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Telepkone Wabash 2200 Chicago Local ^ 15 $ per copy $ \$P per year Magazine Vol. 9 July, 1920 No. 1 Public Opinion Calling attention to the "harmony" that has characterized the present increased freight-rate case, the Cincinnati (Ohio) En- quirer (May 24) says that "shippers of the country, who years ago were wont to op- pose every increase of freight rates pro- posed by the railroads, are recognizing the present request as reasonable, and it has received almost unanimous approval of shippers' organizations the country over. It is the first time since the creation of the commission that there has been this har- mony, and naturally it gives important sup- port to the case of the roads." In similar vein the Greenfield (Ohio) Re- publican (May 13) remarks: "In the days before the world war such a demand would have been met with a perfect storm of objections from the public. Today it is received with general indifference. "The fact is the people are better ac- quainted with the traffic question today than was the case half a dozen or more years ago. Besides they have had much experience that has given them a wider scope in their vision. "The business world today is losing more in delays and refusal of shipments than the increase in freight rates would amount to. It also finds that money must be had by the railroads with which to make betterments, and that the only way this can be sepured is through in- creased rates." Manufacturers Endorse Increase The Findlay (O.) Republican (May 24) asserts that "manufacturers all over the country are endorsing the request of the railroads for an increase." "Yet it is the manufacturer that that increase will hit the hardest, though the extra which will be checked against him will in all fairness no doubt be pro-rated among those who bu->- of him. But the manufacturer looks at the matter from a solid business viewpoint. He knows the value .of the railroads and their ne- cessity to future commerce and indus- trial life of the nation. He recognizes that economy that would be drastic enough to bring the roads to a pre-war level of expenditures would necessitate the cut in wages to that same level. This, he knows, is impossible." After summarizing the great increases in rates abroad, the Chillicothe (O.) Adver- tiser (May 22) says: "Increases in this country have been small as compared with others, and even with the asked-for increase freight rates will not be as high as in European countries. It is absolutely imperative that the transportation system of Amer- ica be made adequate to meet the de- mands upon it; the prosperity of the country depends, in a very large de- gree, on the ability of the roads to handle traffic. The simple conclusion of the whole matter is that to bring the railways up to the desired point money is needed, and the only ways to get it are either by government appropriation, which means taxation, or by rate in- crease, and of the two methods the lat- ter is preferable." Must Purt Roads on Their Feet. Following are the comments of two St. Louis newspapers; the Post-Dispatch (May 17) says: "The public must be prepared to con- cede something in freight rates and in- creased costs to put the railroads on their feet and to maintain transporta- tion service adequate to the needs of the country. Further sacrifices are nec- essary to the public welfare, but they should be as light as possible and wholly relieved of profiteering, with which the people are now greatly af- flicted. The worst that could happen 11 12 ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE would be a continuation of chaotic con- gestion or a tie-up of transportation. Either of these must be averted to save the business of the country, upon which all life and prosperity depend." What must be granted the railroads, the St. Louis Star (May 17) says, "is a sufficient rate to provide for the higher cost of service, wages and capital earnings. "They must have sufficient funds to provide the equipment and service that the shippers and consumers of the na- tion need. It is this point of view which the public needs to tajce with respect to the railroad problem, and it is this point of view which should prevail with the government in Washington. If the bill seems large, to restore the railroads to a standard of efficiency and adequacy, it should be remembered that the rail- roads were used to win the war and they were used to their capacity and un- der heavy pressure. Other war bills, too, have been large. The rehabilita- tion of the rail facilities, and their establishment upon a sound financial basis, are fundamentally essential to the common welfare of the American peo- ple." Whatever Is Done Must Be Done Soon. In the opinion of the Peoria (111.) Star (May 19), there does not appear any other way out of the railroad muddle save an in- crease in rates. As to how much that should be we do not pretend to say. The roads say they need 30 per cent. They have laid the cards on the table and have opened their books, so it is probable that they are telling the truth. But whatever is to be done must be done soon or we shall have no trans- portation at all and the general condition of the country will be ten times worse than before." In the opinion of the Green Bay (Wis ) Gazette (May 18). "the country will gain nothing by opposing a constructive pol'cy for the railroads. It will only bring added suffering upon itself by standing in the way of any program for the rehabilitation of the railroads which will actually put them in shape to meet traffic demands, whether it be by heavy increases in freight rates, but government loans or by government guar- antee of their bond issues. The emergency is critical. It has reached a point where it must receive attention." The Kingman (Ariz.) Miner (May 15) ob- serves that "the claim for increased rates on the part of the lines, and the advances in the cost of operation which have already gone into effect, are simply instances of the general increase in the cost of living, which hits everywhere." Give Roads Money They Must Have. Noting the great increases in freight rates in Europe, the Kearny (Neb.) Hub (May 21) says: "Now the point to be noted is that in Europe the increase in railroad costs is accepted as a necessity; the attitude of the great shipping public has been one of willingness to grant to transport such increase as would make it able to func- tion as efficiently as possible. If the same atti-tude prevails in this country, a means to giving the railroads the money they must have can be found. No na- tion can afford to allow its transport to fail it; less of all can we at this time." As expressing its own views the Everett (Wash.) Tribune (May 12) quotes the fol- lowing remarks of the Saturday Evening Post: "Raising six billion dollars without allowing the railroads to charge ade- quate rates would prove about as satis- factory as trying to provide an omelette for the family dinner out of father's old top hat. "We cannot increase our production unless we increase our railroad facili- ties; we cannot increase our railroad facilities unless we attract the capital for this work; we cannot attract the new capital unless railroads are allowed to charge a fair price for the service they render the public. "To decide what is fair and reason- . able is a problem which bristles with difficulties, but it is not impossible." Freight-rate increases are not opposed bv the Seattle (Wash) Times (May 17) be- cause "The United States cannot exist com- fortable, industry cannot flourish and industrial peace cannot be maintained so long as the railroads continre de- pressed or so long as their employes continue underpaid. "There should be no hesitation in pledging government credit for the purchase of needed equipment, nor in advancing rates to the point where the lines will prosper and their employes will be adequately remunerated." NOT A RAILROAD OWNER'S PROB- LEM ALONE. Howard Elliott, chairman of the sub- committee of the general rate committee, Association of Railway Executives, said be- fore the Interstate Commerce Commission: "The railroads must obtain earnings enough to meet all obligations and have sufficient credit to sustain them in competition with other forms of industry into which people put their time, brains, energy arid money." In that sentence Mr. Elliott, who is one of the ablest and fairest among the railroad executives, has put the substance of the rail- road problem. In almost all kinds of indus- ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE 13 try profits during the war and since the war, indeed, for the past five years, have been handsome and attractive. There has been one notable exception the railroads of the country. Mr. Elliott pointed out that for the year ending October 31 railroad properties re- turned on the investment less than one-fifth of one per cent for the Eastern roads, three-fourths of one per cent for the South- ern roads, and slightly more than 2 pej- cent on the Western. The average for the whole country was slightly more than one per cent. How can any one expect capital to be attracted by returns of that kind when industry in general is offering in legitimate and properly conducted enterprises 10 to 20 per cent? If this were a matter affecting the interests of the stockholders and the bondholders of the railroads alone it would not be just to ignore their rights, but the more important consideration is that the limited revenues of the railroads deprive them of the ability to maintain themselves and furnish to the nublic transportation facilities which are necessary for the pros- perity of the country. He is fooling himself who thinks that the railroads can be starved without industry in- general suffering thereby as well as the railroad stockholders themselves. Minne- apolis (Minn.) Journal, May 26. SOUTHERN PRESS SUPPORTS PLEA FOR ADEQUATE R. R. RATES. Nowhere in the country has the request of the railroads for adequate revenue met with a more sympathetic hearing than in the South. This is the way in which the Lynchburg (Va.) Neivs (May 18) analyzes the situation: "Industrial development, progress and prosperity in the South will largely depend upon adequate railway service. That is a sine qua non. "The South today stands under the threat of imminent industrial peril. Bankrupt railway systems, or railway systems so undernourished that they can supply but scant, unsatisfactory and inadequate service, must be wit- nessed unless favorable heed is given to the petition for a 31 per cent freight rate increase which is now urged by the common carriers of this section of the United States. "No citizen can afford to dismiss with careless indifference this phase of the national industrial situation. "There is but one way in wh'ch to view the railroad situation, and that is with vision of common sense such PS people are wont to apply to all busi- ness propositions. For first and last this is a business proposition of which railroad corporations are parties of the first part and the general public party of the other part. If the public, through the Interstate Commerce Commission, is indisposed to grant an increase in rate sufficient to earn six per cent on the property investments of railways, as distinctly authorized by an act of Congress passed this year, then first the railroads, and afterwards the people, must pay a price in loss and depriva- tion that will be full fraught with dis- astrous consequences." Assuming the figures furnished by the roads to be accurate, it appears that for 1919 this group's net Federal income should have been more than $91,000,000, but was only about $41,000,000, the Norfolk (Va.) Dispatch (May 20) remarks, and adds: "In these circumstances, an increase in fre : ght rates of about 31 per cent would seem to be reasonable. In any case, as between safe and sane railroading on the one hand and bankruptcy or government operation on the other, there is wide margin for cheerfu' concessions on the part of the public." In the opinion of the Charlotte (N. C.) Observer (May 18), "a condition has ma- terialized which must be faced one which cannot be dodged. The public must bear the burden of higher rates until times get better, or pay the heavier penalties later on of a wrecked railroad system. The rail- roads, in order to keep going, must have more money, and the only source of pro- ducing this money lies to the hand of the rate-maker. Obviously the railways of the South cannot afford to borrow money for improvements and extensions if, indeed, they can 'borrow it at all at rates of inter- est if they are not to be given rates which will yield a fair return on their property investment." The Charleston (S. C.) Mail (May 19) thinks that there must be a change from the idea that railroads can be successfully operated on an income less than expenses: "The railroads must operate and they will be operated. And the people, the ultimate consumer, the great body ^ of the taxpayers, will pay for the operation of the railroads. There is no way to get around this fact, conceal the meth- od of payment as much as poss ; b 1 e. Neither business in general nor the gen- eral public will look with anything akin to pleasure on an increase in freight rates. Thev have not regarded kindly many of the advances in the cost of things; but they have had to face the music, doleful as the music may have been, "Under such circumstances, what can be done about it? A number of gentle- men have some quite curious theories about it, but what is theory against an adamantine fact staring one in the face 14 ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE and as inexorable as a law of the Medes and Persians?" "It is manifest," the Montgomery (Ala ) Advertiser (May 19) remarks, "that the roads must have more revenue. "This must come from increased freight charges, or from Federal taxes or it must be borrowed. It cannot be borrowed. "No matter from what source the new revenue comes, the public must bear every cent of the cost. That is not pleasant to realize, but it is more pleas- ant than the alternative, which is that gradual disintegration of the American transportation system would cost the public more many times over. "This is the problem of the average man who has himself and his family to provide for, quite as much as it is the problem of the men and women who are directly interested in the railroad system, either as owners or as em- ployes. It would be pleasanter to imag- ine that the rest of us have no more than a passing interest in the railroad issue of the day; but the fact is that we are all vitally concerned." Referring to the application of the South- ern roads for higher rates, the Birming- ham (Ala.) News (May 23) says that it should be "granted immediately." "No shipper wants to see his freight rates increased, and yet he faces the di- rect alternative of the unthinkable breakdown of transportation facilities. There is no other way out. Justice de- mands the increase, sound business sense makes it imperative. The whole nation is dependent upon its railroads. as was clearly demonstrated during the outlaw strike of a few weeks ago. The railroads cannot be allowed to go to ruin through a short-sighted financial policy. Coming to the aid of railroads has not been popular business during the last fifteen years, but at last the country has awakened to the fact that present conditions are what they are. not what people imagined they might be and that more revenue for the rail- roads is the only alternative to a com- plete breakdown of transportation." Making a plea for speedy action on the application for increased revenue, the Vicks- burg (Miss.) Herald (May 17) says: "If we wait until next fall for definite action, we will waste a whole summer and enter an active business season under conditions that will mean enormous loss to individual busi- ness and a heavy burden upon the consum- ing public. Business organizations general- ly can render no more effective service than to bring all possible pressure to bear to the end that whatever remedies recent legisla- tion provides may be applies with all pos- sible speed." APPROVE RATE INCREASES. With very few exceptions, the request of the carriers' current application for rate irp- creases has been seconded, or approved in principle, by commercial bodies, trade or- ganizations and leading newspapers the country over. Rate advances are not wel- comed, of course, but they are recognized as necessary, and the good of the transpor- tation service is ranked by general consent superior to the objections against increase of transportation costs. The general de- mand is for efficient service, and there is a general willingness to pay the price. New Orleans (La.) Picayune, May 25. UNREASONABLE VERDICTS The surest way to stop the progress of Hattiesburg, close up her industries, throw men out of employment and create a condi- tion where capital will refuse to come here and invest, is to render unjust and unreason- able verdicts against industrial companies. For some years we have enjoyed a happy period of prosperity, and juries have been sane in their decisions, but from two ex- tremely unreasonable verdicts returned in the .circuit court by juries here within the past few days it would appear that reason has been thrown to the four winds of the earth. Until our business, our skilled workmen and farmers of education, men who think, reason and are practical, fair and "on the square", men who want to see that corpora- tions as well as employees are treated fairly at all times, quit trying to dodge jury service, we may expect injustices in jury verdicts to continue. You men of vision, you busy men who have the interests of Hattiesburg at heart, awake from your indifference, and in- stead of trying to dodge jury service, accept gladly the responsibility of this civic duty when it is assigned you. A verdict for $18,000 against a lumber com- pany for a defendant whose limb was cut off when he tried to board a moving log- train, and a verdict for $35,000 against a railroad because one of its employees had a quarrel and killed a man, are two instances where we believe great injustices were done to defendants. The verdicts could hardly have been more if the defendants had de- liberately planned these injuries. We do not attempt to either affirm or deny that liability to the extent of negligence was established, but we do say that if liability was established the amounts of the verdicts cer- tainly were unfair and unreasonable. This criticism is not a defense of a cor- poration. We sympathize deeply with per- sons so unfortunate to be injured ; of the families of those afflicted by unfortunate cir- cumstance, but we must not and should net saddle on a business enterprise a terrific bur- den because our sympathies sway us or we feel a prejudice. Exact justice, after care- ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE 15 ful and painstaking reasoning, always should be done. Editorial from Hatticsburg (Miss.) American, May 14, 1920. HERO SWIMS 600 FEET THROUGH FLOOD TO WARN TRAIN. Section Foreman Braved the Raging Icy Waters to Save 150 Passengers. Omaha, June 22. In the recent South Dakota floods John Williams, a section fore- man, swam a swollen creek at night in a hailstorm to warn a passenger train that a bridge had gone out. He stripped himself and tied the danger signals to his back After he had set them he approached a near- by house, then remembered his negligee and swam back across, the 600 feet of swirlin- current. The passenger train, it developed later, was stopped farther up the road at a point where the railroad men had little hope of halting it. Williams' heroism, however, was not overlooked by the railroad officials. The bridge was the Burlington's over Hat creek, near Ardmore, S. D. The Hat creek flood tied up traffic for eight day- cost seven lives and did $500,000 damage to the one road. Several days after the flood the section foreman was looked UD by a newspaper man from the city. He found him directing a gang of laborers repairing the washout. Williams related how it had been raining through the previous weeks and the Aor'i blizzard had left the ground soaked, so that when the last storm came on it ran off as i from a duck's back "and old Hat creek start ed on a rampage." Decided to Swim ''I kept watching the new bridge over the creek all afternoon," Williams told his visi- tor, "and the water kept comin' up and corn- in' up until it reached the ties. Then I got worried for fear the bridge would go out, and I went back to town and reported it to the operator.^ He told the dispatcher at Al- liance about it. The telephone and telegraph wires runnin' west had all gone down and we couldn't get Edgemont or anyone west of the creek. Jack Welch, the dispatcher at Alliance, talked to me over the railroad phone and asked me if I could get to the west end of the bridge, across the creek, and put out a red light and some stop signals so as to hold the night passenger train, No. 42, which was due at 9 o'clock. I told him I'd try, and went back to the bridge. "When I got there again the water was clear over the top of the bridge, and it looked to me like one of the steel spans had gone out. FvVe tried to phone the govern- ment farm on the other side and ask them to go out and put out a red light, but their phone was gone and we couldn't reach any- body. "Well, I just figgered the chances was probably aginst me gittin' across, but it was only my life against 150 passengers on No. 42, and I figured that the train would be running pretty fast when they came up to the bridge, and they might be into it be- fore they saw it, so I walked up the creek a half-mile, stripped off my clothes, tied my red lantern, red flag and torpedoes to my back, and swum across. Swam Back for Clothes. "There wasn't so many trees out there and she was only about 600 feet wide, but the water was full of hailstones and cold as hell. It was rainin' to beat the band and dark as blazes. I sure felt good when I hit that fence on the other side and drug myself on the bank." "How did you get back to Ardmore," Williams was asked, after he had related how he placed the sig.nals. "Well, I* walked back to the government house, but when I got close to the office and saw the bright lights there I remem- bered I didn't have no clothes on and I thought I'd make a pretty lookin' sight bust- in' in on 'em like that, so I walked back up the stream and swum back." Chicago, 111.. Post, June 22, 1920. STRIKE "MANIA" Strikes are like measles or profiteering quite catching It has almost become the order of the day. One organization strikes, then another must do so also, until it spreads all around, and everyone feels its bad effect, for strikes injure hundreds of more people than they benefit. The country, it may be said, has had a continuous siege of strikes since the close of the war, which seems to have demoralized everyone, filling all with the idea of doing the other fellow and getting more for services rendered. The strike mania is constantly breaking out, and we don't know where it is going to hit next. Men who stir up strikes as a rule have nothing else to do except sow the seeds of dissension. They never make a dollar by hard labor, and do incalculable harm. They cause thousands of people to throw up good jobs and loaf around, to the injury of their families. As a sample of this witness the unauthorized switchmen's strike, which has resulted in hurting both strikers and the public, becoming so annoying that the government has threatened to take a hand and put a stop to it. Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger, CLINTON ILLINOIS The first house was built in Clinton, De Witt County, Illinois, by James Miller, and was situated on the west side of the square and was built in 1835. The first plat of Clin- ton was made by James Allen and James M. Fell October 3rd, 1836. It is assumed these men little dreamed at that day that a city such as Clinton, numbering approximately at this time, 7.000 souls, would be founded, but they located well. In the years that have in- tervened there has been a constant and steady growth. Emigrants carre to this place from almost every state in the East and the South. They are a select. body of men and women, the best that the civilization could furnish in the earlier years and later. They were con- servative, progressive, and enthusiastic and early discerned the future there must be for a city centrally located in this great state of Ilinois. Bounded on the west by Ten Mile and on the east by Coon Creek, the drainage for a city is superb. The city these early pioneers founded was surrounded on all sides bv the rich and fertile prairies, none better in the state of Illinois. These men who were in- terested in this rich prairie soil could they be living today would see this land increased in value from $1.25 per acre to prices rang- ing from $500 to $600 per acre. Central Illinois has the reputation of be- in^ located in t^e richest corn belt of the Un ; ted St?tes CHrton is located a'most cen- trallv in this great corn belt. Much of her wealth is derived from the agricu'tural prod- ucts of this section. Three grain elevators care for these ripened crops and at every 1'ttle hamlet, village and city in the county elevators rise up and are one of the indica- tions of the growing prosperity of this com- munity. _ In later years the Illinois Central Corpora- tion earlv reali/ed the importance of Clin- ton as to its locat-'on. the fertilitv of the land surrounding it. the aegrpssive and progres- sive sp : r?t of its citizens ?nd determined to r"?Ve this c'tv a divHon r>o]Vt k^own as the SprirpfpH division. In tHs division are 4fi5 rr"'1es of track ?>nd from t^'s r"i"t t^ere radi- ates in six directions the T11ino''<; Svstprn, through t^ins ri^sc-'ng- from Min^ppnolis, Pmnhp pt-fl Sio"x Fa 11 " o^er the "i?5n line to New Orleans. From Ovc^o to St. Loir's are t^e best enmnped trains that the mu^try af- fords. These pass over the Illinois and Springfield divisions, passing directly through the corn belt of Illinois is the line known as the Champaign and Havana. These radiating roads give to this com- munity facilities for shipping such that no other locality in this section of the country enjoys. Just now manufacturers are coming to realize the advantage that Clinton holds in the matter of shipping. The Clinton business and professional men have raised a fund amounting to $80,000 and have invited Browns Shoe Company to establish one of their branch factories at this point. It is the belief of all who are interested in this movement that this corporation will accept the amount and that within one year this factory will have been built. It is expected within a year that a three-story building, modern in every way will have been erected and there will be em- ployed 400 women, girls and men and a pay roll of $5,000 a month will be added to many other pay rolls which our citizens now enjoy. It will be a surprise, even to the citizens of this city, to know that the Illinois Central Railroad Company employed in May of this year, on the Springfield division, 3,000 people. This number includes those employed in the Illinois Central shops in this city as well as the trainmen and others. It also may be a surprise to our people to know that the pay roll : n May of this year for these employees amounted to $283.976. The increase in business that the Illinois Central has enjoved makes it necessary for almo r t vearly imnrovem.ents. The shops, where approximately 400 men are employed, have been enlarged from year to year in order that cars and engines entering this division point may be repaired and cared for. There is seHom a year passes that the direc- tors of this corporation do not appropriate money for the improvement of the yards or the shops. The business of this division point has so increased that the Illinois Central has been obliged to increase its vard tracks unti' now it numbers 25 miles For the accomo- dation of the trafPc th?t the Central now en- iovs there has recently been made another appropriation and work will be commenced earlv on thpe e other improvements. Mr.