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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-11
RAILROAD TIMETABLES
r EHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD.
IL May Is, 1902.
ARRANGEMENT OF PASSENGER TRAINS.
LEAVE FREELAND.

LEAVE FREELAND.
8 l2 a m for weatherly, Mauch Chunk
Allentown, iiethlehcm, Easton, Phla-
delphia and New York.
z 20 m for Sandy Run, White Haven,
Wilkes-Barre, Pittston and Scranton.
8 Is a m for Ha2leton, Weatherly, Mauch
Chunk. Allentown, bethlehem, Easton,
philadelphia, New York, Delano and
Pottsylle.
9 So IN for Hazleton, Delano, Mahanoy
City, Shenandoah and Mt. Carmel.
l ! AS n IN for Weatherly, Mauch Chunk AL
lentown, Bethlehem, Easton, Phia-
delphia, New York, Hazleton, Delano,
Mahanoy City, Shenandoah and Mt.
l l 4 Il IN for White Haven, Wilkes Barre,
Scranton and the West.
4 Al III for Weatberly, Mauch Chunk, AL
lentown, Bethlehem, Easton, Philadel-
phia, New York, Hazleton, Deuno
Mahanoy City, Shenandoah, Mt. Carme
and Pottsvillc.
35 IN for Sandy Run, White Haven,
Wilkes Barre, Scranton and all points
West.
z 20 p IN for HaZleton.
ARRIVE AT FREELAND.
z 20 a IN from Pottsville, Delano and Haz-
8 2 III from New York, Philadelphia, Eas-
ton, bethlehem, Allentown, Mauch
Chunk, Weatherly, Hazleton, Mahanoy
City, Shenandoah and Mt. Carmel
. 80 Il IN from Scranton, Wilkes Barre and
White Haven.
l / 4 Il m from Pottsville, Mt. Carmel, Shen-
apd0ah, Mahanoy City, Delano and
HaZleton.
l2 35 p IN from New York, Philadelphia,
Easton, Bethlehem, Allentown, Mauch
Chunk and Weathery.
a "A IN from Scranton, Wilkes Barre and
8 35 p m from New York, Philadelphia.
Easton, bethlehem Allentown, Mauch
Chunk, Weatherly, Mt. Carmel, Shenan-
doah, Mahanoy City, Delano and Hazle-
ton.
z 20 = m from Scranton, Wilkes Barre and
White Haven.
For further information inquire of Ticket
Agents.
ROLLIN II WILBUR, General Superintendent.
20 Cortlandt Street, New York CITY.
CHAS. S. LEE. General Passenger Agent,
- ~ Cortlandt Street, New York City.
u. j. GlLDROY, Division Superintendent,
Hazleton, Pa.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-11

Following the adoption by the West
flying continent wide scope and the ad-
dition to its platform of plank de-
claring for independent politics, the
American Labor union Is taking steps
to expand jurisdiction to southern and
eastern states, where 1t expects to
gather in the so called progressive
trades unions and such of the labor Or
ganizations as are dissatisfied with the
American Federation of Labor.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-11

S1.5O a year is all the TRIBUNE costs
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-11

AT Toronto, Canada, the trades and
labor council has passed a strong reso-
luton In condemnation of the calling
out of the militia in connection with
the recent street railway strike. One
of the delegates said that 1t was time
that labor organizations took steps to
arm and equip their own men to meet
those armed and employed Oh the side
of capital in labor disputes.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-11

Death For a Dollar.
In the last twenty years 10000
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-16
THE MEN BEHIND
! THE TRAINS @

