Safety Giden Expense-Free T r i p to I !g Council, September 25 at Chicago

Vational

rltr lrorrr a f tcr this bictrrrc wns tnk I: tlrrse ha@y rrr~nrbrrs o f thc Frisco fnrrrily lcft for Chicago as guests of Frisco Lirrcs at thc Nntio11a1 Safe ty Cort!/rc~s trm-tirrg. T h e klroto - m s strappcd 016 tAc s t e ~ s o f the Post office i n S t . Louis, Sunday Morvittg. Se?tcn:bcr 2.5. .Tkosc in thc hiclrtre o w :

TOP Ron.. Irft to ri(rh!: Clrurlrr Iloiirer, brakencan, Knrtsas City, 1\10.; J . N . ~IlcGrcgor, mitchnurrr, Biriningltanr, Ala.; Clif Cordcr, brakcrrrcrn. Erowriwood. Tcx . : John T. Pliil1if.i. rtigirrcer. Trtlsn, Oklo.; John 114. Shceley, boilerntahcr-welder, Chaflec, Mo.; T . M . Tolbcrt, ~~iaclrirrist. Sherrrrri~!. T r s ; CV. E. Lezt.is, sziitch~trotz, S)ringficld, dfo.; Mrs. W . E. Lczwis, Spritlgficld, iVo ; R . I-. Bcckwith, clrirf cnr inspcckw. Trrlsr. Obln.: A. I . T l ~ o : r m , coaclr sko?, Sprinyficld, Mo.; Virgil John- soir, stores depart~r:ertt, Sprilrgfield, Mo.; S . F . Conhcr, slropiilan. Springfield, 1110.; A. C. Albright, brakcwmn, ~ l lonct t , 1\40.

SECO.I.D ROW, l r f t to right: Roy Iiichards, vrachirrist, Errid. Okln.; Mrs. Roy Richards, Enid: J . J. Hazel, coach carpenter, Mcmpl t i~ , Tcrrn.; J. C. Gravlcc, corzdltctor, d;rrory. 11,liss.; M r i . J. IV. Morrill, S t . L o u i ~ ; I. W. Morrill, d~c idcn t prevention agent. St. Lotris; S n m Frizzell, crrginrrr, Chnffrr, 1110.

THIRD Row, lcf t to riglrf : 11'. G. C;lry, arsistnrrt chief yard clerk. dferr~phis: F. H. YcCatrn. cotidrrclor. Fort Scotr. Kans.; C. L. Thomas, brakernan, Enid: Yr.v. C. I-. Thonms; Mrs. /. I . H n d , Mcr~rphis; Mrs. J . C. Grader , Anrory. Miss.; Mrs. Frcd Wolkrr , SI. Louis; Fred Walkcr , yard forctnarr, S t . Louis ; Mrs. A.1. L Ryan. Sbringficld, Mo.; M. L. Ryan, safety superuisor. wcst ~Aops . Sprirtllficld. Mo.:. R. C. ~F.lill.r, grtrernl a p w t Oklohortla City. Oklo.

BOTTOM ROW, le f t t o riolr!: Pn f Lhkicr. ~witehrrran. Kortsos Cilv, Grotge C. Shields, boilermaber. Fort SmN, Ark..; Mrs. Ccorgc C. Shield#: H . Iff. Htrdgcrr, diredor nccidcnt prcvcr~tiort; Mrs 11. 1V. Hwdgrrl, Mrs. C. C. Mills, Dklaho,na Citv; C. C. Mills. acc;derst flrevetrtion aocrlt, Oklahoma Cirv: N i s s Cccil E A l h . accidcrrt br~ventiort debarfrrrcn~. St. Loais: 2. B. C(n?lPno!. assistnnt hircctot acc&nt prcvmtion. 3.' !.orris: Norr y !farrisorr. nccidrrrt' ,pevetttiorr igcrlt, Shrrmatr, TC;.; Jirn M'olfc, slrccl rrrclal workcr, north roicrdhntcse. S?ringficld, Mu.; nrrd I;. I-, Kylcr, nvitchrrlan, dlonett , Mo.

