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Smyrna times., 1905-06-21
Allows Interest on Deposits,

DepositOrs share in the profits arising from In.
ings in short time prove most gratifying. In.
terest is credited to their accounts semi ANNUALLY
June Both and December 31st Hundreds Of
itors in this way. All who deposit their money
with the Company, whether in large or smaH
sums, receive the same uniform rate of Interest
Deposits may be added to and checked out as
desired. Accounts may be opened at any time.
Remittances of Money for deposit may be made
by Check P. o. Money Order or in Currency by
Registered Mail. A letter of acknowledgment.
win deposit and check books VIII be sent to
each depositor opening an account.
BENJAMIN NIELDS, President.
JAMES B. CLkRKSON, President
JOHN S. ROSSELL, Sec'y and Trust
Officer.
L. SCOTT TOWNSEND, Treasurer.
Smyrna times., 1905-06-21
Smyrna Landing, and Pier A arch street
Wharf, Philadelphia. as follows.
Steamer frankie" will run Alternate days
ifRequired during Strawberry Season.

Consumers Ice Co.'S Wharf, Chester.
Freight Received Daily at Arch Street Wharf.
New-York tribune., 1905-04-16

At any rate. the business thus assured 20 the
American Locomotive Company Is expected to
be the greatest in its history and give to IL a
prosperity such as few other great combinations
Of this kind have ever enjoyed The OrSaniza-
tiOn of the American Locomotive Company was
one Of the most far seeing undertakings Of the
day when a few years ago Joseph II. Hoadley
brought into being such magnificent combina-
ton. ranking from the very start as one of the
greatest industrial enterprises Of the country.
and every day since demonstrating it's pre-em-
nent strength and its domination OF tine loconO-
tive building industry of America. The detailed
statistics of its large earnings, which last year
were over IA per cent ON the common stock. and
which are now understood to be on n much
higher basis. OF it's great accumulation Of sur
plus and its ample cash working capital are too
well known to need reiteration here
The illustrations OF some OF It's plants given
on this page in connection with the photograph
of Mr.. Hoadley as the organizer OF the company.
who to-day. as since it was first organized, owns
or controls individually and through the Inter
national Power Company the largest block OF
American Locomotive stock. give to the public
some general idea of the magnitude of some Of
the great plants OF this enterprise. In cOnnec-
tion with the almost unlimited possibilities CT
this company. as demonstrated by the facts
which are presented, showing the great devel-
Opment or FaiirOad business, IL IS or interest 20
tell little Of the story Of the life OF 1Ir HOad-
ley.
Albert Phenis a widely known newspaper
correspondent whose recent book. entitled
Yankee Thrift: The Story of w-Englands
Marvellous Industrial Development" has been
so widely read. has given an interesting account
Of his study Of Mr.. Hoadley and his New-Eng-
land interests in connection with careful
study of the other great captains OF industry in
w-England. such as the Diapers. 3. B. and r.
knight ami other men who have made possible
the creation of the vast wealth Of that section
In this story Mr. Phenis says:
IT must confess that in all my newspaper eX-
perience never met greater phenomenon than
Mr.. Hoadley Just past forty. and. therefore, a
young man for one who has so largely achieved,
he has come in twenty-five years from ap-
prenticed mechanic to a captain OF industry,
whose fortune requires eight figures in the
writing There be those in Wall Street who
aver that in the making or this fostune HOadley
committed an objectionable offence In that he
got out of the Street very much alive, instead OF
leaving his bones in the bieaChery as a mementO
OF the encounter. But / am not so much inter-
ested in Mr. Hoadey'S operations in Wall Street
rs in the record Of the things that he has done
as tirpless worker. A full recital of his activ
tiles in these lines cannot be attempted. He
ia too busy a man to tell the story, and nobody
else knows it all, and it would make a book
besides From such information as / have
been able to gather however the giving Of some
New-York tribune., 1905-04-16

