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THE NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES
MAGAZINE
New York Central Lines Magazine for August, 1931
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466 LEXINGTON AVENUE
O t h e r B o o k Just L i k e I t
NEW YORK CITY
T H E R U N O F T H E
V o l u m e XII A U G U S T , 1 9 3 1 Number 5 T W E N T I E T H C E N T U R Y
A Story
T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s
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Never T o l d
Knowledge o f Lighterage Facilities M a n t h eShip o fLabor—Stop t h e Leaks.
Valuable to Employes i n"Get
Movement. By A. W. Schaeffer
Traffic"
7
By C. H. Comer, General Car Foreman,
Mattoon, III 23
Before
D. R. M a c B a i n N o wa Vice-President; 4,000 L a k e S h o j i e P i o n e e r s A t t e n d Out-
L. S . E m e r y Asst. Vice-President 8 i n g a t C e d a r P o i n t , J u n e 22 23
Charles P. Webb, a M a n W o r t h While.
P. & L . E . A n n o u n c e s E n g i n e e r i n g Staff
By Marie C. Todd 26 As Entertaining As It Is Novel
Changes 8
Three More Marks, O n e a World's Rec-
Model o f N e wC a t h e d r a l t o B e Shown ord, Added t oS t e l l a W a l s h ' s L i s t * 27
in G .C. T e r m i n a l 9 V e t e r a n s H o n o r e d b y C.J . A . A . F o l k 27
Eyes a n d E y eT r o u b l e — Some Useful
110 Pages, Each 6 x 9
Humorous Notes 30
Hints. By Dr. G. Ellington Jorgenson . 11 Recent Deaths 31 Illustrated
Employes Responding t o " G e t Traffic" K a l a m a z o o Stove Co.a nO l d F r i e n d 33
Appeal 13
N e w P o s t f o rW . T. S t e v e n s o n — J . W .
4-H Clubs U s eSpecial Trains o n N e w C l a r k Promoted 34
York Central Lines. By E. J. Leenhouts 17 The Honor R o l l 34
By Edward Hungerford
pen picture of the daily drama that under- the clock-like shuttling of the world's most
lies the unceasing operation of the Queen of famous train between America's two greatest
tries American trains—The T w e n t i e t h Century- cities.
P. E. CROWLEY, President, Limited. A graphic description of an outstanding example
A. H. HARRIS, Chairman of the
New York Executive a n d Staff Officers Executive Committee, New York
Glimpses of the amazing array of men and of American morale and organization.
machines—most of them unseen and unsus- Illustrated with handsome pen and wash draw-
A. H . HARRIS, Vice-President, Finance and Corporate Relations F. H . HARDIN, Assistant to the President
H. L . INGERSOLL, Assistant to the President C. F. SMITH, Manager, Passenger Transportation
M. J. ALGER, Executive Assistant to the President G. METZMAN, Manager, Freight Transportation pected by the passenger—that make possible ings, charts and maps; 110 pages, 6x9 inches.
C. C. PAULDING, Vice-President Law and Public Relations H. G. SNELLING, General Treasurer
R. E. DOUGHERTY, Vice-President, Improvements and Development E. F. STEPHENSON, Secretary
JNO. G. WALBER, Vice-President, Personnel J. R. SMART, Manager, Dining S, r> Im For sale at the Union News Company stands in the following stations:
W. C. BOWER, Vice-President, in Charge of Purchases and Stores R. F. FINLEY, Gen. Superintendent, Telegraph and Telephone
W. C. WISIIART, Vice-President, Accounting E. H . ANDERSON, Manager, Stock Yards Grand Central T e r m i n a l ; 125th Street, N e w Y o r k ; Albany; Syracuse; Utica; Rochester; Buffalo; M . C . ,
C. W. Y. CURRIE, Publicity Manager Detroit; Erie; Ashtabula; T o l e d o ; Cincinnati; Elkhart; South B e n d ; LaSalle Street Station, Chicago.
-« S E N D THIS C O U P O N WITH O R D E R
R. D. STARBUCK, Vice-President, Now York II. A. WORCESTER, Resident Vice-President, Cincinnati
The New York Central Railroad Company
C. S. MILLARD, Vice-President and General Manager, Cincinnati
H. M. BISCOE. Vice-President. Boston The Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway
Boston & Albany Railroad (N.Y.C. R.R. Co., Lessee) (Big Four Route) (N.Y.C. R.R. Co., Lessee) No. Amount Enclosed
HENRY SHEARER. Vice-President and General Manager, Detroit CURTIS M . YOHE, Vice-President, Pittsburgh
The Michigan Central Railroad (N.Y.C. R.R. Co., Lessee) The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company
Name
T. W. EVANS, Vice-President, Chicago W. J. FRIPP, Vice-President, New York Central, Buffalo n».l It...
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Company D. R. MacBAIN, Vice-President and General Manager
Chicago River & Indiana Railroad Company New York Central, Line West, and Ohio Central Line* Address-
City. State-.
Address P u b l i c a t i o n B u r e a u
R o o m 1518, 466 L e x i n g t o n Avenue, N e w York City
New York Central Lines Magazine for August, 1931
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D E P E N D A B L E !
ALBANY S A F E !
CAR WHEEL
COMPANY
Manufacturers of
AUGUST, 1931
Chilled Car Wheels
and Castings
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A G O
Aaron & Bros., Inc., E . A 44 Goldstein & Lippman 44 O'Brien Bros., Inc. 47 " E M P I R E S P E C I A L "
Ackermann Printing Co., G. A . 44 Gould Coupler Co. 45 Oxweld Railroad Service Co.. . . 42
Air Reduction Sales Co. 42 Guillaume & Co 39
Albany Car Wheel Co. 5 P
Wheels for Electric
American Creosoting Co. 33 H P. & M . Co 41 and
American Fork & Hoe Co. 45 Hamilton Watch Company Paige-Jones Chemical Co., Inc.. . 47
Armco Railroad Sales Co. 41 Second Cover Procter & Gamble 35 Heavy Duty Service
Hanna Coal Co. 34 Pursglove Coal Mining Co 37
B Hedstrom-Barry Co 35
Brewer Dry Dock Co. 44 Hillsboro Coal Co. 44 Q
Buckeye Steel Castings Co 45 Huntington Bank Building 40 Q & C Company 46
Buffalo Brake Beam Co 47 Huron Mfg. Co 44 Quimby, J . L., Co. 44
A L B A N Y - - N E W Y O R K A 7 " o u
C A N N O T see Schaefer
C I
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Camel Sales Company 42 Illinois Watch Company B r a k e G e a r D e t a i l s at w o r k —
Fourth Cover Railroad Accessories Corp. 46
City Ice & Fuel Co. 39 Railroad Employees' Personal
City National Bankjfc Trust Co. 40 Indiana & Illinois Coal Corp 44 t a k i n g the constant wear a n d re-
Loan Co. 1
Coleman & Co., Inc 43 Railway Steel-Spring Co 42 sisting the sudden jolts o f brake
NEW YORK
Coleman, Watson E 44 K
Ralston Steel Car Company 48
Columbus Bolt Works Co 46 Kellogg Company, The 31
applications.