E XCEEDING in size all other d e b by President J. M. Kurn and H. W. which were attended by approxfmate- eations in the steani railroac! Hudgen, director of accident preven- ly four hundred persons, was deliveli section a t the sixteenth annual tion and a t this congress for the first ed by Z. B. Claypool, assistant direc-

congress of the National Safety Coun- time Frisco Lines had delegates other tor accident prevention for Frisco ciI, the Frisco Lines delegation of than from the accident prevention de- Lines. Mr. Claypod's subject was forty-six also played a n outstanding partment. In choosing the twenty-six "Maintaining Safe Working Condi- part in the sessions of this section. delegates, men whom these officials tions in the Shop Plant" and the ad- The conmess was held a t the Stevens decided had been the meatest help in dress created such an impression that Hotel, Cbicayo, September 26-20, an.1 accident prevention work during the requests for copies have been arriving was attended by approximately 5,000 last year were selected. daily a t the accident prevention de- persons. The remainder of the Frisco Lines partment offices.

Actual delegates of the Frisco Lines delegates was comprised of six per- Perhaps the most unique introduc- consisted of twenty-six men selected sons from the accident prevention cle- tory remarks made by speakers at on a merit basis by the master partment, which has headquarters in the steam section sessions were those mechanlca, division superintendents, St. Louis, and the wives and a mother- by Mr. Claypool. The room in which terminal superintendents, and the in-law of some of the actual delegates. these sessions were held is of such three shop superintendents a t Spring- One of the principal addresses dur- large size that i t was necmsary to Aeld. The merit system was arranged ing the steam railroad section sessions (NOW turn to Pnge 27, please)

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Rirrer and Northern Divisions Send Pictures of Excellent Track I

Here are ~ i lorc pictures o f good track sent i n by the srcperirateridntts of the Kivcr and Nor:hcrir divisions. Upper le f t haird corner: sceile at IMP F-315.0 wcdr C'ortkagc, Mo., in the territory of IVnz. Leak, forenran atld P. Herd,

roadinastrr. Directly below, sceire at M P T-125.0, South of BaiizBridge, Mo., S t . Louis srrb-division rocdcr the care of W. C. Watkiits, section forenlait and L. Ramey, roadmastcr. Lower left hand corner: a perfect track Bed at M P F-290, near Went- worth, ildo., cared for By Earl Snzitlt, section foreman.

Top ccrtter: a scene south o f Wi t te~iberg , Mo., at M P T-105.0 orc the river division cared for by I-I. F . Meyer, section fore- mair and ht the territory o f L. Ranrey, roadrnastcr. Below, track at M P T-123.0 near Bainbridyc, Mo., Joseph Erzvin, section fore~nair.

Upper right Roitd corner, ar~olker scew sear Cav!hage, Mo., ad IMP F-315, Wrrt. Leak. forenmic. Directly below, v k w o f trmk ut M P T-104 ~oul lr o f Wittenbcvg, AVO., H . F. Mtyer , section jotentan. Lower right band comer, track near M P F-320, Oronogo Jct . , Mo., C. McCollxnl, forerita~t.

FRlSCO CLUB NEWS (Co~ttintrcd from Page 13)

est individual record for the highest three games played, September 12 to October 3: Odelia Bosche, Bertha Hahn, Mildred Singers, Hazel Fair- child and Alma Jennings. Unusual interest i s displayed by the members of this club and the competition is keen.

Miss Alice Cooke, chairman of the choral club announces that members of her organization have been asked by Professor Molino to assist in pre- senting a concert-dance program a t the Hotel Statler on November 19, and will sing selections from the opera "Faust."