^ C W. Shaw is now the superintendent of this division a^d he is ever on the alert to serve his con-many to the best advantage and at the samp time is ever anxious to ac- commo'late the business people pnd traveling public in any possible way. His courteous 16 ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE 17 Residential District. Clintoti III.. SipBfc*-- 18 ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE treatment has made him friends among the employees of this division as well as with the people who have had any business con- nections with this division. Centrally located as Clinton is with rail- roads radiating in every way, Russell-Meyer Grocery Co. has established here a whole- sale grocery concern capitalized with $40,000. This corporation has enjoyed a splendid busi- ness, reaching out over a radius of 200 miles. The Merwin Garment Company early this year established a branch factory, and there is employed in this factory at this time, 40 women. The success of this factory has been more than the company anticipated and it is their intention to enlarge this institution in the very near future. These are but few of the corporations that have established in our city. They have come here because of the progressive and conservative ways of our citizens. This city has had no labor trouble and because of these conditions manufacturers are looking to us, our business men extending a welcome to all such organizations, and the future is inspir- ing to Clinton. We know of no locality within the state of Illinois where there is a better market for all that is grown. This we attribute largely to the splendid shipping facilities that Clinton affords. Other than the Illinois Central, we have The Illinois Traction System, which connects our city with Bloomington, Peoria, Decatur and St. Louis. This market includes, not only grains, but live stock in every form. Crang & Walrod" have constructed sales barns second to none within the state. This firm holds sales of live stock almost monthly, buy- ers coming to enjoy these markets from every large city within the country. Years ago Jacob Tick realized Clinton, cen- trally located as it is, as an ideal spot to estab- lish a junk yard. His buying and selling was in a limited way but he has gradually ex- panded, until shipments coming to and leav- ing Clinton, are of an enormous volume. The business has expanded until now his estab- lishment is a market center for wool, poul- try, eggs, old rubber, iron, not only for the immediate vicinity, but Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Missouri, and other adjoining states. . His is a real business center for such products and his markets are no longer the larger communities of this state but ship- ments for years have been made to Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Boston and other larger Eastern cities. Dr. John Warner's far-seeing mind told him in 1867 that Clinton needed a banking in- stitution, and he, with others, organized The John Warner Bank as a private institution. This bank was located in the southeast cor- ner of the public square, where the bank is now located. Since that time the organization has been changed to a state bank but is known by the same name and is now capitalized for last statment, of $877,637.40. The president of this institution is Vespasian Warner. The De Witt County National Bank was organized in 1872, the prime mover in this organization was Col. Thomas Snell. The capi- tal has been increased until now it is $100,000 and enjoys deposits of $852,902.19. In 1890 the State Bank of Clinton was or- ganized with a capital stock of $50,000. This has since been increased to $75,000. This in- stitution now has deposits of $747,846.74. As the value of lands has increased business men of this community realized there should be a loan company organized where prospec- tive buyers could go and arrange for pay- ments on lands which they purposed buying. In 1911 there was organized to meet these demands the Farm Loan and Trust Co. with a capital stock of $50,000. This institution began business in a limited way but during the past fiscal year made loans on the rich prairie land of this section aggregating more than $1,000,000. Edward Wade is president of this institution. The best evidence of this city's and com- munity's growth and prosperity also the ac- tive interest that is taken by its men in meet- ing the demands of the people is demonstrated in the organization of the fourth bank, to be known as the People's Bank of Clinton. The capital stock of this institution i s $100,000 and it will be located at the corner of East Main and South Monroe St., opposite the State Bank of Clinton. Corporation papers have been taken out and within the next 60 days this institution will throw open its doors to assist in caring for the needs of our city of 7,000 people and those of the surrounding country. The man who drew the first plat for this city must have realized that sometime this would be a growing and prosperous com- munity. They arranged for a public square in the center of which is a splendidly con- structed courthouse with streets leading there- from north, south, east and west. These streets connect with well kept roadways running through the rich and fertile country. Clin- ton in future years will enjoy. the hard road which will be constructed from Beloit, Wis., passing through Freeport, Joliet, Blooming- ton, Clinton, Decatur and extending to Cairo. Year after year Clinton sees her citizens become more and more the owners of their own homes. Visitors speak of the well kept residences and lawns as well as the shaded streets. This largely comes from the interest each family takes because of owning the home. The desire of the individual to possess a home has been aided by the building and loan associations of this city. There are now three of these corporations, each of which has the support of the community. The first of these to organize was the Central Illinois Building and Loan Association of which at present R. C. Taylor is secretary. This association ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE 19 has loans aggregating $750,000. The second to organize was the De Witt County Building and Loan Association of which Edward J. Sweeney is secretary and which has loans aggregating $250,000. The last to organize was the Corn Belt Loan Association of which Edward B. Mitchell is secretary. This asso- ciation has loans aggregating $200,000. Clinton has three modern, well-equipped newspaper plants. There are two dailies and one weekly. The firsts of these to be estab- lished was The Clinton Public in 1859. This plant, which is modern in every way, is now owned by a stock company and is Republican in politics. The Clinton Weekly Register was established in 1868 and is edited by Geo. W. Hughes and is Democratic in politics. The last publication to be organized was the Clin- the water for city purposes. Two of these are x'.SO feet in depth and two are 90 feet. Scien- tific analysis pronounced the water pure, sparkling and free from deleterious ingre- dients. These wells furnish ample water for private and public consumption. There are about 10 miles of water mains, 90 fire hydrants and 1,200 private consumers in the city. Clinton is one of the best paved little cities in Central Illinois. Its principal streets are covered with substantial vitrified brick which adds immensely to the beauty of the city. The number of miles of paving that this commun- ity now enjoys is seven. Clinton has never suffered a disastrous fire. A splendid water system and an abundant supply, together with a courageous and loyal fire department, have largely been responsible for this condition. As ton Morning Journal, founded in 1908 by B. F. Peltz, who is the present editor and manager. It is independent in politics. There is no more healthful community in this section than Clinton. There never has been any ravages of disease and it is believed that the care and attention that has been given to the sewage and cleanliness of the streets and alleys has been largely respon- sible for this condition. A perfect sewer system was early established for Clinton. This includes mains and laterals which have a good outlet and in mileage measures 15. Clinton owns her waterworks, constructed in 1887. The powerhouse and wells are located in the south part of the city, a beautiful park surrounding these works. The boiler and en- gine house is of brick. Four wells furnish early as 1904 we have enjoyed an organized lire department. The citizens and city coun- cil have responded to the every need of this department and have provided apparatus to meet the every need. This community enjoys the distinction of having a well-equipped and thoroughly mod- ern ice manufacturing plant, that not only supplies the needs of the city, but through perishable freight trains, and the smaller com- munities within a radius of 50 miles. It also has a well equipped gas plant with mains and laterals extending into every sec- tion of the city. A telephone company, which is at present improving the system at an out- lay which approximates $100,000, and when completed will give to this community an automatic system second to none in the state. ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE The McKinley Syndicate has an electric plant which furnishes light for private residences and the public buildings and business places, as well as lights for the city. Every section of the city is well lighted, and the business square, as well as streets leading therefrom, are amply supplied with cluster lights. Weldon Springs Park, consisting of forty acres of land, located three miles southeast tual and financial viewpoint, and as its pro- gram indicates from year to year, the best platform talent in the country has been drawn upon for- the advancement of thought and mental discipline. The great assemblies of people have each year increased in number and support. As years have gone by im- provements have kept pace with the require- ments and demands of the association. A Schools, Clinton 111 of Clinton, is a most delightful place. The late Judge Lawrence Weldon of Blooming- ton, one of the pioneer lawyers of De Witt County, suggested the organization of the Weldon Springs Chautauqua Associat.on. i-oi- lowing out his suggestion, the system was or- ganized in 1900 and incorporated in 1904. From its inception the assembly has been a pro- nounced success, both from a social, intellec- large and magnificent auditorium has been built on a high point where the ground gradu- ally slopes towards the lake, at a cost of $5,000, and which will comfortably seat 4,500 people. Our form of government is the commis- sion and follows along the line of the same, is payment of the members of the board for services rendered, taking away from the ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE 21 mayor his veto power by giving him a direct vote upon every question presented, fixing the responsibility by assigning each member a cer- tain department and holding him responsible for the same. The majority of our citizens are in favor of this system over the old plan of mayor and aldermen. There can be no possible comparison between the two systems as to efficiency and results. The present mayor is Frank Rundell, Commissioners H. B. Lundh, Amos Bordner, John H. McKinney, and Harry S. Macon. Our citizens are always on the alert to take advantage of any opportunities that may arise where the community may be benefited. All fraternal organizations of any advantage to communities have healthy and growing or- homes or in support of the flag. As early as ' the Mexican war this community had her pa- triots and her volunteers. In those days mail was received from Decatur, the farming com- munities receiving the news of war from the Clinton people. Such was the interest and earnestness concerning this war that a can- non was purchased that the news might be spread. When it was fired the people flocked in from the country to hear what of news there might be. In this war, the Civil War, the Spanish war and the recent World war it has never been necessary to conscript the patriots of Clinton or De Witt county. The quota of this community was always full. We are Americans. ganizations here. Many of them own their own places of meeting. Several gentlemen only recently realized the need of a Rotarian club and in May of this year 24 men came together and organized a club with Dr. W. A. Atkins as president. These men have gone to work with an enthusiasm which is charac- teristic of our people and this organization will fill a much needed want. Each of the membership has entered his name, not only for the well-being of the organization but for the uplift and help of the city, its in- stitutions and its people. The patriotism of the men and women of Clinton and De Witt County has always been unbounded. In every war since the settle- ment of this community patriots were ever ready to shoulder the gun to defend their The Doctor John Warner Hospital Perhaps no enterprise nor institution fills such an avenue of necessity nor is deserving of more consideration than "The Doctor John Warner Hospital" of Clinton Illinois. The site with this modern building erected upon it was donated by Doctor John Warner to the citv. The donor was a pioneer physi- cian of DeWitt county and this act of philan- thropy is a monument to his memory. It is a three-story brick structure, modern in every way. The third story contains the operating room, sterilizing room, doctors' dressing room and delivery room for obstetrical patients. The other two floors are for the accommodation of patients and provide for a capacity of twenty-five. It is a municipal institution and 22 ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE 23 is managed by a board of three trustees ap- pointed by the mayor. The people of Clinton were generous enough to provide for a two mill tax which with its earning capacity has made it virtual- ly self-sustaining, although some donations have been necessaary and have been made. It has a corps of nine nurses who are under the direction of Mrs. Lelia Curtis, its superin- tendent, who is a graduate of Charity Hospi- tal in New Orleans. It was opened for the public in 1910 and a report at the end of the second year stated that three hundred and two patients had been treated during its first two years. Its present rate is seven hundred and twenty patients per year which shows the remarkable demand and the education for such an institution. room, Sunday school rpoms, pastor's study, parlors and auditorium complete, this build- ing constitutes a great working plant, and under the able direction of Dr. C. H. John- son, who has been pastor for the past three years, the congregation holds an important place in the community. This church was organized in 1854. The First Baptist church is without a pas- tor at the present time, but holds regular serv- ices and has a rare distinction of having had one man serve as superintendent of its Sun- day school for a period of twenty-five years. Mr. K. S. Brown, a retired merchant of the city, holds this office, and his devotion to duty presents a worthy example to the com- munity. Rev. Maurice G. Linton is the respected This hospital is an adjunct to the Illinois Central Hospital Department in Chicago and is used for the benefit of employees at this point. i :; Churches Clinton is proud of her churches and of her Y. M. C." A. The old M. E. church building still stands on South Madison street. The present com- modious building was erected in 1868, and plans for a new structure are under con- sideration. The congregation numbers about nine hundred, and is well organized under the competent leadership of Rev. F. B. Mad- den, the pastor.' The beautiful building now occupied by the Presbyterians was erected in 1906, and is per- fect in its appointments, with kitchen, dining pastor of St. John's Universalist church, and has led his people in a good work since March 1, 1919. This work is well organized, and the regular services of all departments of the church are held during eleven months of the year, the month of August being taken as a vacation and chautauqua season. The Free Methodists church holds regular services, and its activities are directed by Rev. Oscar W. Dairy, the worthy pastor. The Disciples of Christ worship in a com- plete but small brick building which was erected in 1889 and was re-modeled in 1909. This chorch is doing a good work in the community under the wise leadership of the pastor, Rev, R. L. Cartwright. Under the 24 ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE direction of Mrs. Cartwright, the Junior Con- gregation is solving some of the problems among the young people of the church. Well located lots have been secured, and plans for a new building have been discussed. The A. M. E. Church and the Colored Bap- tists have regular services, but no resident ministers. Each of these churches has preach- ing once in two weeks. The First Church of Christ Scientist was organized in Clinton about twenty years ago. Regular Sunday and mid-week services are held under the direction of the two readers. ing is of brick, is of the Romanesque style of architecture, and is beautifully frescoed. St. John's is a large and prosperous parish, and is now in charge of Rev. S. N. Moore who erected the Parochial School in 1916, and who enjoys the confidence of the com- munity. Clinton Public Schools. The history of the public schools of this city through a period of 65 years indicates that the people of this community have al- ways given loyal support to our system of public education. The substantial and well Clinton's Y. M. C. A. is unusual for a city of seven thousand population. The three- story building with basement is built of brick and is attractive in appearance. The gymna- sium, swimming pool and reading room are popular, and the parlors afford a convenient gathering place for important public meetings. The directorate is composed of prominent professional and business men, Dr. C. G. Glendinning having been president of the Board since its organization. St. John's Catholic Church was erected in 1903 under the direction of Rev. M. A. Doo- ling who was promoted in 1907. The build- equipped school buildings of the city, the com- modious and beautiful grounds afford abun- dant .proof of the pride and interest of the people in its schools. Including the Manual Arts Building, there are six school buildings all of which are filled to their capacity dur- ing the school year. The campus on which the high school, manual arts and Washington grade and departmental buildings are located is one of the most attractive spots in the city. This campus is one block by two blocks and the natural setting of trees in groups, together with the shrubbery, commands the admira- tion of all who visit our city. The southwest ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE 23 portion of the city is served by the Lincoln school, the Southeast by the Douglas School on East Main street and the northeast by the Webster School on North George Street. The present development of the schools to meet present day demands has brought about the organization of the Clinton Community High School including rural territory of which Clinton is the natural community cen- ter. In the course of a few years when the new high school building is completed the present high school plant will serve as a all of the older boys to enter the service, has resulted in a companionship that exists to this day as the "McCorkle Club." The school continued in this building until 1869 when it was found necessary to erect the Washing- ton Building. The men in charge as supqr- intendents in the old brick were T. J. Mc- Corkle, J. G. Merchant, T. S. Armstrong, and W. D. Hall. The new building ready for occupany in the fall of 1869 was an imposing brick and stone structure three stories in height with full Junior High School and relieve the crowded condition in several of the ward schools. In 1856 the present district was organized and plans made at once for the erection of a building, now the old brick used as a part of the storage barns on North Jackson Ave- nue The first superintendent of this school was T. J. McCorkle who remained in charge for a period of seven years. Al- though there was no formal organization of a high school, there were advanced classes taught by Mr. McCorkle. The remarkable influence of this man together with the asso- ciations formed by the students in the ad- vanced department during the opening years of the war for the Union, the departure of basement and relieved with two towers. This building served to house the high school for 40 years during which time the schools were in charge of the following as superintendents : S. M. Heslett, W. D. Hall, J. Wilkerson, R. E. MT>rrow, Laura E. Holbrook, N. J. Gilbert, E. Chilcoat, J. W. Coultas, George E. Owen, J. H. Heslar, E. B. Bentley, F. L. Horn, and H. H. Edmunds. The grades of the Washington school con- tinued to use this building until 1916. The growth of the high school made a new build- necessary and the present structure on North Jackson avenue was dedicated February 12, 1909. The rapid growth of the high school required more room and in the erection of the 26 ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE Washington school in 1916 it was planned to care for several departments of the high school in the new building. Further room for high school was provided in the combined heating plant and Manual Arts Building. The Clinton High School was organized with a three year course of study in 1869 and the first class consisting of three students, was graduated in May,' 1872. In 1893 the course was changed to four years and for more than a half century, 1869-1920, has graduated 331 boys and 531 girls, a total of 862. The school has met the needs of the community in every decade of its existence and comes to the close of its present organization in the sum- mer of 1920 as a full accredited high school of the North Central Association and provid- O. Williams president, E. B. Bentley, secre- tary, R. R. Hollis, John Warner, Daniel Ward. The board has made a three year lease of the present high school plant and during the spring of J920 has organized a faculty of 18 teachers under the direction of H. H. Ed- munds as superintendent. An enrollment of 375 to 400 is anticipated for September. Course of Study. The widely elective sys- tem of the last ten years will prevail in the high school. A student in the first half of his high school career elects one-half of his work and in the latter half of his course elects three-fourths of his work. All of the pro- grams, of the student must be approved by a faculty adviser or the principal. Students may find in this curriculum all work. Students ing courses of study of such a variety that any boy or girl may select the work that will best meet his needs. Clinton Community High School, District Number 116. The new high school district is organized in accordance with the best ideas on com- munity building and organization. The dis- trict includes nearly 50 sections of land of which Clinton is the natural community cen- ter. A board of education comprising five members is in charge and plans to erect a building that will in every particuar meet the needs of the people of this large community. The Board membership is as follows, Louis for entrance to any course in an American college or university. In addition to college preparatory, there are manual training courses, household science and arts, commer- cial and general English courses. College Preparatory. The subjects in this department include four years of Latin, two years of French, advanced mathematics, in- cluding trigonometry, and four years of Eng- lish. Laboratory work in both physical and biological science is afforded. Manual Training. This department occupies the main floor of the Manual Arts Building and includes bench work and mechanical draw- ing. Pupils of the 7th and 8th grades are ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE 27 required to take bench work and oftentimes it is in this work that a boy first realizes some- thing in his school tasks that appeals strong- ly to him. The work in the drafting room has started many a boy in his engineering course at the university months ahead of boys who have not received this valuable training. Household Science and Arts. This depart- ment will be operated under the provisions of the Smith-Hughes Act this year and groups of girls will be organized who will follow demand for graduates of this four yar course than the school can supply. Athletics. Under the direction of a com- petent coach, who is also a teacher in the high school, foot ball, basket ball, base ball and track have been maintained on a high plane of pure sport. The athletic association numbers all of the pupils in the high school. The local board of control is composed of four teachers and four students. The regula- tions of the State Athletic Association are definite courses in the high school with one- half of the time devoted to special work in this department. Cooking, sewing, related art and design, related science are the special features of this department. Housekeeping, home nursing and sanitation and cafeteria manage- ment are stressed. In this department we have the well equipped cafeteria providing hot lunch at noon for any pupils and teachers of the schools. In four months ending June 1, 1920, the cafeteria served 3,400 lunches at an average cost of 24 cents each. Commercial. For several years the com- mercial department with a complete four year course has been in operation. Typing, short- hand, bookkeeping, business law, and econom- ics are leading features. There is a larger carried out in the right spirit and our boys time and again win the highest honors in in- ter-school contests. Social Interests. All social functions of the high school are under joint control of faculty and students and no social affair is held under the name of the school or any class of the school without faculty sanction and the- pres- ence of a committee of the faculty. The prin- cipal functions of this character besides those of the several classes, include the annual high school banquet and the Junior Senior recep- tion. Clinton City Schools, District No. 60 The Board of Education will in the future control the ward schools and in joint action with the high school board will employ a su- 28 ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE perintendent and a number of special teachers. There are four ward schools in the city en- rolling 1,150 pupils and employing 28 room teachers. Music, Palmer penmanship, sewing, cooking, construction work, bench work are all stressed in the grades in addition to the school building it is planned to make the pres- ent high school plant serve as a junior high school for the pupils of the 7th and 8th grades. This will organize the work on the depart- mental plan of teaching and offer at least one- fourth the work as elective. usual subjects of the curriculum. Standard tests are employed frequently in a self-survey of the schools. Supervised play is a feature of the recreation periods and the old time dis- regard of the rights of others on the play ground has disappeared. Upon the completion of the community high The Board of Education of district number 60 is, W. L. Gray, president; T. C. Wampler, secretary ; O. L. Langellier, J. H. McKinney, Mrs. Geo. Gray, Dr. C. S. Bogardus, T. A. Hull. H. H. Edmunds is superintendent. Miss Eleanor Sawyer principal of the Washington School ; Mrs. Ella Morris, principal of the ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE 29 Douglas School ; Miss Elizabeth O'Brien, prin- cipal of the Webster School ; Miss Maud Blue, principal of the Lincoln School. St. John's School. Parochial The Catholics of the city have maintained for about ten years an elementary school in- cluding the first eight grades. There are near- ly 100 children enrolled under the direction of four teachers. The school is under the man- agement of Father Moore and every year closes the work with a very interesting gradu- ation program. The school is housed in a large modern brick building affording every facility for work and comfort. The Vespasian Warner Public Library About ten years ago our esteemed and dis- tinguished citizen Col. Vespasian Warner made a gift to the city of a fully equipped library building and lot just across the street south of the high school. The building is one of the most substantial and beautiful struct- library building was formally made over to the city, it was found to contain thousands of volumes of the Clifton L. Moore library, now a portion of the City Library. .No one can estimate the influence of this institution as one of the educative influences of the community. It serves the public schools as though an in- tegral part of their organization. The library now contains 14,000 volumes and 50 current periodicals are regularly received. There are 2,444 borrowers cards in use and of this number 770 are pupils in the ward schools. The annual circulation of books exceeds 35,- 000, about evenly divided between