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78 New York Central Lines Magazine for May, 1928
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"EN who have railroaded since
the days of wooden coaches
and wood-burning engines,
together with the men and women
who have joined the ranks in more recent
years, attended the second annual
banquet of the Niagara Frontier
Chapter of the New York Central
Veterans' Association in the Statler
ballroom on the fourteenth of April.
It was a most colorful gathering of
men and women from all branches of
railroad service, and their friends.
The spacious ballroom was filled to
capacity, with tables on the stage and
in the balcony. Good-fellowship was
the keynote of the gathering and vociferous
applause greeted the pleas of
railroad officials for continued co-operation
and increased efficiency. Michael
C. Slattery, President of the Association,
presided and welcomed the
assemblage, and Dr. J. W. LeSeur
acted as toastmaster.
/• John D. Wells, Managing Editor of
the "BlirFaTo" Courter-Express, was the
principal speaker of the evening, tracing
in a serious-humorous talk the
growth of the railroad industry from
the pioneer days to the present day,
when speed with safety is the slogan.
"Railroads, curiously, span the life of
practically every man," Mr. Wells
said. "The two rigid bands of steel,
beginning way back in those halcyon
days, lead right down to here and now,
and I dare say, have far greater influence
upon the lives of men than
most of those men realize. Could we
turn back—take the back track for example—those
two lines would carry
us right back to the time and place
from which we have strayed too far.
Symbols of Advancement
"The railroad has been the greatest
factor in the upbuilding of the nation.
The railroads are the great symbols
of speed and world advancement."
In his brief talk, Mr. Wells told of
several personal experiences and of
the careful manner in which railroad
men safeguard passengers. He told
of an experience in South Bend, Ind.,
in which an old woman, upon arriving
at her destination, personally
thanked the engineman and gave him
a piece of fruit cake for safely piloting
the train through the night.
The other speakers included T. Wt vans. Vice-President of the Indiana
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Thousand at Second Annual Dinner of
Buffalo Veterans
arbor Belt Railroad, Chicago: Nor­
man E. Mack, Democratic State Committeeman
and publisher of the Buffalo
Times; D. W. Dinan, ^General
Manager, New York Central? Buffalo
and East; David B. Fleming, Assistant
General Mariager*,~Liri'e "fest,
and Frank E. McCormack, General
Superintendent.
Mr. Evans spoke of the co-operation
which always has characterized
local employes of the New York Central
and he pointed to it as one reason
why the Niagara Frontier always
has been so successful in railroad
work. He referred to his career, start­
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ing with his first position in Buffalo,
and gave some interesting facts concerning
the gigantic railroad business
of Chicago.
Mr. Dinan also pleaded for continued
co-operation as a means to increased
efficiency. He wound up his
remarks with a plea for every man
and woman to get out and register in
order to bring out a heavy vote for
the presidential election.
Besides the aforementioned, those
guests at the speakers' table included
W. A. Hamler, C. H. Hogan, W. G.
Abriel, W. O. ThonrpTon, "1. A. Ward
and E. ri. uroiy.
Too" muchITfedlf "Cannot be given to
Tom Ward, Assistant Freight Claim
Agent, who was general chairman of
the affair, assisted by R. C. Benson,
T. H. Breene, F. J. Brennan, G. F.
Burns, M. J. Crean, G. Eberhardt, C.
H. Hogan, Grace Kolb, M. Kellener,
C. S. McGinley, E. Newton, C. F.
Urtt, J. C. Pierce, F. Schaefer, W. B.
Shone, H. H. Varley, C. R. Wiseman
and Rose Wode.
Committees for the Dinner
Others who served on the Reception
Committee were: F. E. McCormack,
chairman; Nellis Andrews, J. S. Blasie,
P. Boyle, E. R. Boa, L. D. Burns,
J. F. Carney, R. L. Chandler, L. W.
Clegg, G. A. Dabell, M. Dwyer, N. J.
Evans, George Evans, A. J. Fries, T.
E. Fleming, W. A. Hamler, F. J.
Hamscher, A. G. Hentz, R. C. Hicks,
L. Howard, M. J. Kane, P. J. Keough,
G. E. Kern, A. Lawson, Mae Lyons,
W. H. Masterman, F. C. McGrath, E.
Mossey, J. Muhlbauer, M. J. Murphy,
W. H. Newman, W. J. O'Brien, 07X7
orcher, j W. S. Randolph, WK^TT
eeseman, F. S. Rice, J. H. Sneedy,
J. A. Sands, d. Lf. »auer, T. J. Sexton,
B. F. Shone. ,.T. Singer, ji. Taylor,
J. G. Townsend, C. B. Unangst, J. H.
Vosburgh and C.'H. WeBer.
Dancing followed the dinner.
Singing by the entire audience, led
by the orchestra and a song leader,
was a pleasant feature of the evening.
Some of the songs sung to special
words are given here:
SIDE BY SIDE
(To President P. E. Crowley)
Oh, we don't get a barrel of money,
Crowley may think that we're funny,
But, we'll hustle along, singing a song,
Side by side.
We don't know what's coming tomorrow,
Maybe it's trouble and sorrow
But, we'll work for the road, sharing the load,
Side by side.
