The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-09-24

passenger engines were devoted to
smoking the filthy things, or that
the switch tenders and tower men
worked with cigarettes between their
teeth? The immediate danger from
the blunder OF cigarette fiend
might not be as great as that from
drunken employe, but the danger
is too great for the Rock Island to
assume.
$1,235,S3 were the donations for
the Home in August. Railroad men
should provide a way to be support
ed by their various orders for the
care Of the worthy broken-down
members.
A few figures relative to the new
union station az Washington, d. c.,
should be OF interest to readers OF
this column. The Terminal company
and It has forty-five miles OF track.
S1S cars every thirty days. The
The yard department handles 21S
trains, 1O5 empty drafts and 1873
light engines, making train move
ment of sal, Three interlocklng
towers Zone OF which has 1913 levers)
the largest In the world, controls
1904 movements in "a hours. The
motive power department handles
1000 engines per month and cleans,
repairs, lubrlcates and cares for 49,
S1S cars every thirty daps. The
baggage department handles month
lily $4,000 pieces OF baggage, 377,-
900 gallons OF milk mad 800 tons Of
mail, In the telegraph service is
very busy with $4,000 kilograms,
so, 999 train reports and 10000 train
orders, 102 telegraphers are also in
this branch. 5000 passengers are
handled daily by the depot masters,
and about S250,000 worth OF tickets
sold each month. The complaints
from patrons average about one per
month up to the present time, which
shows the excellent service. over
10000 square feet OF space Is allow
ed for the use Of the employees of tn
ed for the use OF the employees of the
social hall, assembly rooms, bathing
rooms, gymnasiums and sleeping
rooms at a cost OF about / Y cents
per day to the employees.
@. w. Martin, superintendent of
the Union station at Washington, D.
c., has issued the following circular
which is so good that we repeat 1t
for the benefit Of all our railroaders.
Upon the rank and file depends
entirely whether or not the operation
shall be in keeping with the mag
nificence OF the place and the COM
pleteness Of detail and comfort that
characterizes its construction. Your
duties bring you in contact with all
classes and shades OF life; you are
daily touching elbows with people
from practically every country and
every clime--the prince, the pauper,
the law maker and the law breaker,
the aristocrat ana the plebian.
Through these portals pass the bu-
sIness man, successful or unsuccess-
full, Authorized In business cares; the
statesman, the jusist, the diplomat,
the politician, the plain citizen, the
soldier and the sailor-people on
pleasure bent, and some OF them
spending the happiest moments OF
their lives, others bowed down with
grief and sorrow; youth and old age,
the good, the bad, the Indifferent.
Let 1t be your constant thought that
you are an important part of the in
situation, and that on your efforts
largely depend the company's reputa-
ton, and make 1t your aim to do
your part we'll, so that every one
whose journey takes them through
these walls, be they rich or poor,
high or lowly, will recall with inter
est and with pleasure the few mo-
ments spent in passing through the
Washington Union Station.
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