Continental Casualty Co 37 S
AIR BRAKES
Cushing Stone Company, Inc.. . . 46 L
Schaefer Equipment Co 5
Larus Bros 33 But y o u k n o w that Schaefer Brake
D Seamen Lichtenstein & Co., Inc.. 44
Lockhart Iron & Steel Co 44
Sunday Creek Coal Company . . 47
Dailey's Towing Line, Inc 32 Lovell-Dressel Co 37 Details are dependable. Depend-
Swan-Finch O i l Corp. 44 for
Danahy, Edw. T 45 Symington Co., The 43
Dearborn Chemical Co 45 M able because they are made to
Dickinson, Inc., Paul
Dietz Co., R. E
44
38
Magnus Co., Inc 46 T Locomotives, Passenger Cars exacting standards with care and
Maloney O i l & Mfg. Co. ^ 45
Tuco Products Corp 47
Duner Company 44 Mellon National Bank 30 and Freight Cars manufacturing skill—the result of
Miner, Inc., W . H 45
E U
Murine Eye Remedy Co 35 fifteen years of specialization i n
Egyptian Lacquer Mfg. Co 32 Union News Co 40 Are
Ellington Miller Company 44 N
V Used On the Fastest Trains b r a k e gear details.
Nathan Mfg. Co 43
F National Bearing Metals Corp.. . 33 Victor Coal 47 and
Farmers Deposit National Bank 40 Neely Nut & Bolt Co 46 B y r e n d e r i n g the service they do,
Ferguson & Son, F . 47 New York A i r Brake Co 5 W On All Other Trains
Ferro Construction Co., The . . . 34 N . Y . C. R. R. Mutual Relief Walsh Construction Co 48 Schaefer Brake Gear Details in-
First National Bank, Cincinnati 40 Wheel Truing Brake Shoe Co. 35 of the
Ass'n 32
Flannery Bolt Co 41 New York Coal Co 47 crease safety and help to keep
Frampton & Co., D. B 46 N . Y . State National Bank 32 Y
Finest Railroads in America
revenue equipment i n operation.
Franklin Railway O i l Corp 36 North American Coal Corp 43 Youghiogheny & Ohio Coal Co. 43
THE N E W Y O R K AIR B R A K E CO. S C H A E F E R E Q U I P M E N T C O .
420 Lexington Avenue, N e w York
General Offices: Koppers Building, Pittsburgh, Pa.6 New York Central Lines Magazine for Attaint,
fylaiV ^/or£
Why the Railroads Are Asking Higher Freight Rates
V o l u m e X I I ^AUGUST, 1931 N u m b e r s
F Knowledge of Lighterage Facilities Valuable to Employes
O R m a n y reasons the p r o s p e r i t y of the r a i l r o a d s is of first i m p o r t a n c e to everybody every-
where. T h e y are not only f a r f r o m prosperous now, but unless p r o m p t relief is afforded
they are i n danger of disaster. T o avert this disaster the r a i l r o a d s have a p p l i e d to the
in "Get Traffic" Movement
T
Interstate Commerce C o m m i s s i o n for a fifteen per cent increase i n f r e i g h t rates. T h i s increase
cannot be put into effect w i t h o u t the a u t h o r i t y of the C o m m i s s i o n . B r i e f l y s u m m a r i z e d here are H E get traffic movement, from a By A . W the line of communication to DeWitt
S c h a e f f e r , Marine Assistant
some reasons w h y these h i g h e r rates are e s s e n t i a l : lighterage standpoint, affords Yards, located just outside of Syra-
many interesting and valuable op- cuse, N . Y .
1. M a n y r a i l r o a d s have no reserve funds to c a r r y them t h r o u g h periods of b a d business portunities, as the facilities and Five Minute Traffic Talks Perhaps you are not acquainted with
floating equipment of the New York the fact that we are fully equipped to
because the Interstate C o m m e r c e C o m m i s s i o n has disregarded the m a n d a t o r y l a w r e q u i r i n g i t Central Railroad in the Port of New T A U R I N G the past few months handle freight through the Port of
so to adjust rates as to enable t h e m to e a r n a " f a i r r e t u r n . " I n the first h a l f of 1931 earnings York are second to none. representatives of the Traffic New York on skid platforms, a depend-
were at the rate of t w o per cent a year. The free lighterage limits within the Department have been giving five able method for the expeditious,
Port of New York, to which points minute talks in the offices of the economical and efficient handling of
2. T o achieve even this poor s h o w i n g maintenance charges have been cut severely. T h i s carload freight is delivered without New York Central in New York. freight.
m a y answer as a t e m p o r a r y expedient but cannot be continued indefinitely w i t h o u t great dam- extra charge, cover a distance of 71 One of these talks, published on this I might suggest here that you ar-
nautical miles, or a distance equal to range to see our moving picture cover-
age to the p r o p e r t y . that from New York City nearly to page, was given by A. W. Schaeffer,
ing this operation as you will find it not
Poughkeepsie, N . Y . Marine Assistant, in the following only of interest but of great value in
3. H u g e expenditures of c a p i t a l are r e q u i r e d to enable the r a i l r o a d s to f u r n i s h the service New York is one of the world's offices: J U N E 1 0
the solicitation of freight.
w h i c h the c o u n t r y must have. T h e only w a y to get this money is b y b o r r o w i n g . greatest ports because of its immense Auditor of Revenue, J . S. Con- Last week one of Mr. Hopper's
water frontage and deep channels. To over's office; Capital Expenditure representatives and I called upon a
4. B e f o r e the end of 1935 bonds t o t a l i n g $1,334,265,000 f a l l due. These debts must be p a i d quote from the War Department Rec- consignee in this city, and, upon our
ord, we find that the developed front- Accountant, C. W. Kingley's office, assurance that we would deliver freight
i n cash or refunded. and Auditor of Passenger Accounts,
age, measured around piers and heads to his warehouses on skid platforms,
of slips, is 346 nautical miles; the R. C. Bromm's office. were able to secure traffic formerly
5. S a v i n g s banks a n d life insurance companies have been chief lenders to the r a i l r o a d s
frontage around piers and along the JUNE 11 moving over competitive lines.
holding, together, more t h a n f o r t y per cent of a l l r a i l r o a d bonds outstanding. T h e r e are shore line is 994 nautical miles. I am now working with one of the
District Freight Claim Agent, G.
50,000,000 of life insurance policies, 12,775,000 depositors i n savings banks. T o protect the sav- Our terminal piers at Weehawken largest shippers in the world to de-
L. Vanderbeck's office, and Assistant
ings of this great n u m b e r of people l a w s i n most states specify that a r a i l r o a d company must are approximately 1,300 feet in length velop a suitable skid package that can
Auditor of Coal SC Coke Accounts, be moved from the Pittsburg district
e a r n not less t h a n one and a h a l f times its fixed charges before its bonds are eligible invest- and 200 feet in width, the covered
piers affording absolute protection to joint with G . Metzman's office. to South American points, which, when
ments f o r savings banks and life insurance companies. F i x e d charges were earned only 1.76 freight in its movement between rail perfected, will assure us of a large
times i n 1930. S o u t h e r n roads earned only 1.35 times fixed charges. I n other words, the r a i l - and steamship, and for storage of percentage of this shipper's tonnage
roads are r i g h t n o w i n danger of b e i n g cut off f r o m the most i m p o r t a n t sources of c a p i t a l supply. freight awaiting disposition. Our open taking full advantage of what may be now moving over competitive lines
piers are equipped with the most a good talking point. and through other ports.
modern gantry equipment to insure the It may be interesting to know that As a matter of fact and record, we
6. A steadily i n c r e a s i n g p r o p o r t i o n of earnings are r e q u i r e d to p a y taxes, a n i t e m over most economical and efficient handling approximately 75 per cent of the total have to date received four experi-
w h i c h the r a i l r o a d s have no c o n t r o l . I n the first f o u r months of 1931 no less t h a n 7.58 per cent of open top freight. lighterage freight received in this port mental cars over our line which have
of gross revenues were r e q u i r e d to pay taxes. Our Weehawken Terminal and piers must be delivered alongside of ship arrived at destination in perfect con-
have a capacity of 13,855 cars; our within 24 hours after its arrival at sea- dition.