The club will also receive a per A - n ... A X - 3 - . A - --.a .--- L L - ---

The regular meeting of the Clinton, No., Ladies' Auxiliary to the Greater Traffic Club was held Saturday, Oc- tober 15th, a t 2:30 p. m. Mrs. C. E. Hunter, president, called the meeting to order, and it was opened with a piano selection by Adala Elizabeth PecRenpaugh. Everyone present made suggestions for their aim of increas- ing business for the Frisco. Mrs. George Church, who was a n employe in the Frisco office a t Springfield, for a number of years, talked on the "Re- port of the car accountants." hlrs. J. B. Browne told of the work of the bridgemen. Miss Maudie Marie Pil- gr im closed the program with a vocal solo. The meeting was very inspiring --a .-..,-e.., ,"La-- ---AS--- --- L - 1 ~ 1

More than 100 colored employes of Birmingham and the Tupelo Sub, held a combined accident prevention, fuel economy conference and greater traf- fic meeting on August 16.

Following the all day meeting, din- ner was served by the wives of the employes, in charge of the following women: Mrs. Gus Hilliet, acting a s president; Mrs. Will Kirksey. s e c r e tary and hlrs. Tom Hullet, treasurer.

E. F. Roberts, colored Frisco em- ploye, was instrumental in seeing that the third Tuesday in each month was designated as Frisco Day, and a meet- ing is to be called on that day each month, in the interest of greater traf- fic for Frisco Lines.

The colored employes on this di- --?-!..- L ---- L--- ----.. --&>- - - :- *,.- cent or all ncsers s o ~ ~ lor w e per- auu uelplul. ~ u a ~ a ruaauugs a re lltxu VISIUII nave uaau vary r r c ~ ~ v e AU LUU

formance. the third Saturday of each month. solicitation of business.

New Kansas City Coal Chute is Last Word in Construction

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hand corner L the (Right) Interit

!ograph of the chtttc looking i m r d the tzorthwest. ezu of the coaliirg apron, one of the four the plant i~ equipped with. The round cylitrder at the wpper right sand bin.

or v i m of the nrotor h o ~ s c showing the motor and hoisting machinery.

HE new coal chute a t Kansas City, Mo., was completed and placed in operation on Sept. 19. The speci-

fications for the chute were drawn by F. G. Jonah, chief engineer. The lay- out work was done by F. A. Pollak, as- sistant engineer and the fleld work was under the jurisdiction of D. E. Gelwix, division engineer.

This chute has a capacity of 400 tons and provision has been made for coaling four engines a t one time. In addition to the coaling facilities, there

is provision made tor applying sand to the locomotives, the sand being drawn from a sand bin o'f flve-ton storage Ca- pacity, built as a part of the structure itself and provision baa been made for sanding two engines a t one time.

This hoist was manufactured by the Roberts L Schaefer Company and is of their standard type. The motors and switches were manufactured by the General Electric Company.

The equipment is capable of elevat- ing about fifty tons of coal per hour.

The aally Issue during t h e summer months runs about 280 tons every 24 hour day. Now that the larger loco- motives a r e running out ot Kansas City the issues will probably run around 360 tons a day.

The operation or this coal chute is automatfc and it is only necessary for the operator to set the machinery jn operation by pushing a button which controls the electrical arrangement, housed in a reinforced concrete build- ing near the main structure.

Western Dilrision Makes Perfect On Time Performance for September- System Aoeraged 96.8 Per Cent of Trains On Time

W ITH the Western division malr- with 97.8 per cent, Frisco employes trains on time a s compared with 1926, ing a perfect score in yass- a r e proud of the fact that 5,510 Prisco and 3.1 per cent a s compared with 1925. enger train performance for trains ran 96.8 per cent on time for The passenger train performance

September, the River division second the month. comparative statement for September, with 99 per cent and Central and T,he September performance shows issued by F. H. Shaffer, general man- Northern divisions tied for third place an increase of 3.7 per cent of the ager follows:

Trains Maintaining Per Cent Trains Ma ln . Schedules or Making talnlng Schsdulea or Standing of

D I V I S I O N S Trains Opbratsd U p Time Making U p Time Divisions

B e p t Sept. Sept. Sept, Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. 1927 1926 1925 1927 1926 1925 1927 1926 1925 1927 1926 1925

