DO Y O U LIKE THE N A M E "THE
FRISCO-MAN"?
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l c rli.s;lgrcc 011 \\.lictllrr o r
nut tlicrc, is "all!-lliing i l l a ~ ~ a ~ i i c . "
Some c.o~itcnrl t l ~ a ta t h i y g o r 1)cbr.soll
is iutlgecl oril!- 1)y its cluality o r al)ility,
\\.liilc o t h e r s ai-c c q i ~ a l l ~i n. s i ~ t c n tthat
tlic I1;inlc has a s t r o n g Ilearing o n t h c
\ . a l ~ ~oci tlic na~ilecl, 1)c its qualities
tlirj. \voultl Ila\.c inatlc ;L sllirlil~g111;lrli
in thc ;ilTai~-sof t h c I\-orltl ha(l they
Regrouping of Lines
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1:. ( ;. pcttil,n~lc, C h i c r a l 1lariagc1-,
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St. Louis. Mo.. April 1, 1919
Henry F. Sanborn Promoted
T o M y Frisco Friends:
Before leaving the Frisco scrvice.
I will not have a n opportunity to
see many of you. and a m takind
this occasion to s a y "Goodbye".
and to e x p r e s s my sincere appreciation of o u r mutual friendshipo n c of the things that has helped
to make life worth while.
I a m locating with M r . R. F.
Carr. o n his plantations a t Drew,
Mississippi.
M y best wishes and kindest
feelings will always be with the
Frisco Bunch, and I would like to
be remembered a s o n e of the
Bunch.
Sincerely.
FRANCIS X. QUINN.
. .
United States ~ 1 r o4 a c ' ~ c l r n ~ n ~ s t m a t i o n
SUGGESTIONS W E L C O M E D
RAILROAD M E N AND PUBLIC
T O WORK TOGETHER
tc
1)titc.d 10 \\ark i l l l l ~ c111031 c o ~ ~ ~ p l cliarn1n11y ill the p ~ ~ l ) l i c~ i t ~ r c s t ,
;\s a result of Llie nieotinfi, the Llircctor
Gclleral h a s put i n t o cffcct a policy a s t o
the operation o f tllc railroads u n d e r Fcilcral control i n v o l v i ~ ~policc
a
r e a u l a t i o n s of
tlic sc\;cral S t a t e s o t h c r than thosc affccti u g the t r a n s p o r t a t i o t ~ of troops, \var materials or C o v e r r ~ ~ i i c s~ui pt l ~ l i c s or
, tlic issuc
of stocks o r I)o~itls o r rate.;, farvs a ~ ~ t l
c l i a r ~ c s . r ~ ~ ~ t wliicli
lcr
t l ~ r Statc C o ~ i ~ ~ ~ i i s ~
sions \\.ill I ~ a v cjuristlictio~i i l l s r ~ c lnlattcrs
a s s p u r tracks. railroatl csossir~gs, safety
al)plia~~cc's.
track c o ~ ~ ~ i c c t i train
o ~ ~ ss.c r v ~ c c .
tltc c s t a l ) l i s h ~ ~ ~~ci ~i a~ it n, t c ~ ~ a ~~~ cs~ca ~d ~ i t x tion o f statiou facilities, t h c investigation
o f accidents a n d o t h c r nlattcrs o i local scrvicc. s a f e t y antl equipment. Tt will I)c t h c
policy o f t h e D i r e c t o r Gcneral t o scc t h a t
the o r d e r s of tlic S t a t e C o m m i s s i o n s ill
tlicsc m a t t e r s a r e carriccl orit.