THE men who move the trains,'
namely, the dispatchers. The train dis
patcher has been the subject of innu-
merable tales of fiction whereby he has
saved hundreds of lives and millions OF
dollars for his road, but Of the train dis
patcher in real life little is known
The men who in ST. Paul give the or
Gers- over the ever-busy wires that keep
the tracks clear and tains in running
shape are not the dispatchers of the
thrilling story. They are calm-faced,
pleasant, healthy men, who work eight
hours a day and handle their business as
does every ether employee of the rail
road, or of any great corporations, for
that matter.
The train dispatcher is an important
feature Of the great railway systems
Of the country. 1t would not do to, de-
tract from him any of the Importance
Of his position. His hand must be steady
and his brain clear. He must learn to
obey orders literally, and there his re-
sponsibility ends
He is entirely and pleasantly different
from the nervous wild-eyed dispatcher
OF fiction. He is a unit in the movement
OIL a big railway system, but, as before
stated he is an important one
To SIT for an hour in the office of the
train dispatcher, and to be able to trans
late the messages that come In over the
wire would be liberal education to the
man who has depended upon fiction for
his idea of a train dispatcher.
1t is commonplace to the dispatcher,
and must needs be uncommon to the Law
man. To learn over a ticking wire that
No. so is two hours late" is not a star
Ting piece of information to the unin-
itiated, but to the busy dispatcher It
means that tracks must be cleared at
another than the usual point for the pas
sage of mo. so" and another train.
This is but an incident to the train
dispatcher. To combat with the situa-
ton requires but little foreknowledge
of the affairs of the road on the part of
the chief" as the head dispatcher is
referred to, and the matter is straight
ened out
But it is with the late trains, "extras"
and specials that the ordinary dispatcher
deals mostly. The fact that a president
special is switched onto his division at
some unexpected point must not discon-
cert him. He must know exactly what
to do with the special and with the reg
ular trains. He must have a thorough
knowledge of the hauling power of his
engine on the regular, If that happens
TO be freight train. Grades, stops and
many other important matters must be
gone into in order to know exactly
where to sidetrack the regular train SO
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-16

vellum, with $50 large illustrations ana
nearly 100 miniatures What fresh and
beautiful colors and sparkling gold. Like
nothlng that IS done nowadays; far
brighter than any of our mere mechani-
cal productions of Yesterday. For the
man who drew these exquisite little pic
lures and inscribed these letters was
actuated by no hope of material gain. IL
was to him a labor Of love. the payment
for which he hoped and believed was in
scribed by the recording angel in the
Book Of Life.
The series Of old books is arranged in
Chronological order, beginning with the
year 1467, only about fourteen years lat
er than the date assigned to the first
book OF any magnitude, ana, with q book
for every year, continues to the sixteenth
century, when, books having been less
rare, the specimens are more numerous
The first Of the series is a large folio,
the constitution Of Pope Clement ". 1t
is fabricated, and the title page as is
usual in these early books. is at the end.
The arrangement Of the reading matter
finds a counterpart in the Journal sLio
printing Of today, square indentatlons te-
ing made on each page, and small pard-
graphs inserted therein.
There are a number of books bound in
richly wrought leather with coronets and
armorial bearings stamped thereon. Many
Of these are from the Libraries Of IA
nous nOblemen, and some from those Of
princes. One bears the imperial arms OF
the first Napoleon, and was presented by
him to Josephine.
Here is a fine collection Of books, most
ly of humor, adorned with original i'm
pressions of Cruikshanks inimitable en-
cravings. Altogether, these little pictures
give wonderfully vivid idea Of English
life in the early part OF the last CEN
fury. We see the old stage coaches. with
their passengers attired in the costumes
of the time, individuals IN all sorts OF
predicaments and difficulties: the adven-
lures Of Tom and Jerry in London. the
career Of the drunkard-social pictures
which fully equal, IL they do not excel.
those of Hogarth.- ashington Tunes.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-16

the selling value of the ten bonanza
mines referred to, nevertheless the fact
is known in certain circles that the
American Smelling and Refining Com
pany offered 5,OO0,go0 for these same ten
wealth producers, but the offer was re-
jected owing to the inability of the mire
owners to agree upon the relative value
of the respective mines. The record Of
the Standard is even more remarkable
than the collective records of all the
mines under direct consideration. The
Standard may be said to have been in
full, uninterrupted operation for eight
years, and for that short space of time
has. earned dividends to the amount of
81, 465. OCEAN average of $308, eco per year,
equivalent to a rate of interest in ex-
cess of 100 per cent per annum upon total
original investment of $500 600 1t is
hardly necessary to state that few mines
have so good profit record standing to
their credit. The Mammoth has made
similar showing, while all concede that
the Bunker Hill will be paying dividends
twenty-five years hence. And so runs the
record of the pioneer mines of the Occur
q sAlenes--a record that should be spread
before the investments king public
whenever opportunity affords
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-16
NEW CROP OF BONANzAs.