7. A n o t h e r d r a i n on revenues over w h i c h r a i l r o a d s have no control is the cost of grade sep- New York City terminals and stations board. To accomplish this it is neces- There was never a time in the history
have a freight capacity of 11,319 cars, sary first to switch the train and place of railroads that it was more impera-
a r a t i o n . T h e r a i l r o a d s must p a y f r o m 33 per cent of this cost i n some states to as m u c h as 65 the cars on the various lighterage tive that each employe consider him-
or a total at terminals of 25,174 cars.
per cent i n others. G r a d e separation w i l l cost the r a i l r o a d s $100,000,000 i n 1931. T r u c k s a n d The New York Central fleet consists piers; the boat is then assigned and self an official or un-official member of
buses, competitors of the r a i l r o a d s , are the chief beneficiaries of these improvements. of 336 pieces of floating equipment, freight loaded on it; when ready the the Traffic Department, and, there-
among which are some of the most boat is towed to ship side, which may be fore, we suggest that you not only
8. N o t only have maintenance charges been g r e a t l y reduced but forces have been substan- modern in marine operation. In our anywhere from one to thirteen miles start an active and intensive campaign
self-propelled equipment will be found from our terminal station; in addition to get freight but solicit the help of
t i a l l y cut. M a n y f o r m e r employes have f o u n d other occupations w i t h the result that w h e n busi- there is a vast amount of paper work all of your friends to get freight mov-
various types and designs, ranging
ness revives there m a y be a shortage of s k i l l e d men i n the t r a n s p o r t a t i o n i n d u s t r y i n w h i c h from the high pressure steam to the involved not only at the terminal yards ing and be sure you have it routed
technical t r a i n i n g is essential. Decreased efficiency i n t r a n s p o r t a t i o n w o u l d r e t a r d the r e t u r n high power Diesel boats. and piers, but at 6 Beaver Street. over the New York Central Lines.
of p r o s p e r i t y . In our freight carrying equipment, To meet the ever increasing demand It does not necessarily follow that
every type of barge or lighter known of the shipping public for this quick we are interested only in freight that
9. W i t h o u t increased revenues it w i l l be impossible f o r the r a i l r o a d s to m a i n t a i n the present to harbor operation will be found, in- turn-over of freight, and the increase in moves through New York. We are
cluding hoister barges of the whirler the number of short-time permits, split equally interested in freight moving
h i g h s t a n d a r d of p u b l i c service. It is equally impossible f o r the c o u n t r y to dispense w i t h this type with a lifting capacity of 50 tons, deliveries and other details common over the entire system, and we, there-
service. T r y to i m a g i n e next w i n t e r ' s coal supply b e i n g moved f r o m mines to consumers i n representing the most modern and fin- to the lighterage movement of freight, fore, suggest that you keep in close
t r u c k s ; or f r e s h meats d i s t r i b u t e d f r o m p a c k i n g centers by the same m e t h o d ; or fresh fruits est equipment in any harbor. particularly at this time, we use the touch with the Traffic Department and
In the solicitation of freight for our electric typewriter, or teletype ma- advise them of every pound of freight
and vegetables moved i n t r u c k s f r o m C a l i f o r n i a to the A t l a n t i c seaboard. T r u e , the movement chine, first installed between the termi- that may be moved, regardless of where
line, it has often occurred to me that
of f r e i g h t b y a i r p l a n e has begun but at the rate of one cent a pound per hundred miles. T h i s perhaps you are not fully acquainted nal stations and our Lighterage Office it is, for it may be that it could be
w o u l d give a rate of $660 per ton f r o m C a l i f o r n i a to N e w Y o r k . A t this rate the freighl charges with the extent of our marine opera- at Beaver Street. routed over some portion of the New
on an average carload of cantaloupes f r o m the I m p e r i a l V a l l e y to the metropolis would be $8,250. tion, nor the facilities at our terminals, The success of this installation was York Central Lines, if not in their
or on our piers, and, therefore, are not such as to warrant an extension of entirety.8 New York Central Lines Magazine for August, 1931
New York Central Lines Magazine for August, 1931 9
D. R. MacBain Now a Vice-President;
Walter S. Jensen Promoted
W a l t e r S. J e n s e n was appointed
Manager of Perishable Traffic for the Model of New Cathedral to Be Shown in G . C. Terminal
L. S. Emery Asst. Vice-President
New York Central Lines, with head-
quarters at Roch-
D
ester, N . Y., effec-
O N A L D R. M a c B A I N , General Erie, Alliance & Wheeling and the tive May 16.
Manager, New York Central, Cleveland Short Line Railways and the Mr. Jensen was
Line West, was promoted to Vice- Chicago & Indiana Southern, the Dun- educated at the
President and General Manager, New kirk, Allegheny Valley & Pittsburgh University of Wis-
York Central, Line West of Buffalo, and the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroads. consin, College of
with headquarters in Cleveland, effec- On June 1, 1919, he was appointed Agriculture, from
tive July 1. Assistant General Manager, Line West, which he was grad-
Effective July 15, M r . MacBain's and on March 1, 1926, he was promoted uated in 1915. He
jurisdiction was extended to include the to General Manager, Line West. began his railroad
Ohio Central Lines. Mr. Emery was born at Adrian, career with the
At the same time, the appointment of Mich., and after receiving his early New York Central
L. S. Emery, General Manager, Ohio education there, began his railroad "in 1917, h a v i n g
Central Lines, to Assistant Vice-Presi- service inflB96as a clerk with the Lake charge of the de-
W. S. J e n s e n
dent, New York Central Railroad, with Shore & Michigan Southern Railway at velopment of bet-
headquarters at Columbus, Ohio, was Youngstown, Ohio. In 1902 he was ter loading methods and transportation
announced, as was the appointment of transferred to the Engineering Depart- service for western New York peaches.
H. E . Speaks to Assistant to Gen- ment of the New York Central & Hud- From 1923 on, he held various posts
eral Superintendent, Toledo Terminal son River Railroad, where he remained with the Merchants Despatch, the
District, Cleveland Division and Ohio until 1920, when he was appointed Gen- most recent of which was Superinten-
Central Lines. eral Manager, Ohio Central Lines. dent of the Merchants Despatch, Inc.
P. & L. E. Announces Engineering
Staff Changes
I
N a circular issued July 1 by Vice- he is known to his associates, actually
President Yohe of the Pittsburgh & grew up with the road.
Lake Erie Railroad, R. P. Forsberg In assuming the position of Chief En-
was appointed Chief Engineer of the gineer, M r . Forsberg announced the
Company, effective at once, succeeding following appointments to positions on
L . S. E m e r y
A . R. Raymer, his official staff.