sufficient to meet the growth Of its traffic, If all
it's plans were carried out. even for the next
hve years, much less the next ten.
I'm seven years. as just stated, we have
created more new traffic bv the increase be-
tween 1897 and 1904 than the total railroad
traffic OF the United States late as 1890. In
that seven years we have increased our railroad
tonnage 50 per cent The same rate OF increase
for the next seven years would give us at that
time over 3O0O0OOO0OO0 tons. against the no.,
OOOOOO 600 tons of to-day. That means almost
a complete doubling of the entire transportation
business OF the United States in seven years
and that means a broadness of development in
the improvement of existing lines and the build
ing of new roads, in the re-equipment with
more cars and locomotives that most people do
not seem to have yet gained any conception Of
Are we likely to reach such a development
within seven years? Unquestonably. unless the
railroads prove TO be so weak a link that they
cannot provide the traC'- and the rolling stock
for handling il.
Starting with S3O00O0O or S+000.O00 people
to-day we will add not far from 20000O00 in
the next ten years. This will almost equal the
entire population of the South, or, comparing
it with other sections, it would more than
equal the entire population NJ the last cen
sus OF New England, Pennsylvania and New
York Business Increases more rapidly than
population. and viii add to the business
of the country in ten years larger volume
than the total business of the South of to-day
We rapidly increasing our coal and iron
New-York tribune., 1905-04-16

from having been the third largest WORKS IA ne
country In 1882, furnishing the locomotives IoF
the Nev-YOrk elevated railroads. engines tor
the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul rOao tns
Boston and Providence branch OF the New NorAs
New-Haven and Hartford. the Canadian Pacitcs
etc. had at the time Of the HOadley purchase nos
turned a wheel In three years OelnS IN ths
hands Of the bOndhOlderS. The plants were Se-
habilitated and shortly afterward the PrOVldents
plants OF the COrliss Engine Works ana thS
Rhode Island Locomotive Works were III Iu's
operation, with $500 hands and a payroll OK
$1.OO0,Oo0 a year.
'.Vrith operations OF this magnitude Mr.. Hoad-
ley had no thought Of undertaking OtheF enter
prises but the development Of the properties re
had bought proceeded on 50 important a scale
and with ramihcatiOnS so great that II Was
found to be impossible to stop at this Juucture
and the Interna tiOnal Power Company Vas
formed BY Mr.. HOadley as a holding company
to protect the interests that had been obtained
sirabiIity Of the combination of the locomotive
works at Providence had demonstrated the de-
sirabiIity Of a combination Of the lOcOmOtNe
works Of the country and, although six times
such an attempted combination had fa1ed. NJ.
HOadley without asking the local pUouc TOT
dollar or interesting them in any way Pul-
chased all the important locomotive works or t.S
country with the exception OF one in Philadel-
Dhia and with his associates in NeW-Nork or
Fanfzed the American Locomotive Company.
with S5OOOOO0O capital, S%0,ONO,UOp each oL
common stock and preferred. He hau Just ~
ished this undertaking, well proved 20 nave psSit
one OF the most successful tnduSJfial enter
Drises ever launched, when he caused the inter
national Power Company to assume c0ntrol o.
4he American Ordnance Works OF Bridgeport
This company, which had consolidated the Su
works OF the country and also the makins o.
prOiectiIes had gone into debt for nearly SctN.-
600 Under the new management all the aeo'S
New-York tribune., 1905-04-16

salient points in his career has been made pos
Sible, and with them In mind some conception or
the extent Of his activities may be gained. WhaC
q tremendous capacity for work ne possesses
and in what large ways he has accomplished
things may be accepted as an indication that u
development plans as am assured he has IN
mind he would prove a factor OF vast power
IN that section.
Although OF New England stock, inheritinS
mechanical and inventive genius, an uncle nav
ing been the inventor Of the Crosby indicator
engine, displaced in popular esteem only Wnen
the Corlss arrived-he was born in MaTysviile,
Cal and at fifteen went to work as machin-
lists apprentice in what afterWard became ths
Union Iron Works at San Francisco.
While in his apprenticeship he shipped IN
the engineering corps OF the City OF Toxic Tor
China and Japan to gain practical knowledge
of marine engineering. Returning, he finished
his apprenticeship as machinist and draughtS-
man and then went to Arizona, where he began
contracting on his own account for the inStalla-
tion OF mining machinery throughout that sec
tendent of the Calico Mines in Southern Cali
fOrnia and all this while he was get under age.
In 1885 when he tWenty-One years old. he
took contract for constructing a door, sash
and blind factory at Oakland Cal. by which
the whole business was reOrganiZed and the
coming 1000 doors and JOO inside blinds Jay.
From that time until the end of 1894 he was
in contracting work all over the country, taking
contracts which footed millions in the aggre-
gate. Mining machinery had been speciality
during his apprenticeship and he put in plants
in Idaho, Washington. Montana and Alaska. In
1855 he contracted to build all the pOwerhOuse
plants of the los Angeles street cable railway.
He also built at Los Angeles an electric light
plant and the power plants for q big brewery
New-York tribune., 1905-04-16
CONTROL OF RAILROAD TRAFFIC
RESTS WITH LOCOMOTIVE BUILDERS TO KEEP UP
WITH DEMANDS
Position of American Locomotive Company That Corporation
Has Built Up By Joseph III. HOadLcy

