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The Stamp of Character -- Means

Cross Ties Plus- Plus -

That security which has its foundation upon the ownership in fee of thousands of acres of standing timber-

Plus- A stock of cross ties always on hand, assembled with foresight

and held in preparedness for those who depend upon us-

Plus - The ownership and absolute control of treating plants where

value is added to the natural product, not only through the mshan- ical and chemical processes involved, but also through theexperience, care and business integri t'y that are an in tegrai part of the seller's obligation-

Plus - N warranty mar: sne proaucr Dearmg tnis maria IS aeuverea In

accordance with the terms and spirit of our promises and that this warranty survives acceptance by the purchaser-and last, but greatest of all-

Feb ruary, 1926

II T T T " FnT""n EMPLOYES' MAC)

VOL. 111

Pern or ir

Pensacola, F!

Pittsbnrg Act Thousanc

Operating De Mnde As

Frisco Buys I Largest Egg Passenger Ag

Frisco Lines '

William E. L . -. . -

I BUILDING . . . . ST. LOUIS

WM. L. HUCCINS, Jr.. Editor WM. McMILLAN. A

. FEBRUARY, 1926 -

lission is given to reprint, with credit, in part I full, any article appearing in the Magazine

Contents of This Issue PAGES

lorida, Beautiful City of the South ........................................ 6.11 By I . B. Morrow

cident Prevention Meeting Attended by Five i Persons ........................................................................................ 11 !partment Announces Changes-S. T. Cantrell

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sistant to Vice-President .............................................................. 12 Large Block of Stock in Rock Island Railroad ........................ 13 Crate Shipment in America via Frisco Lines ........................... 14 rent Must Know Current Events and Railroad ....................... 15

By E. G. Baker Will Serve New Million Bushel Grain Elevator at Enid ........ 16 .ewis Wins Rough Handling Essay Contest ........................... 17

Ninety-nine Year Old Frisco Mother Saw Springfield Grow From Log Huts ............................................................................................. 18

Frisco Apprentice School Attains Important Position .................................... 19 Twenty-one Million Dollars for Improvements and Equipment in 1926 .... 20 Woman Telegrapher Has Seen Many Railroading Changes ........................ 21 Ozark Crops Valued at $35,278,000 Shipped in 1925 ................................... 22 "King of Commuters" Rides 309,000 Miles on Frisco Trains ........................ 23 Frisco Employes Hospital Association Statement ....................................... 26 The Pension Roll .................................................................................................... 28-29 Homemakers' Page ............................................................................................. 30-31 "Among Ourselves, The Doctorsw-A Page of Cartoons ............................ 32 Flashes of Merriment ............................................................................................ 33 The Twilight Hour ................................................................................................ 34 Frisco Babies ...................................................................................................... 35 Editorials ............................................................................................................... 36 The Frisco Mechanic ........................................................................................... 37-39 Frisco Family News ................................... .-72

THE FRISCO EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE The Prlsco Employer' Magazlne is a monthly publicatton devoted primarily to the interests of the

more t h i n 30,OQO active and retired employes of the Frisco Lines. I t contslns stories, items of current news, personal notes about employes and their famillea, articles dealing wlth varlous phases of railroad work, poems, cartoons and hotlces regarding the service. Good clear photographs sllltable for repro- ductlon a re especially deslred. and wlll be returned only when requested. All cartoons and drawlngs must be In black Indla drawlng Ink.

Employes a r e invited t o write a t t k l e s for the fnagazfne. Contrlbutlons should be typewritten, on one side of the sheet only, and should be addressed lo the Edltor. Frisco Building, St. Louis. Mo.

Distributed free among Friaco employes. TO others, price 15 cents a copy; subscription ra t e $1.60 a year. Advertising rates wlll be made known upon appllcatlon.

y0.l A ~ l l 4 ~ ~ U ~ d # f ~ G .

Johnstone's re- ~lished in the Lon- le under date of 1765, and follows

. - Governor

port was pub don Chronic February 5, in part:

"His ex1 Johnstone, I West Florid lished here structions f c effectual sett ince; to wh has prefixed of advantag may derive ation, soil, Florida. Aj .. . .

rellency, George bq., Governor of a, has just pub- his Majesty's in- Ir the speedy and ling of that prov- ich the Governor

an ample detail es which settEers

from the situ- etc., of West

Cter giving a geo- graphical description of the situation of the province, he

t the soil is rich, observes, 'Tha capable of prr rice, and ail tl . - . the sea coast, by far' province, these comma duce of the country in valuable. Live-oak, c cover the banks of eve1 with great advantage I Indies. m d some .of ou

Fsisco cmployes and many others who read the Frisco Magazine, were intenselg btterested in the story of Pensocola and the Mirscle Shoals. Bir- mingham and Peirsacola Railroad, which m s printed in the January number. The editor re- ceived many letters from varied sources, com- +reentiltg upon the article. Many of them contained rtqrtests for further information on Pewsocola- the city.

Afthough the dfugazinr has discontinued stories on Frisco n'lies, ale feel an exception shbuld be made b the case of Peasacola, important south- ern trrmkus that it is, and J. B. Morrow, director of Publicity ond idustriQl comnrissiorter of the Pensacoln Chamber of Ccm,rrtmerce, kirrdly ton- sented to prescnt the virtues of his remarkable metropolis for the bcfornrntion of the 30,000 Maga&e readers.