D . R. MacBain
who will devote his George H . Burnette, Assistant Chief
Mr. MacBain was born in Queenston entire time to the Engineer; Fred J . Nannah, Engineer
Heights, Ont., and after receiving his duties of Assistant Maintenance of Way; Arthur E . Heim- C A T H E D R A L O F S T .J O H N T H ED I V I N E I N N E W Y O R K C I T Y
early education started his railway Vice - President bach, Assistant Signal Engineer. T h e final design o f the world's t h i r d largest cathedral, s h o w i n g the square tower w h i c h has been substituted f o r the o r i g i n a l spire.
service as a machinist's apprentice after having for Mr. Burnette comes to the P. & L. E . T h e l e n g t h o f t h e c h u r c h is 601 feet, interior height o f nave, floor to wall, is 125 feet a n d the h e i g h t o f the central tower is
with the Canada Southern Railway in the past several from the Monongahela Railway, where 4 0 0 feet. A m o d e l o f the C a t h e d r a l will be p l a c e d o n d i s p l a y at the T r a n s p o r t a t i o n E x h i b i t o f the N e w Y o r k C e n t r a l Lines i n
1876. Two years later he was trans- years occupied he has had charge of engineering mat- G r a n d Central T e r m i n a l , beginning i n October.
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ferred to the position of fireman, which both p o s i t i o n s ters for 25 years. In joining the "Lake
he filled until 1882, when he was pro- with the dual title Erie" organization he in reality "comes H E most majestic religious edi- two lines of majestic piers, 85 feet to with selected granite from a Peekskill
moted to engineman at the age of 21. of Assistant Vice- home," as his early days of railroading fice in America, St. John's Cathe- 98 feet in height, to assist in carrying ( N . Y.) quarry, of a quality equal to
After serving in that capacity for eight P r e s i d e n t and were spent on the road to which he now dral, now being constructed in New the vault, the architect has been able that of a southern mountain of solid
years, Mr. MacBain was promoted to Chief Engineer. York City, will have its embodiment, to secure a clear nave width of 96 feet granite, the face of which, as proved by
returns. Mr. Burnette is a graduate of
Traveling Engineman on the Canada M r . Forsberg, in scaled size, on display at the Trans- between the clerestory walls. This is tests, disintegrates on the surface at
Ohio Northern University, and his engi- the rate of one inch in several thousand
Division of the Michigan Central Rail- who previously portation Exhibit of the New York considerably wider than the nave of
R . P. F o r s b e r g neering ability has been demonstrated Central Lines in Grand Central Ter- St. Peter's, which is 85 feet. years. If the action of the weather re-
road, and later his jurisdiction was ex- was Principal As- by his performance on the Mononga-
tended to include the district west of sistant Engineer, has been in the em- minal, beginning in October. The splen- The style of the Cathedral is known moved from the granite face one inch
hela Railway, which, during his term did model, 15 feet high, will enable visi- as Thirteenth Century French, as that in five thousand years, the loss would
the Detroit River. ploy of the "Lake Erie" for the past 39 of service there, has been expanded and
From July, 1900, to April, 1901, he years, coming to the road from the tors to appreciate something of the style was developed by the medieval not be visible to the eye, even on the
the line extended to Fairmont, W. V a . grandeur and significance of this noble cathedral builders in those superb ex- bold and massive carvings and mould-
was Master Mechanic of the Western Norfolk & Western Railway, where he
spent the early days of his railroad Mr. Nannah, a graduate of Geneva structure. It will be shown by request amples, Notre Dame and Chartres, ings that adorn the structure. Thus,
Division, with headquarters at Michi- College, is a veteran on the "Lake Erie"
gan City, Ind., and was then trans- career following graduation from col- of Bishop William T. Manning. Amiens and Rheims. It is marked by the Cathedral, which is rising as a mon-
lege in his native state, Virginia. and has had charge of all important Upon its completion, St. John's Ca- great simplicity and dignity and a ument to the people of the United
ferred to St. Thomas, Ont., where he construction work on the main line as
remained until January, 1902, when he Mr. Forsberg is well known in rail- thedral will take rank as the third sparing use of elaborate sculptural and States, says Bishop Manning, will be a
road circles and is a member of the well as its Lake Erie & Eastern subsid- largest place of worship in the world. other decorative effects which were to permanent citadel of worship and
was transferred to Jackson, Mich. Re- iary in the Youngstown district, and is
maining at Jackson for four years as American Society of Civil Engineers, The basis of this comparison is the to- characterize the later decorated, flam- beauty through ages to come.
the Engineers' Society of Western well qualified by experience to assume tal ground surface covered by the boyant and perpendicular cathedrals of Similarly, the interior surface of the
Master Mechanic, Mr. MacBain was charge of the maintenance of the prop-
then promoted to Assistant Superin- Pennsylvania and other organizations building. St. Peter's, Rome, stands first France and England. Cathedral, which is of selected Indiana
of his profession. He advanced to his erty of which he has been an important with an area of 227,069 square feet; When one enters the nave of St. limestone, a material which hardens
tendent of Motive Power, with head- factor in building.
quarters in Detroit. present position after serving in vari- Seville Cathedral, Spain, second with John's and looks through the two lines under atmospheric effects, will suffer
ous engineering capacities under the Mr. Heimbach, a graduate of Penn 128,570 square feet. These are followed of soaring columns that sweep, un- no disintegrating effects that will be
In 1908, Mr. MacBain was trans- State in Engineering, hai in his com-
ferred to the New York Central & late J . A. Atwood and his predecessor, by St. John's, which will cover 109,082 broken, from floor to roof, and notes noticeable as the centuries pass.
A. R. Raymer, both recognized as out- paratively short service with the com- square feet. In exterior length, it the vast stretch of 96 feet from clere- St. John's greatly surpasses in its
Hudson River Railroad as Assistant
Superintendent of Motive Power in standing engineers. During these years pany merited advancement as a result will stand second, measuring 601 feet story window to clerestory window, he structural strength and workmanship
Albany, and two years later he was the P. & L. E . grew from a single track of exceptional ability displayed in mat- as compared with St. Peter's, which will realize that it is something which, the cathedrals of the Middle Ages. In
promoted to Superintendent of Motive railroad to the present four-track sys- ters pertaining to signals, automatic measures 710 feet. for sheer majesty of effect, is un- the workmanship, there is a suggestion
Power, Lake Shore & Michigan South- tem, now part of the New York Central train control and electrical features in Architecturally, the crowning glory matched among all the cathedrals of of the loving care with which the me-
ern, the Lake Erie & Western, the Lake Lines, and Mr. Forsberg, or "R. P.," as general. of St. John's will be found in its truly the world. dieval builders, as at Chartres, bent to
noble nave, in which, by insertion of The exterior of St. John's is clothed their task. The medieval cathedral was10 New York Central Lines Magazine for August, 1931 New York Central Lines Magazine for August, 1931 11
at once the most majestic and most Mr. Blue was presented with a watch was later general agent, Merchants
beloved building in the cities which it
so grandly dominated. Noble and peas-
by E . W. Brown, Superintendent, Tole-
do Division, and Mr. Swisher was giveji
Despatch in the Niagara Frontier. He
was transferred to the Freight Claim Eyes a n d Eye Trouble—Some Useful Hints
ant would labor, sometimes side by side, a pen set by E . C. Cook, Assistant Gen- Department in 1915, where he remained / / T " * OR fife dollars, lady, you are B y D r . G. E l l i n g t o n Jorgenson litigation, so that little sum was
in its erection. The same spirit of love eral Passenger Agent, on behalf of their as division head until his retirement. P getting, from me, the best pair of charged up to experience.
is a part of the workmanship that is railroad friends. £ glasses in the voild, and I should "What's the matter?" she asked. That incident is one reason why
going into the erection of St. John's. Among those at the banquet were: J . V . Laffan Appointed A G F A drop dead on the spot if I am not telling "I think the optician needed seven- sometimes glasses should not be worn.
