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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.