. J. C. Gravlee.

Other meetings held during July were a s follows; Tulsa terminal, July 5: transportation department, St. Louis. July 7; mechanical department, Newburg, July 7: mechanical depart- ment. West Tulsa. July 12; transporta- tion department, Monett, July 13; Kansas City Termlnal, July 14: trans-

. portation department, July 16; mech- anical department, Hugo, July 15 ; mechanical department, Ft. Scott, July 19: mechanical department, Enid, July 20; employes, Amory, July 22; mechanical department, Memphis, July 26; transportation department, Enld, July 28: transportation depart- ment, Ft. Worth, July 29.

For Meritorious Semite SOUTHWESTERN DlVlSlON

Superintendent C. T. Mason reports the following cases of meritorious service:

H. F. Raps, engine toreman; C. C. Oates, switchman; G. L. Thornton, switchman; C. F. Carl, brakeman: A. E. Mell, engineer; F. H. Atkins, enginmr; all of Sapulpa, Oklahoma, and 0. A. Walker, fireman, OkIahoma City, found a horse caught 6n bridge between south and east yards, July 12, and after about forty-five minutes of hard work freed horse and removed him from bridge. The personal record of each oI these men was credited with ten merit marks.

J . M. Barry, conductor, Oklahoma City, gave informalion which resulted in recovery of large portion of goods stolen July 26 lrom car or merchandise in his train. A copy of the letter of commendation was placed on his personal record file.

V. P. Couch, engineer; W. G. Ball, fireman. and B. C. smith, brakeman, all of West TuIsa, Okla., vohntarily fired by hand engine 4151 on train No. 534, July 29, when stoker failed. The train was not delayed. The personal record of each of these men was credited with ten merit marks.

J. E. Johnson, agent, Catoosa, Okla., discovered and reported brake beam dragging on train No. 434, August 1, a s train passed Catoosa. His personal record was credited with ten merit marks.

V. Walker, section foreman, Catoosa, Okla., discovered broken rail in main line near RIP 405-9, July 8. The break was of such nature that it would not have been detected under ordinary inspection. His personal record was credited with ten merit marks.

CENTRAL DlVlSlON Superintendent S. T. Cantrell reports the following cases of meritorious

service : E. L. Matthews, conductor, and J. Rrodbeck and C. 31. Ellinor, brakeman,

train No. 734, when they found stock pens chute a t Tusliahoma, Okla., in bad condition, built a temporary chute out of loose lumber and loaded three Cars of stock. The personal record of each man was credited with five merit marks.

J. L. Irby, engineer, assisted a ditcher fireman i n replacing injector on American ditcher, saving expense and delay of taking ditcher to terminal for repairs. Mr. I r b y ' ~ personal record was credited with ten merit marks.

B. M. Finley, engineer, and W. M. Mcsee, fireman, assisted U. G. KfiOx. engineer, In repairing air pump on engine No. 104, train No. 775, July 8, saving delay traln No. 775 and work extra No. 217, a s well a s avoiding engine failure. The personal record of Mr. Finley and of Mr. McBee was credited with ten merit marks.

J. D. Tucker, brakeman, fired engine No. 1297, Garfield, Ark., to Monett, traln No. 1/734, July 4, when fireman Craddock became overheated. The personal record of Mr. Tucker was credited with ten merit marks.

E. H. Harvey, agent, Avoca, Ark., arranged with dispatcher to hold Benton- vllle branch train a t Bentonville Junction until he could drive a passenger from Avoca t o that point. The personal record of Mr. Harvey was credited with ten merit marks.

E. C. Waldron, conductor, discovered bolster down on SF 73903 when making Inspection of train No. 744 a t Poteau, Okla., July 12. HIS personal record was credited with five merit marks.

H. M. Stierwalt, engineer, when he detected that switch was open a t Arden, Ark., July 9, reduced the speed of train No. 737 to such a n extent that the re- sulting derailment was very slight. H e has been commended.