The great cathedrals of the Middle T. J . Cook, W. J . Keller, recently re- you the truth!" teen dollars worse than you needed the The one that follows presents a situa-
Ages were not exempt from trouble. tired as General Freight Agent in Chi- J . V. L a f f a n , for the past six years But he was not telling the truth, nor
Chief Clerk to the late G. H . Ingalls, glasses," I observed with chill derision tion wherein spectacles were definitely
While the labor was lovingly and care- cago; Charles Coughlin, J . E . Sheehy, did he fall dead on the spot. in my voice. needed and thereby answers the ques-
fully done, money was scarce, and the J. F. Weibel, E . G. Howard, C. H. Brad- Vice-President in charge of Traffic,
was appointed As- That opens the subject of glasses. It "Did he gyp me?" Something started tion asked in the fourth paragraph of
world had lost many of the secrets of ford, A . B. McLachlin, H . C. Brining, also reveals the source of many a pair to smolder in her eyes, and I mentally this article.
construction, notably that of the mak- G. C. Waffle and E . S. Manchester. G. E . sistant General
Freight Agent, of spectacles and, incidentally, it ex- observed to myself that it was just as The subject of this incident was also
ing of cement, which had rendered so Husted, General Agent, acted as toast- plains the cause of many a case of well that I was not the optician. a young woman and the locale is Holly-
lasting the-work of those master build- master. with headquarters
in New York City, ruined eye-sight. For, no one can sell "He sold you a pair of common wood. Many things happen out there.
ers, the Romans. It was an age of glasses like some of the other human But why not? Most of the people who
small - stone - and - mortar construction. effective June 20. magnifying lenses and a cheap fitting
C . J . Evans Greeted by Officials commodities as, for example, shoes. worth altogether not to exceed three can get there are there now and the
Lack of suitable tools and appliances at Mr. Laffan en- Shoes, pants and what have you can be rest are coming as soon as they can.
the quarries, poor roads and inadequate A t Luncheon in Buffalo tered the service dollars and fifty cents," I said. "I
successfully fitted and sold by a sales- know," I went on, "for I played the "Doctor," she exclaimed in an excited
means of transportation, and the lack A h a p p y gathering of officials and of the New York man, but neither Jew nor Gentile can fit
Central in 1908 as racket, myself, many years ago when I and troubled voice as she came up to me
of capital drove the early builders to fellow employes of the Freight Claim glasses without at least some training on the boulevard and all but walked into
the use of building stone of small size; Department in Buffalo greeted Charles a clerk in the office in optometry—and I would prefer that
of the Assistant my arms. "I've I've got astigma-
and in binding together this material in J. Evans at a luncheon in the Buffalo the one who adjusted spectacles upon tism," she told me mournfully. "Hype-
their piers and walls, they were re- Central Terminal Building on June General Freight my noble Danish bassoon possessed not
Agent, and served Do NotShopforGlasses! ropic astigmatism."
stricted to the use of lime mortar— 1, the day of his retirement. T. A . only a medical degree, but also some
Ward, Assistant Freight Claim Agent, in that office until "But not halitosis," I came back
some of it good, but much of it, as many J . V . Laffan years of special study in ophthalmology. " V T O one c a n sell glasses like after catching a gust of her excited
a catastrophe proved, of wretched acting as toastmaster, presented the 1910, when he was
guest of honor with a gold watch and transferred to the office of the Vice- And why wear glasses, anyway? Let - L ^ l some of the other h u m a n c o m - breath and noting nothing louder than
quality. us see! modities as, f o r example, shoes. coffee and a brand of smoke that carries
It was no uncommon occurrence for chain. President, Traffic, in the same capacity. Shoes, pants a n d
During the United States Railroad Last spring, on a sunny California no cough by the carload.
the tower over the central crossing to Among those present were Dr. J . W. what have y o u
LeSeur, J . J . Brinkworth, Superin- Administration, he was Supervising morning, a haughty small creature with c a n be success- "Is it bad?" she asked.
come crashing down not many years fluffy brown hair and dusky dark eyes, "It makes me hungry for a cup of
after the completion of the church. tendent of the Buffalo Division, and Clerk in the office of the Regional D i - f u l l y fitted a n d
C. H . Hogan, Manager, Shop Labor, rector, and in 1919 he was promoted to and with the bearing of the Chief sold by a sales- coffee and a smoke," I laughed.
Sometimes, the disintegration of the Executive's only spoiled daughter but m a n , but neither "What do you mean?"
masonry would be gradual, as in the who presented Mr. Evans with a life Secretary to Vice-President, Traffic.
membership in both the Veterans' and On June 4, 1925, Mr. Laffan was ap- classified on the payroll as a stenog- Jew n o r G e n t i l e "Your breath," I explained soberly.
case of the tower and spire of ancient rapher, swished into my writing cham- c a n fit glasses "It reminds me of coffee and a cigar-
Chichester Cathedral, which fell as late Athletic Associations. pointed Chief Clej-k to Vice-President, without at least
Traffic, the position he retained until ber at the studios with a chill, bored: rette. You just had lunch and a smoke,
as the middle of the nineteenth century. Mr. Evans entered service in 1881 "Morning, Doctor Jorgenson!" some t r a i n i n g i n
as a clerk at Black Rock Station and his most recent appointment. didn't you?"
But St. John's has been designed, Glancing up to direct her to be seated
optometry.—Do
"/ mean my eyes, you clown!" she
not shop for'
and is being built, with a careful avoid- and take a long dictation, something stormed, stamping a dainty foot.
g l a s s e s as y o u
ance of the pitfalls which so often caused me to stare at her and to post- w o u l d f o r a p a i r of shoes, chest "For your pocket-book, yes," I re-
brought disaster to the medieval pone my directions for a moment. Some- protectors, step-ins o r tooth brushes. plied. "And you're doomed to a life
churches. The load upon every pier, how she seemed to have a different ap- Instead, go to the best t r a i n e d m e n with spectacles."
the thrust against every buttress, has pearance on this morning, and for a y o u c a n f i n d . F o r y o u who are em-
Meanwhile I had adroitly been steer-
been calculated with close exactness. moment or two I subjected her to a p l o y e d by the N e w Y o r k C e n t r a l
ing her towards a nearby door where-
The crushing strength and the safe studious, appraising scrutiny.
L i n e s , m y counsel is to consult one
from the heart-clutching aroma of
limit of loading of each kind of stone "How do you like my new glasses,
of the s p l e n d i d specialists retained
superb Java was exuding. And a mo-
a n d r e c o m m e n d e d by the r a i l r o a d .
are known, and all the parts so propor- Doctor?" she said and popped unin- ment later we were facing each other
— D r . Jorgenson.
tioned that in every element of the vast vited into a chair close to my desk. "I across a small table in a booth in the
structure there will be a wide margin think they are darby, if you ask me," famous Pig'n Whistle on Hollywood
of safety. she added and crossed shapely legs in Boulevard near the E l Capitan Theatre.
It was estimated by J . Bernard a manner to draw all attention from was a medical student—only I didn't "Hyperopic astigmatism," I started
Walker, an engineer, that if a man were her eyes and the glasses perched on take my victims for that expensive a to explain to her while we were taking
to return to the earth five thousand her demure nose in front of them. ride." daring liberties with calories in a help-
years from now, he would find St. ing of rum-flavored prune whip pie and
John's appearance as he sees it today. "What's the idea?" I asked. "He told me the glasses were ex-
"Huh?" pensive because of the grinding," she coffee, "is like the proverbial bark of
But, for the many hurried travelers of the dog. It sounds worse than it hurts."
the New York Central who find it im- "What are you wearing them for?" sputtered with a surge of red showing
possible to make their way to One "I need glasses," she said. through her faultless make-up. "And "It's a disease of the eyes, isn't it?"