Through all kinds of weather,
What if the skies should fall
Just as long as we're together,
It doesn't matter at all.
When other roads feel kind of hard-up,
We'll hit the ball about sun-up,
Just you and me, and Boss P. E.,
Side by side.
HOWDY SONG
Howdy do, Mr. McCormack, howdy do.
Howdy do, Mr. Hamler, how are you,
We are with you to a man; we'll do anything
we can,
Howdy do, Mr. Porcher, Howdy do.
How do you do. How do you do.
How do you doodle, doodle, doodle, doodle, do.
If the N.Y.C. but knew, just how much we
think of you—
How do you doodle, doodle, doodle, doodle, do.
HOGAN
(Tune: "H-a-r-r-i-g-a-n")
H-O-G-A-N, that's the way to spell Ho-gan,
Proud of all the Irish blood that's in me,
Divil a man can say a word agin me,
H-O-G-A-N, that's the man you see,
Is a name that a shame never has been connected
with,
Ho-gan, that's me.
THE CURSE OF AN ACHING HEART
(To Mike Slattery and John Walber)
You made us what we are today,
We know you're satisfied.
You got the gang together and
Right now we're nearly tied,
With divisions down the line,
For sports, events and such,
If it wasn't for Slattery and Walber,
We sure would be out of luck.
A PLEA TO DINAN FROM HIS HELP
Dinan, Dinan, give us your answer, do,
We're not whinin', it's all because of you,
Tonight you look so cheerful,
We'll just slip you an earful,
We pray this day, you'll raise our pay,
And we hope, by gosh, you do.
"SHOW ME THE WAY TO GO HOME"
The New York Central Lines,
The road without an end,
Carries you where you want to go
And brings you back again.
Wherever you may roam,
O'er land or sea or foam,
The New York Central Railroad
Will bring you swiftly home.
AMONG MY SOUVENIRS
(Dedicated to Charley Hogan's memorable race
with time on the 999)
There's nothing left for me, of a day that used
to be.
I live in memory within that good old cab.
I opened throttle wide, sped through the countryside,
.1 felt my joy and pride, I was a happy lad.
I have a token left, within my humble breast,
•And it sure does its best, to bring me consol-a-tion.
I sit alone and sigh of good old days gone by.
And up until I die, I'll have a souvenir.
Capitol Vets Plan Picnic at
Bear Mountain
•jOEAR MOUNTAIN on the Hudson
River will be the site of the picnic
of Capitol Chapter, New York Central
Veterans' Association, this summer, it
was decided at a meeting in Odd Fellows
Hall, Albany, April 16.
Five hundred members attended the
gathering, at which Mayor John B.
Thatcher was a speaker. Addresses
were also given by Assistant General
Manager D. B. Fleming, General Superintendent
F. S. Risley, General
Foreman Benson and Dr. J. W.
LeSeur.
Serious Problem
An engineer surveying the right of
way for a proposed railroad in 1870
was talking to a farmer.
"Yes," he said, "the line will run
right through your barnyard."
"Well," answered the farmer, "ye
can do it if ye want, but I'll be jiggered
if I'll git up in the night just
to open the gate every time a train
comes through."—Capper's Weekly.
New York Central Lines Magazine for May, 1928
ioto Chapter Presents Life Membership
Cards to Retired Veterans
BOUT 225 Veterans and their
friends assembled for the meeting
of Scioto Chapter of the Veterans'
Association of the New York Central
Railroad at the Elks Home, Columbus,
Ohio, Tuesday evening, April 24.
President W. A. Jex stated that the
meeting was primarily called to present
life membership cards to retired
veterans of Scioto Chapter. In this
connection he said that there were
4,308 employes on the pension rolls of
the New York Central Lines, of whom
735 were pensioned during 1927, 98
being employes of the Ohio Central
Lines. Mr. Jex presented life membership
cards to the following retired
veterans:
Charles S. Hawley, Paul Eberst, J.
F. Newcomer, J. C. Blackwood, Lemon
Meeker, Christ Dunlavy, J. C. Holmes,
Joseph Staggs, A. H. Skidmore,
George W. Funk, James Anderson,
E. A. Smith, G. P. Eichhorn, Charles
Becker, C. E. Dienst, Abraham Lucas.
It was also announced that life
membership cards would be mailed to
the following members who were unable
to be present at this meeting:
J. D. Terrell, James A. Bope, Harry
Hoselton, John O'Toole, Oren St.
Clair, Charles N. Beelman, Enoch
McDaniel, John Barrett, Harry Flegel,
Wilhelm Goehringer, P. Christman,
H. C. Billet, C. H. Baldwin, John Rayner,
D. J. Sullivan, John Younker,
William H. Murphy, Asa McAfee, J.
H. Forrest, L. M. Gruver, James K.
Clarke, W. B. Kent, William Ryan,
Charles Roberts, A. E. Wheeler, J. F.
Youse, J. L. Morgan, Jacob Edsinger,
James G. Forbes, John Hammond,
Philip S. Butts, F. A. Hamilton, Walter
P. Vetter, H. C. Sargle, Charles
Bentz, James Neely, William H. Miller,
Warner N. Evans, William A.