1900 or about 40 per cent. against an increase
in the vourne Of freight moved during the same
period Of 153 per cent. while in the number
Of cars there was a net gain of little over 81
per cent. It Is true that the locomotives and
cars OF to-day are OF heavier construction and
much larger carrying capacity than in 1891
but the difference is not sufficient to overcome
the increase Of 153 per cent in the volume OF
traffic.
These figures would indicate, even If there
were not the tangible fact Of car and locomotive
shortage standing out, that the railroads CT
the country have not kept up their rolling stock
adequate to the growing needs of business No
observant man can travel anywhere in the coun-
try-North. South or West-without being inn
pressed with this fact. even il he were not IA
miliar with the story which these figures tell
The figures which show net increase be-
tween 1890 and 1904 Of 13. 800 locomotives, or
about 30 per cent. do not, Of course, indicate
the total number OF locomotives built for thou
sands had to go to the scrap heap and thousands
more must annually go the same way.
In an address to railroad officials at Pitts
burg last week W. L. King. vice president Of the
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company, taking Pitts
burg as an illustration of the growth of bust
ness, sought to impress on the railroads that
they had failed to keep up in their traffic IA
cilitles with the development of business. Re
ferring to that city. he said:
THE most marvellous growth in population
wealth and manufactures has occurred within
the last twenty-five years. Our population to-
day in the real greater Pittsburg is about SOO,-
600. and our yearly freight tonnage over S6.OOO,-
600. Does this not border on the super
natural? The little hamlet in something more
than a century produces more tonnage than the
combined shipping ports OF London. New-York,
Antwerp, Hamburg and Hong Kong and think,
Liverpool may be thrown in for good measure.
Surely, this may justify our pride in the past
and hope for the future. must confess my
inability TO grasp all that this means. but 1
know that 1: largely means shortage Of cars,
motive power and slow delivery.
New-York tribune., 1905-04-16

thing in human affairs can be certain that our
country is going to progress more rapidly In
the coming ten years than it has I'm the last
ten and we know that we entering an era
of expansion not only to the United States.
but as to the world, in the broadening and de-
velopment OF human activities In Europe. in
Asia, in Africa and I'm the isles of the sea such
as man never saw before
In the light Of such figures as these the pos
sibilties OF such an Industrial enterprise the
American Locomotive Company becomes OF ma
tional Importance. Controlling as that company
does every locomotive works i'm the United
States except one, upon It absolutely depends
the ability of the railroads to measure up to
the necessities of the day Far seeing man
ayers may build new lines and double track and
even four track, their great systems. but with
out ample motive power all of their improve
mcnts will be in vain. The starting point. the
the development, is the locomotive. and for this
reason a brief history of the American Locomo-
tive Company and it's organization Is OF timely
interest not only TO railroad people, but to the
business people of all classes. This condition of
affairs of course, necessitates such activity in
locomotive building for some years to come as
our country has never seen. 1t may be seriously
questioned whether it is possible for the AmeTi-
can. Locomotive Company, taxing every one OF
it's plants to the utmost working night and day.
to keep up with the unprecedented demand for
rolling stock which of necessity forces the rail-
roads to do their utmost to meet the conditions
New-York tribune., 1905-04-16