Hundred and Tenth Street, New York, "For what?" I asked. "And when and the frames, he said, are white gold." "It is not a disease," I corrected,
to see this magnificent edifice under the how did you find that out?" "The frames," I said with a laugh, "but an error in the refractive index of
process of construction, the New York "Oh, a chap over in the building on "contain about as much gold as-—as the eye. Hyperopia is merely a con-
Central will make it possible for them the boulevard fitted my sister, and I that metal clasp showing on your dition in which, due to the shape of the
to secure some idea of the great work tried on her glasses," she told me. "I garters." cornea and the lens, you are far-sighted
which will soon take its proper rank looked rather good in them, I thought, "The dirty crook!" she exclaimed just as in myopia you are near-siglited.
with the great medieval cathedrals of and so, when the optician discovered I and yanked her skirt down so it cov- And astigmatism is merely an irreg-
Europe. needed glasses I took a pair." ered most of her knees. ularity in the rounding of the lens or
"Let me see them." "And," I went on, "when you wear the cornea — probably in the cornea.
Leroy Blue and C . F . Swisher Feted She removed them and handed them them you look like one of those funny The result is eye-strain with other
By Associates in Toledo across the desk to me. Holding them things we pay a dime to see in the side- symptoms among which are headache,
A f a r e w e l l and welcome home ban- up against the light coming in from shows out at Venice." blurred vision, eye-ache and nervous-
quet was tendered Leroy Blue and C. F. the window I studied the grinding of To make a long story out of a very ness."
Swisher at the Sylvania Country Club, the lenses. Both were simple convex common incident, it later developed, "Is it dangerous?"
O N T H E FIRST T E E A T W H I T E S U L P H U R SPRINGS, W. V A . glasses, and the fittings were not overly through an examination by the studio
Toledo, Ohio, on June 20, by fifty of "It might be to your husband if you
G a t h e r e d f o r the N a t i o n a l F r e i g h t Traffic G o l f A s s o c i a t i o n M e e t i n g at W h i t e
their associates in Toledo. Mr. Blue was good in quality. physician, that she needed spectacles were married," I chuckled. "Women
S u l p h u r S p r i n g s recently were, seated, left to r i g h t : R . J . M e n z i e s , T r a f f i c M a n a g e r ,
transferred to Chicago as General F r e i g h t , N e w Y o r k C e n t r a l , B u f f a l o a n d East, N e w Y o r k ; C. L . H i l l e a r y , F . W .
"How much?" I asked, handing them about as badly as a fireman on a New suffering from such annoyances fre-
Freight Agent, while Mr. Swisher was Woolworth Company, New Y o r k ; and W . Newton Agnew, Worthington Pump & back to her. York Central locomotive needs cream quently acquire beastly tempers and
transferred from Kankakee, 111., to suc- M a c h i n e r y C o r p o r a t i o n , N e w Y o r k . S t a n d i n g : L . W . Childress, St. L o u i s C o l u m b i a "Seventeen dollars," she replied. colored spats. And of course there was the habit of accurately aiming tea cups,
ceed him as Assistant General Freight T e r m i n a l , a n d W i l l i a m M o r r i s , J r . , V i c e - P r e s i d e n t , N a t i o n a l Steel C o r p o r a t i o n , I was prepared for that and so I only no way by which she could recover her ink bottles and other similar miscel-
Agent at Toledo. Pittsburgh. grinned nastily and then chuckled. seventeen dollars without recourse to laneous household equipment,"12 New York Central Lines Magazine for August, 1931 New York Central Lines Magazine for August, 1931 13
Employes Responding to "Get Traffic" Appea
"It's too bad," she pouted, "that your
wife hasn't got it. Someone ought to
Buyer Urges Shipper to Use Railroad, Not Trucks
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crown you with a sewing machine or
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some similar heavy object to take some H E Traffic M a n a g e r of a large company i n K a l a m a z o o early O M E months ago P r e s i d e n t C r o w l e y appointed The names of those sending i n cards are not pub-
of that blase self-sufficiency out of you. each employe of the N e w Y o r k C e n t r a l L i n e s a lished i n the Magazine, but they are divided b y
. . . But tell me, do I need to worry last m o n t h w r o t e to a D e t r o i t c o r p o r a t i o n f r o m w h i c h his
company purchases m a t e r i a l s and asked that the practice of Special F r e i g h t a n d Passenger S o l i c i t o r i n a n D i v i s i o n s on the B i g F o u r as f o l l o w s :
about it?"
"Well," I said hesitatingly, " i f I effort to stimulate business. H o w w e l l t h i s appoint- Cleveland-Indianapolis, 5 7 ; C i n c i n n a t i , S a n -
s h i p p i n g m a t e r i a l s to his company i n t r u c k s be discontinued a n d dusky, 124; Springfield, 1 3 ; N o r t h e r n , 1 3 ; C i n c i n -
were you I would hang on to it until ment was received can be seen b y r e f e r r i n g to past
something more worthy of worry pops that shipments be routed over the M i c h i g a n C e n t r a l R a i l r o a d . issues of the Magazine a n d n o t i n g the large i n - nati Terminal, 105; Indianapolis Terminal and
up." I paused a moment and then I H i s letter was as f o l l o w s : crease made i n the n u m b e r of T i p s published each Beech Grove, 2 1 8 ; C h i c a g o - W h i t e W a t e r , 1 2 ;
asked: "Who is your oculist?" Kalamazoo, Michigan m o n t h since t h a t time. P e o r i a & E a s t e r n , 2 4 ; M i c h i g a n , 6 5 ; St. L o u i s , 8 1 ;
She mentioned a well-known spe- Gentlemen: July 3, 1931 C a i r o - T e r r e H a u t e , 75, a n d Ohio C e n t r a l L i n e s , 12.
cialist whose skill and honesty are un- H o w e v e r , i t seems t h a t there are some employes
We are receiving occasional shipments from you which you are routing A s i n the past, the M i c h i g a n C e n t r a l and the
challengeable. w h o are not a w a r e of t h i s personal message a n d
in here via a trucking company. We are asking you to discontinue the prac- P i t t s b u r g h & L a k e E r i e R a i l r o a d s a g a i n last m o n t h
"Then you don't have to worry about tice of shipping our goods via highway motor trucks, and to route all ship- of its i m m e d i a t e significance to t h e m and to the
sent i n the largest n u m b e r of tips, p r o p o r t i o n a t e l y .
that," I said. ments over the Michigan Central Railroad. N e w Y o r k C e n t r a l L i n e s . I f these employes, of
Those who secured I n d u s t r i a l T i p s a r e : C . F .