Western .................... . . . . 2 1 0 208 208 210 201 208 100.0 96.6 100.0 1 3 1 River ............................ 892 652 622 883 636 567 99.0 97.5 91.2 2 2 4 Central ...................... , 6 0 0 600 780 587 591 772 97.8 98.5 99.0 3 1 2 Northern ..................... , 1 2 9 0 1290 1300 1261 1213 1442 97.8 94.0 96.1 3 4 3 Southwestern ........... - 8 3 8 840 840 807 776 807 96.3 92.4 96.1 4 5 3 Southern ....................... 810 750 780 770 686 672 95.1 91.5 86.2 5 6 6 B s t e r n ......................... 630 660 772 584 561 685 92.7 85.0 88.7 6 7 5 Sub-Total .................. 5270 5000 5502 5102 4664 5153 96.8 93.3 93.7 TexasLines ............. 240 240 180 229 217 172 95.4 90.4 95.5 Tota1,System .............. 5510 5240 5682 5331 4881 5325 96.8 93.1 93.7

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Daughter of Conductor Wins Fame as Concert Organist

~ j ~ r t d Scoffen Schuberf of Kansas Cify Nofed in Musical World-WadJJ Frisn, on for 20 Years

ENTY years ago when M. 3. cotten of Kansas City was run. ing a s a freight conductor on

Frisco Lines, i t probably did not oc- cur to hlm that his seven-year-old daughter. Edna, would some day be the best-known church organist in Kansas City and win recognition in musical circles far from her native heath.

Today, however, M. D. Scotten is ex- tra passenger conductor out of Kansas City and the littte daughter, who only a few years ago was pounding out her flnger exercises on the piano in the Scotten homestead Is an instructor in the Horner Institute a t Kansas City, organist a t the Grace and Holy Trinity Presbyterian Church and has appeared many times in public concert work.

She was born in Paducah, Ky., but In her early years came with her parents to Kansas City, where her father has been engaged in serving the f i i sco for twenty odd years. She graduated from the Westport High School In 1918 and entered Junior Col- lege a t Kansas City, where she studied two years. During her high school course she taught music and paid fo r her own lessons.

During her two years in college, she specialized on organ work, studying under such well known instructors a s Floyd Robbins, Carl Busch, Arthur Dunham and Powell Weaver. She fln- Lshed her course of instruction in Kan- eas City, and graduated from the or- gan department a t Horner Institute and went t o Chlcago, where she etad- led organ and for a nnmber of months was organiat a t the Hyde Park Pres- byterian Church and a t the Second Presbyterian Church In Chicago.

This summer Mrs. Schubert made a trip to Camden, N. J., the home of the Victor Recording Company. She took with her Darwin Bowen, a boy mem- ber of her choir, the possessor of a beautiful soprano voice. He made several records for the Victor Com- pany and Mrs. Schubert accompanied him on the organ.

Mrs. Schubert has also made several records for the Kimball Company's reproducing organ records. The re- producing organ is a new thing in the music world and there a r e only three In the United States.

She has composed several anthems and has written the community song service for the church where she is now organist.

"I don't know what my hobby is, outside of my music, except that I do love to walk. I expect it is because

'hoto by Cornish-Bilker, Knnsns City, >lo.

EDNA SCOTTEN SCHUBERT

I am inside so much of the day," she said. "I tMnk it is t h e most wonder- ful th ink in the world to have a career, and I think every woman in the pres- ent day should be able to do some- thing which would make her indepen- dent. I t is only lately that I have been able to reaD any financial re- turns from my music, although I have studied for years and years.

"What was my greatest thrill?" she repeated. "Well, I think it was see- ing my picture on a poster all over the City of Chicago, advertising my recital which I gave in that city dur- ing my course of instruction. It seem- ed that everywhere I went I saw that poster. I just adore giving recitals and I wouldn't mind several a week."

"And you don't like housework?" she was asked.