adults and children. In the last year there has been a gain of 18 per cent in circulation. A feature of the work for the children is the story hour Saturday forenoons for the younger children. The total attendance for story last year was more than one thousand. The McFarland Fund is invested and the ures of the city. The furnishings are of the very best type, including steel book stacks. The large room for children, equipped with low tables and chairs is a feature of the in- stitution. Around this room are the open shelves where the children mav become ac- quainted with books first hand. The large reading room for adults is provided with ref- erence books and a well selected list of cur- rent periodicals. Patrons are at liberty to go to the shelves to examine books and make their selections. The library was started some years ago by the P. E. O. society. A large collection of books made and then turned over to the City of Clinton for maintainance. When the new proceeds are used to puchase books of especial value and significance for the library. Miss Lillian Kent is librarian and Miss Helen Phil- ips, assistant. The DeWitt County Bar The progress or history of a community is the collection work of all its members. In the life of Clinton, its lawyers have always had a part. There were but few buildings in that village when, Clifton H. Moore, its first lawyer, came in 1842. He pursued a long and successful career at the bar and died in 1901. Many business buildings and dwellings, still being used were erected by him. He was the first attorney for the Illinois Central Railroad in 30 ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE DeWitt County, assuming that Employment 'when the road was built and continuing it throughout his life. He practiced law in Clin- ton with Lincoln, Douglas, Davis, Sweat, Wei- don, Ingersoll and other noted men of that day. Before the Civil War, there was a lawsuit in Clinton over which Judge David Davis, aft- erward U. S. Senator and Justice of the Su- preme Court of the U. S., presided, and in which Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A. Douglas and C. H. Moore were attorneys. The prin- cipal witness for the I. C. R. R. was its Chief Engineer, George B. McClelland. At that trial Mr. Lincoln first met the man he was after- ward to appoint to the command of the armies of the Union in the Civil War. All of the men interested in that case, except Mr. Moore, be- came candidates -for President of the United States. The lawyers of Clinton served their country in the Civil War, the Spanish-American, and World Wars. Maj. Vespasian Warner served with distinction in Congress for ten years and Commissioner of Pensions for five years. There are at present residing in Clinton twenty active members of the bar serving the needs of the community as advocates and counselors. The Clinton Country Club It was with the idea of closer social rela- tions, the general promotion of beneficial ath- letic activities and the beginning of commun- ity co-operation that the Clinton Country Club was organized. Early in January of this year a petition was circulated among the citizens of Clin- ton to promote the formation of such an or- ganization. The idea met with unexpected support and late in February the first meet- ing was held in the County Court Room. At this meeting the nine directors were elect- ed and given instructions to elect the officers ^for the ensuing year from tFieir number. March saw the organization perfected, state incorporation papers granted, and the by-laws written. In April, Mr. Melville, a golf professor from the Bloomington Country Club came down and laid out the course. The Club is four miles south of town on the Meridian Trail, lying to the east of the road and is between the I. T. S. and I. C. R. R. right-of-ways. The tract covers eighty acres and is one of the prettiest spots in DeWitt County. The golf links comprises nine holes and is a twenty-two hundred yard course. The grounds are in a section of very rolling coun- try and are traversed by two small creeks. This makes an extremely sporty course full of natural hazards. A club house is in course of construction and when completed will be one of the show places of the town. It is thirty bv sixty feet and has a concrete basement under the entire building. Two porches, one on the west and the other on the south will afford the members ample enjoyment of the cooling breezes during the heated months. The house is built entirely of logs cut in an adjoining timber, hewn on the grounds and locked and nailed into place. An enormous fireplace is in the north end and will afford a great deal of comfort to the members. A complete water and sewage system has been installed mak- ing the house as modern as a city home. The heating plant and locker rooms are in the basement and the ball room, kitchen and pantry are on the ground floor. Meals will be served on the south porch. The club has at present one hundred and sixty members and is growing rapidly. Resi- dents of DeWitt County are eligible for mem- bership. The directors are, C. M. Warner, Dr. George S. Edmonson, F. K. Lemon, F. W. Russell, Frank Rundle, Dr. W. R. Marshall, E. L. Freudenstein, John Warner and Grant Hower. The officers are C. M. Warner, President ; Dr. George S. Edmondson, Vice President ; F. W. Russell, Treasurer and F. K. Lemon, Secretary. The permanent committees for 1920 are grounds, W. E. Russel, D. J. Bear, L. W. Ingham, J. Q. Lewis, B. F. Harrison and A. J. Gayhagen. House committee, Don S. Russell, H. A. Campbell and Judd McGowan. TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT Address Delivered at the Rotary Club, Greenville Miss., June 1 0, 1 920 The Transportation Question as it Stands Today and to Be Solved by the Cooperation of the Public and'the Railroads By T. L. Dubbs There are in the United States 261,000 miles of steam railroad main tracks. To in- clude second, third, fourth tracks, sidings and yard tracks, 397,000 miles of track. To operate this plant 65,000 locomotives, 56,000 passenger train cars, 2,500,000 freight train cars, a large amount of auxiliary equip- ment, such as station buildings, shops, round houses and other machinery and equipment are used, and 2,000,000 employes are re- quired. This plant represents a valuation of about $22,000,000,000. The gross earnings are $5,321,000,000. For each dollar of gross revenue received 59 cents is paid for labor, 15 cents for fuel, 21 cents for material, 3 cents for loss and damage, 3 cents for rent, 4 cents for taxes, and 9 cents for funded and unfunded debts. In other words, it has cost the railroads in the last year $1.14 to earn one dollar and no allowance for betterments, reserves or dividends, which explains the reason for the deficit existing at the conclusion of the Federal Control of railroads, amounting to $900,478,756. This deficit was produced by reason of the increased cost of operation resulting from increased wages and material used. For example, before the advent of the phenomenal increase in prices, the average locomotive cost $27,500, today the average cost is $70,000; of passenger train cars then $6,500, now $20,000; of freight train cars, then $850, now $2,750; other equipment and materials, etc., in proportion. There has been set aside by the Adminis- tration $300,000,000 to be used in the man- ner best calculated to relieve those existing deficiencies which are the most aggravating and which are exercising the minds of those concerned and responsible, to an extent be- yond that which we comprehend. Of this amount it is expected that $40,000,000 will be used to discharge claims existing at the conclusion of Federal Control, $125,000,000 to be used assisting the railroads in procur- ing in part the much needed equipment necessary to discharge the obligations of the carriers to the public. It is proposed to use this $125,000,000 as follows: For each 25 cents advanced as a loan by the Government upon which the road will pay interest, the roads will ad- vance 75 cents. This will make a total of $500,000,000 to be expended for equipment as quickly as it can be manufactured. While this relief will be of a temporary character and will necessitate the introduction of $375,000,000 to be produced by the raH- roads, it will be helpful in enabling them to move a much greater per cent of the traffic offered than is now being taken care of. The additional $135,000,000 to be disposed of as follows: For short line railroads, $12,000,000; temperorary reserve for ma- turities, $50,000,000; for additions and bet- terments to promote quicker movement of cars, $73,000,000. There should be available imme- diately, 20,000 locomotives, 5,000 passenger train cars, and 400,000 freight train cars. This equipment would cost at present prices $2,500,000,000. There should be spent immediately for additions and betterments and increased facilities as quickly as the work can be accomplished, a like sum of money making a total of $5,000,000,000 to prop- erly take care of the increased business and that which will exist on or before the date it will be possible to have this equipment and these facilities ready for service. One of the greatest errors of omission in the past has been the failure to anticipate and provide for the future. This was due in a great measure to the fact that the 31 ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE income was not sufficient to either provide the funds or justify the expense. It must be remembered that for the past two and one-half years very little has been done toward maintaining the plant as it should have been maintained and in the way of providing for the future. I do not refer to the prospective feature altogether by any means, but I refer to the present and the future, which is now arriv- ing, as well as that which can be anticipated before the necessary facilities can possibly be provided to take care of the business. I believe you will agree that adequate transportation facilities are absolutely neces- sary to insure prosperity. With such facil- ities our country will advance rr H 1 - an^ without them its advancement will be se- riously retarded. A further wage adjustment is now being considered by the United States Labor Board. It is estimated that the award will result in a wage increase of about $750,000,- 000 or more per annum. This in connection with the deficit at present existing will re- sult in greatly increasing the expense of the carriers in excess of their revenue, and in order to place them in position to over- come the existing deficit and earn at least 6 per cent on their capital, a very liberal increase in freight rates will be necessary, I believe every one present will agree that good service is entitled to a fair revenue and that no one will object to a reasonable rate increase after they have given the ques- tion due consideration. _ It is hardly necessary to call your atten- tion to the fact that the agency through which the industrial production of the "United States is handled is the steam rail- road and its failure would be more than a calamity to the country. Even its partial failure would result in serious industrial and commercial draw backs which would affect every citizen in the United States. On this subject, I wish to quote the fol- lowing from an address delivered by Mr. Walker D. Hines, then Director General of the Railroads, at Omaha, Nebraska: "I have heard it said a number of times, and I believe it is true, although I have not had an opportunity to check the figures, that when you consider the price paid for everything else, the value that is enjoyed by every article transported by the rail- roads, a given unit of any commodity will buy more transportation now than it ever did before in the history of the country. A ton of steel or a bushel of wheat or any other unit of any commodity will buy more transportation now than ever before. "The result is that freight fates at the present time instead of being higher than ever before are lower than before, when tested by the value of the unit transported and the amount of transportation which that article transported will buy. This leads a great many people to urge that there ought to be an immediate increase in rates, in order to meet the situation. "This is by reason of the fact that there has been such a striking object lesson and railroads cost have increased to much great- er proportion than the rates have increased, and, therefore, the railroad operations are not likely to be self-sustaining in business, with no increase in rates." It is anticipated that two great questions confronting the railroads, that of the wage increase and of the rate increase, will be definitely settled within a short period of time. It is assumed that it is the intention of those handling these two questions to make a reasonable decision in both cases, in which event the railroads will then have the opportunity to demonstrate their qual- ifications in a way of operating in a scien- tific and economical manner. It is further anticipated that their financial credit will be assured and placed upon an attractive basis. It is further to be hoped that the railroads will be able to provide the necessary addi- tions to their plants to properly take care for the business offered, instead of being compelled to wait until after congestions, delays and losses have occurred before be- ing able to provide the facilities to take care of the business in a prompt and efficient manner. They should have sufficient funds avail- able immediately to lay heavier rail, pro- vide ballast where none exists and to pro- vide sufficient ballast where lines are ^ sufficiently ballasted at present, to discard the locomotives, freight and passenger train cars which have reached the stage vh they are not only inadequate for present day purposes, but where their condition ?1ace. these orders beine copied by one Mr. A. J. Farquhar of this place, then serving the company as operator. There are left to mourn this great loss, his wife, two children, Ed and Mabel, two sisters, Mrs. Kate Luddon of Madison, 111., and Mrs, Mary Kray- mer of East St. Louis, 111., five grand- children and a host of friends. Mr. Whalin, departed this life March 14. 1920, at the age of 65 years. HONORABLE JOHN W. TARVER Chief Clerk, Superintendent, Missis- sippi Division Born 1881. Died May 13, 1920. Mr. Tarver was Mayor of Water Val- ley. Mis?. Entered the service of the JOHN W. TARVER. Illinois Central Railroad December, 1896, as a Clerk in the Master Me- chanic's office. Promoted to various po- sitions until he reached the position of Chief Clerk, Superintendent, Mississippi Division, which position he has held since July 1, 1905. There was no employe who worked for a Railroad Company who was more highly esteemed than was John W. Tarver. His friends were numbered by his acquaintances. Mr. Tarver was happily married in 1905, his wife being Miss Fannie Mc- Millan, daughter of Mr. Dan McMillan, also an old and faithful employe at Water Valley. Has three children, one little son and two daughters. M ontonous Dorvico S CHICAGO TERMINAL. Engineer E. Crowley, train No. 40, east- bound, has been commended for action in stopping his train when he noticed a small girl walking over the bridge west of mile post 6, June 5. Conductor E. A. Smittle has been com- mended for discovering and apprehending small boys hiding under platform of Forty- seventh Street Suburban Station, June 22, as train No. 391 was pulling into the station, on account of throwing a stone through the window of a suburban coach. Towerman W. C. Campbell, Harvey, has been commended for discovering and re- porting brake rigging dragging on S. A. L. 18612, train No. 79, passing Harvey, June 9. Train was stopped at Homewood and brake rigging removed, thereby preventing pos- sible accident. During May the following gatekeepers lifted card passes and commutation tickets on account of having expired or being in improper hands: Katherine Dolan, Daisy Emery. On train No. 151, May 24th, Flagman E. Ashton lifted employe's suburban pass on account of being in improper hands. Pas- senger refused to pay fare and was required to leave the train. ILLINOIS DIVISION. Conductor C. E. Henry, Fordham, has been commended for discovering and report- ing I. C. 120727 with no light weight sten- cil. Arrangements were made to have car stenciled. Brakeman Brennan has been commended for action taken when he discovered a purse on the right-of-way near Wilderman, 111., with the result that the owner of same was located. Mr. J. W. Coffey, Vandalia, 111., has been commended for discovering and reporting defective arch bar on car in extra 1682 south, May 26. Train was stopped and repairs made, thereby preventing possible accident. Conductor D. S. Wiegel, on train No. 34, May 13, declined to honor card ticket, on account of having expired, and collected cash fare. Passenger was referred to the passenger department for refund on ticket. MEMPHIS DIVISION. Bridge Foreman J. W. Cooper has been commended for discovering and reporting bent axle on I. C. 122478, extra north at Marks, Miss., June 9. Necessary arrange- ments were made to have defect remedied, thereby preventing possible accident. Yardmaster Gann has been commended for discovering ACL key out of B. & O. 191543, and notifying conductor, train No. T-84, engine No. 819, at Greenwood, Miss. Necessary action was taken to prevent ac- cident. WISCONSIN DIVISIpN. Conductor W. D. Ryan, train No. 215, May 1, and No. 316, May 10, declined to honor card tickets on account of having ex- pired, and collected cash fares. Passengers were referred to passenger department for refund on tickets. Engineer W. R. Dickman has been com- mended for the efficient way in which the whistle was sounded, train No. 394, May 24, in an attempt to prevent accident at McCon- nell, 111. Conductor J. E. Curtin has been com- mended for discovering and reporting broken arch bar on C. & E. I. 35162, April 1. MINNESOTA DIVISION. Conductor W. B. Ryan has been com- mended for action taken in getting trains Nos. 29 and 11 over broken rail east of block W-1771. TENNESSEE DIVISION. Flagman J. G. Wellons, extra No. 1864 north, has been commended for discovering and extinguishing fire on bridge south of Dyersburg, thereby preventing possible ac- cident. Engineer J. L. Strange, train No. 191, June 16, has been commended for discover- ing and extinguishing fire on bridge J-280-9. This action undoubtedly prevented possible accident. Conductor G. I. Gadsby has been com- mended for discovering and reporting broken beam on N. P. car 29824, extra No. 1699 south, at Rialto, June 17. Conductor W. R. Low, train No. 204, May 18, lifted employe's trip pass on account of previously having been used for passage, and collected cash fare. LOUISIANA DIVISION. Conductor R. E. Mclnturff, on train No. 32, May 13, declined to honor 30-trip family ticket, on account of having expired and collected cash fare. Conductor L. E. Barnes, on train No. 4, May 15, lifted trip pass on account of being in improper hands. Passenger refused to pay fare and was required to leave train. On train No. 5, May 30, he lifted two 30-trip family tickets, one on account of having expired and the other being in im- proper hands, and collected cash fares. 62 Division News WISCONSIN DIVISION Charles Reed, who has been employed as brakeman and conductor on the Amboy dis- trict since July 1, ^895, has resigned to ac- cept responsible position with the Peabody Coal Co., Chicago. Mr. G. V. Powell, chief accountant, has resigned to accept a position with the Ste- phens Motor Works. Mr. C. H. Crowell, of Centralia, 111., has been appointed chief accountant. Our congratulations are extended to Mr. H. V. Listen, formerly division claim clerk, now employed as switchman at LaSalle, and to Mrs. Liston, who were married at LaSalle recently. Mrs. Liston was formerly Miss Mildred Edler, who up to the time of her marriage was employed as stenographer in the Accounting Department. Mr. J. F. Riordan has been appointed supervising agent. Mr. B. F. Williams, assistant agent Rock- ford, has been appointed supervising agent, Iowa Division. J. J. Reilly has been appointed agent, Freeport. Mr. Merton J. Beck cast his lot with the benedicts a few weeks ago. We all con- gratulate you Mert and wish you luck. Miss Mabel Quincer, stenographer, Freight Agent's Office, was recently mar- ried to Mr. Rock. A rather hard name. Congratulations, Mabel. Miss Lucretia Porter has been appointed stenographer Superintendent's Office. Miss Francis Lavelle, stenographer to chief clerk, has accepted position in Ac- counting Department. Miss Honor Thro has accepted position as stenographer in the Road Department. MURINE EYE REMEDY. Murine Allays Irritation Caused by Smoke Cinder Alkali Dust Strong Winds. Should be used for all Eyes that Need Care. These suggestions must surely Appeal to Men in all branches of Railway Service. See Murine Eye Remedy Co. Adv. in this issue and write for their Book of the Eye. HTHE MARGIN OF SAFETY is our first consideration in making * loans, rather than the margin of profit. That conservatism is your guaranty of SAFETY in making investments in our bonds. 1 f\ Po-.-^^-fcf Dion Any issue of our high grade> gilt edge First lU-r O.y men I 1 lan Mortgage Bonds may be purchased on our 1 0-payment Plan on terms as low as $ 1 down and $ 1 per montfc. Our booklet, "That $10 Bill," tells more about our 10-Payment Plan. If you are interested in getting 6% on your Savings, with absolute security, call, phone, (Main 1865) or write for one. H. O. STONE & CO. Established 1887 Real Estate Investments Conway Building 111 West Washington Street Please mention this magazine when writing to advertisers. 63 64 ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE Mr. Henry Lichtenburger, former ton- nage clerk, has accepted position as assist- ant chief time keeper. The Girls in Superintendent's and Freight Agent's Office had a picinic recently in hon- or of Miss Ethel Love and Miss Mabel Quincer, June brides. They all report hav- ing had a wonderful time. From what lunch was left, we agreed they are all good cooks. OFFICE OF AUDITOR STATION ACCOUNTS By G. A. R. Our friend "Miss Spring" gave us a chilly reception, but now we can console ourselves in knowing we are enjoying a warm recep- tion in that "good old summer time.'' The month that contained so many harmonious notes from Cupid's harp, has past, and has left our respective sanctorium without a re- sponsive cord in loves uniting. But knowing that everything travels within a circle, that hope and expectancy along these particular lines is in evidence among many of our youth - ful members. A timely advice is to wait patiently in loving thoughts and all will be well. Our adding machine wants to know what has become of the old timer that could add a column of figures correctly. This heat occasionally brings a condition of fermentation without yeast. Be silent and watchful and stick to the ship, as prophetic- ally or metaphorically speaking the signs point to a "raise." Vacation! vacation! is the general subject of discussion, time tables, prospectives of every description is in evidence. The clock has taken a vacation, our elevator also takes a vacation at intervals, but our good pay- master continues business at the same old stand, it is very much appreciated by all con- cerned that he is a perpetual worker during these vacation days. Mrs. Adele Clarke spent a very enjoyable vacation in New York and Canadian points. She unfortunately lost many "beautiful new things" from her grip (as she expressed it) at the time it was inspected by the revenue officer. We are glad to see our friends, W. T. Hawkins, H. C. Emerson and T. Y. Dillman return to our fold after a brief spell of op- erating in the wheels of commerce. Having once affiliated with the railroad and with agreeable associates, naturally formulates a SHOES TWO PAIR SHOES A work shoe and a dress shoe at practically the price of one pair. Sent to you without one penny down. All you have to do is to pay your postman $7.37 and postage when the package arrives. It's a money-back proposition, too. Of course you don't expect full details of an amazing offer such aa this in such small space and you are right. If you look for our big six and a half inch illustrated art in this issue, you will get full particulars. Wolpers Dept. 61 at 1201 W. Van Buren Street, Chicago. magnetic attraction that is not experienced in the commercial world. Be as it may we are glad to welcome them home. It is noted, however, they did not lose that swing of railroad lingo which is typical with proficient accountants. Mr. Dillman will handle ac- counts in litigation, and for the information of many of our agents would state that Mr. Hawkins and Mr. Emerson were appointed assistant traveling auditors, and it is hoped our agents will have the pleasure of meeting them in the near future. Mr. S. N. Moore, who is well known by many of our employes, has accepted a posi- tion as uncollected investigator, and has charge of divisions on Northern lines. Miss Marion Powers will spend her vaca- tion at Deadwpod. S. D. It is known that activities in this village are not emblemati- cal of its name, but on the other hand it is a very live place and we can assure her that amusements to her liking will be beyond her expectations. Mr. Leo Palmer, our junior accountant who wants to see things before he believes they really exist, is visiting the sights in Colo- rado. Miss Edna Nelson was a very wise girl when she decided the place to spend her vaca- tion. After consulting the atlas of the world she finally decided on a quiet little spot in the country adjacent to our city. While there she associated with the country lassies and dwelled among natural scenery, fishing and bathing with the mermaids, carrying water to the harvest hands, drinking only buttermilk and eating corn bread and laree country bis- cuits "like mother used to make." This de- lightful experience made such an impression on her that she has fully decided where to find the "mecca" of rest and pleasure. Mr. D. O'Connell spent his vacation at Ni- agara Falls and Detroit. While at the lat- ter place he visited one of the leading plants in view of just seeing how they could afford" to turn them out. Mrs. Northrop, while on her vacation, was looking after her oil interests. She reports as favorable outlook, as she is getting near that glorious hope of reaching the end of the rainbow. Miss Coyle was camping for one week at Mineral Springs, Ind. She reports of catch- ing a fish th'at weighed 35 pounds. Let us hope that the "scales" were correct. Mr. O. E. Hulsberg took in the sights at New York, up the Hudson and other Eastern cities. He was accompanied by several noted artists. It is also known that he had a con- tinuous round of pleasure for the reason that he brought back many specimens of butterflies that he captured. This office is making preparations for its annual picnic, to be held in July, and it is hoped all interested will participate in making it a most enjoyable gathering. ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE 65 mromm her check and had C., M. & St. P. baggageman give her a check and he later took the suit- case to the C., M. & St. P. station. Having noticed numerous letters in the Illinois Central Magazine from passengers who commended employes in proper discharge of their duties, thought you might make use of this case as an example of where an em- ploye went entirely out of his line of duties and inconvenienced himself con- siderably to assist a passenger. L. E. McCABE, Superintendent CLEANINGS from me CIMMS DEPARTMENT Jnterostmg - jYows - of* "Doings - of Claimants - Jn and Out c/- Court Twenty Thousand Dollar Verdict Suffers Big Shrinkage Personal injury claimants are often encouraged to hold out for very large sums in compromise of their claims, and, failing to secure them, file suit because they have read of large ver- dicts in cases which they think simi- lar to theirs. The trouble is that they seldom learn the subsequent history of the large verdicts they read about. In 1918 a verdict was obtained in a damage suit against the Y. & M. V. in Quitman County, Mississippi, for $20,000.00. The railroad made a motion for a new trial. The trial judge held the case under advisement for a whole year and then required the plaintiff to enter a remittitur reducing the verdict to $12,000.00. From this the railway appealed to the Supreme Court. In July of this year the Supreme Court affirmed the judgment, but required the plaintiff to make another remittitur, further reducing the verdict to $7,000.00. This the railroad paid, but not until two years had elapsed since the trial. After paying attorneys and expenses the recovery probably did not net the claimant more than $2,500.00, or pos- sibly $3,000.00. A settlement at $2,000.00 or $2,500.00 shortly after the accident would have meant more to the claimant than he will realizi out of the $20,000.00 verdict. How ever, some other person with a simi lar case, hearing of the $20,000.00 verdict, but not informed as to the ultimate results may permit the knowl- edge of this large verdict to influence him against acceptance of a reasonable offer. 