About two years ago. when the spirit OF
pessinism was abroad and railroad managers
were reducing expenditures for new equipment.
Richard II. Edmonds. Editor Of The Alanufact-
sirsrs' Record"-a paper OF which il has been
said II is ''the most quoted industrial journal in
the world"-in an interview which was widely
published ct that time. stated that neither
American railroad managers nor hnanciers
seem quite able at times 10 forecast the mag
nitude Of this country's growth. and that.
therefore. the railroads rarely caught up with
the volume Of traffic Offering, and are never
prepared for times OF great activity. Calling
attention 70 the mistake OF this position. and
claiming that in the near future there wouli
inevitably be a very great return Of business
activity. AIr. Edmonds said:
May it not be true that they have failed to
fully grasp the recuperative power OF a country
Of eoOOoOOo people with such potentialiues
nent OF the people and the creation OF wealth
as no other nation, even as no other continent,
has ever dreamed OF. now that we have been
freed. as we were q few years ago. from mo
great incubus OF an unsettled monetary stand
ard which for years had halted our progress?
Nay they not have failed TO give full apprecla-
tion 10 the fact that with an increase OF popu-
iation of 100000 or more every ten years we
have an increase IN Agricultural products OF
over S2.GeO0o000O a year. compared with 1eSO.
and about IS 5OO0O0OOOO a year in manufact-
ures and mining, compared with the same
yeaFg Ten years ago the value or our agriculp-
ural products was. in round numbers, $1,000
100000 year, and of our mines and manufact-
uFed products SlOO0OO00O0O-a total OF SlS-
n 000OOOO00. Now our farms are yielding over
S5.O000O0000. and our mines and factories
n about $4,000 600 OO0-a total of S2OOO0OO0.OOO
Thus the output Of these two interests is now
annually exceeding by S7.O00OOOO0O their OUT
Put IN 1890
The food tide OF prosperity is again sweeping
over the country, ana ere It IS well started the
railroads are blocked with freight and are al
ready suffering from shortage OF locomotives
and cars. and in all human probability this con-
dition must steadily grow acute, and once more
rs was the case three years ago. Il is not I'm
probable that there viii be car famines and
freight congestion because OF the inability OF
the railroads to keep up with the trafic
New-York tribune., 1905-04-16

II shall fan 0S my purpose TO might IL have
not impressed you with the tremendous power
OF the railroads for the commercial and moral
good OF the country You can change the steel
Industry from prince a pauper into pros
porous American citizen. You are the largest
commercial and Industrial factor You own
Sl2,OO0OOO00O OF property and employ and sup
port millions OF your fellows. You cannot con-
troll the crops nor prevent unwise legislation,
fairs you can prevent those sudden and violent
fluctuations marked in the past in this coun-
try, and bring about a stability in the consump-
tion and confidence in the future so essential
TO the prosperity of a nation.
The future OF Pittsburg is undoubtedly in
your hands TO make or mar Should tell you
the tonnage of Pittsburg in ten years. based on
the relative increase I'm the last ten years, it
would only make you incredulous If the in
crease is only 30 per cent nothing that you
can do. fear. will enable you TO handle it,
The railroad is the weakest link in Pttsburg' s
greatness. She cannot increase materially with
out your active and persistent cooperation, or
perhaps / should say. and the building of new
roads. Capital will certainly be found to build
new roads If you continue 10 lag behind the
broad In your plans for Pittsburg. Sow conf
IDENTIFY; the harvest will be plenteous."
Reviewing these facts The Manufacturers
Record" OF this week. in attempting TO forecast
New-York tribune., 1905-04-16

something of the future of the country as it
affects the railroad situation. says:
'It is not alone i'm Pittsburg that the railroad
is the weakest link for what is true of Pitts
burg in this connection is, to a large extent
true of the entire country. The broad railroad
man must look ahead. He cannot plan simply
to handle the traffic OF to-day; he must plan
for the traffic Of the years just ahead. and it
may be seriously questioned whether any rail-
road in this country has even outlined plans
New-York tribune., 1905-04-16

interests that the 25O,OOO.OOO tons of bituminous
coal which we are now producing must within
ten years grow to J00OO0O0O tons; the d.
100000 tons Of pig iron; the rate at which the
furnaces of the country are now running, must
in ten years advance to probably 40O00OO0
tons. The human mind staggers' before such
possibilities, and we wonder if it can be true
that these things shall come to pass. and yet
when we stop to study the foundation of these
forecasts we know it is just as certain as any
New-York tribune., 1905-04-16

