The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-28
n. II. Rice Of the Santa Fe Has
Been Highly Honored.
Chosen President Of hallway
StOrekeepers' Association.
MEETING A SUCCESS.
It Is Possible That Next One
Nay BE Held in Topeka.
Gossip and Matters of Interest
in Railroad Circles.

y NJ Rice, general storekeeper of
the Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe sys-
TEN, whose headquarters are here in
Topeka, was elected president of the
Railway Storekeepers' association at
the recent annual convention of that
organization which was held in the
Auditorium hotel, Chicago, on May Il
to "a.
Other officers chosen for the ensuing
year we're: W Josselyn of the Chi
cago. Burlington & Quincy lines. OF
Omaha, Neb., first vice president; J. H
CaIlaghan, of the Canadian Pacific, oil
Montreal. Que, second vice president;
J. W. Taylor, of the Illinois Central, OF
Chicago; w. J. Jones, Of the New YORK
Central. of Albany N Y, and j. h
Waterman. of the Chleago' buIiliis eo =
& Quincy, of Omaha, NeD-' members u
the executive committee
This committee will determine where
the convention of the association Will
he held next year and there IS pos
sibility Of them selecting Topeka as the
Mr.. Rice, who has just returned
from the convention, characterlzeS IL as
the most successful one when mas DeetA
held by the association ana one when
should prove of inestimable benent 70
the men who attended ana paiuclpdeeu
in its deliberations
Commenting on the convention, ths
Railway Age, in its current issue, says.
1.-THE three days convention Oh the
Railway Storekeepers' association,
which was concluded on May "a. was
one worthy of commentator because
Of the spirit which pervaded the de-
alterations and the manner IN when
the members held to the business IN
hand. Throughout the discussions the
consideration of what would best bene-
fit the several companies with Wnlch
the members are connected was plain
" uppermost, and 1t was perhaps TINS
spirit which had it's influence IN moro
ing the members so closely to business
despite the long sessions and intense
heat. Two sessions were heIo ddily,
lasting from 10 to 1890 in the morn
ing and from 2:15 until $3.50 in the
a afternoon and the promptneSS with
which ali members assembled merits
emulation by other railway organlza-
tions in convention. The member
were manifestly on hand for business
and they attend strictly to It,
CAS- was pointed out by Mr. George
G. Yeomans in his paper upon The
Modern Railroad Storehouse as FAC
tor of Economy the railway com
panies generally appreciate the necessl-
ty of strictest economies IN the opera
tion of their properties, and it Is the de-
rarfrnent in the hands of the members
of the Railway Storekeepers' assocla-
tfon yvhiC h presents one O1the largest anu
most fertile fields for the CULTIVATION u
a good crop of economies. The store
keeper comes in contact with every de-
nartuent of the railway with which he
IS connected. and 1t is through the
study of the needs and interrelations OF
these departments accompanied by tactl-
mi suggestions to the proper officials
consistently followed up that economy
is erected That the member possess
a fire sense of how to avoid giving Of
Tense was apparent in their good hui
nored criticism, notably free though II
was. Of one another's methods And
that storekeepers are erecting econo-
mics was evidenced in the statements
of the reduced costs of handling ma
terials. since the institution OF the
storehouse system.
LAS long as the members continue to
manifest the interest in the welfare or
their employing companies. and by the
through considerations of methods and
interchange of ideas to make the sup
plv= department a source of economy and
aid. the Railway Storekeepers' associa-
ton will continue to be one of the most
useful Of organizations. Aided by
forceful and efficient president, the or
eanization has made excellent progress
and has a most suspicious future.