42 ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE SOME ACCIDENTS WHICH SHOULD NOT HAVE OC- CURREDLET US TRY TO AVOID REPETITION William O. Blaylock, farmer, was struck by train No. 5 on crossing, Haserway, Miss., night of April 3, 1920, and fatally injured. He was rid- ing a horse, which was killed. He came on the crossing from the fire- man's side while the fireman was put- ting coal in engine and was not on the lookout. Firemen should be ed- ucated to so manage their work as to be on the lookout at all road and street crossings. William Crawford, car repairer, was injured at Louisville, Ky., 8:30 a. m., February 18, 1920, in a manner which could easily have been avoided. He jacked up a car and started under- neath to repair it when the jack slipped and the weight of the car threw the jack lever with much force against his head. B. L. Spencer was driving an auto- mobile bus which was struck by train No. 2ndl21 on road crossing, East View, Ky., 9:38 a. m., August 15, 1919. The engineer saw the bus ap- proaching, but did not give warning signal because he assumed that the driver of the bus saw the train. John Clark, section laborer, sus- tained injuries near Daniel Boone, Ky., 2:00 p. m., January 26, 1920. Rail was being moved from track, the foreman directing the work. Clark was ordered to pry up the spike while other men steadied the rail. The rail was tight, and when Clark pried out the spike, the rail flew out of track and struck him. It would be a good thing for all track employes to remember this case. Dorothy Spitalnikson, pedestrian, was struck and injured bv north- bound suburban train on 71st street crossine, Chicago, 8:10 p. m.. October 16. 1919. The enfinemen did, not see the woman. Evidently not on the lookout. Matthew T. Cunninp^am, non-em- ploye, was struck and killed on cross- ing, Pinckneyville, 111., 10 :55 p. m., April 17, 1920, by advancing end of cut of cars being shoved ahead of engine without light or protection of any kind. Nellie Cameron, passenger, was in- jured while .alighting from suburban train at Kensington, 11 :05 p. m., October 9, 1919, when train was mak- ing spot stop to take water. H. W. Dimmett was injured by be- ing struck by backing engine No. 1859 on South 20th street crossing, Belleville, 111., midnight, June 6, 1920. The engine was backing south over crossing on northbound main without light on advancing end. Ed Etherton, car repairer, was in- jured, Carbondale, 111., May 21, 1920. He, with another car man, was in between two bad order cars chaining them up, when other cars without warning were kicked against cars hie was between. E. J. Daugherty, switchman, re- ceived serious injuries to foot on ac- count of using his foot to close draw bar, Rockford, 111., August 2, 1919. So much has been said about this class of accident that it was thought an- other one would not occur. Truck belonging to Rockford Brew- ing Company was badly damaged by cars switched over crossing without protection or warning. Rockford, 111., 5 :20 p. m., January 2, 1918. Motorcycle on which Luther Lyman was riding was struck by train No. 15 on Virginia street crossing, Sioux City. Iowa, February 11, 1920. Cross- ins" flagman was standing on the side- walk instead of in the middle of the street. His "Stop" sip/n was in his shanty instead of in his hand. Will G. Glenn was killed by switch engine No. 455 on Walthal street crossing, Greenwood. Miss.. 8:00 p. m., February- 29, 1920. The main line was blocked by train No. 58 and Glenn was standing on adjoining track when he was struck bv the switch enp-ine, which was moving slowlv south. The enpinemen did not see the man at all before he was struck. 44 ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE Joe Winston, section laborer, was injured near Glass, Miss., December 10, 1919. While riding on push car, with legs hanging over side, his trousers became fastened in cotter key and pulled him from the car. Anna Gaston, passenger, was in- iured while alighting from train No. 44, Craigside, Miss., December 21, 1917, caused by train starting while she was in the act of alighting. Automobile truck belonging to J. H. Harrison was struck and damaged by train No. 15 on first crossing north of depot, Lake Cormorant, Miss., June 4, 1920. The view was obstruct- ed by cars standing on house track. Cars left standing close to crossings is a frequent cause of accidents. Phil Scott, shop laborer, was in- iured, Vicksburg Shops, February 6, 1920, by attempting to adjust a pair of electric shears without stopping the machinery. The bar he was using was caught in the gear wheel, throwing him and injuring him severely. Cadillac automobile belonging to J. M. Button was damaged bv running into hole in Levee street, Vicksburg, Miss., April 10, 1919. Section men had torn up some planks to repair switch and left the hole in the street without protection. Let us profit by the experience we have had in these accidents and en- deavor not to have any more like them. CONVERTED During the course of a man's life there are many narrow escapes expe- rienced, and especially if the man be the owner of a Ford. On Sunday morning, July 18th, about 11 o'clock, C. G. Burkeen, a prominent business man of Newbern, Tenn., and his wife, were driving in the country near Newbern, and when they reached the railroad tracks, rushed across the tracks immediately in front of north- bound passenger train No. 106, and had it not been for the quick action on the part of Engineer Tack Stokes in applying the emergency the auto- mobile would have been demolished and its occupants killed. As any rea- sonable and appreciative man would have done under the circumstances, Mr. Burkeen immediately requested that Engineer Stokes be extended his sincere thanks and appreciation for the watchful eye and quick action that prevented a most serious accident. Mr. Burkeen also made an open con- fession that he very carelessly drove upon the track without stopping, looking or listening, as the law re- quires, or as the law of self-preserva- tion dictates, and stated that in the future all laws and requirements would be adhered to in the operation of his Ford about railroad crossings or tracks. SIXTEEN KILLED AND EIGHTY- FIVE INJURED IN SIX MONTHS On the Illinois Central system -for a period of six months. January 1 to Tune 30, 1920, there were a total of 122 automobile grade crossing acci- dents, in which accidents 16 persons were killed and 85 persons were seri- ously injured. The Illinois Central is only one railroad of about 6,000 miles. Think about what the total loss of life must have been on all the rail- roads of the country, embracing 260,- 000 miles. The automobile grade crossing peril is one of the live questions of the day. Automobile drivers expect pedestrians to always be on the lookout for them, but they themselves refuse to always be on the lookout for trains, and con- sequently thev are being slaughtered bv the thousands. LOST HIS CASE Vincent Niola was employed in 1911 as a machinist at Paducah, and from that time until May 7, 1919, worked on an engine lathe, but on this date, while cutting down the collar in a non-pressure brake cylinder head, he stuck his right hand inside of the cylinder and it was caught between the- tool and the cylinder head, cutting- ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE and lacerating his hand very badly. The lathe was inspected thoroughly within fifteen minutes after the acci- dent by a shop committee, and they pronounced it and countershaft in pertect condition. The work in the lathe was completed by a machinist apprentice, who continued to work on this lathe for some months, and he was unable to discover any defects. Niola suffered a disability of three months and nineteen days, which in lost time amount to $490.00, and in view of a 75 per cent permanent dis- ability, he was offered $1,000, which amount he refused, and took his case up with the Railroad Administration at Washington, D. C, who refused to increase the offer. Against the advice of many of his friends and fellow workers who knew the conditions thoroughly, Niola allowed himself to be persuaded to bring suit. The case was tried on May 24, and the jury returned a ver- dict for the railroad. Niola swore on the stand that the lathe was defective and that his hand was in such condition that he would never be able to again follow his trade. IT IS ALWAYS TRAIN TIME A railroad train dashes into sight at the rate of fifty miles an hour, a driver loses his head, kills his engine on the track, and instantly innocent souls are dashed into eternity. The same old story with its horrors and sickening sights. Two such acci- dents occurred last Sunday, one near Franklin, Ind., when seven people lost their lives, the other at our neighbor- ing town of Huntingburg, when ten were killed outright and eight more seriously injured, some of them fatally. And what is the cause? One word, "Carelessness." Practically every automobile that is run into by a train is the result of carelessness. It is much like the fellow who kills his friend with the gun because he didn't know it was loaded. Didn't know it was train time, didn't hear the whistle, or thought the train had already passed. No excuse at all. It is always train time and it is the auty of every driver, especially when he has passengers, to know absolutely that the way is clear, to know that the lives entrusted into his care are safe. It is his duty to heed the warning at the crossing, "Stop, Look and Listen." If the driver had done this the tragedy at Huntingburg would have been avoided. Will this be a warning? Some will heed it for a time and to some it will always be a burning les- son, while others will go heedlessly along. Editorial Rockport (Ind.) Journal, July i, 1920. DIRECTOR GENERAL OF RAIL- ROADS WINS IMPORTANT CASE IN SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI L. M. Cole, an employe of the Director General of Railroads, sued the Director General in the Circuit Court here for ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) for damages alleged to have been sustained by him in a fight with a fellow employe, Cannon. The case was tried in the Circuit Court and Cole secured a judgment for four thousand dollars ($4,000.00). From this judgment the Railroad Adminis- tration appealed to the Supreme Court of Mississippi, and on last Monday the Supreme Court reversed and dis- missed the case, holding that the rail- road was in no way liable to the plain- tiff for the injuries alleged to have been received by him in a personal difficulty with a fellow employe. Can- non was indicted by the grand jury for assault with intent to kill, and after Cole secured a judgment for four thousand dollars ($4,000.00) Cannon was tried by a jury of Warren County an.d acquitted- Considerable interest was manifested by a number of em- ployes in the shops, who took great interest in prosecuting Cole's case against the Railroad Administration. However, some of them, when Cannon was tried, reversed themselves and testified vigorously in behalf of Can- 46 ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE non. They seemed to be willing for Cole to get the money from the gov- ernment but were unwilling for Can- non to be punished for the assault. The Supreme Court held that the railroad was not liable for an assault of one servant upon another servant when it was not committed within the scope, or apparent scope, of his authority in the prosecution of his master's business. This is an im- portant holding of the Supreme Court, in view of the fact, that, if the Court held otherwise, all employers would have been responsible for the fights of their employes, without reference to whether the fight occurred in the prosecution of the master's business or not. The Court announced that when two employes engage in a per- sonal difficulty, if they, or either of them, are hurt, they, and not the master, must bear the burden. This should be a warning to em- ployes who engage in fights. This holding of the Supreme Court will probably stop suits of this char- acter. At any rate, the decision will have a tendency to make employes tight for other causes than to get a suit for damages against a railroad. Vicksb'urg (Miss.) Herald, July 16, 1920. Couldn't Be Done, So He Did It Somebody said that it couldn't be done, But he, with a chuckle, replied, That "Maybe it couldn't," but he would be one Who wouldn't say so 'til he tried. So he buckled right in with a trace of a grin On his face. If he worried he hid it. He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn't be done and he did it. Somebody scoffed: "Oh, you'll never do that; At least no one ever has done it." But he took off his coat and he took off his hat, And the first thing we knew he'd be- gun it: With the lift of his chin, and a bit of a grin, Without any doubting or quiddit. He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn't be done and he did it. There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done, There are thousands to prophesy failure ; There are thousands to point out to you, one by one, The dangers that wait to assail you. But just buckle in with a bit of a grin, Then take off your coat and go to it. Just start in to sing as you tackle the thing That "cannot be done" and you'll do it. Exchange. Confidence By W. F. Nauman, Assistant Division Storekeeper, Centralia, 111. One of the most important assets for a successful career is to have and hold the confidence of our fellow men. We are told that 90 per cent of the world's business is done on a credit basis, which is made pos- sible by confidence between individuals. Let this confidence be destroyed and you have pierced the very heart of the world's trade and civilization. Our civilization as it stands today is based principally upon our commercial development, with confi- dence as its foundation. As a supervising employe of the supply department I find that to cultivate the asset of confidence in the other departments which we serve, is to conquer one of the most difficult obstacles in making a success of our work and the department we repre- sent. As a supply department we are called upon to make many promises to the other departments which look to us for service. Among the most important of these is the delivery of special items of material. Also at times our stock of some items of staple material has been depleted. In these cases we h av e, as a rule, antic- ipated our want in sufficient time, and order was placed in the usual manner, but owing to market conditions, delays in transporta- tion, and other causes, delivery is not made to the storehouse at the time specified, and results in our not being able to replenish the stock before we are entirely out. In such cases we are requested by the super- vising officers and foremen of the different departments to handle delivery of certain materials special, and to advise, when can be expected in way of early delivery. In handling conditions of this kind we should always bear in mind the thought of con- fidence. After going over the situation thor- oughly, advise the ones interested just what you will be able to accomplish. Follow up and leave nothing undone to make your promise good, and should conditions arise and you see that you will not be able to ful- fill your promise, do not wait until your at- tention has been called to your failure by the department interested make it a point to notify them the result of your effort, giv- ing the reasons. In most cases it will be possible to make some substitution, or change their plan of work, and your failure to get the particular material will not seri- ously delay their work. By handling in this manner all interested will feel confident of XP_ur efforts and in the future will be satis- fied that you have handled conditions of this kind to the best advantage possible. Many times no further action will be deemed nec- essary by handling with officers in charge. After this confidence has been gained, consider it sacred, and at no time make any promise that you do not feel reasonably cer- tain you can fulfill. Also refrain from giv- ing information of any kind which is mis- leading, knowing it to be such at the time. Nothing will be accomplished, and it will only tend to help destroy confidence which has been gained in other ways. . In our associations with our fellowmen, regardless of what they may be, confidence should be paramount in our thoughts, rea- lizing that it is one of the "Rounds" of the ladder of Success. Bear in mind at all times that to obtain this round you must follow up to conclusion the small promises and nat- urally the large ones will be taken care of. As the foundation of our great civilization and development is CONFIDENCE, so should it be in our daily routine of life. Make each day complete in itself, and after the Ladder of Success has been climbed we will find that the strongest round of that lad- der was Confidence. Things We Should Not Do Be courteous to the traveling public wher- ever you find them. If you are not a train- man, it doesn't matter; show them that you have an interest in the welfare of the rail- road. 47 A lady recently lost her pocketbook while boarding an express and did not miss it until the train was on its way. Three different trainmen volunteered assistance one of them going back to look for it. Such treat- 48 ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE ment cannot help but have a good effect on the operating revenues. When loading company material use the same care j r ou would use in loading your household furniture. Many articles such as glassware, tinware, small finished castings, etc., can be damaged by improper loading and the cost of same lost in addition to the labor of loading. Cars are at a premium and no .one should have a loaded car on hand without an ex- ceptionally good reason for it. Everytime you release a car promptly you help to pay your next month's salary. Watch scrap piles closely for good mate- rial. The man who throws away dollars in the scrap is not helping the railroad which employs him. Every man should do his utmost to spread contentment. In your associations with each other, try to make those around you more satisfied. Be cheeriul and not grasp- ing. This is the only way that the spirit of unrest which is handicapping our ef- forts, can be overcome. You Male deadheads riding on the Subur- man trains! Didn't you see that lady get on? She paid her fare; give her a seat. How much fuel oil finds its way into the sewers or into the ground on account of leaky pipes? Fuel oil costs twice as much as it did a few years ago. Those who store gasoline for use should use great care to prevent loss by evapora- tion. Gasoline is an expensive commodity for which the railroad spends a great deal of money annually. Good-bye; will see you in September is- sue. Letter from Canadian Pacific Railway Passenger De- partment, Thanking Central Station Baggage Room Employes for Service Rendered Chicago, July 2, 1920. Illinois Central Magazine, Chicago, Illinois. I quote for your information letter writ- ten by the General Passenger Department of the Canadian Pacific Steamship Service dated June 28th as follows: "I hope that you will make it a point to compliment the boys in the baggage room at the Central Station for the nice manner and the courtesy they extend to our steam- ship agents and our steamship passengers. Several times lately our agents have re- marked to me that they were very much pleased with the service in the baggage room and I feel that this has a lot to do with our being able to hold considerable of our steamship business for the rail lines. Our steamship agents appreciate good serv- ice as well as anybody else and at the same time we went the baggage department in the Central Station to know that their ef- forts to give prompt and efficient service to our passenger and agents, is appreciated by everybody concerned." This report is very gratifying, especially in view of the fact that the baggage room is seriously under-manned, it having been impossible to recruit the force to authorized strength for many weeks, resulting in the agent and his assistants being compelled to work twelve to fourteen hours a day, a pace which I fear they can not much longer continue. H. L. Fairfield, Manager, Baggage and Mail Traffic Dept. Appointments np^" * and Promotions Effective July 28, 1920, Mr. G. E. Patter- son is appointed Acting General Superin- tendent of Northern Lines, with office at Chicago, 111., vice Mr. J. J. Pelley, tem- porarily relieved to accept chairmanship of Chicago Terminal Car Service Committee. Effective July 28, 1920, Mr. J. W. Hevron is appointed Superintendent of the Illinois Division, with office at Champaign, Illinois, vice Mr. G. E. Patterson, promoted. Effective July 28, 1920. Mr. C. R. Young is appointed Superintendent of the Ten- nessee Division, with office at Fulton, Ken- tucky, vice Mr. J. W. Hevron, transferred. ence or curing Disease so much as the prevention 01 it ie greatest eood to Humanity. One of trie most important f-* ( lth Department should be the educational service t "\ ( * teaching people how to live * * A * Sunstroke Inasmuch as we are now going through the heated term of months and many of us are exposed to the direct heat of the sun in some one of many out-of-door occupations in connection with railroading a few words regarding sunstroke may be useful in lead- ing to a better understanding of this condi- tion and its cause, also the circumstances leading up to its production and a consid- eration of their avoidance. Sunstroke may be defined as an uncon- scious state produced by inflammation and congestion of the envelopes of the brain the result of exposure to the action of the sun's rays. The period of exposure varies largely in different persons, some being overcome by a few hours' exposure and others being able to work in the hot sun for hours without feeling any inconveni- ence. The individual must learn his own resist- ance and govern his actions accordingly, for when the individual begins to feel dizzy and does not see things clearly he should stop work and get into the shade for a rest. It is better to do this when he first begins to feel badly than to exert himself to "keep up" with the idea that the feeling will soon pass off, for when he first begins to feel badly is the time that the bloodvessels in the envelopes of his brain are starting to become overfilled with blood and to make pressure upon the brain tissue, thus pro- ducing the vague feeling of uneasiness to which he is subiected. This is the time to stop work and get into the shade for a rest, for a little rest at this time will allow the congested blood vessels to regain their normal size and functionate as they should, thereby avoiding the danger of collapse. The appearance of a person suffering from sunstroke is very characteristic, the face being red and feeling- hot and dry, the breathing being either loud and snoring or feeble, gaspine: and labored. The oulse is usually rapid except in cases which have progressed unfavorably and then it shows the characteristic pulse of extreme depres- sion and collapse. The fact that the per- son so afflicted becomes rapidly uncon- scious and falls to the .ground, sometimes dropping as if shot, is the characteristic sign which should call our attention to the "emergency" and no time should be lost in instituting the proper treatment. The fact that a man working in the sun for some time and who suddenly stops sweat- ing is sufficient warning that .he is about to have a sunstroke this is not always easily ascertainable except by careful observation and when superintending a large number of men it is easily overlooked. After the victim has been carried into the shade, carefully loosen all tight clothing, especially around the neck. Keep the head low and level with the rest of the body and apply cold to the head in any way con- venient. Remember that the blood is col- lected in greater amounts than normal in the head and that the effort should be to draw this extra amount down from the envelopes around the brain cold to the head and heat to the body will do this and it is on this principle that the treatment is started. Send for the doctor at once this is im- portant do not be deceived by the appar- ent slightness of the symptoms and think that a little rest will do all that is nec- essary. These cases often are progressive and get rapidly worse and one is not justi- fied in assuming that it is not necessary to get a physician. The physician assumes the responsibility and should be given charge of the case as soon as possible in order to start the proper treatment and to watch de- velopments. With the removal of the patient to the shade and the application of cold water to the head the efforts for further treatment without the aid of a physician should cease for it is impossible to know what may hap- pen to the patient unless under the obser- vation of one trained in the handling of such cases and prepared to assume full re- sponsibility. If it is impossible to obtain the services 50 ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE of a physician the case should be sent to the nearest hospital, there to be cared for until a doctor can come and take charge. The case should be placed upon a stretcher and, shaded from the sun, should be carried to the hospital or to the nearest point, either a house or a shed, where the patient can remain undisturbed and obtain the care and attention of which he is in so much need. It is to be borne in mind that relapses after regaining consciousness are by no means infrequent, hence the need of skilled care during the period of after treatment. It is also to be remembered that a per- son once having suffered a sunstroke is more susceptible to a second attack and should be warned of this susceptibility. Just a word as to heat exhaustion, with which sunstroke may be confused, although it is the opposite condition in every respect; the pateient is pale and clammy to the touch, the pulse is feeble and slow and the appearance is one of exhaustion necessar- ily the treatment is just the opposite of the t/eatment for sunstroke, stimulation being- the keynote. Now to recapitulate briefly: Sunstroke occurs in those working in the hot sun for a greater or less length of time and usually coming on suddenly, is shown by the appearance of sudden unconscious- ness, the patient usually falling to the ground. The appearance presented by the patient is that" of a man in a fit, face red and dry, pulse rapid and full and breathing noisy and blubbering. Note the point especially that the skin is dry it is often noticed that the cessation of sweating immediately precedes the attack of sunstroke, so foremen are urged to be on the look out for this sign. The face is red and the pulse rapid and full. Immediately remove to shade and loosen clothing, then applying cold water to the head. Send for the physician at once and turn the care of the case over to him as soon as possible. Illinois Central Railroad Company Hospital Department Chicago, 111., August 1, 1920. TO ALL CONCERNED: Owing to the greatly increased cost of all surgical dressings, drugs, medicines, hospital supplies and other materials used incident to the treatment of sickness and other Hospital Department benefits, and also to the increased pay of Hospital Depart- ment employes, the latter being in keeping with the increases granted railroad employes, the income of the Illinois Central Hospital Department is not now sufficient to meet the expenses. Consequently it has been determined that it will be necessary to slightly in- crease the monthly contribution, and it is felt that 25 cents per month will be sufficient for the purpose of maintaining the high standard of the many benefits furnished by the Hospital Department. Therefore, effective this date, monthly contributions will be fixed at 75 cents instead of 50 cents per month, as heretofore. G. G. DOWDALL, Chief Surgeon. Approved: C. H. MARKHAM, President. Employes Are Reaping the Benefit of the Hospital Department and Are Very Appreciative of Attention Received Dr. G. G. Dowdall, May 1st, 1920. Chief Surgeon, Chicago, 111. Dear Doctor: In these few