Giles, James Hartsell.
Dr. J. W. LeSeur, Special Representative
of President P. E. Crowley,
vas presented an honorary life membership
in the Scioto Chapter. Dr.
LeSeur acknowledged receipt of these
"ife memberships on behalf of the reired
veterans and spoke highly of the
-rvice which had been rendered by
hese veterans.
Announcement was made that the
cioto Chapter picnic will be held at
lentangy Park, Columbus, August 4.
Committees are now being appointed
to make arrangements for this annual
affair.
As a special feature of this meeting,
motion pictures were shown of the
Centralized Dispatching System put
in operation on the Ohio Central Lines
between Berwick, Ohio, and Stanley
(Toledo), July 25, 1927. This system
is the outgrowth of studies made by
signal engineers of the Ohio Central
Lines and the technical force of the
General Railway Signal Company and
is known as the Absolute Positive
Block System. The dispatcher, located
in an office thirty miles from one end
and ten miles from the other end of
this installation, operates each switch
and signal and controls all trains on
this forty-mile stretch. By this sys­
tem trains are met and passed without
stopping, since switches can be thrown
by the dispatcher admitting a train to
a siding.
Signal Supervisor Oscar Falkenstein
of Columbus, in a brief talk before
the picture was shown, pointed
out the fact that this was the first,
and to date the only system of its kind
in the world and that railroad men
from many different countries have
inspected its operation. Installations
on other roads of various extent are
now being undertaken by the General
Railway Signal Company.
Harry Haggard entertained with
songs and Edward Seifert with a
monologue.
The meeting was closed by a buffet
lunch and a general get-together.
L. D. Gibson Retires
D. GIBSON became a railroad
L• man by a coincidence but liked the
work so well that he continued with
it until his retirement
recently.
The passenger
agent at Grafton,
Ohio, watched
him as he worked
in the stone quarries
of Grafton
and offered him a
job as baggage
master.
From that day
in 1880, Mr. Gibson
stayed with
the Big Four as
L. D. Gibson baggage master,
switchman and
clerk. He is, of course, an ardent
booster of the New York Central system
on every occasion.
O. Pioneers Dine at Watertown
FROM early afternoon until late
at night, the R. W. & 0. Pioneers'
Chapter of the Veterans'
Association made merry at the annual
meeting in the Hotel Woodruff of
Watertown, N. Y., April 25. Officers
were chosen and plans for outings
made at the business meeting at 3
o'clock, and at 7:30 P.M. four hundred
places were filled at the banquet.
Afterward there was dancing.
Harry S. Rauch again will be President
of the chapter for the year 1928.
Elected with him were J. H. O'Brien
and C. D. Shaff, Vice-Presidents; J.
H. Powers, Secretary-Treasurer; R.
C. Ellsworth, Historian; Executive
Committee—E. Dillingham, W. D.
Carnes, W. J. Dempsey, F. W. Smith,
W. V. Bidwell, and J. H. Rhubart;
Nominating Committee—H. S. Ellsworth,
F. L. Wilson, W. N. Hyatt, C.
J. Finch, H. R. McGrath, H. O'Reilly
and W. S. Austin.
Efforts will be made by the Association
to secure a large delegation to
attend the joint outing of all chapters
at Erie Beach, Canada, July 19, it was
decided at the business meeting. A
letter ballot will be taken of the membership
to decide where and when the
R. W. & O. Chapter will hold its own
outing this summer.
The report of the secretary showed
a membership of 947, an increase of
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more than 300 for the year. The activity
of officers and co-operation of
members was made responsible for the
growth, which officers hope to augment
further during the year.
Dr. J. W. LeSeur, of Batavia, who
acted as toastmaster, spoke briefly on
the value of fellowship, which he
praised as the keynote of the Veterans'
Association.
Brief remarks were made by D. B.
Fleming, Assistant General Manager;
Frank McCormack and F. S. Risley,
General Superintendents; W. O.
Thompson, Equipment Assistant; Superintendents
C. F. Moyer and C. E.
Olp; Charles H. Hogan, Engineman
of the famous 999, and W. D. Carnes,
retired Conductor.
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LEADING INDIVIDUAL AVERAGES
OF SYRACUSE BOWLERS
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Larder 63 657 237 12,496 198
Mullen 81 638 266 15,290 189
Keller 84 652 268 15,918 189
Maloney 77 648 258 14,319 187
Hinds 75 629 256 13,981 186
Deegan 69 650 230 12,610 183
Cole 72 617 258 13,199 183
Timm 6 573 205 1,083 181
Brownell 84 692 246 15,212 181
Faulds 15 569 212 2,663 178
Tallman 69 621 223 12,274 178
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84 75,329 2,933 1,028 68 16 810
84 72,985 2,892 1,046 54 30 643
84 66,718 2,628 947 43 41 512
84 67,740 2,730 990 40 44 476
84 70,089 2,772 996 40 44 476
84 70,120 2,850 1,037 40 44 476
84 69,641 2,671 965 37 47 440
84 63,956 2,522 895 14 70 167