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k'iftg Years of Progress in Joplin, Mo. I:ifty ycors o!jo /'hoto!/rtrphcr C.. 14'. Jlrdd of Jopliir, Mo., ~z~ho sprc.itrlid irr phtrto!~rczplty of "rrrirrcs, iirirri~r~ irmib ; rrsiderrccs, livestock, CIC.,'' osrordilr~ to his lel~rr.ltcuds, ~ o ~(rll~(1 s to lhc FI.;.YCO depot lo rrcord for postcri~y n Frisco i,lr livc 'u-hiclr had jusl co~rrc lo Joph trezrl fro111 the shops. Tlrerc roos rro skgli~rc irr Jopliir irr 1879, as /Ire plrotograph ijrl! ) Tlrr pictrrrc is tkc properly of C'. '11. C'trrroll. Frisco cngiaccr irr Joplitr, arrd .mas srcrwed for tlrr ~llu~gozirrc by Jlr. HF~IT;; ,qrrro-trt rort!/-orfor of Joplirr, roltosr. sistcr is Mrs. CorroN. irr ordcr to properly prrsrrrt Ihr fifly-year corttrost irr Joplirr's gl.o.z~llr (orrd irrcidcrrtoll~ irr I;risco ~rrotivr PO~IPT), 07 ph.otoyroplr. wos rrrotie lust rrrorrllr trl c.roctly tlrc satnc spot. Thr skylii~ Irnd grozwn, tlrr Dnckgrorrrrd liad cllarrged. .! , rrcar right is thc pltrrit of lhc Arrrcr.icarr Frrnritrrrr Corrrparr~. ~\~c.rl !o the left is thc First Natiorrol Rarrk Building i distance; tlrm the tozr?rrirr,q Christrrmrr Rttildb~g, which is scrrr Dctizccrt tlrc stack arrd first dorrre of tltc locorrrotiz~c. A glirtrpsc of !hr fiftjr-ycwr yrowlh of Joplilt czrrd Frisro 1,i~r.r.v ir co~toi~red in tlrcsc controstky plrotographs, MORE RAPID HANDLING wnle date at 3:00 p. ~n., unloaded and Customer: I'nl afraid this sitit eign cal.s the fact that forto be leturne(l to the delivered back to the Missouri Pacific at. Ft. Gibson on August 15. The case shrink if it gets wet. How abo Abe? llonle line the least posgihle (le- Was gilten special conlmendation by 4be: No, siree, every fire corn lay. H. A. J ~ agellt at ~ Welling, ~ J. ~ H. Dogwell, ~ su~erillteildent ~ ~ of ~ in town , has squirted water on Oltla., reports follo\ving case tral~sportation at <strong>Springfield</strong>. suit. excellent handling which included the best of co-operation OII the part of the ''lsn'f my auto a beauty? It cost Impatient Co-ed: Say, what'. cousigr~ee and the agent. sixteen thousand clollars." idea? I've been standing here 17. Missouri Pacific 84250, loaded with "'W'hy, I didn't know autos ever five minutes. flour and consigned to Grant Brothers. cost that much." Withered Bank Clerk: Think. was received at Ft. Gibson, Okla., "Oh, it cost only five h~indred, but ing of it, my dear, I've been ria. August 14, delivered to the consignee I spent the re? in repairs." here twenty-five years.
ir mnch being said about it in mspapers. locomotive is one of the larger used in freight service, is six old and has a record of 1,700 on the rails without having the inocked from under its boilers. up grades and dragging be- t from 63 to 120 freight cars as has warranted. Thirteeii crews cineem and firemell have been ed putting the old goliath h the test. At last reports the ing crews said they were going ,p on the rails and keep goin:: g as the engine held out. Per- the rails will wear out before ogine does. Perhaps business I Birminghan~ and Kansas Cit? ake up a purse Of $110 an hour :ery additional 60 nlirlutes the In horse keeps going. eight engine takes more punish- @an an airplane. They asiiall~ thorouAh "going-over" ill tho louse at the end of 500 miles of ?. Airplane lnotors have been strated time aud again. A ose- ng like a freight loconlotive tle- as mnch attention. king about elldurance runs, overlook the feat of a Frisco' dive which covered more thall lousand miles without a "rest." eventeen days, or some thin^ ut, the locomotive was runninr: rhe country from terminal to al driving heavily loaded trailis ght cars. Formerly locomotives ly betn.een division points, cov- about 125 miles or such matter Ime out. Then taken in, fire and they were allowed to cool it seems the modern locomo- ot only draws fonr to sixfold ~d drawn a quarter century ago goes on for clays and days with- ring Lhe fire taken from its fire- n th? olden days probably less alf of a railway's rolling stock use at a time. NOW cars are unloaded and again filled and Lo other destinatious with a Im amount of idle time that )reased demand for service may lsfied and that a high rate of ley may meet the overhead and i small portion for stock divi- In our progress of the past cades no department of n~odern iy has nhown greater develop- than rallways, the chief veins teries of commerce. Excellent Track on Afton Sub ~,llo,) I,r:r~de,, OJ Pap 13 F'IYIIII the 4Spt~ii!!