lines, please let me take the opportunity to thank the Nurses and also the Doctors of the Illinois Central Hospital for the care which was shown me while a patient at this Hospital. Also I want to say frankly that the Illinois Central Hospital absolutely takes the best possible care of the Illinois Central employes. I ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE 51 am an employe and have had the imsfortune to become ill, and it was necessary for me to go to some Hospital for treatment. Consequently I went to the Illinois Central Hospital, and am most thankful that I am a contributor to the Hospital Department and hope to remain one as long as I am in the Service. I do not know of any place that I would like to go when necessary to go in quest of treatment. The employes of the Illinois Central ought to be proud, and 1 am sure that they are proud, of such a Hospital as the Illinois Central Hospital at Chicago. Truly yours, (Signed) E. A. Armstrong, Brakeman, Champaign, 111. Dr. G. G. Dowdall, Chicago, May 5th, 1920 Chief Surgeon, I. C R. R. Co, Chicago. Illinios. Dear Doctor: On behalf of myself and family, I wish to say a few words of praise for the Illinois Central Hospital, for the attention given my father, Thomas J. Cowan, who was an Illinois Central Employe and received treatment at the Illinois Central Hospital during the past several months. I will say that the Surgeons and Nurses cannot be praised too much and too much cannot be said in commendation of their fine quali- fications. I, myself, was an employe of the Illinois Central Railroad some nine years ago when the Hospital Department was started, and I have always been an ardent advocate of the Hospital Department. I believe many of the Illinois Central employes do not realize the many advantages of the splendid organization that they have at their service, and all for a mere pittance each month. Since leaving the Illinois Central, I have learned to regret many times the fact that I am not available for membership in the Illinois Central Hospital Department. I wish to say that no better treatment is given in any Hospital in Chicago at any cost, and I feel sure that my father's case was given better surgical attention and hospital care than he could have received in any other Hospital in Chicago, and that, without any additional expense to him other than the 50c per month contributed to the Hospital Department. Again extending my thanks for the attention given my father while under the care of the Hospital Department, I remain, Respectfully yours, (Signed) Frank E. Cowan 316 E. 29th St., Champaign, 111., Memphis, Tenn., June 15, 1920. Dr. G. G. Dowdall, Chief Surgeon, Chicago, Illinois. Dear Doctor: I write to let you know that my brother George and myself were patients at the Illinois Central Hospital at Paducah, Ky. We went there on your advice, and all the time that we were patients at this hospital we were both treated just as nice as anyone could possibly treat us. We were there about two weeks and we were very much impressed with what a nice place it is and how nicely all the patients in this hospital were treated. Both my brother George and myself were operated on while we were there, and have gotten a great deal of benefit from our treatment. We are both doing fine but have not yet been able to return to work. I am writing to show you chat we appreciate your kindness and also want to show our appreciation of the fine treatment that we have both received from the Illinois Central Hospital Department, also that our fellow employes may know what a fine hospital and excellent care is waiting for them, if required, in the new Illinois Central Hospital, Paducah. This is all for the present. Your friend, Lewis Hawthorne, Truck Repairer, Memphis, Tenr. 52 ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE Wilkie, Iowa, July 9, 1920. Dr. G. G. Dowdall, Chief Surgeon, Illinois Central Railroad Co., Chicago, 111. Dear Doctor: Just a few words to you expressing my appreciation to you and your hospital force for the good treatment I received while there. I was in the hospital three different times, and the attention that a person gets there is all that one could wish for, and that is the way I found things to be. Words are inadequate to ex- press the good I derived from the four operations I had for nasal trouble. I will close by adding that I wish to see the good work continue in the future as it has in the past, and that the Hospital Department is one of the best things connected with this Company. Your for continued success, (Signed) W. P. Wall, Agent and Operator. Jo.id one to the ot>\er\ye>u come my way, rt6xe.a.nibble>&Ufxi.r new mown " 'Iwont '-' ./Aid t!>e/ othen^Xibu come with For I teo ))/ome> Irfty you And ey jfot nowKerejo/i p&\wed updirt. C5h. ^y GoMy fh&f nope did hurt. TO r hervmey faced abouftnerejllibborn mulej- And -/aicJ, We're ju/t liKe hunr6n foolj- "Let> pull o Then come, with me Cknd>*/ent *Ah! thi/ i/ the end of a. perfect S>Qj -et this (essor\, dont let it pmv &d men should copy /rom, the, poorOecKojx irjcC together tir the cinly wo> To pufjyour Divi/ion on tfve. Ji.rcopfce.ld B\VT) ROLL OP HONOR Name Martin G. Rice William Bosley Peter Swanson Edward Harty Occupation Engineman, Mattoon, 111. Crossing Flagman, Fulton, Ky. Carpenter, Burnside, Brakeman, Chicago, 111. Yrs. of Service 40 20 31 19 Date of Retirement 5-31-20 5-31-20 5-31-20 3-31-20 OBITUARY The following deaths of Pensioners were reported at meeting of Board of Pen' sions held June 29, 1920. Name John Crones Jesse D. Pettingill Joseph W. Thomas Carl J. Schrandt John Brennan Henry Rippberger Prosper Grandadams Term as Last Employment Date of Death Pensioner Engineman, Illinois Division 5-28-20 6 years Engineman, Kentucky Division 5-24-20 2 years Sand Dryer, Kentucky Division 5-27-20 15 years Janitor, Burnside Shops 6-12-20 3 years Crossing Flagman, Springfield Division 6-6-20 4 years Car Inspector, Wisconsin Division 6-23-20 1 year Section Laborer, Illinois Division 4-18-20 6 years J. H. HUNTSBERRY Mr. J. H. Huntsberry was born Au- gust 19, 1855. His father was Extra Gang Foreman for P. & E. Mr. Hunts- berry began service under his father as water boy near Nortonville in 1872. Promoted to Fireman for P. & E. out of Elizabethtown, Ky., in- 1874. Promoted to Engineer ia 1878, and was pensioned by the Illinois Central in 1918. Died May 4, 1920. JOHN HUNTSBERRY A. J. LAW Engineman, Mississippi Division Born March 7, 1858. Died May 20, 1920. Age 62 years. Employed , November 1, 1882 38 years' service. 100 per cent Engineman. Following editorial from the Mem- phis Commercial Appeal, dated May 22, 1920: 53 54 ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE A. J. LAW "A. J. Law (Uncle Al), engineer on the Illinois Central for 40 years is dead. He was a member of Division No. 762 of the Brotherhood of Loco- motive Engineers. He was one of the oldest and one of the best members. One day in and one day out has been the record of Al Law for many years. He grew old on his job, but he was more efficient with every day's work. "In his long years of passenger train running he safely drew more than a million people, and not one of these was injured or killed through neglect of Al Law. His experiences had been thrill- ing at times. He was an engineer on the train which Rube Burrows robbed, many years ago, at Duck Hill, Miss. "All the years of his life he was ac- curate, faithful and loyal. He loved his profession and exercised a splendid influence upon whomsoever he came in contact with. His friends were scat- tered from Jackson to Memphis and from Grenada up as far as Jackson, Tenn. They will mourn him, but they will rejoice that he goes into the other world with a first-class clearance card, a right of track over all, and the signals set for a through run." Mr. John Trott, Conductor, Mattoon, 111. Dear Sir: I am pleased to read, and further pleased to quote to you the following letter from Mr. Milton F. LeVey: "Mr. H. J. Roth, Superintendent, "Illinois Central R. R., "Mattoon, 111. "Dear Sir: "Most people are very quick to file a complaint, but few are given to praise, and this brief letter has to do with the latter. "I am a traveling man, and on Wednesday night, February 25th, I had the occasion to travel from Evansville, Ind., to Mattoon, 111., on your road, the Illinois Central. It seems that I lost my ticket at the station and your conductor, Mr. John Trott (whose name I learned from the brakeman) gave me every consideration and through his efforts, by wiring back to Evansville, the ticket was found and my money refunded. "Thinking you would like to know about this kind affair, I am, Very truly yours, "(Signed) Milton F. LeVey, "1141 Bergen Street, "Brooklyn, N. Y." I know in advance that you will appreciate the kind expressions contained in the - You, djd, not have ^ g beyond your usual kind and, affable manner to d.o this, ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE 55 but it just goes to show how such little acts of kindness, entirely within our own hands please the people. Yours truly, H. J. Roth, Superintendent. Mr. Milton F. LeVey, 1141 Bergen Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Dear Sir: . It affords me pleasure to acknowledge receipt of your letter March 7th expressing your appreciation of the courteous treatment afforded you by the conductor on our Train No. 222, Evansville to Mattoon, February 25th. It is just such small acts of courtesy to the traveling public that we desire all of our employes to exercise, and I assure you that it is gratifying to them as well as the officials to know that their efforts in this direction are appreciated. Yours truly, H. J. Roth, Superintendent. Am I A Loyal Employe? By W. A. Sensing, Special Agent, Memphis Division Let the special agents look after that! is often said to employes who show an in- clination to interest themselves in the pro- tection of company property. The standard of efficiency is very low on any railroad where any employe seeking to protect com- pany property, encounters reproach, and discouragement. Every employe is a special agent, in one sense of the word. The rules and regu- lations makes him that, and his conscious grants no exemptions. I have heard em- ployes remark that they never meddle with arfything outside their departments. If we are more concerned with our privileges and immunities than with our duties, we are not loyal. And if we assume that the protection of company property is none of our busi- ness, and that it is the special agent's job, we are not loyal, and are dodgers and slackers. Leaving things up to any one department is bound to bring disaster. The constant vigilance and intelligent action of all em- ployes is essential to good operation. Am I looking out for my company's interest? is the first question in the railroad cate- chism. Railroading is a complex business, but efficiency may be reduced to three es- sentials: Understanding, loyalty and co- operation. I saw an engineer leave his cab and go nail a door on a car containing merchan- dise, which had become broken while switch- ing. He did not have to do that; it was the duty of other employes as much as his. That engineer exemplifies the loyal em- ployee, who is always on the job. When we say to ourselves, "we hold an inalienable partnership in this railroad; the protection of its property, prosperity and efficient operation rests with us," then we have caught the spirit of true loyalty. Then, indeed, are we truly loyal employes, and contributors to the forces that make for its efficient operation. Some Hints for Foremen and All Concerned It Is a Bad Habit By F. G. Murphy, Supervisor Not to flag your way around bad curves. To leave your car on track. To hold a tie with a shovel. To tamp ties under center instead of un- der the rail. To let your men have your switch key. To allow your men to open your switches. To pass a bad rail in track. To say that it will hold until tomorrow; it may fail any time and cause serious accident, and possibly loss of life. This applies to rough track as well as to rail failures. To allow your men to stand too close to track when trains are passing. It is dangerous not to fully protect your track, when making high lift. When making any lift around curves, where you cannot see trains, or where they cannot be heard. Also when putting in many ties at one place. It is dangerous to run car when foggy. To neglect to handle reports promptly. To answer all correspondence promptly is best policy. To pass a switch without looking for de- fects. To leave car on public crossing, or to take them off of track at any road cross- ings. To pass an open gate without closing same. The above, for your information, to be avoided. The Expectorating Gent' By William Wood, Machinist My name is Bill O'Callihan, And I'm a boomer from Spokane. I have traveled the land from coast to coast, And from Florida to Maine. I worked awhile in Chicago, And a day or two in Gwin, Couldn't stay, didn't try, So was on my way again. I have worked in every town That is worthy of the name, I have worked for many railroads, And believe I know the game; I have worked in many shops, And have worked with many men, And in every shop where I have worked There is one besetting sin. I speak of the Expectorating Gent, Who spits on all in sight. He pulls out a Navy plug, And takes a hearty bite; He chews and chews until he chokes, And ambeer covers his chin, And then Sp-choo away he squirts, His one besetting sin. I crawl down into the pit To tighten up a screw, The floor is covered with his spit, Likewise the rail is, too. I get my hands into the stuff, And some upon my clothes, If that was not enough, I sat where he bled his nose. I have traveled, as I said before, From Chicago to Gwin, From Pittsburgh to the Golden Gate, And from Boston to Cheyenne. And in every town where I lit, And every place I went, I met the guy who scatters spit, The Expectorating Gent. The doctors tell about T. B. They tell about the flu and grip, They tell the way that you can catch them, Just listen to their honest tip "Avoid the Expectorating Gent, Who spits on all in sight, For if you get your hands into his spit, And then you take a bite, B-Hm old T. B.'s got you, Not a bit of use to kick, Soon you'll sing on high in heaven, Or be roasting with old Nick." Oh! you tobacco chewers, Oh! you spitters and the like, There's a place you'll call yours, When you take that last long hike. You that spit on my tools and level, And upon the floor and rail, Surely you will meet the devil When you end the last long trail. The Office Bell Tinkle, tinkle little bell, How I wish you were in hell, By Henry Bream Down below the office hum, Sounding with old Satan's drum. ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE 57 And your noise would cease to be, Constantly a worrying me, 'Til I almost have a fit, Which forbids me do my bit. If my wish should come to pass, I would clasp my hands at last, And ye gods, could happy be, Naught, at all, to worry me. But I think my wish in vein, And the bell must hear again, If I would this job hold down, For, lots of stenos buzz 'round. P 1 !*- .HI i < Who. seeking to my job devour, But I must hold it, tell me how, Little bell that rings so loud, Make me, OF thy name, be proud. From this day on, I'll sing thy praise, As always have in bygone days, When thy soothing noise I heard, Which made me fly just like a birc. So, ring on my little bell, To the work we love so well, Call me when you will or may, And every half month hand the pay. What is life now after all, When we answer duty's call, Makes no dif how good nor well, There'll be no pleasure without the bell. To make us jump, to make us fly, To make us laugh, to make us cry, So here's to you my little bell, "You little pest!" we love you well. Just A Little Dope By Jim Warren Ya might have dough Like banks of snow, Ya might be a high monkey-monk And you've everything from a diamond ring To owning gold mines by the chunk. Ya can buy yer way 'cause Ya always pay, That's why they all like ya so, But there's one great grip And that's old friendship, That ya can't buy with all your dough. There's many a lad Who's face looks bad And his rep. may be all on the blink, But he may have a heart as big as a cart And be a friend to some down-trodden gink. When you're all out of luck And you're stuck in the muck and your coin Is about at the end. Well, the lad that stands and holds out his hands Is the lad to call a friend. The lad who's there When your stomach's bare And gives ya the last to his name, He's the only guy under God's blue sky Who should be in the hall of fame. Ya might o' fell, Nearly went to hell, Still his friendship ya couldn't bend, And he's pulled ya back; set ya on your track, And went on with ya still yer friend. To My Wife's Portrait By C. E. Swope, Freight Claim Agents' Qffice I gaze again upon your pictured face, And backward, thro' the vista of the years I drift, once more recalling time and place; Where sometimes we had smiles, and some- times tears. 1 live again the happy days now past; I tread again the paths we both once trod; I cannot yet believe that at the last, I'm left alone, my weary way to plod. So I shall therefore surely not despair, But trust that in the future, by God's grace I'll rid myself at last, of grief and care, And see once more your dear, s.weet, living face. A Deserved Compliment to Conductor E. W. Winslow JOHN C. FETZER, Real Estate and Investments, 105 So. La Salle Street, CHICAGO. General Manager, October 24, 1919. Illinois Central Ry., Chicago, Ills. My Dear Sir: I want to write you in relation to an employe who is a stranger to me, but who was so capable that I feel your company is to be congratulated upon having him, and of course this is written without his knowledge, and I do not even have an acquaintance with him. I came north from Champaign, Illinois, on Wednesday afternoon, October 23rd, on your train Number 24, and the Conductor of that train was one of the most competent men that I have ever met and I know from experience wthat a Conductor should be. He was so gentlemanly and courteous in answering all questions and put everyone so frankly in touch with the situation that we all had the best of feelings. Leaving Champaign 40 minutes late, he said if we get to Gilman in time to go in ahead of your train Number 20, that he would be v|ery little, if any, late in Chicago. We arrived at Gilman at 2:40 and were ready to go at 2 :42 which was the leaving time of your train from St. Louis, but your semaphore man apparently did not care to change his switch back and so let the St. Louis train out ahead of us so that he had to wait until the train first cleared the blocks and then kept behind it all the way to Chicago getting in here about a half hour late. It seems to me that this was poor railroading, but your Conductor, in answering it, said that he presumed there was a good reason for it and if he could have made it five minutes earlier he would have been let in ahead and he did not show any anger or disgust toward the com- pany whatever; your engineer made a beautiful run from Champaign to Gilman and it was a shame to spoil his opportunity by letting the other train in ahead of him. Again, I overheard two ladies asking him what time the C., M. & St. Paul train left Chicago for Dubuque, and he first answered them carefully, seeming to have all the necessary data in his pocket, but said, we have a perfectly good train for Dubuque and I think I can get them to hold it so that you can make the connection at once and will save you the drive across town and will get you into Dubuque an hour earlier than the other way and there is a dining car on the train so that you can get your dinner. They asked him if he was sure of making this connection, and he did not assure this but he said, I feel I can and I, will telegraph and ask the man there to have tickets and to hold the train and if they do you will be that much ahead and if they do not you will be noth- ing out, and I will come and see you before we arrive at the station and see that everything is taken care of. Thus he saved them much inconvenience and gained two fares for your company. He seemed to have such a mastery of the situation in everything he did and was so broad in his views of handling everybody and everything and watchful both of the passengers' comfort and the company's interest that I want to congratulate you upon having him in your employ; as I say he is a perfect stranger to me and this is written without his knowledge. I do not even know his name. Yours very truly, (Signed) John C. Fetzer. 58 Maintaining Standards By L. Grimes Jackson, Tenn It is impossible to estimate the money that could have been saved the railroads, provided standard locomotives, engines and cars could have been designed, and maintained in all of their various parts for the different classes of service that railroad equipment is called up- on to perform. While it is true the subject has at all times received serious consideration by the railroad officials, it has only been of late years that any practical attempt has been made to put the idea into actual effect. The advantages in adopting and maintaining standards are manifold ; as the first result is a reduction in the material carried in our store rooms and supply houses, which enables a quicker turn-over and a minimum force to handle that department. It also permits the Mechanical Department Foreman, as well as the Store Department employes, to keep in closer touch with the supplies on hand and the supplies needed to anticipate future re- quirements in sufficient time for the Store Department to be prepared to furnish when called upon. We realize on account of the varying dif- ferences in physical conditions obtaining on different railroads and the many different style of cars required to handle the various commodities passing over the road, it would require a vast number of locomotives and cars of different type, especially cars, which would naturally interfere with the adoption of sim- ilar types as a whole, but the application of the majority of the movable parts on prac- tically all of the equipment could be standard and therefore interchangeable. On account of the difficulty experienced in obtaining material due to limited supply on the market the necessity for restricting the number of different types of parts of equip- ment is great at the present and the need will continue to increase as the supply is limited and there seems no prospect in the near future of any decided increase in the produc- tion of the supply parts. There is a tendency on the part of some employes to vary from the standards adopted but if they would only stop and consider that if one engine is equipped with a device that is not standard to other engines or if one car has any one of its parts that is not stand- ard to other cars, it frequently makes a long and serious delay in obtaining^ the particular type that is needed. This not only decreases the engine and car miles per day but often- times works a hardship on the individual em- ployes who are responsible for the mainte- nance of the engines and cars and reflects badly on those who are concerned in the operation of the engines and cars. This ten- dency, we find, is confined mostly to those who are the greatest beneficiaries through the maintaining of standards, i. e., the shop- men and the enginemen, who frequently re- quest us to make changes in or install cer- tain devices to engines which are at variance with the standard practice and in a good many instances they will make changes with- out being authorized to do so or in fact let it be known that these changes have been made. The argument has been advanced that the practice of strictly adhering to standard parts prevents initiative or improvement and if this were true, it would be a serious objection, however, this objection can be overcome by carefully investigating the merits of an im- proved or new device, this to be followed by practical tests, and if it develops to be of greater merit than the one used or, in case the new device is economical, then, the replacement of the old device, after it has outlived its usefulness, with the improved type, can be accomplished without destroying initiative. 60 ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE i- AN INTERESTING DOCUMENT FOR TRAIN, AN OCCURRENCE ON THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD IN 1869. ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE 61 > if , e it ^ $ -x ? toS .1^ f \''"^X s> \ % -1 ^^. > i h j ^ 5 M ontonous s Towerman J. A. Wagner, Kensington, has been commended for discovering and re- porting brake beam dragging on train 75, passing Kensington, July 14. Train was stopped at Blue Island Junction and brake beam removed, thereby preventing possible accident. During June the following gatekeepers lifted card passes and commutation tickets account having expired or being in im- proper hands: May Heldenbrand, A. Van- dewater. On train 386, June 20th, Flagman W. P. LaGuess lifted employe's card pass account being in improper hands and collected cash fare. Flagman Geo. Marsh, train 731, June 21st, lifted employe's card pass account being in improper hands. Passenger refused to pay fare and was reauired to leave the train. Illinois Division Conductor J. J. Monohan, Champaign, has been commended for discovering and re- porting cars P. & R. 89149, I. C. 85134, and P. L. & E. 8783, without light weight sten- cilled on same. Arrangements were made to have cars stencilled. Operator Thomas Gather, Rantoul, has been commended for discovering and re- porting C. & E. I. 45963, extra 1642 north, July 21, with brake beam dragging. Train was stopped and brake beam removed, thereby removing possible accident. Operator R. V. Devenauges, Manteno, has been commended for discovering and reporting brake beam dragging under C. G. W. 5925, train extra 1644 south. Train was stopped and brake beam taken down, there- by preventing possible accident. Brakeman E. Higgns, Champaign, has been commended for discovering and re- porting St. L. & S. W. 50203 refrigerator billed as empty, and that it was loaded. Conductor C. E. Henry "in charge of ex- tra 1690, June 28, has been commended for discovering and reporting G. & N. *>0766 and N. P. 97771 with no light weight stencilled on same. Arrangements were made to have cars stencilled. Fireman E. C. Hamilton, Champaign, has been commanded for prompt action taken, upon seeing an automobile approaching track ahead of No. 7. at Odin, June 29. Conductor M. B. Cavanagh, on train 24, June 2nd declined to honor card ticket ac- count having expired and collected cash fare. Passenger was referred to passenger department for refund on ticket. Conductor D. S. Wiegel, on train 25, June 5, No. 2 June 8th and No, 34 June 20th, declined to honor card tickets account hav- ing expired and collected cash fares. Pas- sengers were referred to passenger depart- ment for refund on tickets. Conductor J. P. Mallon, on train 10, June 7th, lifted trip pass account having expired and collected cash fare. Conductor R. W. Caruthers, train 525, June llth, and 126, June 24th, declined to honor card tickets account having expired and collected cash fares. Passengers were referred to passenger department for refund on tickets. St. Louis Division Conductor W. C. Walkup, train 624, June 2nd, declined to honor card ticket account having expired and collected cash fare. Conductor A. E. Reader, on train 9, June 27-th, lifted annual pass account not being countersigned. Springfield Division Section Foreman E. Reuben, Moweaqua, has been commended for discovering and reporting broken truck springs and casting, June 22, A. T. & S. F. 16819. Train was stopped and car set out at Moweaqua, there- by preventing possible accident. Wisconsin Division Conductor W. D. Ryan, train 315, June llth, declined to honor card ticket account expired and collected cash fare. Passenger was referred to passenger repartment for refund on ticket. Conductor J. H. Quinlan, train 29, June 19th declined to honor card ticket account having expired and collected, cash fare. Passenger was referred to passenger de- partment for refund on ticket. Kentucky Division Conductor J. W. Robertson, on train 101, June 12th, declined to honor ticket account having expired and collected cash fare. Louisiana Division Conductor J. A. Fulmer, on train 2, June 6th, lifted trip pass account previously hav- ing been used for passage. Passenger re- fused to pay fare and was required to leave train. Conductor L. E. Barnes, train 4, June 6th, lifted trip pass account being in im- proper hands and collected cash fare. Conductor R. E. Mclnturff, on train 31, June llth and 19th, declined to honor card tickets account having expired and collected cash fares. Passengers were referred to passenger department for refund on tickets. On train 24, June 24th, he declined to honor annual pass account having expired and collected cash fare. New Orleans Division On train 12, June 25th, Conductor S. K. ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE 63 White lifted trip pass account having been altered. Passenger refused to pay fare and was required to leave train. On train 31, June 29th, he lifted term pass account being in improper hands and col- lected cash fare. A LAUGH OR TWO The case looked black against the pris- oner, who was charged with loitering sus- piciously at the railway station. Presently the magistrate said sternly: "This lady says you tried to speak to her at the railway station." "It was a mistake," pleaded the man in the dock. "I was looking for my wife's young niece, whom I've never seen, but who'd been described to me as a handsome young lady, with golden hair, well-cut fea- tures, fine complexion, perfect figure, beau- tifully dressed, and " With a charming blush, the principal witness against him interrupted his flow of eloquence. "I don't wish to prosecute the gentle- man, sir," she said to the magistrate. "Any one might have made the same mistake." Clipped, A Menagerie of Switches Every boy knows what is meant by a "fly- ing switch" and has thrilled at the hazards taken by trainmen as car after car is shunted swiftly down the yard by the kick of an en- gine and directed to different tracks in rapid succession by quick throws of the switch. A well known financial railroader .of New York and practical railroader in France dur- ing the war was not acquainted with the term, however. 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Write us, or call, or telephone Main 1865. for our booklet, "That $w Bill." It tells all about our Safe Bonds and how to buy them on our Partial Payment Plan. H. O. STONE & CO. Established 1887 Incorporated FIRST MORTGAGE REAL ESTATE BONDS CONWAY BUILDING S. W. COR. CLARK and WEST WASHINGTON STS. Please mentioji th}s magazine when writing to advertisers. ILLINOIS CENTRAL "Sir, private O'Toole of the train gang has just been killed on a flying switch." The colonel was nonplussed, but it is a standing rule of the service never to confess ignorance to a subordinate. Some sort of action was apparently expected of him to safe- guard his men and he quickly reached a de- cision. "Get out a letter at once," commanded the colonel. "Order every damned one of those flying switches at this rail-head removed and put in storage. Replace them with those frog switches that came in yesterday." Professional Jealousy It was one of those rare occasions when Sir E. Marshall Hall, the lawyer, lost a case, and wasn't feeling so very hapny over it. "Your profession doesn't make angels out of men, does it?" said a medical friend, teao- ingly. "No," retorted Sir Edward, "that one thing we leave to you doctors !" Interested Old Pa Pscadds I won't have you marry- ing a mere clerk. You tell that young man to keep away until he has an interest in his firm. Myrtle Pscadds Why, dad, he has that now. The manager told him he'd have to take some interest in his work or he'd lose his job, and he's already done it. Keep Your Ey e s and LAW OF LOSS AND DAMAGE CLAIMS. Only book published on the subject. Over 600 pages. Used by attor- neys, traffic and railroad men everywhere. $9.50 delivered. FLANSBURG & GUN- DERSEN, Suite 805, 538 So. Dearborn St., Chicago. Clean and Healthy by applying Murine Night and Morning. If your Eyes Tire, Itch ?PW Burn if Sore, Irritated, Inflamed or Granulated, use MURINE often. Wholesome- Cleansing-Healing Refreshing -Soothing Write for our free "Eye Care " book. Murine Eye Remedy Co. 9 East Ohio Street, Chicago SPRINGFIELD DIVISION Mr. M. M. Backus, district engineer of Waterloo, Iowa visited several days in Clin- ton recently. Mr. G. E. Patterson, superintendent Champaign, was a business visitor in Clin- ton Saturday. General Superintendent Williams of Waterloo visited in Clinton Tuesday even- ing. . T General Wire Chief G. R. Steward, of Chicago, made a business trip to Clinton Wednesday. Trainmaster M. J. Flanagan, of Freeport, was in Clinton recently. Allington Minser was checked in as agent at Spaulding June 22 vice Bert Long resigned. T. R. Cox has been checked in as agent at Maroa, in place of Fred Plate, who has ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE 65 been promoted to supervisory agent with headquarters at Clinton. Mr. Melton and Mr. Morris of Chicago were vistors in Clinton recently. Harry Simmons made a trip to Spring- field Thursday afternoon. Wm. Stern, formerly employed at Clin- ton, was calling on friends in division of- fices recently. Charles McAdams, formerly employed in the roadmaster's office, was in Clinton re- cently visiting friends. Claire Grey attended the Elks' convention in Chicago Wednesday evening. Mr. M. Sheahan, of Rantoul, spent Fri- day in Clinton. Chief Dispatcher Mallon is taking his annual vacation. Mr. Huff is acting as chief dispatcher. Miss Clara Hoyt has returned from a week's vacation at Eldorado Springs. Miss Nora Banks and Miss Delia Morri- son have returned from a trip East where they visited Seneca Falls, New York, Ni- agara Falls and Watkins Glenn, N. Y. Miss Dorothy Morrison accompanied them home. Harry Smith, of Chicago, was calling on friends in division offices recently. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Peters visited friends in Clinton recently. SHOES TWO PAIR SHOES A work shoe and a dress shoe at practically the price of one pair. Sent to you without one penny down. All you have to do is to pay your postman $7.37 and postage when the package arrives. It's a money-back proposition, too. Of course you don't expect full details of an amazing offer such as this in such small space and you are right If you look for our big six and a half inch illustrated ad In this issue, you will get full particulars. Wolpers Deirt. 99 at 1201 W. Van Buren Street, Chicago. Operator Ritchie enjoyed several days vacation recently. Asa Phelps, storekeeper St. LouiSj, was calling on division friends recently. Conductor M. J. Kennedy has been en- joying a vacation, visiting different points in Colorado. F. T. Kraft, instrumentman, was a busi- ness visitor in Decatur Tuesday. Harry Miller, clerk in roadmaster's of- fice will visit over Sunday in St. Louis. Mrs. W. J. Apperson, wife of Instrument- man Apperson, has returned from a visit in Ft. Dodge, Iowa. Assistant Engineer J. . W. Swartz and Rodman D. T. Overby were in Litchfield Friday on company business. W. J. Apperson has returned from a brief trip to Chicago. Miss Elizabeth O'Brien, clerk in super- visor's office, Pana, has returned to her home after spending several days in Clin- ton. Miss Geraldine Reynolds, stenographer in roadmaster's office, will spend the week end in Bloomington. Clinton Shop Perhaps the readers of our monthly mag- azine have wondered if the Springfield di- vision shop is still in operation, and we wish to take this opportunity to advise that the shop is still running to its fullest capac- ity and with the same old time "pep." The note editor resigned some time ago, and a new one has just been appointed, and we will endeavor to entertain the readers each month as they have been in the past. We have a base ball team again this year that we are very proud of and they are SPRINGFIELD DIVISION PICNIC CROWD AT WELDON SPRINGS 66 ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE "rearing to go," and got a lot of "pep." Although we have a few new men on the team this year they are fully equal to the occasion at all times. Up to the present writ- ing they have played seven games, winning 4, losing 2 and tieing 1. The two games lost were pitchers' battles from the start, and were lost by one tally. First game lost 5-4 and the second 2-1. Both of these were lost to the Heyworth team and before the season is over we intend to even scores. The season's score is as follows: Heyworth 5 Clinton 4 Heyworth 2 Clinton 1 Batteries for Clinton, Polen and Hamil- ton, two games. Normal Grey's 4 Clinton 7 Normal Grey's 2 Clinton : 11 Batteries for Clinton, Lane and Hamilton, two games. Clinton Junior I. C. Shops 7 Moose 3 Batteries for Shops team, Jenkins and Hamilton. Clinton Junior I C Shops Moose Batteries for Shops Team, Polen and Hamilton. Clinton American I. C. Shops 9 Legion 5 Batteries for Shops Team, Jenkins and Hamilton. The line-up used this year is as follows: Andrews L. F. Jordan 2nd Brennan 3rd John Hamilton ....1st Hart R. F. Underwood S. S. Owens .. ....C. F. James Hamilton.... Catcher Lane Pitcher Jankins Pitcher Polen Pitcher Howard ....W. O. F. T. B. Howard..Mgr. S. P. Samuel....Secy. The team has a few open dates for Au- gust and September and teams who have a few open dates will be considered for dates, so if you feel lucky would like to hear from you. Please address the Manager T. B. Howard or Secretary S. P. Samuel. Miss Glenna McKinney, assistant ac- countant M. M. office left the 9th on her an- nual vacation. Would not leave, a line up as to where we could locate her, but we think it will be a trip to the "Lakes." Mrs. Hester Fish May, steno for M. M. Needham, is enjoying a three months' leave of absence, which she is spending at her home. John Hamilton, Jr., machine apprentice Machine Shops, has returned to work after a 15-day trip to Hot Springs, Ark., for ben- efit of his health. Roundhouse Foreman J. J. Morgan is tak- ing his annual leave this month, and from the reports we understand he is spending most of his time at home, and "motoring" the county. Pardon the error, we intending to say "flivering." During his absence, As- sistant Foreman Ohley is taking his place, who is relieved by Machinist Putman. Painter Foreman Taylor is away on his annual leave this month also, and is spend- ing most of the time along the Illinois river causing trouble amongst the "finney tribe." Machinists Robert Knight, Thornton Howard and Mach. Appr. Fred Howard spent Thursday in Chicago and attended the Elks' convention. Boiler Shop Foreman Stokes will leave on his annual vacation the 16th. General Foreman F. J. Holsinger spent Thursday morning with Master Mechanic Powell at Burnside shops and attended the Elks' convention during the afternoon. Machinist Edgar Ives, of Wapella, spent Sunday with friends in Clinton, but failed to call on his- friends at the Shops. The heads of the locomotive, store and car departments of the shops held a fish fry June 30th at Weldon Springs and there were twenty-three present from the three depart- ments. It was a most successful meeting, and others are planned for the summer months. A permanent organization of the twenty- three men who attended the affair will prob- ably be formed within the near future for the purpose of discussing problems and staging social affairs like that of the past. All present showed much interest and everyone is willing to form a permanent or- ganization. MASTER MECHANIC NEEDHAM AND TRAVELING ENGINEER . ZANIES AT SPRINGFIELD DIVISION PICNIC. WELDON SPRINGS. ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE 67 When it comes to eating fish we have in our midst two champions. Wrecking Fore- men Menefee can set the pace, but none too fast for Mr. Needham, our master mechanic. After the repast addresses were delivered by Traveling Engineer C. L. Zanies and Ma- chine Shop Foreman Frederick DeLoss West, who delivered a very eloquent address on "Economics." Those present for the fish fry were Mas ter Mechanic H. L. Needham, Traveling En- gineer C. L. Zanies, General Foreman F. J. Holsinger, Foremen C. C. Carroll, F. D. West, E. B. Barlow, Frank Bogan, Frank Menefee, William Adams. Homer Gray, J. J. Morgan, .R. T. Ohley, D. T. Hess, M. G. Taylor, T. J. Burke, C. L. Henson of Spring- field, W. A. Skinner, Fred Howard, A. E. Walters, Harry Andrews, Jeff Stine, J. E. Stokes and H. O. Britton. The repast was prepared by Jacob Krehl and Chas. Zanies, Jr., and from the report made by our congenial Storekeeper Mr. Skinner there must have been an abundance for he made the remark that it was the first place he had been for two years where there was not a shortage of material. As- sistant Storekeeper Walters concurred with this report. Send Minnesota Division Mr. P. E. Talty, chief dispatcher on this Division passed away at the home of his sister at Lemont, 111., July 2nd, 1920. Although he had been in poor health for sometime, his death was a shock to his many friends on this Division. Mr. Talty came to the Min- nesota Division in 1911 as track dispatcher, on March 20th, 1913 he was promoted to position of night chief and on January 15th, 1915, he was made chief dispatcher. Mr. Talty was a member of the local order of Elks and the Knights of Columbus both organizations being represented at the funeral. Messrs. Fred Beyer and Martin Cooney repre- senting the Elks and Messrs. J. W. Sims, H. Callahan and G. McCarthy representing the Knights of Columbus. The funeral was held at Lemont, July 4th. We all extend our deepest sympathy to Mr. L. E. Strouse, train master, account of the sudden death of his wife, which occurred at his home in Waterloo, June 30th, also account of the death of his mother which occurred at Charles City, July 13th. Misses Grace McDonald and Margaret Walsh, accountants, are spending their vaca- tion in the west. Before returning home they will visit Denver, Colorado Springs, Salt Lake City, also Yellowstone Park. Miss Marion Coffey has returned to work after spending her vacation in Clinton and Davenport. Mr. Harmon Buckley, fireman, is the proud father )f a baby boy. Miss Lucille and Genevieve Sims and Lenna Lightcap spent July 4th and 5th in Chicago. Mr. R. L. Guensler, chief clerk to superin- tendent, has returned from a two weeks vaca- tion spent at the Twin Cities. Men look here! No need for you to wear ready-mades. No need for you .to stand for high prices and pay lall the money down for made-to- Imeasure clothes. America's big Itailor shop will make you a suit or overcoat of fine fabric in latest style to your exact measure, guarantee the fit and send it on approval for $1 down. 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Mr. Ralph McCarron, accountant, has taken a three month's leave of absence account ill health. Mr. G. A. Saunders, accountant, and wife spent Sunday in Chicago. Ray Harron, clerk in the freight house at Dubuque recently spent Sunday in Chicago. Mr. John Umshler of Chicago has been appointed night yard master on this Division with headquarters at Dubuque. Mr. J. J. Wheelan, conductor, has gone to Hot Springs, Ark., for his health. Mr. Frank McCarthy has been appointed chief yard clerk in Dubuque yard office. Miss Margaret Walsh, supervisor's clerk, recently spent the week end in Chicago. Judd Joyner, yard clerk, Waterloo, comes to Dubuque every Sunday, as Judd says there is no "Coffey" in Waterloo. The bricks purchased for paving our streets are doing double duty, especially when they furnish a soft resting place for "Speck," our chief record clerk's beau, who takes a seat thereon at 4 p. m. and patiently waits until 5 p. m. when is awarded by ac- companying her home. How many more years has he to serve, Loretta? Advice to % all clerks When you start on your vacation be sure and don't tell where you were going, for if you do, there may be a "report to duty" wire before your time is up. Trainmaster McLaurine was somewhat embarassed when he read the "news" in the June magazine you know about his stop- ping at the Young Women's Christian As- Louisiana Division Did you notice the smile of Vivian when Road Supervisor Mercer from Yazoo City visited us the other day? Good thing he doesn't live close by, for we might be los- ing one of our car record girls. "Come to Beulah" read the note pinned to the neostyle g'ven assistant file clerk to copy. Watch your step, Prescott, this is leap year and you'll be following those other benedicts. PANTASOTE TRADE MARK A perfect substitute for leather and one-third the cost of genuine leather. Will be pleased to for- ward samples upon application. 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If satisfied, pay one-fifth J of purchase price and keep it, balance _ _ Jdivided into eight equal amounts, pay- Loftu prf e able monthly. Send for Catalog today, oi.mond Ring m, LOFTIS BROS. & CO., National Credit Jewelers Please mention this magazine when writing to advertisers. ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE 69 sociation while in Chicago, and so, has asked that I take this opportunity to tell you that this must be kept quiet, for the general manager may question the $4.00 per day hotel bill shown on his expense ac- count. We will accommodate Eddie al- ways. Forgot to mention that Mr. E. J. Cope, Jr. has been promoted to position of chief clerk to roadmaster and Miss Marie Ward- law, of the Accounting Department, has suc- ceeded him as clerk in roadmaster's office. Has any one seen Scottie? We used to see him once and a while around this office but am afraid that he is losing too much sleep going back and forth between here and New Orleans to see the girls. Room No. 10 Union Station Watch out or you might have to go down in your pocket and purchase another wedding present. 'Tis June you know, and I might add, Leap Year. Katye Browne went to Hammond today investigating. The Store Department has the guide fever also, and it runs so high that they made overtime looking for it the steno is con- templating a trip to Los Angeles and we know that she is going to have a good time. Mr. Nash Ogden recently resigned as ac- countant in this office to accept position with the Pere Marquette railroad in De- troit. Misses Walker and Pimm are week-end- ing it, having spent one in New Orleans, Brookhaven, Memphis, and are going to REAL PHONOGRAPH ' finished, nickel winding ng motor, ipeed regulator, lever. New improved sound ?ith mica diaphragm, makes ct reproductions of all kinds ic. A MARVELOUS bine in every way.Oelight- ed thousands of homes. Send MO MONEY Justyour name, and W6 will d you 24 of our Art Pictures to pose of on special offer at 25o h. 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K. but complains bitterly on account of not being able to cross Michigan Avenue. Superintendent Quigley and also Private Secretary Dodds have gone vacationing. Assistant Chief Clerk McGuinness and his steno, Miss Ott, are off for ten days, the former taking the rest cure at home, the latter invading the wilds of the West. We are very glad to have as our chief accountant Mr. Chenet Bourgeois, who has our assurance that we will co-operate with him in every possible way 'to make the Ac- counting Department of the Louisiana Di- vision, the BEST on the system. Supervising Agent McCloy has been vis- iting all the local officials and clerks trying to find some one who would say his re- cently purchased Airedale puppy is "pretty." Engineer Clyde Martin got a cinder in his eye. He claims he was watching for signals. Who was giving you signals, Clyde? . Car Record Clerk, Miss Browder, has a grocery peddler hanging around at noon and in the evening regularly. Another present we assume? 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Stnd us the $6 you collect and for your trouble we will send youfree thisMarvelous PostCard Cameia just as described and full outfit for taking pictures at once. We Guarantee Satlsfac- Jlon. Write today. M.O.SElTZ.Dcpt. 8C85 CHICAGO Compa SEX KNOWLI:DGI For young men and women. For young husbands and wives. For fathers and mothers. That parents should impart to their children. Science of Life - By J. L.. Robertson, M. D. A book which will answer questions you would like and ought to know, but will not ask. Mailed postpaid in plain wrap- per, $1.00. DALL PUBLISHING CO. Dept. P Denham Bldg. Denver, Colorado ALL THE PEOPLE Ideal Park, Endicott, N. Y. has every known form of outdoor amusements for young and old. EVERYBODY WELCOME EVERYWHERE. ENDICOTT, N. Y. ENDICOTT-JOHNSON SHOES FOR WORKERS and THEIR BOYS AND GIRLS JOHNSON CITY, N. Y. Please mention this magazine when writing to advertisers. ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE 71 Browne is spending several days in Texas. Wonder why so many of our "girls" are picking Texas this year. Our old friend, Floyd Cook is back with us in the Accounting Department. The 109 Ranch has again been opened in the master mechanic's office. Suppose we will hear from them soon. Our Supply Department needs an editor. Would like to hear from them sometime. Trainmaster McLaurine and Claim Agent Small went with the crowd to Hammond swimming pool, but were afraid of the water. It is reported some one threw them in them pool with their clothes on. Mechanical Department Our boss, Mr. E. C. Roddie, has returned from his vacation trip. He and Mrs. Roddie claim to have had a very enjoyable stay at Cooper's Wells. Mr. Roddie says that he rested, but we heard about that "flying" trip to Vicksburg. Welcome Circular 109! You always bring such pleasant employes. Welcome to our brother clerks from the North. We are glad to have Mr. Avegno in charge of the circular. The following are ably assisting Mr. Avegno. Sam Lee, Clarence Herring- ton, H. M. Schrader, Carl Hunt, Jack Causey, O. B. Quin, Jr., Misses Beatrice Martin, Ellen Rueff, Ruby Kohlman and Clara Griffin. Our chief accountant, O. V. Lewman, is spending his vacation very pleasantly in Ohio. After sixteeen years of continuous serv- ice, Mrs. Hugh Craft has severed her con- nection with the I. C. and has gone to Jackson to reside. Our loss is Jackson's gain. Miss Mattie Hesse, who has been with us the past two years left June 15th to spend a vacation in Iowa. After a week's stay our chief clerk received her resignation, for Cupid's darts had pierced her heart. The great thing came off on July 20th. The groom to be Mr. Lawrence Lee was one of the Circular 109 clerks. Note one effect of Circular 109. Miss Ruth Lane, of Summit, Miss., has accepted Miss Hesse's place. We are in- deed glad to have Miss Lane with us. Miss Annabelle Craft has returned from college, and is back on the old Libert}' Bond desk. Car knocker, Neola Mae Ansley, who has been a clerk in the Car Department for the past month, has returned to the "Home Sta- tion" having accepted the position of loco- motive timekeeper in this office. Mr. Wardlow, our chief clerk, made a business trip to Chicago. He wore his palm beach suit, but Mrs. Wardlow re- ceived the following wire: "Thermometer dropped to zero. Send overcoat." Miss Eva Bennett spent the 13th very pleasantly in New Orleans. She claims to have taken her mother to a specialist, but we have our doubts as little things she said lead us to believe she spent the day on the street cars. Mr. R. R. Royal, general foreman, has returned from a business trip to Paducah. He reports a very interesting meeting. Miss Mabel May still gets two letters a day from Blue Ridge, North Carolina. We are wondering how Mabel is going to keep her business from being in a "jam." Mr. W. E. Drew, who now has Miss Ansley's position in the Car Department, has moved to Magnolia. He seems to en- joy his early morning rides. Work Shoes Send No And Drm Shoes at $4.89 A Blow at Profiteering CO AQ f r a 3>..tOof real honest built work shoes. Sounds im- possible but it is true '.nd the best part of it is that you do not have to send any money to ove it. Thousands Have Been Satisfied The dress shoe weareofferingat $4.89. just think of it, $4.89 for a dress shoe. This in it- self is the greatest bargain of the season, but in ad- dition with every pair of dress shoes sold we will sell a pair of these work shoes for $2.48. A price that sounds like the days before the war. Imagine for a total expenditure of $7.37 actually less than the value of the dress shoes you will have two pairs of shoes. Send No Money, JustSend Your Order and pay your postman {7.37 and postage when the package arrives. You take no risk as the shoes will be sent to you under our iron clad guarantee of money back including postage if you are not fully satisfied. 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Filled from cover to cover with sti linoleum, stoves, ranges, watches, silverware, dishes, washing machines, sew chines, aluminum ware, phonographs, gas enginesandcream separators. Hundi articles to select from 30 day s r trial. This wonderful bargain catalog is FREE. HARTMAN D D D D Rug No. 51BBMA45. Price?19.00. $1.00 down; balance $2.00 monthly. Rug No. 17BBMA20. Price $23.65. $1.00 down; balance $2.50 monthly. Rug No. 22BBMA8. Price $28.96. $1.00 downj balance $2.75 monthly. Rug No. 22BBMA17. Price $29.85. $1.00 down; balance $2.75 monthly. Copyrighted 1920 by Hartmao'i. Chicago FURNITURE & CARPET C0./Addre. 8 3913 Wentworth Ave. Dept.2858 Chicago/ t City s*te. Contents ; F. R. Judd Frontispiece A Story Involving a Party of Chicago Business Men, a Wager and the Finest Train in the World 13 An Open Letter from President Markham to the Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger .".. 15 The Illinois Central Contributes to Public Education on Rail- road Problems 17 President Markham Discusses What It Costs to Build Public Highways for Heavy Truck Traffic 18 An Interesting Relic of Early History of the Illinois Central.... 20 Illinois Central Proudly Calls Attention to Its Record 22* The Happy Courtesy of Living 23 Public Opinion 23 Starkville, Miss 32 Safety First .' 40 Mechanical Department 41 Purchasing and Supply Department 43 Hospital Department 47 Transportation Department 49 Engineering Department 50 Handling Storage and Transportation of Cotton 51 Claims Department 53 Law Department 61 Meritorious Service 66 Division News.... .. 