"Well, I do and I don't. Now, look a t that cake my mother left for me to ice! I've tried for two hours to get the icing hard. I'm afraid a s a cook I'm a good organist. I can't bake cakes either. I remember once I tried, and I put all sorts of ingredi- ents in the bowl, and put the cake in the oven, and when I took i t out, I

W. B. WELLS PROMOTED

Becomes Ass't F r e i g h t Traf . Mgr. -H. F. S a n b o r n to Chicago

WO changes in the official roster of the traffic department took

Tplace October 1 when Walter 8. Wells, general agent, Chicago, be- came assistant freight traffic man- ager in charge of on-line solicitation, with headquarters in St. Louis, and Henry F. Sanborn, assistant to the vice-president in charge of traffic, with headquarters in St. Louis, sue- ceeded Mr. Wells to the Chicago general agency.

Mr. Wells joined the Frisco general office force thirty-aix years ago a s of- fice boy to the late Alexander Doug- las, then auditor. Wells transferred to the traffic department and was clerk, soliciting freight agent and traveling freight agent. During his Frisco career he was general agent a t Fort Worth and a t Dallas, commer- cial agent and industrial agent in the St. Louis general offices and general freight agent with offices a t Fort Worth. He was made general agent a t Chicago, August 1, 1923.

Mr. Sanborn was with the Great Northern for several years before en- tering Frisco service. He was rate and tariff clerk in the general freight office of the Great Northern a t St. Paul, Minn., from 1909 to 1912; eon- tracting freight agent for that rail- road a t Seattle from 1912 t o 1914, and general agent a t St. Paul from 1914 to 1916.

From 1916 to 1917 he was general agent jointly for the R i s c o and the Chicago & Eastern Illinois a t Minne- apolis. From 1917 to 1919 he was general agent for the Frisco a t St. Louis. From 1919 to 1923 he was di- vision freight agent and general agent for the Frisco a t Kansas City, and from 1923 to last October he was as- sistant to the vice-president in charge of traffic, with offices in St. Louis.

only Bound two thln skins, and to this day I can't Imagine what went with all the stuff 1 put in. But muslc-oh, well, perhaps if I spent a s much time in trying to be a cook a s I do trying to be a n organist, I might be more of a success."

Mrs. Schubert appeared on the pro- gram of the Veterans' Association a t Springfield this year, when she accom- panied Ruby Goodspeed, vocalist and daughter of another Kansas City- Frisco conductor.

Mrs. Schubert lives with her parents a t 5112 Baltimore Avenue, and i s an ardent Frisco booster.

Discovered He: "I see they are publishing the

statistics of all the women who have never married. Simply amazing fig- ures."

She (rather bored) : "Yes, I expect that's the reason."-London Mail.

FURTHER COST REDUCTIONS

S t a t i o n O p e r a t i o n and C a r Service C o m m i t t e e R e p o r t Shows

a Deerease

R EDUCTION in cost of handling less than-carload freight, in er- rors made in handling freight,

in time needed to load freight, in per diem expense, fn revenue losses due t o incorrect weighing and in causes of claims were effected during 1926 on the Frisco Lines.

These economies a re detailed in the report of the station operation and car service committee, made a t the annual freight claim prevention and better service conference held a t Springfield recently. At that confer- ence it was decided that several of t h e more important committee reports made then should be published from time to time in the Frisco B;nploycs' :Magn:irrc.

The report made' a t that time by the station operation and car service com- mittee was a s follows:

"The plans that were mentioned in the last annual report, with a view to bringing the cost of handling LCL merchandise down to the lowest pos- sible minimum, have been and a r e still being carried out with encourag- ing results. Proof of this is, that in January last, while working under the unfavorable condition of a decreasing tonnage. occasioned principally by the extreme low price of cotton, over- flowed etreams and continued rains all over the system, that the following excellent showing was made by the thirteen larger merchandise transfer stations: Comparing January, 1927, with the same month in 1926, there was a decrease of 2,427 tons of mer- chandise and 22,020 shipments han- dled, but the unit cost per ton for han- dling this merchandise showed a de- crease of one cent per ton for the foremen and clerks and one and one- half cents per ton for labor.

"The statistical figures now being furnished permit a current analysis of the cost of handling merchandise, and all concerned a re now interested and co-operating in bringing the cost down. Endeavors will continue to make fur- ther reductions.