A spkrcdid idea of the attroctions of this won- derful slate which have causrd a veritable pilgrim- age of northern, eastern and western folks to its boundaries, is contained in Mr. Morrow's story of the beautiful West Coast city of Pensacola- seaport of the Frisco Lines.-W. L. H., Jr.

"He next enlarges on its numerous bay! dious harbours, and facility of navigation coast, and adds, 'That nature seems to hav to place the seat of commerce on this bay

without a rival, and so, in a manner, deliver to us the key of the wealth of Mexico.'

"To the objection made by some that the soil upon the banks of Pensacola is too ster- ile for the situation of a great town, Mr. Johnstone replies :

" 'Cities do not so much de- pend upon the produce of the ground immediately around them, as upon easy water comnlunications to where the necessaries and luxuries of life grow. Pensacola, in a few hours can receive the pro- duce of a circumf 150 miles around; s width and so numl the branches of its

~ducing wine, oil, silk, indigo, tobacco, ous bay.' he fruits of southern climates, together "The Governor concludes with observing, '

with those or more northern latitudes, and even on that which recommends West Florida, is the the most sterile part of the ness of the climate. No country on the fa

lities may be raised. The pro- earth possesses so pure, serene and temper; 1 its present state of nature is visited with, the agreeable vicissitudes of seL,,.--, --. edar, pines of the best k -y river and bay, and these (

3e transported to all the V1 - - - - . - - , - .- _ . _ _ ~r northern colonies.'

3, comi along

e inten ; withi

February, 1926

Praise Deserved Today, Also years, Pensacola has become a port of export for a great variety of miscellaneous cargo, such as cotton,

Pensacola and West Florida were in the making back tobacco, agricultural machinery, etc., and has shown a in those days, but it is an interesting fact that the steady increase in all lines of export articles. - statements about Pensacola and West Florida's and resources d a y couched practically t h same language, albeit that we have largely capital i z e d the gifts of n a t u r e which t h e Governor so clearly d e s- cribes.

Nature do change, so we may conclude that the same bays and harbors and the same climate are now present in Pensacola and West Flor- ida as they were in 1765.

What has Pensacola done to capitalize these natural assets? How well has she builded and prospered and what does the future hold?

Pensacola Bay, to which Governor Johnstone refers as the bay where nature in- tended to "place the seat of commerce", is recognized by all shipping men as one of the greatest natural deep water harbors in the world.

With thirty-two feet at mean Iow tide through the entrance channel, waters of a depth ranging from 36 to 50 feet are available in the inner harbor, which has an anchorage basin of seven and n half square miles.

Moreover, there is, tribu- tary to Pensacola, ' three

A Pertsacola Sunshade Balhhrg Beauty

As a port of import, Pen- sacola has long been an im- portant point in the impor- tation of mahogany and other precious wood, fer- tilizer materials and essen- tial oils. .

Perhaps one of its most important activities is the immense business done in exporting coal and in its bunkering of ships. In this regard, the coal-handling devices in Pensacola are among the best at any port in the country and espe- cially fine are those of the Frisco Railroad, which have a capacity of loading twelve hundred tons of coal per hour.

There are almost three miles of pier space, permit- ting of five and seven- tenths miles of berthing space. Of this about 9,115 liileal feet of pier space are available at r a i 1 r o a d wharves, of which a t pres- ent the Frisco Railroad controls 2,725 lineal feet. Water depth at these piers is thirty feet.

In addition to pier spaces, ample a n d commodious railroad car and open stor- age are available at all wa- ter terminals. The track- age on railroad piers is in excess of fifteen miles. The distinctive feature

of the water terminals at Pensacola is the facility for quick dispatch of cargoes. All export and import car-

hundred and fifty square miles of landlocked waters goes having the facility of ship side delivery; a great which make possible water communication to a wide essential in the handling of ships' cargoes. area of coastwise territory. Moreover, all wharves are'contiguous to the com-

Always recognized as a premier port for the exporta- mercial and wholesale distr'icts of Pensacola, thus tion of lumber and naval stores, within the past few avoiding long truck hauls for package cargoes.

!he above pictitre a stretch of .., ,-...,,, u..., V.wv.. ". . ..r.sYvV.U .- V r . Y L V I . .,. ny,b~r left ltnnd corner, Pensacola Bay with its picturesque fishing v ~ s s e l s at top, a river scene in the lower left h a d corner, a dtapIanr landing at the

llf Links. A strelch enter.

htful Bayou Texar forms the X c o , the western confines of e of the twelve miles forming rder on the crystal clear, blue and her bayous.

f Pensacola are striking in ar- front upon well-kept, palm- ways. p are well lighted and clean. ul of the health end comfort ed modern md adequate sani- s largely aided by the natural e city is well guarded by mod- paratus, and the deep, a'rtesian pumping station, piped to all what has been pronounced by

r purest Water in the country. nfort and' health of the com-

r fortunate in its religious - -

nations are represented, iifices of great architect!

en- and ural.