68 I\ibl?shed monthly by the Illinois Central R..R.. in the interest of tke railroad arid its jj4000, Employes Advertising Rates on Application Office 1201 Michigan, Av. Telephone Wabash 2200 Chicago Local ^ lj> $ per copy $ l^P per year FRANK R. JUDD Engineer of Buildings Born Hamilton, Ontario, May 28, 1882, graduate of Public Schools and Chicago Manual Training School. Entered service of I. C. R. R. November, 1899, as draftsman in Construc- tion Department and promoted to position of Chainman, Rodman and In- strumentman on new line construction, leaving the employ of I. C. R. R. September, 1902, to accept position with C. R. I. & P. in construction party. April, 1903, re-entered I. C. R. R. service as draftsman in Bridge and Building Department. December, 1909, promoted to Chief Draftsman, Bridge and Building Department. December, 1913 -February, 1915, Assistant Engineer in charge of Construc- tion Grand Central Station and track elevation Memphis. October, 1915, promoted to Engineer of Buildings. ILLINOIS CENTRAL Magazine Vol. 9 September, 1920 No. 3 A Story Involving a Party of Chicago Business Men, a Wager, and the Finest Train in the World When the Panama Limited arrived at New Orleans the day following last Easter Sunday, after plowing its way through the worst snow-storm in history for that season of the year, a party of Chicago business men aboard witnessed an exciting finish of a 912 mile race against time which decided a bet of $100 to $5 that the train would arrive on or ahead of time. The story of the race and the exciting finish was recently told by one of the members of the party. The Chicagoans had to make an Easter week trip to New Orleans on business. In the party were Mr. L. M. Nicolson and Mr. Samuel H. Hodge, of the real estate firm of Hodge, Chandler & Nicol- son; Mr. S. Scott Joy, architect for the Central Manufacturing District of Chi- cago, and Mr. George M. McConnell, president of the Railway Terminal and Warehouse Company. They wanted to take an attorney with them and Mr. Fred C. Hack, a partner in- the law firm of Winston, Strawn & Shaw, was invited. Mr. Hack didn't like the idea of los- ing several days from his office and at first declined outright to make the trip. Mr. Nicolson explained the Illinois Cen- tral service. The party would leave Central Station in Chicago at 12 :30 Sun- day afternoon, arrive in New Orleans at 11:15 the next morning, have Monday afternoon and night and Tuesday morn- ing for the transaction of its business, and would leave on the Panama Limited at 12:30 Tuesday afternoon, reaching Chicago at 11:30 Wednesday morning. Less than seventy-two hours would be spent away from Chicago. Still Mr. Hack demurred. Trains had been running behind schedule for several days, and he insisted that the Panama Limited could be no exception. But so strong was Mr. Nicolson's faith in the Panama Limited's performances that he offered to make a bet of $100 to $5 that the train would arrive in New Orleans either on time or ahead of time. The novelty of the bet appealed to Mr. Hack and he accepted. That was on Wednesday before Easter Sunday. Saturday night that never-to-be-for- gotten Easter blizzard descended and Sunday morning great drifts of snow had made their appearance on Chicago's streets and boulevards, and were becom- ing more formidable every minute. On top of this, came the news that the Chi- cago switchmen had walked out. By noon Michigan Boulevard was under six feet of snow. The Chicagoans went to Central Station, not knowing whether they would be able to get out of town. The party arrived at the station at 12:15 p. m. The gatekeeper announced that the Panama Limited was not yet in the train-shed and that it was not known when it would be there. The members of the party telephoned to their families that they might not be able to leave. However, they waited, for their trip was an important one. About ten minutes after 1 o'clock the 13 14 ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE train was announced and the members of the party went aboard. The Panama Limited plowed its way out of the train- shed at 1 :15 o'clock p. m., just three- quarters of an hour late. By this time all the members of the party became familiar with the terms of the bet and considerable good-natured raillery was directed against the participants in the wager. Mr. Hack's face was wreathed in smiles over what he thought was the prospect of winning $100 at the risk of only $5, but he said nothing, for the thought of having the stay in New Or- leans cut short robbed him of some of the pleasure. In spite of the drifts and the blinding snow, the Panama Limited was able to make up some of the time before leaving the storm district, and when Centralia was reached the train was just fifteen minutes behind schedule. The Chica- goans were preparing to retire when the Panama Limited reached Carbondale, just ten minutes late. The storm was still raging. Next morning the members of the party awoke at McComb, Miss., to learn that the Panama Limited was on time, to the second. Mr. Hack had lost some- thing of the exhilaration over the pros- pect of winning, but hadn't given up the ghost; there were still too many natural chances. The Panama Limited arrived at Hammond, La., still exactly on time. It looked as though the race were going to have an uninteresting finish. But as Carrollton Avenue, in the out- skirts of New Orleans, was reached, an unexpected element entered the situation when the train came to an unscheduled stop. The Chicago gentlemen did not learn why the stop was made. Only a minute was lost, but there remained only five minutes to the New Orleans station, and when the Panama Limited started up again it seemed to Mr. Nicol- son that the train was barely creeping. Mr, Hodge had been chosen time- keeper and arbiter of the wager and his wrist-watch had been designated the official timepiece. As the Panama Lim- ited approached the New Orleans sta- tion the referee announced that he would strike a table just as his watch regis- tered 11 :15 o'clock. The members of the party rose to watch him, as he stood with outstretched arm, to give the sig- nal. The race was drawing to a close and only ,a few seconds remained. Just as the arm started to fall the air-brakes were applied, and Mr. Hodge's hand struck the table as the Panama Limited came to a dead stop in the station train- shed. Mr. Hack paid the bet, while the other members of the party chided him for his lack of faith in a service so well demonstrated as that of the Panama Limited. Now he is a booster, too. Needless to add, the party wound up its business transactions on time and ar- rived back in Chicago on schedule. The secret of Mr. Nicolson's faith in the Panama Limited will be understood when it is explained that he formerly lived in New Orleans and has made over one hundred trips between Chicago and New Orleans on the Panama Limited. According to his own statement, the train never has been one second late at its destination. "While in New Orleans I always went East by way of Chicago, in preference to taking the direct and shorter route, just to travel on the Panama Limited. I think it is the finest train in the world," said Mr. Nicolson to an Illinois Central man. An Open Letter From President Markham to the Jackson (Miss.) Clarion Ledger The following letter from President Markham was written the editor of the Jackson, (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger in reply to an editorial which ap- peared in that newspaper commenting upon the increases in freight rates, ordered by the Interstate Commerce Commission : MR. T. M. HEDERMAN, Editor, Daily Clarion-Ledger, Jackson- Miss. Dear Mr. Hederman: May I be permitted to take issue with your position as outlined in the editorial, which appeared in the Clar- ion-Ledger the 5th inst., on the action of the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion in increasing the freight rates for the purpose of rehabilitating the na- tional railroad machine and making it possible for it to absorb the $600,000,- 000 increase in wages granted to rail- road employees by the Railroad Labor Board. At the end of Federal control, March 1, 1920, according to the report of Director General Hines to President Wilson, the Government had piled up a deficit of $854,423,434 from 26 months' operation of the railroads. Comparing 1916 with 1919, the South- ern carries found that their operating revenues had increased 58.87 per cent, while operating expenses had increased 110.88 per cent; that the operating ratio had gone from 66.63 per cent in 1916 to 88.44 per cent in 1919 ; that net income in this period had decreas- ed 62.88 per cent, and that the rate of return on property investment had fallen from 5.90 per cent in 1916 to 1.88 per cent in 1919. The carriers are now confronted with an increase in wages of more than 100 per cent; the cost of loc- omotives, cars and other materials has more than trebled; a comparatively few years ago financially strong rail- roads could borrow money in abun- dance at from 3^ to 4 per cent, while the prevailing rate at the present time is double those rates; the cost of coal has trebled and all other commodities which must be used in quantities in the maintenance of great railroad prop- erties have substantially increased in price. For ten years preceding the great war, the carriers of this country were undernourished. The banks got so they did not look with favor upon their securities for investment pur- poses. Regulating bodies steadily and persistently tightened the noose around their necks. Each mile of line in the country in 1890 paid $199 in taxes. Ten years later each mile paid $431 in taxes, while in 1918 the taxes on each mile of line had risen to $916. All of these things took place in spite ^of the fact that the railroad men of vision were predicting that the throttling of the growth of the carriers was certain to result in a great ca- lamity to the country. We have re- cently been, and, in fact, are now, al- most touching the edges of that ca- lamity. We have seen that it is a thing to be dreaded and avoided at any cost. There is no doubt whatever but that the high cost of living is at- tributable in a very large degree to the shortage of transportation. Neither is there any doubt but that ample transpor- tation facilities will bring down the cost of living. I am daily getting letters from ship- pers, from all parts of the Illinois Cen- tral, discussing, not rates, but cars. In every instance that has been called to my attention, shippers who formerly opposed increasing rates favor it now. It is fundamental that the railroads cannot grow unless they can borrow money. It is also fundamental that they cannot borrow money unless they 15 16 ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE can offer investors suitable security, promising safety of principal and a reasonable return, and more than a reasonable return can certainly not be retained by the carriers under the new Transportation Act. One big item of railroad expense, running into large sums of money, is the item of maintenance. Every auto- mobile owner, every farmer, every housewife, knows something of the cost and entailing difficulties of de- ferred maintenance. That is one of the big problems confronting the railroads now. Another is enlarging their facil- ities and acquiring new facilities. For the next few years a billion dollars per year should be expended by the carriers of this country for these purposes: The growth and prosperity of the South depend upon this because agriculture and industry in the South have already outgrown the railroad plant. The success of the carriers in carry- ing out the great plans which they have for restoring and enlarging the railroad plant depends largely upon public sentiment. The act of the Labor Board in increasing railroad wages $600,000,- 000 per year was backed up and fully approved by the public. Why? Be- cause the carriers were losing their employees by the thousands to in- dustries paying better wages than they were able to pay because industrial and agricultural prosperity depended first of all )upon the functioning of the carriers, and they could not func- tion if they lost their employees. The act of the Interstate Commerce Com- mission was backed up and approved by the public and the program of the carriers to enlarge and expand the railroad plant must likewise be backed up and fullv approved by the nublic; otherwise, it will not go through. The carriers are now ready to borrow hundreds of millions of dollars. The reason why ' the opportunity seems bright for getting this money is that public sentiment now strongly favors the carriers and a reasonable return upon money invested in their proper- ties. If there should be any change in the attitude of the public on this question, it would be impossible to get this money, and the future, instead of being bright with promise, would be uncertain in the extreme. We cannot all see things alike. Una- nimity of opinion on any question is a rare thing, but I believe that public opinion is more nearly unani- mous on the freight rate increase than it has been on any great public question considered by the people in the last twenty-five years. The two leading candidates for President of the United States have very recently ex- pressed themselves on this question. They recognize the situation as it is and make no attempt whatever to dodge the issue. Note these words from Senator Harding: "The work of rehabilitation under the restoration of private ownership deserves our best encouragement. Billions are needed in new equipment, not alone to meet the growing demand for service, but to restore the extraordinary deprecia- tion' \due to the strained service of war." Governor Cox frankly says: "Any discussion of the question of food supply leads very quickly to the closely related matter of transporta- tion. * * * There is no one thing which brings us so intermittentlv to critical conditions than the insuffici- ency of our transportation facilities. Both the railroads and the public are to blame. There has been no material .addition to the total mileage in the last ten vears, and the increase in terminals has been much less than re- quired. * * * At the beginning of the war, the rolling stock was sadlv reduced and inadequate. The nublic had not given in pay for service, sufficient revenues on which credit could be allowed by the banks. * * * Financial credit is necessary to phys- ical rehabilitation and it should be sufficient for the periods of maximum demand." The freight rate increase, in the ag- gregate, is large. It had to be to ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE 17 meet the exigencies of the occasion, but if you take what the increase will mean to the individual for example, the increase in the rate from Chicago to Jackson on a pair of lady's shoes is three-quarters of one cent; on a pair of men's shoes, one and one-fifth cents; on a man's soft shirt one- quarter of one cent ; on a man's soft wool hat, one-quarter of one cent; on a man's derby hat, one-fifth of one cent; on a man's three-piece suit, two cents ; on a man's overcoat, one and one-half cents ; on a lady's tailored suit, one cent; on a lady's fall coat, one and one-third cents ; on a lady's winter coat, two and one-sixth cents; on a lady's summer dress; one-half of one cent it will be seen that the rate in- crease will not be burdensome. Another point of view, and a very proper one, is that the entire increase on both freight and passenger rates combined is only about 2 per cent on the annual production of the farms, factories and mines of the United States. Yours very truly, (Signed) C. H. MARKHAM. The Illinois Central Contributes to Public Education On Railroad Problems In furtherance of its long-standing policy of taking the public into its con- fidence on all matters of railroad man- agement the Illinois Central is preparing to make what is expected to prove an important contribution to the cause of public education on railroad problems. During the coming year advertisements will be printed in several hundred news- papers, located in towns and cities served by the Illinois Central, each a frank discussion of some phase of the railroad problem. The first of this series of advertisements is printed on page 22 of this edition of the magazine. In launching this educational effort, the phrase, "Constructive criticism and suggestions are invited," has been adopted as a slogan truly reflecting the general Illinois Central policy. It is be- lieved that it will furnish the basis for a very close co-operation between the road and its patrons. The advertisement will make its ap- pearance in several hundred daily news- papers of the 1st of Sepember and weekly newspapers on the first week of September. Another feature of this effort to pro- duce co-operation between the railroad and its patrons takes the form of an open letter which has been issued by President Markham to the patrons of the Illinois Central. Already 75,000 copies of the letter have been put out in vari- ous forms, as posters, open letters and envelope stuffers. The letter was given a hearty welcome. Many newspapers have complimented the Illinois Central upon its attitude in letter? and editorial statements. Here is the letter: Illinois Central Railroad Company The Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company Chicago, Memphis & Gulf Railroad Company To Our Patrons: The only justification for a railroad's existence is the service it is able to render its patrons and, through them, the public. Therefore, the extent to which we of the Illinois Central System succeed in serving you is the extent of our success and satisfaction. We do not by any means claim perfection. In some instances we have fallen short of what you reasonably had a right to ex- pect of us, but we believe that we shall again be able to more nearly measure up to your expectations, and we ap- proach the future with confidence. We realize that 'the growth of your 18 ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE business is the criterion which should be considered in regulating the growth jof the railroad plant. We also realize that the railroad plant should always be kept a little in advance of the growth of your business. Many things have intervened in the recent past to prevent that result, notably the great war, but we believe that the obstacles in the way of the expansion of the railroad plant "from this time on have sufficiently cleared to justify the statement that the Illinois Central System, in the course of a comparatively short time, will have its facilities restored and enlarged to such an extent that it will be able to render you service 100 per cent efficient. But while we are restoring our cars to nor- mal condition and enlarging our facili- ties, we are anxious that the most effi- cient use possible be made of available facilities. On account of certain provisions in the new Transportation Act, some of you may feel inclined, when you have complaints to make, to make them direct to the Interstate Commerce Commission. Instead of doing that, I would suggest that you first, let your complaints come to us, and let us see what we can do about them. I would also like to sug- gest that if we are handling any particu- lar feature of your business to your entire satisfaction, that you occasionally let us hear from you on that subject. Such information would be very helpful to us. It is a distinct advantage to us to know both sides to know when we please you, as well as to know when we displease you. There are a lot of little kinks that can be smoothed out between us if we work closely together. T wish you to know that we are anxious to do that, and that we shall hold ourselves in readiness at all times to meet you more than half way in the well-known Illinois Central spirit of anxiety to serve its patrons well. Constructive criticism and suggestions are invited. C. H. MARKHAM, President. President Markham Discusses What It Costs To Build Public Highways for Heavy Truck Traffic The Rockford (111.) Morning Star, on August 15th, printed in full a letter which- President Markham had written to Mr. John V. Riley, editor of The Star, giving pertinent figures on the cost of building public highways suitable for motor truck transportation. Mr. Riley a short time previously had printed an able editorial urging that the public give the railroads of the country an oppor- tunity to make good under private con- trol that it lend every support to the effort to make the railroad plant efficient. He mentioned the cost of building high- ways suitable for motor truck freight transportation. President Markham had heard testi- mony before the Interstate Commerce Commission that it costs $60,000 a mile to build hard-surfaced roads of sufficient strength to stand up under freight truck- ing. He caused an investigation to be made, and upon the results of that in- vestigation wrote to Mr. Riley. The fol- lowing is reprinted from The Star of the 15th: WHAT HIGHWAYS WILL COST WHEN BUILT FOR FREIGHT Editor, The Rockford Morning Star, Rockford, Illinois. An editorial which appeared in a re- cent issue of the Rockford Morning Star, headed, "Give the Railroads a Chance," interested me very much, par- ticularly that portion of the editorial re- ferring to the possible development of the motor truck as a competitor of the steam railroads, and your statement to the effect that such a departure would I LUX 01 S CENTRAL MAGAZINE 19 mean an expenditure of a great sum for highways, which would have to come out of the general public. $60,000 Per Mile Shortly after reading your editorial I was in Washington attending a hearing before the Interstate Commerce Com- mission and heard a prominent engineer from the state of New York testifying on this question. In the course of his testimony he said that it would cost $60,- 000 per mile to construct a highway suit- able for the heavier freight trucks. That figure somewhat staggered me when I considered it in comparison with the capitalization of the American railroads, which was, on December 3], 1918, $67,799 per mile, including the survey- ing and purchasing of right of way, lay- ing out and constructing of road-bed, and the cost of all rolling stock, build- ings and other necessary appurtenances needed in rounding out a steam railroad plant. Network of Concrete I am informed that a truck transpor- tation system, to be firmly established, would have to have a network of con- crete or brick highways throughout the entire district served. To attempt to establish such a system without such highways would be analogous to at- tempting to establish a railroad without its lines of road-bed. It is therefore clear that in order to accomplish very much with truck transportation it would be necessary to build highways suitable for the purpose. That brings me again to the question of the cost of such high- ways. When I heard the New York en- gineer testifying before the Interstate Commerce Commission, it was difficult for me to believe that the cost should be so great for constructing highways. When I returned to Chicago I caused an investigation to be made, and, to my further surprise, I learned that the New York engineer's figures were not only free from exaggeration, but were actu- ally conservative. Eight Inches Thick It should be borne in mind that a concrete highway eight inches thick and eighteen feet wide, such as is being con- structed in the state of Illinois at the present time, will not answer the pur- poses of heavy motor truck transporta- tion. The state has recognized this fact and has provided by law that the maxi- mum load' to be permitted on any axle of any vehicle using these roads shall not exceed sixteen thousand pounds, and the gross weight of any vehicle, includ- ing the weight of the vehicle and maxi- mum load, shall not exceed eight hun- dred pounds per inch of the average width of tire of the road wheels of such vehicles in actual contact with the sur- face of the road. For Heavy Trucks Public highways could be built strong enough to carry the heavy truck loads against which the roads of the state are now protected by the vehicle law, but the first cost, the wear and tear and upkeep, would be at the expense of the public, while the benefit from building highways of the extra strength suitable for the heavier trucks would be derived by the truck owners and their patrons. There is no doubt but that inter-city truck transportation in populous com- munities would serve a good purpose, but whether the tax payers would con- sent to tax themselves for building high- ways of extra strength, when only those interested directly and indirectly in truck transportation would receive a benefit is a live question which remains unsettled. Constructive Policy In any consideration of this question the fact should not be lost sight of that the Interstate Commerce Commission is pursuing a constructive policy toward the railroads, which will result in restor- ing their credit. This will enable the railroads to enlarge their facilities to proportions that will fully meet the de- mands of the public for transportation. When the railroad facilities are so en- larged a thing certain to take place a truck, carrying S 1 /^, 5 or 7^ net tons of freight, operated by one man, and sometimes two men, can never suc- cessfully compete with a freight train carrying an average of 700 net tons of freight operated by a crew of five men. C. H. Markham. An Interesting Relic of Early History of the Illinois Central, Recalling the Civil War The days of the Civil War on the Mississippi, in the early history of the Illinois Central Railroad, are recalled by an interesting relic which Samuel M. Felton, president of the Great Western, recently presented to President Mark- ham. It is a United States military ticket, issued Jan. 22, 1863, by C. A. Beck, then the Illinois Central agent at Dunleith, 111., the station which has since become East Dubuque, for the transportation of eighteen men over the ranking after Chicago and, possibly, Cairo. It was a principal frontier point for traffic into the Great Northwest. That was before the river had been bridged and the Illinois Central had taken over the Iowa lines. It was a terminal point for transferring freight traffic to the river steamers plying to St. Louis and St. Paul, and to ferry- boats crossing the river. Then came the Civil War, and one of the principal military encampments in Yssuetl t>y Illinois Oentral Railroad. Company From (Destination, (X>aie of issue, TES MILITARY TICKET. Rates allowed, by Government. Chicago, Alton & St. Louis from Bloom- ington to East St. Louis. A reproduc- tion of the relic is given here: Thousands of Illinois Central em- ployes will recognize the hand-writing on the old ticket, for Mr. Beck was in the service of the I. C. System for fifty years, serving at one time as general manager. He was inaugurated into the Illinois Central service at Dunleith, in 1856. Dunleith, which has passed from cur- rent railroad history long since, in those days was the third most important possibly the second most important station on the Illinois Central System, that section of the country sprang up just outside Dunleith. Agent Beck was a personal friend of General Grant, and it is possible that the friendship was re- sponsible for the grant of power of com- manding transportation over foreign lines, as shown by the ticket. At any rate, Dunleith was an important military point, in view of the camp, and many tickets such as the one given herewith were issued. Mr. Beck made good on his Dunleith appointment and was soon started on the road to advancement. He was made superintendent at Centralia, 111., and then came to Chicago, first as general 20 ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE 21 superintendent. He was later made general manager and following his serv- ice in that capacity held positions suc- cessively as assistant second vice-presi- dent, general purchasing agent and chair- man of the board of pensions. He held the latter position at the time of his re- tirement, in 1906, at the age of seventy years. He died in 1916. His son, B. A. Beck, is now assistant secretary of the Illinois Central Railroad Company. The relic itself has had an interesting history, quite apart from its origin. It found its way into a collection of Dr. D. Briard, a Frenchman who in the early days practiced surgery in Chicago and St. Louis. His Chicago residence and office were on the present site of the Monadnock Building. Doctor Briard was a collector of curios of many sorts. It is said that the coins alone in his cabi- nets were more than two men could lift. He died in the fall of 1882 and his col- lection passed out of the family. Much of it was sold. But among the relics were a large number of railroad military tickets, issued during the Civil War. These were kept by B. Briard, Jr., who is now purchasing agent for the Great Western. Some time ago Mr. Briard, who now has dropped the "Jr.," found these tick- ets and showed them to President Fel- ton. The one now owned by President Markham was removed from the collec- tion. Illinois Central Proudly Calls Attention to Its Record There is a good deal of talk among uninformed people to the effect that the railroads have not been functioning for some time, and are not function- ing at the present time. If this talk were to the effect that the railroads are facing the task of attempting to move a greatly increased volume of traffic with an impaired and insufficient plant, or that the railroads had not kept pace with the growth of the country, it would do no harm, because it would be true, but any statement to the effect that the railroads have not been doing their utmost, and are not at the present time doing their utmost, with the facili- ties with which they have to work, must not be permitted to go unchal- lenged. *'V^| Perhaps the best answer which I can make to this unjust criticism about the railroads not functioning is simply to give here a statement of the gross ton miles of freight handled by the Illinois Central System, per year, for the last ten years, and the number of passengers carried one mile, pef year, for the last ten years, which I do, as follows : Gross Ton Miles of Freight. Passengers Carried One Mile. 1910 21,297,062,271 1910 745,818,345 1911 21,889,824,779 1911 811,282,510 1912 21,531,250,666 1912 807,969,807 1913 24,391,106,507 1913 815,812,320 1914 ,:;. 24,366,570,056 1914 832,881,282 1915 :.... 