While the record of the producing
mines in the Occur d'Alenes is all that
could reasonably be desired, it is scarce
ly to be compared with the phenomenal
performance of the long list of new
properties seeking positions of enviabla
prominence. The new crop of bonanza
mines came into existence as if by
magic, and for one year made their in
diyidual and stOclIholding owners five
million dollars through actual, bona fidc
critics undergoing systematic develop
ment. The Hercules alone jumped from
a mere prospect to a producing mine, the
owners refusing $l,5O0,O00 for their prize
winner.
The ore strikes in other new mines adj
vanced the price of stocks to the extent
of $S 500, 900, which incidentally pays a
solid tribute 10 the average merit of the
new mines being opened in every part
of the Occur dAlenes and at the same
time furnishes convincing proof that at
is the early investor who makes the most
money out Of mining stocks
The early purchasers OF stocks issued
, by the companies operating the big pro-
received from fifty to five hundred dol
lars from every initial dollar Of invest
ment. 1t is but fair to assume that the
better class Of new mines viii duplicate
the splendid record of the pioneer bo-
nanza mines. No other conclusion would
be logical. The purchaser OF either mines
or mining stock will make enormous
profits if he confines his operations to
reputable mining regions and takes the
precaution to make thorough investiga-
ton.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-16

train is under The direct charge of the
dispatcher The conductor, when once
the train is ready to leave the yards,
appears at the dispatcher's desk for his
orders. In case he is on schedule he is
given a clearance order, which means,
Get out and look out for yourself If
he is late, however, he is given very ex-
plicit orders as to the movements of his
train. If it is an unimportant train he
may find that he is due to LAY up at
some station for an indefinite period I'M
til a special or IAN extra" is safely
past him.
Each station operator reports to the
dispatcher the progress of the train, and
thus the dispatcher practically has his
hand on the train all the time.
Out of the Twin Cities every day there
are hundreds of trains, both freight and
passenger. Sometimes there are more
than usual, and sometimes the business
is light. In any event, the dispatcher
must keep track of their movements
Many of the trains that leave st. Paul
are dispatched from Minneapolis and a
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-16
Extracts From the
Occur d'AIene Mining Record
published at Wallace, Idaho, Issue of
Feb. Is, 1902
NEW MINES IN YREKA DISTRICT

Yreka district of which Wardner is the
trade center, boasts the great Bunker
Hill mine, the rich Empire State bo-
nanza and the Crown Point, new pro-
Queer, these three mines last year yield
ing Gre to the value Of So. $4,000. The first
named is now employing 500 men, the
second 225 men and the Crown Point 60
men-all running full blast.
But what particularly pleases Yreka
prospectors, mine owners and investors is
the splendid showing being made by the
new list of mining properties undergoing
that kind of development that turns mere
prospects into early producing mines.
The remarkable success of the St. Paul
& Idaho Mining Company, made up of
st. Paul and Minneapolis capitalists, in
opening up the Douglass group of claims
on the east fork Of Pine Creek is the
talk of all Wardner people The Grant
tunnel has been driven on the ledge for
40 feet, revealing a vein of ore the en-
tire distance that has an average wild tn
of 31a feet. The last15O feet of driving
showed a vein of clean ore 48 inches wide
that runs 1912 per cent lead, carrying 1015
ounces of silver per ton, giving a gross
money value of S17.S5 per ton at present
prices of lead and silver
The st. Paul & Idaho Company was
fortunate in securing one of the richest
strips of mineral ground in the Occur
d Alenes.
The same issue of the Record sup
plies the following interesting in
formation:
BIG MONEY FROM CoEUR D'ALENE
STOCKS.
The purchase of Occur d'AIene mining
stocks, wherever discriminating judg-
ment has been exercised has proved not
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-16

pull down on the main line opposite the
siding, the special going the other way
then running around the siding on to
the main track at the other end, and in
front of the second right-of-way train.
Then the second train, which had not
the right, would pull into the siding,
while the special right train would
run down On the main line past the sid
ing on its journey. Then both siding
trains would back up till the special one
was within the siding, and the second
right train would pull up opposite the
siding on the main line. That would
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-16