"Nor about my eye trouble," was the We call your attention to the fact that the railroads have filed a petition w h o m there are a l a r g e number, w i l l co-operate
amazing rejoinder she made to that. D u n h a m , T r a v e l i n g A u d i t o r , D u n k i r k , N . Y . ; O. H .
with the Interstate Commerce Commission for an increase of 15 per cent in w i t h the F r e i g h t a n d Passenger D e p a r t m e n t s by Purdy, Rate Clerk, F r e i g h t Department, N e w
"You see, Dr. X told me that it was s e c u r i n g j u s t one Traffic T i p , o r more i f possible,
nothing to worry over, but I couldn't freight rates, for the reason that they have not earned 5 ^ per cent upon Y o r k ; H . W . Johnson, L a n d a n d T a x A g e n t , F u l t o n ,
their valuation as established by the Interstate Commerce Commission for each month, the System's business w i l l be m a - N . Y . ; W i l l i a m D o m a n , Section F o r e m a n , A l v i n -
help it until I had talked with someone
else." rate making purposes, and under the transportation act the Commission t e r i a l l y increased. ston, O n t . ; A . L . B r i n k m a n , A g e n t , B a y C i t y ,
"Too bad you met me, then, wasn't will have to grant this increase in rate. Automatically the rate of the truck W h i l e there has been a n increase noted i n the M i c h . ; Howard L . Winans, T r a i n Master, Detroit;
it?" I observed. lines will go up together with the rail rates, consequently every pound of n u m b e r of Traffic T i p s p u b l i s h e d i n the Magazine W a r d R . B a r g e r , Y a r d Conductor, D e t r o i t ; G . R .
"Why?" our freight that is diverted to truck lines reacts to raise our freight rates. each month, there has also been a s i m i l a r increase B a i l e y , Salvage F r e i g h t A g e n t , D e t r o i t ; C . L . L e -
"Now you haven't a thing to worry This is the selfish angle of it. i n the number of T i p s received f r o m B i g F o u r em- Valley, Assistant Agent, Detroit; 0 . J . Smukal, De-
about." Another angle was well illustrated during the World War when this ployes. F o r the past s i x years this group has real-
She said something quite printable murrage Adjuster, Detroit; J . J . Conklin, Agent;
country learned as they never before had realized that the railroads are the ized the need of boosting business i n a n o r g a n i z e d Beaufait Station, Detroit.
to that, but I do not care to repeat it, arteries through which flows the life blood of this country, namely its Com-
and anyway it doesn't matter because m a n n e r a n d has f o r m e d Booster Clubs at a l l i m - E . H . Jensen, A g e n t , F r e m o n t , O h i o ; H . B . R o b -
I know I'm going there anyway. And merce, and to cripple them by depriving them of their legitimate business p o r t a n t points on that r o a d . ertson, E n g i n e m a n , E l y r i a , O h i o ; G . B . B a k e r ,
so we can quickly sum up the subject is to cripple our country's transportation system, because the day has not I n J u n e there were a t o t a l of 1,799 T i p s received A g e n t , Osgood, P a . ; R . J . C o w i n , A g e n t , S h a r o n ,
of eyes and eye trouble, since the Editor come, and in the opinion of the writer, never will come when the motor f r o m B i g F o u r employes, r e p r e s e n t i n g 900 t i p p e r s . P a . , a n d C . E . Glassford, A g e n t , F i n d l a y , Ohio.
has set a deadline limiting me to two truck can transplant the railroads on volume freight haulage. ROCHESTER DIVISION Mr. Donovon (20), Foreman, Dewitt, N . Y . John Gaydosh, Draftsman, Electrical Engineer.
thousand words, maintaining that I The trucks do not pay taxes in the majority of counties through which W . C. Ahr, Assistant Foreman, Rochester. G. D. Chrisman, Freight Agent, Rome, N . Y . J. D. Stuart, Clerk, Assistant Comptroller.
W . J . Bailey, Signal Department, Rochester.
can say enough in that small space — they operate, whereas the railroads pay taxes in every county, village and J. H . Bromley, Assistant Station Master,
C. Van Voorhees, Conductor, Syracuse.
Harry J . Barton, Station Master, Syracuse.
Warren B. Fuller, Ticket Seller, Grand .Central
Terminal.
and perhaps too much. township through which they pass by reason of their realty holdings. Rochester. A. T . Eberz, District Special Agent, Syracuse. F . X . Quinlan, Assistant Chief Clerk, General
C. Burritt, Assistant Chief Clerk to Superin-
There is no need of defining eyes— Our State and Nation have expended vast sums in the building up of tendent, Rochester.
E . J . Virkler, Freight Agent, Syracuse.
P. Scanlon, Clerk, Syracuse.
Freight Office.
George A . King, Clerk, Land and Tax Depart-
we all have known what they are for permanent highways without any idea of subsidizing a transportation sys- J. Crane, Clerk, Portland Avenue, Rochester. J. H . Tumalty, Freight Agent, Crittenden, N . Y . ment.
R. Cooper, Station Master's Clerk, Rochester. H . S. Carmer (2), Freight Agent, Churchville,
since that great moment in our lives tem that would threaten our railroad lines. Charles Eber, Patrolman, Rochester. N. Y.
E . Comerford, Clerk, Ticket Redemption Bureau.
T . Acker, Lighterage Agent.
when we chanced to look up and saw J . E . Fitch, Clerk, Rochester. W i l l i a m Harrison, Crossing Watchman, Bata- H . Larkin, Chief Clerk, Foreign Freight De-
the dear, sweet faces of our mothers It is almost impossible in the early evening hours for a passenger Burt Fay, Clerk, D F A , Rochester. via, N . Y . partment.
Charles E . Foos (2), Clerk, M D I , Rochester. R. R. Collister (6), Freight Agent, Batavia,
looming protectively over our little vehicle to make any time on our highways owing to the crowded condition H . W . Godin, Sergeant, Police Department, N. Y.
Aaron Cohn, Clerk, Capital Expenditure A c -
countant.
beds. caused by these motor trucks whose speed is so small as to amount to a Rochester.
F . E . Hurlburt (2), Captain, Police, Rochester.
H . G. Farnham, Train Master, Batavia, N . Y . Jeremiah Sullivan, Stevedore, St. Johns Park.
S. F . Hood, Signal Maintainer, Oakfield, N . Y . P. M . Betz (3), Agent, Westchester Avenue
But eye trouble, that is another menace to passenger traffic. August Hefner, Caller, Rochester. HUDSON DIVISION Station.
C. C. Houston, Brakeman, Rochester.
thing. The highways of this county have been seriously damaged by trucks R. C. Leete, Claim Agent, Rochester.
John Lynch, Agent, Oscawana, N . Y . W . J . Lyons, District Special Agent, D F C A
C. J . Conklin, Assistant to F C A .
D. O'Connell, Agent, Poughkeepsie, N . Y .
For the layman it is sufficient to during this past winter by truck chains on their wheels, and what holds Anna I. Lesslie, Clerk, Rochester. E . F . Haun, Agent, Peekskill, N . Y . C. L . Stevens (7), Agent, Franklin Street
N . C. Murray (2), Chief Clerk, Rochester.
know that the so-called eye troubles good here holds good in every county of the State. H . F . Nohe (2), Freight Conductor, Rochester.
W . F . Cleary, Relief Agent, Newton Hook, Station.
John Dugan (4), Clerk, Lighterage Depart-
N. Y.
may be classified into two convenient For these reasons we are asking you in appreciation of the business C. E . Raichle (2), Storekeeper, Rochester. N E W YORK DISTRICT ment.
J . M . Ryan, Station Master, Rochester.
groups. One is purely physical in its which we are giving you to help us help the railroad, thereby keeping down S. A . Ritter, Stenographer, Rochester. L . M . Reynolds (3), Head Clerk, A P A Office. H . K . Shurts, Assistant General Yard Master,
Thirty-third Street Station.