24,893,278,841 1915 747,797,713 1916 27,704,768,863 1916 850,797,693 1917 31,302,858,783 1917 982,111,873 1918 34,227,609,231 1918 1,026,898,494 1919 28,740,018,000 1919 1,142,044,011 1st 6 mos. 1920 17,568,332,000 1st 6 mos. 1920 568,884,894 GROSS TON MILES OF FREIGHT FOR THE MONTH OF MAY, 1920, WERE 3,253,664,000, THE LARGEST FOR ANY ONE MONTH IN THE HISTORY OF THE COMPANY, AND JUNE WAS A CLOSE SECOND The Illinois Central is but one railroad system out of many. I do not claim that its performances are any exception to the rule. No doubt many railroad systems have done as well, and perhaps some have done better than has the Illinois Central. The Illinois Central personnel is anxious to serve the public even better in the fu- ture, and very earnest efforts are being put forth in that direction, but I hope our patrons fully appreciate that it will take time to restore our equipment and enlarge our facilities. I promise them that no time will be wasted. Constructive criticism and suggestions are invited. C. H. MARKHAM, President, Illinois Central Railroad Company. The Happy Courtesy of Living By Frederick J. Robinson, General Passenger Agent I wonder how many of you have thought of courtesy as a world product just as im- portant in the general scheme of life as the commodities manufactured by our big fac- tories or grown out in the farming district? It is difficult to walk a block or ride a mile these days, without hearing some one allude to the malady of underproduction, an ailment from which the business world and every individual citizen, is undoubtedly suf- fering. Thought is focused on underproduction because insufficient supply, means the con- tinued high cost of living, and that is a sub- ject which vitally interests us all. And so, it is a thought worthy of serious consideration, that courtesy is a tangle product, with a commercial as well as an individual value. Underproduction in cour- tesy means lowering the quality of service; full production in courtesy means one hun- dred per cent service and service is the backbone of business the very sinew of in- dustry. Therefore, whether it may have occurred to you or not there has never before been a time when adroitness, tact, discretion, cheerfulness and co-operative spirit, had such a portentious meaning as they have right now and it is in no sense an exaggera- tion to say that the practice of these innate virtues can do much to iron out a nation's problems and in a reflex way, aid in lower- ing the cost of living. The lesson is peculiarly adaptable to rail- road employes because of the enormous scale of contact with the public. It is per- haps generally conceded that the railroads passed through a very trying period in a most creditable manner. The exigencies of war to a considerable extent inconvenienced the people and the people bore these bur- dens as they did other war burdens with fortitude and little complaint; they under- stood the physical limitations of even so efficient organization as an American rail- road. But conditions have changed again. Pri- vate control should be a spur to every one of the vast army of railroad employes to give the best effort of which he or she is capable; to demonstrate to the public that we are so efficient that we can and have re- sponded to the call on us for better service than ever rendered before. The population of pur commercial centers is increasing; industries are springing up al- most overnight; traffic is increasing and with it all, there is an opportunity to dis- tinguish our service with courtesy, tact and a willingness to go more than half-way to do a little more than seems absolutely neces- sary. The employe who meets this emergency, cheerfully and in a spirit of bigness, has at- tained a certain greatness, regardless of his remuneration or responsibility. When he thinks of his railroad in terms of "we" instead of the company; when he makes it his inviolable rule to practice economy of time and materials, to smile, to love his work, to be kind and humanly help- ful to the company's patrons, he is display- ing 1 fine American citizenship, reflecting credit upon himself and broadening his own opportunity for advancement. More than that he is speeding up cour- tesy production and doing something for the whole country. The Right of Way Magazine, July, 1920. Public Opinion I. C. PROPERTY TO BE SEEN IN FILM Featured Film Compiled To Impress Em- ployes With Value Of Coal Illinois Central property in Waterloo as well as in every other city on the entire Illinois Central division will be shown in a feature movie film which is now in the making. Preliminary pictures of important places have been shown from time to time, but the compiling of scenes from Illinois Central property in every city in the entire division is a new enterprise and planned on a much larger scale and made for ad- ditional purposes than ' the smaller feature films. J. W. Dodge, C. A. Lindrew and Mr.. Melton, men who have specialized in- this work for many years, departed from Wat- erloo yesterday after spending four days here taking photos of Illinois Central prop- erty. Mr. Dodge has supervised work of this kind for the Illinois Central for the past eight years and not daunted at the magnitudinous appearance of the recent propect expects to master the task within a few more months. 23 24 ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE "The outstanding purpose in compiling scenes of Illinois Central property in Wat- erloo and every other city on the division for a feature moving picture film is to bring home the idea of fuel conservation to all Illinois Central employes in a more forceful way than- would result by the distribution of circulars and pamphlets. When completed the work will represent a historical sketch of the operation and progress of the Illinois Central railroad, which will be woven into a film for the purpose of giving employes additional in- formation on the operation of a big rail- way and finally leading up to the question of fuel conservation, which is second to none in its importance. We want each and every one to know and realize while work- ing that fuel is the second largest item of expense in operation and maintenance of a railroad we want them to realize the importance of fuel conservation from the industry operation and railroad opera- tion standpoints and also to know the value that coal has to the great consuming public. Our country-wide work is a great undertaking, but the beneficent results that it will unquestionably bring to employe and to the public will repay any amount of labor that may be expended upon such an enter- prise." Waterloo Times-Tribune, August 12, 1920. "STOP, LOOK, LISTEN" The adoption of railroad crossing signs bearing the above advice .has doubtless saved many lives. Signs informing the passer upon a road that the railroad crossed the road at that point were common before, but the number of casualties con- tinued to increase until the railroad mag- nates were led to offer a reward for some form of^ sign that would warn the passer- by against taking chances. The above phrase was offered among others and was at once adopted as succinct, forcible and likely to admonish caution. Since the day of the automobile dawned the admonition seems to have lost its force. Otherwise, why so many automobile wrecks at railroad crossings? Some of them have wiped out whole families or carried grief into several of them. Street cars with their passengers used to be frequent victims of the Crushing trains, until the traction com- panies adopted the practice of having the motorman stop the car until the conductor has gone ahead to look for a possible ap- proaching train and signal safety if none was dangerously near. But the man in charge of an automobile seems to feel as though that sign were not meant for him even though he has women and children in his car. Motorists will dash over a railroad crossing with but a slight glance up and down the line of tracks, or none at all. No wonder so many automobiles are crashed into at rail- road crossings and lives extinguished every day. The man at the wheel of the au- tomobile has a fearful responsibility upon him if he has friends in the car with him, yet the amount of recklessness the modern means of family transportation has drawn out or made evident in humanity is some- thing fearful. There is a remedy. Let the license of every car owner or chauffeur who neglects to stop, look, and listen upon approaching a dangerous crossing of any kind be re- voked. Let those who sell or hire out automobiles take up this matter; they might save many an automobile as well as who is accustomed to accepting the courtesy of those who own these machines refuse to accompany any such friend the second time if they noticed such recklessness on any out-of-town trip on a previous occasion. Jackson (Miss.) News, August 14, 1920. INCREASED FREIGHT RATES NEGLIGIBLE It would really seem to be unnecessary to issue a warning against profiteering based on the pretense that higher prices must be exacted because of the increase in railway freight rates. But such a warning has been sent out by the National Security League, and even one of the prominent railway authorities has seen fit to explain that such profiteering would be unwarranted. The reason they have done these things is based on experience. In the last half-dozen years, to go back no further, there have been repeated instances of the kind. In fact, every petty increase in cost was used as a pretext for exacting a very much larger selling price. A 10-cent increase in labor cost, for example, too often meant an extra charge of a dollar to the purchaser of an article. The thing was usually camouflaged by the use of percentages in stating the additional cost. Much was made of a 25 or 50 per cent increase in one item or another without regard to the proportion it bore to the total cost. This is what is apt to occur now. Emphasis is likely to be placed on the fact of a 25 per cent or a 40 per cent increase in freight rates rather than on the actual difference in the cost of transporting a yard of woolen or cotton goods or a pair of shoes. So Mr. Dixon, Vice President in charge of the traffic of the Pennsylvania Railroad, is entitled to some credit in giving, as he did the other day, a few typical instances showing by how little costs would be increased by the new freight rates. It really means a few mills extra on a suit of clothes or a pair of shoes, a sixth of a cent on a pound of flour and an absolutely negligible frac- tion of a cent on a yard of cloth. The explanation robs the profiteer of the last ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE vestige of an excuse to raise prices be- cause of freight increase. New York (N. YJ Times, August 15, 1920. I. C. ESTABLISHES RECORD MILEAGE Average For July was 44.21 Miles per Car On Entire Division Heeding the urgent demands of the Illinois Central Railroad management and by the shipping public, receivers and ship- pers of freight showed by their actions of last month that no drastic action need be resorted in order to make the "speeding up" process an effective issue. The greater at- tempts on every section in the entire Illinois Central division by the various traffic di- rectors coupled with additional efforts of receivers and shippers, places the Illinois Central Railroad foremost in the average mileage for every car made per day, with 44.21 miles per day. The efforts compiled last month demonstrates that speeding up car movement with the purpose in view of establishing an average of 30 miles per day for every freight car in the country on all different lines, is not an idle dream. The average movement of 44.21 miles per day made by all freight cars on the Illinois Central division includes delays, stops, re- pairs and all halts that are most commonly experienced. The record established in July is the best the Illinois Central have ever made in their long record of existence, and one which has been equalled by but few roads. Waterloo Times-Tribune, August 12, 1920. SAVING RAILROAD STATIONERY Vice-President T. C. Powell, of the Erie Railroad, recently compiled some figures to show the comparative annual cost of the stationery and the steel rails used on that road, as mentioned in the issue of the Rail- way Review, July 24 (page 142). This com- parison, according to advices from Mr. Powell, was made at the suggestion of Vice-President M. C. Kennedy, of the Pennsylvania Railroad, the object being to show that while "there is a great deal said about the cost of rail, which is handled by very few people, practically nothing is said about the cost of stationery, which is han- dled by every one on the railroad." The Erie's expenditures for rails and sta- tionery from 1915 to 1919, inclusive, as stated by Mr. Powell, were as follows: Rail Price Year Stationery Rail Per Ton 1915 $403.125.20 $660,386 $30.00 1916 395,980.10 872,410 31.50 1917 ._ 560,565.83 658,839 31.50 1918 497,933.36 889,292 40.80 1919 541,474.55 781,143 40.80 An article in the Erie Railroad Magazine for July, after quoting the above figures, says: "It will surprise many Erie employes to know, as these figures demonstrate, that stationery calls for such an enormous out- lay; and it will help to justify the efforts we have been making to convince employes who use paper and other articles included under the heading of stationery, that the subject is deserving of all the attention it is receiveing. "This great expenditure can be reduced by thousands of dollars if employes will in- terest themselves in the campaign. "It is unnecessary to say to the average employe that those who do not waste the company's supplies are rendering a service that is sure to be recognized; also that those who throw away or destroy property that should be used are making reputations for themselves that will not be creditable. "Paper of all kinds is not only expensive, but very scarce, and much of it is wasted, not wilfully, but carelessly. The big offices, where large numbers of clerks are em- ployed, have an opportunity to demonstrate what they can do. Why not form paper- saving organizations in some of the offices and make a few records? It will help mightily, and injure no one. Let 'Save Stationery' or 'Save Paper' be the slogan." Railway Review, August 14, 1920. The railroads having got increased freight rates, railroad officials now are attempting to show that greatly increased retail prices will not be justified. If such increases are made the railroads cannot be blamed, they say. George D. Dixon, vice-president of the Pennsylvania Railroad system, has compiled a table indicating what the increases mean. He shows that the increase in freight cost on a suit of clothing, hauled between Balti- more and Philadelphia, will be 6 mills, or a trifle more than one-half cent. The increase on a barrel f flour from Minneapolis to Philadelphia will be 33 cents. One crate of egg's may be shipped from Chicago to Phil- adelphia at an advance of 15.4 cents, and as there are thirty dozens in a crate the addi- tional cost a dozen will be about half a cent. Eighty pounds of oranges one crate will travel from Lakeland, Fla., to Phil- adelphia at an increased freight charge of 30.6 cents. Mr. Dixon asserts that the increase a pound on dressed meats, from Chicago to Philadelphia, will be 2.7 mills in carload lots, or 4.4 mills in less than carload lots. Packing house products, in carload lots, will pay 1.7 mills more for each pound and in less than carloads 2.4 mills. The increase in rates between Chicago and Indianapolis is not given in the Dixon table, but the distance from Chicago to Philadelphia is a much longer haul and in- ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE creases here would be proportionately less. An explanation that several dollars added to the price of a suit of clothes or several cents to the meat price is due to higher freight rates will not be convincing. Per- haps no such efforts will be made, but the feeling has been general that the new rates meant higher living costs. Undoubtedly the people will be called upon to pay, in in- creased prices, the higher rates the railroads will demand, but if the Dixon figures are correct, the increases should not be suffi- cient to have serious effect. Indianapolis (Ind.) Nezvs, August 14, 1920. ADDED FREIGHT COST Still more light is shed upon what would be the warrantable increase of commodity prices if the. effect of the increase of freight rates should be merely to increase freight cost. President Bush, of the Missouri Pacific, finds that dressed meats from Kansas City packeries will be delivered in St. Louis at an added cost of 8/10 of one mill per pound. Potatoes from Kansas farms shipped to St. Louis markets should be sold at 85/100 of a mill a pound above prices based upon the old freight rate. Each two-pound can of fruit or vegetables should cost from 2 to 4 mills more than it would have cost upon a basis of the old freight rates. Within a radius of 250 miles cities should get eggs at an added freight cost of less than 4 mills per dozen. One and one-half mills will be added to the freight cost of butter shipped from points 300 miles, or less, from the market in which the consumer buys the butter. Two mills will be added automatically to the cost of a pair of socks, a suit of underwear or a shirt. In these circumstances the consumer who is told that higher freight rates make the selling price of commodities higher war- rantably may respond: That can of fruit or pound of butter or pair of socks does not cost the merchant a cent more because of freight rate changes. The purpose of granting the increase of freight rates is to improve the service. Im- provement of service should result in economies to shippers which would reduce rather .than increase the cost of goods laid down at the store door. Louisville (Ky.) Courier- Journal, August 17, 1920. CONSUMERS' COSTS IN FREIGHT RATES There has been anxious speculation as to the effect on living costs of the recent order of the Interstate Commerce Com- mission materially increasing both freight and passenger rates on railroads. Will con- sumers be adversely affected by an increase of 25 to 40 per cent in freight rates? If so, what will be the actual addition in the case of a given article*-for example, a pair of shoes, a pound of sugar, a suit of clothes? Will profiteers take unfair advantage of the commission's order by swelling still further profits already inordinately high? The railroad managers realizing the wide- spread interest in these and similiar ques- tions, have issued a statement showing by many illustrations just what increase in prices is justified by the increase in freight rates. In so doing they have placed a power- ful instrument of defense in the hands of consumers exposed to the profiteering evil. It costs a trifle over 40 cents to ship a suit of clothes from Chicago to Seattle. When the new rates take effect the cost will be 53 cents. It costs about 2 cents to ship a pound of coffee from New York to Seattle; it will cost 2% cents under the new rates. Shoes shipped from Chicago to Seattle may justifiably advance in price about 6 cents to meet the added cost of transportation. These sample figures serve to show that the rate advances allowed by the Interstate Commerce Commission fur- nish no valid reason for burdensome addi- tions to the cost of the necessaries or com- forts of life. Thus advances deemed just to the carrier should not involve serious hardship to the public at larg-e. The benefits of improved transportation facilities, of new and fairly ample equip- ment and generally better service these benefits the public now has a right to ex- pectshould outweigh before long the small sacrifice demanded of consumers. It re- mains for the public authorities to see that these benefits are duly obtained by the peo- ple. Chicago (III.) Daily News, August 17, 1920. LOAD TO CAPACITY "Load the cars to capacity." This should be adopted as the working rule of every shipper during this period when freight congestion and inadequate railroad facilities are severely handicapping business. Loading cars to their full capacity is one means of minimizing congestion. One New Orleans railroad, by actual check during the last month, found that on the average cars in New Orleans are being loaded to about 65 per cent capacity. In other words, if the cars were loaded to their maximum, New Orleans would have at its disposal the equivalent of 35 per cent additional railroad equipment. Thirty-five per cent additional car space would help some! Every New Orleans firm with its own best interests and the best interests of New Orleans at heart will load cars to their maximum capacity wherever this is at all possible and will put a little thought into assembling its shipments with this idea in ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE 27 view. It will also unload cars promptly and remove freight from the terminals without delay. A little effort along this line with the co- operation of the railroads will cut down the loss and the delays incident to freight con- gestion to a minimum. New Orleans (La.) Times Picayune, August 10, 1920. RATE INCREASE MAY LOWER LIV- ING COST Revenues Will Aid Roads to Move Freight There is a general misconception of the increased railroad rates, according to letters sent out by several traffic managers of the largest lines. These letters claim that the new rates can hot have any serious effect on higher costs of living. Many of the letters express a growing opinion among railroad officers that the new rates, instead of adding to the cost of the necessities of life, will ultimately decrease them. It is claimed that increased revenues will enable the railroads to rehabilitate existing equipment and purchase new cars and lo- comotives and make such improvements as will augment their facilities and enable them to carry more goods. During the war and since, according to these letters, the manufacturer has had diffi- culty in getting raw materials to his plant and in making shipments, so that an increase in efficiency will enable industrial opera- tions to be speeded up. Railroad rates in this country have at all times been so low that the cost of freight transportation has generally been about one- half or one-third of the charges made in European countries, if reports are to be be- lieved. It is expected that when the rail- road rates are adjusted in European coun- tries to meet existing conditions, even when the cost of delivery and Collection of freights are excluded from the charges on European roads, the average mile charge in this country will be less than one-half of that charged in most of the European coun- tries. Will Not Hurt Business American business and American cost of living, will not, therefore, be hurt, but helped by dealing fairly with the railroads, and as the efficiency of the past is resumed, gradually but surely, the costs of living should be reduced rather than be increased, according to opinions set out in the letters. Another general misconception suggested is that the increased revenues constitute a guarantee of a return to individual roads, but that is not the case. The rates are made to produce a return of about 6 per cent of the property investment for the railroads as a whole in groups, and if an individual railroad, by efficient management and serv- ice, is able to earn more than ether rail- roads, that is to its benefit. But if it fails to earn its share, there is no provision in the law to assure it any return upon the in- vestment. There is a provision which limits the re- turn which railroad systems may earn, which can not exceed 6 per cent on property investment without participation in the ex- cess by the government. Local railroad offices yesterday were not altogether clear on the date set for the new rates to become effective. It is now pre- sumed that they will not be put into effect until Sept. 1. Passenger rates, however, will be in effect Aug. 26. If a passenger buys a railroad ticket good for the round trip until Oct. 31, and is on a train going to destination prior to mid- night of Aug. 26, that ticket is good accord- ing to the sale contract. As no one buys a round trip on a Pull- man car the surcharge of 50 per cent of the Pullman fare will become effective Aug. 26, and is applicable to tickets sold, good re- turning Oct. 31 or any other limit. Practically ' every railroad office in Memphis yesterday received flattering re- ports on eastern embargo restrictions placed by connecting lines. The situation seems clearing and it is forecasted that in another few days freight will be moving out more freely than it has been in several months. New York city is open now 1 for some deliveries. Memphis, Tenn., Commercial Ap- peal, August 15, 1920. NEW RAIL RATES SHOULD IN- CREASE COSTS BUT LITTLE Heavier Freight Tariffs Will Not Add Materially to Basic Charges, Shown That the increase in freight rates, which will be effective thruout the United States. Aug. 26, is considerable of a bugaboo when applied to its relative effect on prices of commodities is demonstrated ,by figures given by Illinois Central railroad officials in a letter to the Evening Courier. A study of a schedule of what the increased cost of freight transportation will be on a score of commodities received in Water- loo from central distributing points shows there will be little effect upon the cost of living in Waterloo, if the increases in freight rates only are passed on to the consumer. Wearing apparel, for instance, can be charged with only a fraction of a cent to the item. The increased cost of shipping a pair of shoes from Chicago to Waterloo is one-half of a cent; women's shoes, be- ing lighter, will cost 3c more to ship from Chicago. A man's suit is figured at 9c; a woman's fall coat as 6c, and a woman's summer dress at 2c extra on the freight. Increase On Foodstuffs On foodstuffs, the following interesting 28 compilations are made: A 10-pound pail of lard shipped here from Chicago will cost 8c more than formerly: a bushel of apples, 4.4c more. The freight on a dozen ban- anas shipped from New Orleans will be l-2c more than at present. A bushel of potatoes received from Minneapolis this fall will cost 3.6c more than the last crop shipped; flour shipped from the same place will have Ic added to every 25-pound sack for additional freight. Ten pounds of sugar from New Orleans should cost the consum- er in Waterloo but 1.8c more on account of increased freight. Coal Hit Hardest In the heavier commodities of course, the consumer will notice the added freight. Coal will probably be given about $1 per ton boost; the increased freight rate from Herrin, 111., amounting to that much. Yellow pine from Brookhaven, Wis., to Waterloo will have $2.40 per 1,000 feet tacked on it for increased cost of trans- portation; cement from LaSalle, 111., is list- ed for 4c per 100 pounds increase. Gas- oline received here from Wood River, 111., should cost the motorist but 6c more on account of freight charges. The farmer who markets hay in Chi- cago may be expected to have $1.30 a ton added to the freight bill; while wheat will cost 2.7c more and corn 2 l-2c ad- ditional. Livestock will be charged 9 l-2c more per cwt. for its ride on the hoof to Chicago. Should Not Boost Costs In submitting these figures, C. H. Mark- ham, president of the Illinois Central com- pany, writes that the effect of the increased freight rates should not increase the cost of living to any appreciable extent in this territory. On the contrary, he believes the effect will be to enable the railroads to en- large their facilities and provide more ef- ficient service, which will ultimately result in materially reducing the cost of living. Waterloo Evening Courier, Friday, August 20th, 1920. Rehabilitating the Railroads By E. A. McCarthy, Traffic Manager, Tractor Bearing Division, Hyatt Roller Beaming Company Four years ago big business talked "effi- ciency," then it was "Democracy and Pre- paredness" and now it is "Production," "Greater Production," when, as a matter of fact, it should be "Railroads." Transportation and not production is the need of this day and hour. I know farm implement manufacturers located in the middle west who have not increased their produc- tion and yet these same manufacturers are accumulating, on their shipping platform, fin- ished products that are ready for the world markets. Yes, and in many instances they are using public warehouses because the rail- roads cannot furnish them with the necessary equipment. If we must talk production, let it be in terms of locomotives, freight, express and passenger cars, ties, steel rails, and hundreds of other necessary supplies that will place the railroads back to where they were before they made the round trip via Washington. Increased production means a greater vol- ume of business offered to the railroads not only in freight but in passengers of all kinds with still more salesmen on the job and with the railroads not in a position to handle the business now offered them it is hard to real- ize just what the result may be. It is related that Marshal Joffre, after din- ing with friends near Meaux stepped out on the veranda and noticing a smooth little river at the foot of the slope casually inquired, "What stream of water is that?" "That," re- plied his host, "is the Marne !" Familiarity breeds contempt yes, and also forgetfulness. Joffre forgets his Marne and if the word "Production" continues to be shouted from the house-tops, I am afraid we will forget some rather relevant facts con- cerning our railroads for remember this, our railroads may yet be our Marne. I am told that several of the large western lumber mills are shut down because they can- not secure transportation equipment, the shortage amounting to about 35,000 cars. The daily press