"The 'Memphis Plan' for a verified check of merchandise handled contin- ues t o work successfully a t some sta- tlona, while a modified form serves a t others. Results seem to justify a con- tinuance of the system. a s our errors In handling merchandise have been reduced and the reduction of errors means the reduction of claims. The necessity for and the success of the veri-check system all depend upon the conditions to be met.

"We have a large number of two- wheel warehouse trucks in service a t our various merchandise transfer platforms and a t freight stations on the system. Many a r e old and the cost of repairs heavy, caused princi- pally by the fact that the trucks are put together with bolts. With a view

New Sun- Parlor Lounge Cars for Texas Special

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Travelers f r o m S t . Louis to Texas nnd return o ~ r the fa~rrotts Texas Sbecial opcra!cd j o i ~ t 1 y by the Frisco nrtd Koljl Railroads, are enjoying the newest irt travel 1rr.rtrry with tkr addition o f a de It4.r~ ~t111~ar lor-1ot~rzge car on October 9 . A v iew o f a porllon o f the r~m car i s shown above.

T h e trrw cars represent the finest w o r k o f the Pullnran Corrtpany and were built in fhe hops of that corporofion at Chicago. T h e cars have an inclosed srin- parlw, w o m m ' s !ortnge wit11 rced chairs and console tables, and f o r all Passrngers n g e ~ r a l lorrirge fitted wi th rced chairs atrd cotrclres. writing desks artd periodical tables. Telepl~orre coitnectior~s arc provided ort the car at both S t . Louis and Sun Anlortia, the two terminals.

T h e T e x a ~ Sbccial I e a v e ~ St. Louis duily at 6:50 p. m., wi th through P~llrr~ntr S P ~ V ~ C ~ to Dallas, Fort W o r ! h arrd Sarl Airtonio, arriving at San Aritonio at 9:35 the follozcr'ng e ~ m k r g . Tlic rctxrning Texas Special leaves Sun Antotlio at 9 a. vr. and arrives irt St. Louis at 11 :25 a. 111. the fol lowirg nrorning.

practically to eliminating truck re- pairs, a n all-steel, boltless truck has been adopted a s our standard, but will be purchased only a s needed. It i s the plan to get all the service possible out of the truclzs now in use and to avoid the purchase of new trucks just a s long a s possible.

"In order to permit more time for switching, constant study of the clos- ing hour a t the various merchandise loading platforms is being made and it has been possible to arrange to have merchandise cars sealed and ready to pull earlier than formerly a t Sev- enth Street and a t Broadway stations, in St. Louis, a t Tulsa, Memphis, Kan- sas City, Springfield and Monett, all of which assists in bringing about an improved terminal condition.

"Another campaign that has been waged and continues is the endeavor to release all foreign cars possible a t merchandise platforms with a mini- mum of per diem expense, and excel- lent results have been obtained. Prac- tice of taking foreign cars with a stated minimum of merchandise, ad- ding thereto and sending out on our line, the Frisco paying the per diem, and similar practices have been

broken up. It is necessary that this inntter be watched closely as after every car shortage there is a tend- ency to forget the importance of the prompt release of foreign cars.

"A campaign is being carried on to interest all concerned in the re- weighing of LCL freight and endeav- ors in this line will be increased. We a re now showing a nice increase in revenue by re-weighing and correcting such weights a s found erroneous. As a s example, the thirteen largest mer- chandise transfer stations re-weighed in January, 1927, 1,576,000 pounds, with an increased revenue of eighty- eight cents per ton.

"The campaign for better loading, stowing, bracing, cleating, and so forth, of merchandise cars, which was started some time ago, has never been permitted to lag. Other features, such a s proper cleaning and the elimi- nation of protruding uails before load- ing, are being carried out."

The committee which made this re- port was as follows: H. C. Holmes, chairman; C. H. IC1o1~ill. H. W. John- son, J. W. Skaggs, A. R. Thorn, G. W. Lodge, E. R. 0. Mueller, T. H. Wom- mack and H. G. Snyder.