Mrs. E . G. Kenny (2), Clerk, A P A Office.
cause and effect; the other belongs J . H . Sommerville, Baggage Platform Foreman, A. Walberg (2), Clerk, A P A Office. W . E . Wilson, Chief Clerk, Franklin Street
under the classification of true diseases. our transportation condition, and our excessive highway tax and ridding Rochester. A . W . Drake, Clerk, A P A Office. Station.
Louis Schaffer, Pensioner, Rochester.
To the first belong most of the our highways of the menace and nuisance of the highway motor trucks. D. W . Walrath, Freight Agent, Rochester.
J. Malkmus (4), Assistant Head Clerk, Treas- J. A . Hayes, Special Agent, D F C A Office.
G. H . Malkmus (3), Clerk, Train Master's
ury Department.
G. Whelehan, Consolidated Ticket office,
astigmatisms, hyperopias, myopias and Rochester.
R. F . Hoppenstedt, Head Clerk, Treasury De- Office.
Fred Ackerson (34), Receiving Clerk, Barclay
partment.
combinations of them. They are the appendages as well as of the structures
H . F . Wiezel, Clerk, Rochester. W . L . Swapp, Clerk, A R Office. Street Station.
ones that cause myriads of vague and Pealing Bells Greet J . B. Granger on H . S. Carmer, Agent, Churchville, N . Y . W . M . Weller (4), Traveling Auditor, A R G. M . King (21), Receiving Clerk, Barclay
surrounding the eyes. Retirement from B. dC A . L . L . Pierce, Agent, Ionia. Office. Street Station.
distressing symptoms, and they are Since the eye is a very complex organ
F . D . Boughton, Agent, Holcomb.
E . W . Kruppenbacher (3), Assistant Head A. Haas (9), Receiving Clerk, Barclay Street
the ones responsible for much of the W i t h whistles blowing and bells F . W . Schaad, Freight Agent, Clarence Center,
Clerk, A R Office. Station.
it is natural that its diseases should be pealing, John B. Granger guided his N. Y.
C. K . Westervelt, Clerk, A R Office. T . Strong (4), Receiving Clerk, Barclay Street
quackery that is being done in the eye- referred to men with special training.
F. S. Marshall, Freight Agent, Sanborn, N . Y . Miss J . Hand, Typist, A R Office. Station.
glass field. locomotive out of the Boston & Albany J. E . Keating, Freight Agent, Holley, N . Y . John Fitting, Jr., Chief Clerk, A R Office. Charles Girnthe (2), Receiving Clerk, Barclay
So here again I must counsel you to station at Wor- G. H . Butts (5), Freight Agent, LeRoy, N. Y . C. F . Dunham, Traveling Auditor, A R Office. Street Station.
And that prompts the writer at this consult competent oculists when disease
Miss N . M . Miller (7), Clerk to Freight Agent, W . E . Barnum (2), Head Clerk, A R Office. G. Navins, Receiving Clerk, Barclay Street Sta-
very point to warn emphatically all of ^ S ^ S p j j S J H H J H l cester, Mass., on Medina, N . Y . C. F . Muller, Assistant Head Clerk, A R Office. tion.
of the eye threatens. ^^HBT^^^B February 28 on C. J . Dun, Freight Agent, Attica, N . Y . F . A. Potter, Clerk, A R Office. ADIRONDACK DIVISION
the readers of this article not to shop Finally, in closing, let me express an SYRACUSE DIVISION R. Franklin, Clerk, A R Office. A . J . Gehring (3), Freight Agent, Malone, N . Y .
for glasses as you would for a pair of "Silk n i s
^
l a r e w e r u n
C. E . Wentz, Agent, Byron, N . Y . T . J . Fitzgerald (3), Clerk, A R Office. R. G. Boyer, Chief Clerk, Malone, N . Y .
opinion for you who play with eye I ^ ^ ^ H B ^ l l H | as an engineman R. N . Lighthall, Posting Clerk, Syracuse. A. L . Bertrand, Clerk, A R Office. F. H . Spooner, Clerk, Utica, N . Y .
shoes, chest protectors, step-ins or tooth nostrums. It is my sincere opinion that J . H . Carey, Traveling Freight Agent, Syra- H . S. Hufman, Head Clerk, Auditor of Dis- John D. Douglas, Clerk, Utica, N . Y .
brushes. Instead, go to the best trained j> ; for the B. & A . cuse. bursements. Fred Nue (2), Yard Clerk, Utica, N . Y .
uses of special eye remedies (unless HHHBjjp^l The locomotive W . D . Blake, D F C A , Syracuse. K. A. Borntrager (3), Assistant Engineer, Vice- G. S. Pfiefer, Assistant Superintendent Signals,
men you can find. For you who are em- prescribed by a competent physician), was decorated
Robert Hilton, Computer, Syracuse. President's Office. Utica, N . Y .
Robert Burns, Engineman, Syracuse.
ployed by the New York Central Lines, eye washes and compounds of various SB[ with red, white W . J . Hollander, Claim Agent, Syracuse.
B. S. Hearlin, Chief Clerk, Signal Engineer.
C. L . Martin, Ticket Seller, Thirty-third Street.
BUFFALO DIVISION
P. Glaeser, Foreman, Buffalo.
my counsel is to consult one of the kinds are not necessary for the proper H n k i v v H a n (
* ^lue ti £D u n n P. H . Winchester, Division Engineer, Syracuse. J. J . Hollweg, Clerk, General Manager. E . C. Neeb, Chief Clerk, Buffalo.
James Maloney (6), Clerk, Syracuse.
splendid specialists retained and recom- care of the eye. Soap and water and a H H J ^ H B ^ H H for the occasion. E . Griffin (2), Investigator, Syracuse.
H . A. Christensen (2), Assistant Engineer, De-
signing Engineer.
C. W . Perry, Managar, Central Billing Bureau,
Buffalo.
mended by the railroad. soft wash cloth for the structures sur- Ik i ^ H H K f l B M r . Granger A . G. Osborn (3), Hea*d Adjustment Clerk, K. G. Brehm, Assistant Engineer. J. Jackson, Assistant Superintendent, Car Serv-
Syracuse.
To the other class of eye troubles be- rounding the eye and, when there is a BH8BBH n a
^ been with J. Gocklin (3), Clerk, Syracuse.
S. Parker, Clerk, D F C A .
W . J . Leonard, Clerk, D F A B .
ice, Buffalo.
H . Wilson, Chief Clerk to Freight Agent, Black
long injuries, infections, sympathetic mild irritation of known cause, a little the Boston and A l - Nellie M . H i l l (2), Correction Clerk, Syracuse. A. D. Darby, Chief Clerk, Yard Master. Rock, N . Y .
L . Bluestone, Depot Ticket Agent, Syracuse.
involvements of the eyes due to other clean salt water (1 teaspoonful to a J. B . Granger bany Railroad for H . C. V a n Bergen, Train Master, Collinwood,
Miss M . Merrill, Stenographer, Chief Engineer
Motor Power and Rolling Stock.
W . C. Meyers, Clerk, District Equipment
Office, Buffalo.
diseases, such as Bright's Disease, or- pint of boiled water) are quite enough forty-five years as Ohio. F. H . Woolfall, Jr., Secretary to Vice-Presi- Virginia Bonner (2), Clerk, Buffalo.
Arthur Lunn, Conductor, Syracuse.
ganic d i s e a s e s of the eye a n d of the for the normal eye. fireman and engineman.
dent. W . J . O'Brian, Freight Agent, Buffalo.You can also read