1hrri11.gt h r c o ~ ~ f c r c ~ ithe
c c , Director Cenera1 called attc11tio11 to tlic fact that: the
T:ctlr.ral C o n t r o l Act gives po\vcr t o t h r
PI-esidcnt t o initiate ratcs, fares. charges,
clas+ific:~tions,r r g ~ ~ l a t i oand
n ~ PI-actices b y
filing them wit11 t l ~ c Tntcrstate Co~nrncrcc:
C o m m i s s i o t ~ , a n d cmpowct-s t h a t botly t o
rcvic\v thc justness antl reasonablcncss of
them. T l ~ cm c m l ) r r s of the S t a t c C o n l ~ n i s siolis took the p o s i t i o ~ that
~
t l ~ ci l ~ t r a s t x t c
r-atrs a r e ncvertliclcss sul)icct t o their juri>tliction. Tn ortlcr t o ;~djutlicatcthcsc Illattcl-5. the Director G c ~ i c r a la n l ~ o u r ~ c v it tl t o
I)e l ~ i spolicy to cspctlitc in c\Tcry \vay a
final decision 1)y t l ~ ca p p r o l ~ r i x t rtril)(inal o f
the q u c s t i o ~ ~ats i s s l ~ cI)et\\:rcn thc Railro:~tl
. \ d ~ ~ ~ i n i s t r a t ixo~ni d the S t a t c I)oclies.
'I'he D i r e c t o r s of 'I'rxffic a n d Pul)lic Scrvice of t h e IJllitcd S t a t c s Railroail Administration \\-ere dircctcd. bcforc authorizing atlvanccs of a n y i m p o r t a ~ ~ cinc rates. farcs o r
charges, citlcer i t ~ t r r s t a t eo r state, t o submit them t o the S t a t e Commissions ill the
S t : ~ t e s affrctctl for their ail\-ice ant1 sugg<~st~oIl.
COAL PURCHASING P O L I C Y O F
RAILROAD A D M I N I S T R A T I O N
T I I o r d e r t11:1t t h r policy n i t l ~ cUnitrtl
S t a t e s Raill-oat1 ; \ d l ~ ~ i l i i s t r ; ~ t i or tc~s p c c t i ~ ~ p
the g c l ~ r r a l coal m i n i n p Iahor situation
might properly i ) c 1)laceil bciorc the r m ploycs c n c a p c d in t l ~ i ? ; inclustl-y. 1)ircctor
Gcncral 1 T i n ~ sc n ~ ~ i e r r e trlc c c l ~ t l y \\.it11 J.
T,. T,e\vib, vice-prvsideiit o i t l ~ cL-~litcdITiilc
,
11-2rrc.n R. Pip\ \ ~ o s k c . r<>i
~ A ~ i ~ r r i c aantl
11i11, of t l ~ cl;al,nr
Bureau, I-. S. I.'u(.I AdS T A T E RAILROAD COMMISSIONS
n ~ i n i > t r a t i o ~T~L . 11;ltl bcc11 c l a i n ~ r t lthat t l ~ c
PROMISE CO-OPERATION
\\-:IS tr).iqg t o force
Railroad :\titni~iistr;ltic)~~
F o r tllc purposc of c l a r i i v i ~ ~rc~l;tLionsliip
x
tlo\v11 p s i c i s t o s u c l ~all < , x t c ~a~5 t t o 11ri11g'
11ct\vee11the U n i t e d S t a t e s Kailroacl .\d~clin- almut ;I tic-crease i n thc price of I a l ~ o r .
istration a n d tllc Stiitc I<ail~-o;dand 1'111)lic Ser\:ic<s C o ~ l ~ m i . i s i o ~ lantl
s
a g r e e i ~ ~ g 1)irector C;cnc.r:ll l l i n e s csplainctl t o those
\ ~ I I u attentlet1 tlic meeting t l ~ a tevery cfTor1
upon a p l n t ~ o f constructi\.c cu-ol)erntion
I w i t ! ~made I)y him antl his associate.:
nnilcr pe:tct% c o ~ ~ t l i t i o n s1)irc.ctor
,
Cc~~c,r;~l
t o ; ~ v o i ~aln y :tctin~l c a l c u l a t e ~ l to ( l e r ~ r c s s
~ l c c t h c s c oflici:tl.;
Ilines licltl a c o ~ ~ i c . ~ - c\\.it11
at \ \ 7 a s l i i n g t o ~ern
~ T,'cl)ru:ir?. 19. 'T'hcrc (I(,- \va.-cs oi coal 11iinc~1.sur tllC a m o u n t c!i coal
produrcd.
\.clopctl t l u r i ~ i g tllc rli.;ci~.;iori ail e;irllcst
"9o111vtinir : ~ g ~ n I,I "C d ~ , c I a r e d:it thc ,galll~ cl m r t i r r1cbiri.m Q I ~tlic 11asl of ; ~ l l t l 1 ~ 1\ v~ l ~