SOUTHERN DlVlSlON Superintendent R. B. Butler reports the following cases of meritorious

service : J. G. Haughton, operator. Tupelo, Miss., in handling diversion order receiv-

ed from Mobile & Ohio af ter car Ieft Tupelo for Memphis, inserted on wire names of terminal superintendent and agent a t Memphis t o insure instructions being received in time to be acted on. He has been commended.

W. C. Coltharp, conductor, and H. W. Sloan, brakeman, train No. 937, meet- ing extra train NO. 6 north a t Reese, Miss., noted car S F 71775 on latter train in bad order and signalled crew who stopped train. The personal record of each man was credited with five merit marks.

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

service : A. R. Ketchum, fireman, Enid, Okla., left his engine and succeeded i n

stopping a cut of cars which were moving on a n adjoining t rack a s his train was pulling into Blackwell, Okln. A COPY of the letter of commendation was placed on his personal record Ale.

RIVER DlVlSlON Superintendent J. A. Moran reports the following cases of meritorious

service: (NOW turn to Page 27, please)

September, 1927 -~T&w /~ZMPLOW&~ZINE

Armored Pay Car On Honduras Road

AY day on the railroads of Hondu- ras is no pleasant event for the pay- ' masters, if the amount of machine

gun protection and armor plate with which the pay car is fitted can be accorded a criterion. Comptroller E. H. Bunnell received a transportation request recently from Arthur W. Kidd, auditor of the Cuyamel Fruit Company railroad with headquarters a t Puerto Cortes, Honduras. Later Mr. Kidd sent along the two photographs ap- pearing above. Note that the pay car windows a r e high, small and bar- red and tha t the door is equipped with bars and bolts of great strength. The interior view is of the rear end of the pay car with the door closed, showing closed ports with a firing port directly below the electric fan. All

I YOUNGEST FRISCO GRAND- PARENTS

and Mrs. Frank Sowards, of gfleld, Mo., claim to be the :est grandparents on Frisco

Sowards, a car carpenter a t ~ o r t h shops, is 39 years old

Mrs. Sowards is 36. The graph shows the grandfather grandson, togathct with Mr. rds' son, who is also a car car- r a t the north shops. ?y wish to issue a challenge 'risco tamllies to produce let grandparents.

ports may be closed simultaneously by throwing a lever which is within easy reach of the paymaster's station.

The Frisco Lines recently moved from Sherman, Tex., a solid trainload of flour manufactured' by the Fant Milling Company of Sherman, routed for shipside loading a t Port Arthur, Tex., and consigned to Grandes Moin- hos Gamba, Sao Paulo, Brazil. The flour was in sacks of seventy kilos, or 154 pounds, each. Senor A. Fer- nandez, export manager of the Fant Company, made the sale through a broker of Sao Paulo.

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I TALENTED FRISCO DAUGHTER

Dorothy MaUock, slxteen-year-old daughter of Charlie M. Matlock, for 26 years a Texas Lines engineer, has just been elected to hold the position of organist of the First Baptist

Church at Sher- man, Texas. This church has t h e largest and finest pipe organ in the city, and the mem- bers feel that they were very fortun- ate in securing so eBicient a n organ- ist.

W s s Matlock re- ceived her diploma from the Central High School a t the close of the spring term of 1927 and has been studying music under Pro- fessor George E.

accepted the posi- tion of organist a t this church, s h e took the place of her professor Who formerly held that position. She as- sumed her new duties on August 1.

The Warehouse Force at Kansas City in /a95

Barbers rnrrst have had n hard time o f it in 1895, as a close scrutiny of the ac- cornPanyirlg picture will shozu.

Out of the tzventy-or~e men pictured above, only arc ckan shaven. These mrlr were employes of the warehouse force o f the local freight office at Kansas City in 1895, and only three of them are now employed by the Frisco.