Although the present amazing activity in the
iron and steel interests has been TO some extent
appreciated, Yet the country was almost stag
gered when. on Thursday last. The Iron Age
showed that the consumption OF iron for March
had reached the unprecedented figure Of 2.OOO,-
900 tons, or at the rate Of 240O0OOO tons a year
Such figures beW-ilder the human mind, and yet
they are only the fulhment of the carefully
worked out forecast which pointed two years
ago 20 the coming Of these conditions.
The light OF experience must guide somewhat
in the study of the future, and experience shows
something Of the development of the railroad
traffic. The volume OF traffic. measured by
the total OF tons moved a mile. was. in 1890
1897 and 1904. as follows:
Total mile
80
80
She tonnage os 1904. which was not year OF
EEecial activity. was almost exactly two and a
half times az great as the tonnage OF 1890. The
increase between 1897 and 1904 was 100000
coo tons. or 9OOOOOOOOO tons more than the
total tonnage OF 1890. Between 1897 and 1904
the aggregate volume OF traffic was nearly
doubled.
Turning from the total tonnage 10 the num-
ber OF engines and freight and passenger cars
fer the three years named. the following figures
appear:
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-05-25
WILL NOT VIOLATE TREATY.


Washington, May 20.-"The treaty Of
Shimonoseki which brought to a close
the Japanese Chinese war guaranteed
the independence Of Korea. Japan will
not violate the teHRs OF that treaty.
Statements that the Japanese govern
ment contemplates removing the en-
peror Of Korea to Japan in contraven-
ton Of that treaty are incorrect and
are circulated with mischievous pur-
pose In view"
This was the comment on the st..
Petersburg dispatch that Japan intend
ed to remove the Korean emperor to
Japan made by Minister Takahira Of
Japan Friday night. The minister had
heard recently that reports of this
character were in circulation. As be-
tween the governments of Japan and
China 1t is realized that SO long as
interests Of the United States are not
menaced there is no ground for this
government to interfere in this con-
nection except perhaps to exert Its
good influences for the continuation
Of friendly relations between them.
Acting Secretary Loomis Of the
State department said Friday might
that the protest spoken Of in the st.
Petersburg dispatch had not yet reach
cd the state department.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-05-25

enc woman in twenty-five but what
suffers with some arrangement Of the
female organism, and this Is the secret
Of so many unhappy homes.
No woman can be amiable, light
hearted and happy, q joy to her hus-
band and children, and perform the
duties incumbent upon her, when she Is
suffering with backache. headache,
nervousness, sleeplessness, bearing.
down pains, displacement Of the womb,
spinal weakness or ovarian troubles.
Irritability and snappy retorts take
Che place Of pleasantness, and all sum
shine is driven out OF the home, and
Hives are wrecked by woman's great
hnemy--womb trouble.
Read this letter:
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al was troubled for eight years with irregu.
brought on extreme nervousness and despon-
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can attend to my social and household duties
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Mie o well woman, withoutan ache or pain"
..dr4 Chester Curry, ~ Saratoga Street,
@ast Boston, Mass.
At the first indication Of Ill health,
Nainful or irregular menstruation,
pain In che side, headache, backache,
bearing-down pains. nervousness or
~ the blues" secure OF once a bottle Of
Lydia q. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-05-25
ConaItlona I'D enraer.

Snyder, Ok, May 2O.-The engineer
ing corps Of the National guard. which
has been on duty here since last FRI
day, has returned tn Lawton. Civil
authorities now have police matters
well in hand. The amount subscribed
to the relief fund to date is about ST.
900. and the relief committee tas sent
out another appeal for aid. Two hun
dred homeless families are still ocon-
pying temporary quarters in tents and
sheds. The territorial health Office Is
here experimenting the work Of san
itation. About 40 patients are still in
the hospital.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-05-25
Santa Pc ExcurriOns.

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round trip.
Rrestal, Tenn, June 2 to s, Ger
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fare for round trip.
Milwaukee. Wis, June II 10 "a,
meeting Modern Woodmen Of Ameri-
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fare tsl. 50 for round trip
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Southern Baptist convention, rate
$40 for round TIP.
For further partisnlArs call on or
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