before each train leaves with the names
of the men who will take it out, and here
the far-famed "callboy'' comes into serv-
ice. This boy has a list of the addresses
of evecy engineer and conductor, and as
they are assigned on the board he hunts
them up and gets them out at any hour
of the day or night in time to make the
start.
Dispatcher's Golden Rule.
One important thing that the. Dispatch
er must learn is to leave the trains alone
as long as they are running in proper
shape. '"Touch not" is the golden rule
Of the profession. When everything is
running, as the trains of the great sys-
TENS usually are, in good shape moth
ing must be done to disturb them
Once in the yards the train is out of
the jurisdiction of the dispatcher. Here.
where there are so many trains to be
handled it is necessary to keep in per-
sonal contact with them There is
switching to be done, and the trainmen
simply use their eyes, not hampered by
orders.
Once out of the yards, however, the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-16
PARADISE FOR BIBL1oPH1LEs.

What a wealth Of absorbing interest to
the bibliomaniac is to be found in the
glass cases in the northwest gallery of
the library Of congress. What precious
volumes which it is a delight for him
only to view, without the privilege Of
turning the leaves and listening to their
delightful rustic, and enjoying their crisp
touch.
Books relating to the early settlement
and history of this country, books older
than the discovery Of this continent their
beautiful black letter and immaculate
parchment defying the ravages Of time,
and testifying to the thoroughness Of
workmanship in those days.
What wonderful engravings in these
rare tomesi Here is serious and literal IL
Illustration of men with their countenanceS
placed on their chests, and minus the
caput altogether. They are supposed 10
be natives of this, our country, and We're
doubtless accepted as such by many thou
sands across the ocean.
Such chubby categorical children, their
cheeks distended, and blowing very solid
looking wind from their mouths to Al
quarters of the compass, such Impossible
delineations of water and land of this
globe, and its then undiscovered or little
known partsi
But, it is all delightful, for in those
dayS-w1o that reads these books .: as
much thereof as he can, can dou5t?--tne
world, though not so large, was fresher
and younger, with more Imagination, II
less fact. There is nothing dry in these
old books; men wrote in those days to
astound, and then, too. those We're tic
days of tyrannicaI kings and princes, Of
''slashed doublet and silken hose and
clank Of swords and gilded spurs.
Here is a woodcut OF Noahs ark, all
the compartments labeled So that the
habitations Of birds, animals ana men
are clearly indicated. 1T illustrates a
quaint old book by Roleuvinc<. entitled
"Fasciculus Temporium," published ny
Petrus Drach, date 1477. Just beside it is
the beautiful Life of Christ" by the
learned monk, Ludolphi di Vita. The IL
Illustrations are exquisite, and the blue,
crimson and gold as fresh looking as
though the white fingers of the eecIesias-
tic had toiled over them but Yesterday.
One case is devoted to Chinese books
of strange form and characters, and rich
in covers Of golden and embroidered silk.
There is a magnificent manuscript Of the
thirteenth century, Bible written on
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-16


The net earnings of the four mines
making dividend reports for the year
1901 was: Bunker Hill, 1882, 600; Empire
State and Tiger-Poorman, $4,000; Stand
ard, $500, COO; making total of 81, 164, 0Gc
for the four mines submitting reports Of
dividends distributed among stockholders,
or an average of $I91 600 per minei eX-
elusive of marginal earnings placed to
the credit of the respective sinking funds
and the money utilized in making mine
and mill improvements. The Morning
mine, owned by Larson and Greenough,
earned net profits of not less than a quar-
ter of a million dollars, while the Mann
moth, conceded to yield the richest ores,
barring the Hercules, of any mine in the
district, ard owned by a close corpora
uon, turned Into the pockets of fortunate
stockholders at lea st $259,000, notWithstanl l.
ing that its normal OUTPUT was decreas--
ed 20 per cent for the year. The Frisco.
Hunter, sHecla and Crown Point earned
sufficient to swell the total net earnings
of ten Occur d'Alene mines to s2G00,90e,
giving an average dividend earning Of
$3.50, 600 per mlne-and the district whose
mines earn a good average of dividends
is the mining region that catches the
ShreWd, Well-informed purchaser of gilt
edged mining securities, who invests to
make money and not to crafty any mo-
mentary desire to gamble in mining
stocks. The developed mines of the
Occur dAlenes have earned rich returns
owners and will continue great wealth
producers for years to come &c better
illustrate their worth as revenue earneTs
let the reader assume that the four mill
ion dollars in dividends earned by the
Standard and Mammoth covers the orig
inal cost, development and equipment ex-
penses of the ten producing mines in
reference, and the discovery. is inciden-
tally made that the collective selling
value of the ten mines, together with the
100000 dividends standing to the credit
of the eight mines. exclusive of the
Standard and Mammoth, reaches $39,C60 :
UtN. which Is equivalent To net earning -
for ten years of $50, 990.GC from an orig
inal investment of $4,000 900, or, an an
nual earning of rs cents for every dollar
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-16