They are, from left to right, top row: Joe Talbcrf, Enrery Fairchilds, John Armsfrong, Jim Moran, Jay Faulktrer, Clarmce Kryder (next man unknown) and John Leonard. MIDDLE ROW: Mike Cahill, George Harber, C h s . Jones, artd Ed Wi l - ber. BOITOM Row: Oscar Slanley, Dave Reynolds, Clint Guy, W m . Parnham, Eler Newman, Ed Connors, Roy Jones, George Hughes and Frank Nelson.

John Leonard, Clint Guy nnd Frank Nelson are at )resent emjloyed by the Frisco, but the whereabouts of the others are not known.

September, 1927

I FRISCO FUEL ECONOMY RECORDS I Only 94 pounds of coal per 1,W

gross ton miles were used is a fuel economy run made by F. HoBhouse, engineer. and C. E. Miller, firemart train 1/162, engine 4124, Fort Scott, Kans., to Katr~as City, Mo., a dis- tance of 97.9 miles, July 3.

Thix fuel performance was a c h k - rd by this engine crew despite detaya enroute tolaling two hours and fhir- ty-tthc miwtes. T h actual running time 700s four hour$ and forty-six minutes.

Praise for ;his run was expressed by M. M . Sissort, Springfield, assis- tant genera! rnanuger. and by G . A. Ermatinger, Fort Scott, road fove- man of equipment.

T HE system freight fuel perfor- mance for July was 166 pounds versus 164 pounds In July last

year, a n increase of 1.30 per cent. De- spite the fact tha t we failed to make a decrease over previous year, there were some excellent fuel records made.

EASTERN DlVlSlON

Rolla Sub: Engineer A. R. GUENZ- LER, fireman SANDIFER. train 36. engine 12, Newburg to St. Louis July 31st, performance 81 pounds per 1,000 gross ton miles.

Engineer D. E. MULLEN, fireman SIMMS, train 38, engine 4, Newburg t o St. Louis July 31st. performance 82 pounds per 1,000 gross ton miles.

Lebanon Sub: Engineer MONROE, fireman BUNCH, train 38, engine 35, Springfield to Newburg July 20th, per- formance 82 pounds per 1,000 gross ton miles.

Engineer M 0 R T 0 N, fireman CROSS, train 38, engine 40, Spring- field to Newburg July 27th, perform- ance 89 pounds per 1,000 gross ton miles.

SOUTHERN DlVlSlON

Willow Sprlngs Sub: Engineer BROWNS, fireman FOWI)RY, train 131, engine 4108, Springfield to Thay- er, July 9th, performance 110 pounds per 1,000 gross ton miles.

Memphls Sub: Engineer D U K E , flreman SMITH. Train extra, engine 4016, Thayer t a Harvard July 28th, performance 66 pounds.

Tupelo Sub: Engineer W E L L S, fireman SWAN, train 934, engine 37. Amory to Memphis July 26tb, perfor- mance I S pounds.

Engineer W I L D E R . fireman HENRY. train extra, Engine 6, Amory to MemphIs July 25th, performance 71 pounds.

Birmingham Sub: Engineer ROB- BINS, fireman SANDERS, train 136, engine 30, Amory t o Birmingham July 29th. performance 108 pounds.

RIVER DlVlSlON

St. Louis Sub: E n g i n e e r ED- WARDS, fireman JONES, train extra. engine 4005, Chaffee to St. Louis July 26th. performance 67 pounds.

Chrffea 8 u b : Engineer AUBUC- HON, fireman JARRELL, train 832, engine 4019. Harvard t o CBaffee July 25th, performance 57 pounds.

NORTHERN DlVlSlON

Kansas Clty Sub: Engineer LAR- SON, flreman KINNEY, train extra south. engine 1145. Kansas City t o Ft. Scott. July 6th, performance 91 pounds fuel per 1,000 gross ton miles.

Engineer H Y L T 0 N , flreman CASEY, train 104, englne 1063, Fort Scott to Kansas City. July 7th. per- formance 14 pounds per passenger car mile.

