The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-07-16

train Saturday evening.
w. d. Benjamin OF the auditors
Office, has been off few days on
account OF sickness,
The Fort Worth g. Denver has
been enjoying a good passenger bus
mess through Amarillo, caused by
the Democratic convention and the
national meeting Of the Elks,
II. c. Davis, a Frisco conductor, OF
) oklahoma City, spent Saturday Wis
iting in Amarillo,
BY reason OF taking off crews sew
oral extra conductors have gone back
to brakcing.
Brakeman w. J, Ensley has beer
assigned to the Happy run In place
of Browning.
Tax Commissioners Mccullough has
been busy for several days attend
ing tax meetings.
There was quite heavy home
seekers business Thursday for this
time OF the year. The Santa Fe had
four sections OF POI and the Rock
Island and Denver both had extra
equipment on their regular trains,
Fine crops and plenty of rains will
! bring us heavy business of this kind
in the fall.
j. II. McGoff, OF Fort Madison,
Iowa, has been appointed mechani-
cal superintendent OF the eastern
grand division OF the Santa Fe.
1t is hard to tell how long a mes
sage reading until further notice"
remains in effect as c, A. operator
in Kansas City received a message
in 1884 to take charge Of the office
there until further notice" and he
is still there after twenty-four years
waiting for further notice"
The Pennsylvania has placed one
OF their general yardmasters on the
pension list after nearly forty-eight
years OF service.
A few slight evidences Of prosper
ity or better conditions among the
railroads are the following improve
ments: Union Pacific has ordered
$50 new engines; Lackawanna, fifty
engines; Morris company 200 refrig-
orators; New York Central, 10000.
kegs of spikes; Fort Worth & Den
yer is to spend about 100000 in
improving; New York Central AS
900 tons OF steel rails.
Several large railroads of the east
ern part OF the United States have
lately issued bulletins to their en-
ployes on the subject OF courtesy to
the travelling public. They say,
Tread softly and If you carry a big
stick, don't show it till you have to.
Courtesy pays the railroad and the
railroad pays the courteous, thus bal
ancing accounts"
The following remarks by Cover
nor Charles E. Hughes OF New York,
in speaking OF duty and faithful
ness of railroad men is clear and
concise statement OF facts:
az like to think in the first place,
OF the thousands upon thousands of
men, who, in the walks Of ordinary
toll, in obedience to their daily or
ders, going from morning to morn
ing in the regular routine which
spells railroad efficiency, are making
it possible for the commerce OF this
country to be carried on. never
ride in railroad train or see a
freight train passing by, without
thinking OF the great army of faith
full servants who are doing their
duty with absolute fidelity, or 9th
erwise the great systems Of inter-
course would be impossible.
Doing their duty! That is the
secret OF the whole business. There
is too much talk sometimes about
heroes, and too much about honest
workmen at others. What is needed
is falkland back OF it thought--of
men who are doing their work in the
world and doing it on the average
better than the average. They Meth
er want 70 be canonized, nor patron
lied, and the man who tries to do
either will have some uncomfortable
moments before he gets away"
He might have added they are, as
class, the most Industrious, sober
and intelligent among our people
who labor for an existence.
Just Exactly Right.