| that the presidents train may pass it in
safety.
Must Know the Crooks and Turns.
Then, again, the dispatcher must have
a complete conception of the topography
of his division He must know whether
Freight No. 30' will be able to make
the grade between stations A and in
time to get safely on the sidetrack by
the time the special reaches B.
He must knoY the number of cars on
this train, the weight that it is hauling,
the capacity of the sidetracks, in order
to figure to nicely just where it will
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-16

leave the way open for both siding trains
and all would be clear. The same thing
can be accomplished with very long sim
gle trains by splitting them. This is
tedious and chagrining operation, how
ever, and the rule by which dispatchers
avoid II is never put on any piece of
track Between sidirgs more than the sid
ings will hold"
Must Know the Engines.
Ignorance as to the tractive power Of
the engines or the weight of trains or the
character of the hills would also lead to
mlshaps An engine overloaded would be
uiiaple TO make some steep hill, and that
would necessitate doubling the hin ),
me train would be split at the bottom.
half OF it taken up and pulled into some
siding ahead. and then the engine would
return and get the other half Of course
an engine failure or an unexpected spell
OF weather causing slippery rails might
also necessitatc such action, but those
Things are emergencies that cannot be
foreseen, so no provision is attempted.
The dispatcher's rule is to put behind an
engine all it can carry over the worst
hill in the division.
But over the train dispatchers who do
all this work is the chief dispatcher, WITH
general supervision. He it is who orders
49, eAAN -AA0Stf~ PSWC1, oSSl5lS Tie engine
men and conductors, and distributes the
cars over the division. He must know
just how many cars he has on his terri
tory and how many he can spare to a
station or shipper. He also apportions
the dispatching work to his men, if he
has more than one on a, shift
Thus the dispatcher has his assigned
piece of track to handle. and good man
can take care of just as many trains as
you can get on the line. He has before
him a train sheet. bearing the number of
each train, the name of conductor and en-
gineer, and the number of the engine. A
board on the wall of the dispatchers Of
fee is chalkcd up some two or three hours
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-16

number are handled directly from here.
There are running out Of here Great
Northern, Northern Pacific, Eastern Min
nesota, Omaha, Milwaukee, Great West
ern, Burlington, Wisconsin Central, Min
neapolis & st. Louis, Burlington, Cedar
Rapids & Northern and different branches
of all these lines, and they must all be
handled by the different dispatchers.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-16

The accompanying cuts show the dis
patchers at work sending and receiving
messages. The tower where the hand
ling Of the block signal system is done.
operated in the yards, is also shown i'm the
cuts. These two departments work hand
in hand and the result is q perfect move
ment Of trains on each one Of the many
roads that run out of the Twin Cities.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-16
Low sIeepIng Car rates.

Twice a week the Chicago Great Vest
ern railway runs comfortable tourist
Joseph and Kansas City at half the reg
ular double-berth rates. For further in
formation apply to ]. n. Storr. City
Ticket Agent, corner Fifth and Robert
streets, St. Paul, MINI.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-16

be advisable to sidetrack the regular
train.
If he did not know these things he
would be compelled to resort continually
to Saving by" which a good dispatcher
shuns doing. Saving by is getting
trains past each other when they are
too long for the sidetrack Suppose there
were two trains going each way. The
special, having the right of road, would
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-16

only safe but profitable to degree that
surprised outside investors unfamiliar
with the solid merits of the better class
of mining properties within the boundary
lines of the one huge district. The gross
value of ores produced by the old and
Well developed mines of the district for
1901 WAS.