Ash Grove Sub: E n g i n e e r PHELPS, fireman BOWMAN, train 131, engine 4131, Fort Scott to Spring- field July 29th. performance 72 pounds.

Afton-Parsons Sub: E n g i n e e r DIXON. fireman TRHSSEL, traln ex- tra, englne 4112, Afton to Fort Scott July 28th. performance 74 pounds.

Carthaqe Sub: Engineer TOMIA, fireman WILLIS, train 332, engine 4030, Neodesha to Monett July 27th, performance 101 pounds.

SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION

Cherokee Sub: Engineer RENO. fireman VINSON, train 438, engine 4121, West Tulsa to Monett, July 30th, performance 75 pounds.

Oklahoma Sub: Engineer WEIBER, fireman COOK, train 432, engine 4115. Oklahoma City to West Tulsa, July 24th. performance 86 pounds.

Creek Sub: Engineer T H O M P - SON, fireman HANGER, train 534, engine 4116, Francis to West Tulsa July 24th. performance 89 pounds.

Sherman Sub: Engineer WHITUS, fireman J. CLINTON, train 532, en- gine 4103, Sherman to Francis July 28th, performance 117 pounds.

CENTRAL DlVlSlON

Ft. Smith Sub: Engineer WOM- ACK, fireman MARTIN, Train 734, engine 1305, Fort Smith to Monett July 26th, performance 110 pounds.

Arthur Sub: Engineer JENKINS, fireman EDDY, train 734, engine 708, Paris to Fort Smith, July 28th. per- formance 101 pounds.

WESTERN DlVlSlON

Beaumont Sub: Engineer DALE, fireman BRAMMER, train Extra, en- gine 1616, Enid to Beaumont Junction. July 28th. performance 111 pounds.

Perry Sub: Engineer Y 0 U N G MAN, flreman WSHOP, train 634, en- gine 162.0 EnId to West Tulsa, July 31st, performance 99 pounds.

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MERITORIOUS SERVICE / (Continued from Page 24) i

R. Q. Jennings, operator, Kennett; Mo., gerformed special services in con; nection with handling engine NO. 70Q when passenger train was being dek layed July 3. A copy of the letter o! commendation was placed on his per- sonal record file.

Luther King, brakeman, detecting broken rail in main line betweed switches a t Froemsdorf, Mo., July 15, notified foreman. A copy of the letter of commendation was placed on his personal record file.

NORTHERN DlVlSlON Superintendent W. H. Bevans re-

ports the following cases of meritor- ious service:

J. L. Greenup, agent, Scammon, Kans.. observing a brake beam drag- ging on train No. 139, stopped train and crew removed the brake beam. His personal record was credited with five merit marks.

T. W. Manning, clerk, Ft. Scott, Kans., adjusted a n overcharge on a shipment of oiI in such satisfactory manner as to assure the shipper using the Frisco in the future. A copy of the letter of commendation was placed on his personal record file.

Barker Duncan, foreman; A D. Hall ahd W. C. Barrett, helpers; Clyde Gor- don, engineer, and F. P. Colgan, fh9- man, separated car S F 32312, on fhe a t Ruth. Mo., yard, June 22, from other cars. A copy of the letter of commen- dation was placed on the personal rec- ord file of each of these men.

C. J. Anderson, engineer, and Sam Kuhn, brakeman, both of Kansas City, fired englne No. 4133 on train No. 164, from Paola, Kansaa to Kansas City the night of July 9, when Mr. Ells- berry, fireman, became ill. The train was not delayed. The personal record of each man was credited with five merit marks.

B. E. Edwards, conductor: M, M. Swope, C. L. Allison and E. B. Jones, brakemen: C. J. Kirkpatrick, engineer, and J. R. Travis, fireman, all of Ft . Scott, Kans., on train No. 142. found track washed out just north or South Greenfield. Mo.. July 20, and without waiting for instructions of any kind obtained a flat car a t &uth Greenfield, called section men, loaded ties, and cribbed up not only the first washout, but several others between South Greenfield and Dum'beck, Mo. A copy of the letter of commendation waq placed on the personal record fiIe of each of these men.