/fiel~l .A fl.c/?l,~t I x. 1!12!1, The Iron Horse, Frisco engine KO. Kansas City Ilnit No. 6. of the 4113, has succeeded in setting up ;I aiixiliary to the Friaco Veterans' record of endurance which is quite as Association. held its first meeting of important. il not so iiilensely spec- the fall at the Hotel Baltimore, Friday. tacular, as many or all of the many September 13. ai~d reports a splendid n~odern tests of endurance in other attendance. Plans were discussetl lines of human or mechanical esl~ilor a busy winter program and inbitions. cluded in the plans is a drive for new That a locon~otive slioultl emerg? members. unhaimed antl still ready and "rear- "We are going to have one meetin' " to go after runs lasting 25 days iug each month," Mrs. J. L. McCarter, aud coveriug a distance of more thau 7,000 miles sans so much as a singh: ~wesitleut of the auxiliary, said. "on0 repair, is all achievement worthy of in the afternoon just for the ladie(% all praise and deserving of a place and the nest month we will have the in the history ot' modern-day trans- meeting in the evening and include portation. It bespeaks a fine, pains- the men. laking, iutelligent applicatioii o f "I am not in as close touch wlth brains to the biiiltling of machinery the presidents of the other auxilithat is to be dedicated to the service aries as I wonld like. and I would of man, to the easing of his burdens like very inuch to have them write autl the lightening of his toil. me and tell me of their activities. I It would not be at all 1111befittin.s am intensely iuterested in each unit that a medal should be struck in hon- and would like very much to correor of Frisco engine No. 4113 and riv- spond with each president, for I feel eted conspicuously on its, massive we could suggest things to each front that wherever 'it runs folk may other which would be of benefit. read it and wonder. "Our Kansas City unit has a flower autl sick committee, also an enter Paymeuts by the Metropolitan IAt'e Insurance Company to insured officers aintl enlployes of Frisco Liues duri~ig August, 1929. totaled S24.Si4.92, divided as follows: Shop group. health, $2.997.18; total and permanent disability. 8316.64; accidental death and dismemberment. $1,000; death. $2,- 000.00. Supervisory group, total and permanent disability, $1.939.54; death, $15,241.00. Clerks, total antl pernlanent disability, $550.56 tainmeut committee and these committees report at each meeting. We pay dues of 60 cents each year nhich gives us a little working sun1 wlth which to carry orlt our plans. The payment of diies could of course. IY optional with each clnh." Mrs. WcCarter reports the next meeting of the Kansas City onit on October 11, at the Women's Benefit Association club rooms. 2 West Linwood boulevard, Friday g. m. at S:00 o'clock. All veterans and wives are assured of a hearty welcome, and visitors in the city are urged to attend.
Page 2 and 3: ILLINOIS WATCHES ARE BETTER THAN TH
Page 4 and 5: Pnge 2 We HORACE WILLIAMS CO., INC.
Page 6 and 7: ST. MARY'S, MO., WINS GARDEN PRIZl
Page 8 and 9: PRESENT RADIO TO INVALID VETERA\ I
Page 10 and 11: CHANCE OPERATING POLICY SEPT. FIRST
Page 12 and 13: T NEWS of the FRISCO CLUBS Wichita,
Page 14 and 15: What Nation's Newspapers Said Edito
Page 18 and 19: INAUGURATE NEW TRAIN "Air Capital L
Page 20 and 21: FREIGHT ERRORS DECREASE With sixty-
Page 22 and 23: T LOCOMOTIVE FUEL PERFORMANCE RECOR
Page 24 and 25: FUEL RECORDS (Corttirrircd frolrr P
Page 26 and 27: S I7iz,c Frkco I.ilte.c wtewrt rr~r
Page 28 and 29: Don't Trade Your Lunch Box ID you e
Page 30 and 31: Page 28 S CHOOL days agaiu! Old She
Page 33 and 34: 7'11;s I ~trpp~, croz~d attcudcd th
Page 35 and 36: '"mr Owens and wife soent Labor Dav
Page 37 and 38: October, 1929 a member of the Frisc
Page 39: UY IN SYSTEM-WIDE 1 "9NTEST 'WELVE
Page 44 and 45: Page 42 BRAKE LEVER BADGE PLATE HE
Page 46 and 47: Pngc 44 Katherine Vogel, chief cler
Page 48 and 49: Pngc 36 I RIVER DIVISION I I!mI the
Page 50 and 51: Payc 48 . . night foreman at the ro
Page 52: Page 50 were the members of the acc
Page 55: , 11 l'astle rmployed as a comptome
Page 58 and 59: l'aul Stecher on September 17th. Th
Page 60 and 61: To\vcr Grove Statinn, llas rrtrlrne
Page 62 and 63: "Micltcy" Thompson was ill tho Fris
Page 64 and 65: Pogr 62 I American Handle Company M
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FOR GOOD SERVICE HY MAN - MICHAELS
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LAYNE WELL SYSTE'MS ARE DEPENDABLE
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For better concrete culverts and br
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MINER FRICTION DRAFT GEARS IDEAL SA
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Pngc 72 L WESTERN TIE AND TIMBER CO
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