J. H. Brennan, superintendent ' of telegraph, reports the following case of meritorious service:

'M. H. Wood, lineman, while w o r b ing a t Spring Hill, Kana., station, July 26, noticed brake rigging dragging on a car in M. K. & T. train No. 2/1374, and fiagged' the train. The brake rig- ging was removed.

Thrift consists in sensibly using this week's Income rather than in frettlqg over past extravagance.-Uncle Phil- ander.

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I A DEMPSEY FAN! 1 Kansas City Colored Employes Have Winning Team

W h e n the Demjsey-Tunney fight i s held in Chicago on September 15, there will be one enthrrsiastic rooter f rom the Frisco Lines for Jack Dempsey, i n the person of "Uncle Cltarley" Baltcell, spe- cial representative from the off ice o f the general manager at Springfield, Mo.

T h e accompanying photograph shows the fatnous Jack, his wi fe , Estelle Tay - lor. and "Uncle Charley", taken fifteen months before the first Dempsey-Tun- ney fight.

"Uncle Charley" i s n o w on his vaca- tion and he i s spendhrg it again in the Dempsey camp, watching the former chumpio# train for the most important bout o f his career.

I BASEBALL NOTES 1 Fifteen vlctbrlea bnd three defeats

was the record of the baseball team bf the Frisco Best Service Club, com- posed of employe8 a t the Seventh Street Statlon, St. Louis, for this sea- son t o August l.

The team defeated the nine of Caa- cede Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of Granite City, Ill., July 31, a t Granite City, 7-6. This game went t en innings and the victory was the fifth straight for the Frfsco players. Approximately 1,200 persons witnessed the game a t Granlte City. The Knights of Pythias

T h e "Frisco liamblers", a baseball tcom composed of colored employes at the Frisco local freight house at Kansaf City, Mo., which was organized early this sum- mer, started o f f w i th a winning streak. T h e team's first game was w i th a Stanley, Kans., team, the "Frisco h'amblers" zcirtrtins 9-7. T h e "Frisco Rmblers" about a week later bested the Lillcy-Kansas City Che-nolet team 3-2.

T h e members o f the "Frisco Ramblers" appearing i n the above picture are, top row: Sanderson, Gray, Walker , Harris, Craft , Cheaton. Bot tom row, lef t to right: R. Patrick, manager; Carter, Reims, James and Rlackbrirn, captain.

team had lost only one game this sea- son previous to the conflict with the Frisco nine and immediately chal- lenged the Frisco nine to two more games a t Granite City. The challenge was accepted. The Pythians paid the Frisco players ten dollars towards the latter's traveling expenses and five dollars extra, offered if the Frisco bunch won the game, and repeated the offer for the two games scheduled to be played.

In the game a t Granite City, Casey pitched the first five innings for the Frisco nine, then Clayton pitched three innings and F. Schnell finished the game in the pitcher's box. Ame- long and Rose were put in a s pinch hitters by the Pythians in the ninth. The Frisco line-up was: C. Schnell, s s ; Joe Snell, If; 0. Harre. 3b; L. Glore, c ; N. Glore, cf; D. Moore, 2b; Kehnell, l b ; McLaughlin, rf, and Casey, Clay- ton and F. Schnell, pitchers. The Pythian line-up: Gilham. 2b; Brown, s s ; Goshon, l b ; Fricker, c ; Jennings, r f ; Parker, 3b; Fifer, If; Gregory, p, and Smith, cf.

The last prevfoue game played by the Frisco Best Service Club team was with the Ste. Genevieve, Mo., business men's team, a t Ste. Gene-

vieve, July 24, when the Frisco nine won, 9-8.

Arthur Boen is manager of the Frisco Best Service Club team; R. L. Klein, Sr., general foreman a t the Seventh Street Statlon, is vfce-presi- dent of the club and Louis G. Rose- man is secretary-treasurer.