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has been stalled here too long already"
Recognizing the tone of authority they
obeyed. and in 20 minutes the train was
proceeding. When the conductor learned
that 1t was the new general manager
whom he had ignored, he confided to a fell
low conductor his fear that he would be
discharged. "Oh, cheer up" was the re-
ply ''I knew him ten years ago up in
Iowa. He'll take 1t as a joke" And so
he did.
Another incident of his life in Missouri
is related to show his readiness to par
tcpate in any work which he called upon
his subordinates to do, no matter how
great the personal danger entailed In
formation was received that a hold-up Of
the Omaha train out of Jefferson City had
been planned for a certain night. The
general manager at once determined to
outwit the robbers by sending out de-
coy train, loaded down with police officers
and deputy sheriffs. Mr.. Brown himself
accompanied It, The train was tagged
and the robbers proceeded with their
work until they were met with storm OF
bulets-which killed three of them out
right In the battle which followed the
general manager was in the thick of the
fray, emptying two revolvers, and himself
leading the chase that resulted in the
capture of several of the gang.
Matters of Detail.
1t is one of Mr. Browns policies to
leaves matters of detail as far as possible
to be worked out by his subordinates He
enjoins the same policy on those who pos
sess authority under him, believing that
in that way the most effective work can
be achieved. He believes that 1t makes
for efficiency to throw every man as far
as possible on his own responsibility. This
method, he holds, not only inspires con-
fidence, but gives a man the opportunity
to put his own ideas into effect with the
result that newer and more effective ways
of doing things are often discovered.
President Brown belongs to that class
of railway presidents who are known as
operating presidents. to distinguish
them from the fnancier class, who are
experts on railroad securities, but know
little of practical railroading. Mr. Browns
personal idea of the distinction between
the two classes of railroad officers was
well expressed by him in the course of
talk short time before his own advance
ment took place.
1.-THE day is past" he said, when
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Exceptional t in Ey Department
m1Mmw~nw mdRq~.0 R I'M ne Anp~sna n ~

Brown, who had finished his days work,
volunteered his assistance BY working
all night, without a let-up, they removed
the cars and saved the road many thou
sands of dollars. Browns promotion to
the post of chief train dispatcher followed
shortly.
From 1890 to 1896 he was general man.
ager of two subsidiary lines of the Bur-
lington system in Missouri. Here his abil-
ity as an operating executive was dis
played so well that in 1896 he was elected
general manager Of the entire Burlington
system, with headquarters in Chicago.
In 1901 he left the Burlington with which
he had been connected for Is years, and
began his connection with the Wander
bilt lines as vice president and general
manager of the Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern. In 1902 he became third vice
president of the New York Central, be-
coming senior vice president in 1906 when
he was transferred to this city to take
complete charge of the operating depart
ment of the road.
Many Incidents of his career during his
quarter-century stay with the Burlington
emphasize his resourcefulness as a man
ager, his habit of quick thinking and
quick action in an emergency, and his
willingness to do his share of the hard
work on every occasion. While he was
superintendent of the Iowa lines a strike,
called unexpectedly. tied up an eastbound
express. The superintendent was in his
private car on the end of the train. When
he realized what the abandonment of the
train meant, he walked forward and
looked over the engine Then he called
to the trainmaster.
ut looks as though we must take this
train on to Galesburg ourselves, Jim,' -
he said quietly.
why, Mr.. Brown" began the train
master, who, attired in patent feathers
and a light overcoat, didn't relish the
idea.
Jump in, Jim," interrupted the super
intendent. There was something in
Browns tone that stopped further pro-
test, and he climbed into the cab. With
the trainmaster acting as fireman, Brown
ran the train into Galesburg on schedule
time. 1t is probably the only instance on
record of a high railroad officer running
the engine that pulled his private car
Took 1t as Joke.
On another occasion, shortly after he
had become general manager one of the
cling ran off the track. Seeing that some
difficulty was experienced in getting it
back in place, Mr. Brown, without max
ing known his identity, offered a SUCCESS
ton. No attention was paid to him. He
repeated It, The conductor looked scorn-
fully on the man he supposed a mere
medd1er. But the car refused to bulge.
Then Mr.. Brown, irrltated at the delay,
ignored the conductor and, turning to the
brakeman said: do as I say. This train
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railroad director could walk into head
quarters and ask that his son or nephew
be placed in one of the chairs near the
top. The man who has worked himself
up from the lowest positions, performing
the minor work at the bottom with 10y
atty and efficiency, is the practical man
for whom there is always place at the
top. He has known possibly how to drive
a locomotive, how to throw switch, how
to distribute cars on a siding, how to
handle a heavy freight or direct flying ex-
presses from a dispatcher office. That
has given him a first-hand insight into
the multitude of small things that make
up the great working industrial whole.
He brings with him to higher and re-
sponsible position a training that is OF
Unreasonable assistance to him in solv-
ing the charging problems that confront
him. 1t is the man who starts at the bot
tom who is best able to solve the big
railway problems of today when he does
get to the top"
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low down in the east the first of the
faint summer consultations may be seen
Just beginning to appear This is the
Virgin, which closely follows the brilliant
Leo; by next July. Leo, which Is the last
of the winter consultations to linger with
us, will sink from view in the west. and
the ewhole southern sky will then be
covered with the faint summer stars.
Neptune and Uranus.
During this month the possesor of a
small telescope should hunt for the two
faint little planets, Neptune and Uranus.
The first of these is in the constellation
of the Twins, between the stars and
b of Figure l. If the observer will point
his telescope at the star B, move 1t up
ward until it points to nearly the height
of the star A, and then wait minutes
and 40 seconds, the planet will drift into
his field of view. If a mounted telescope
is not available he can readily find it with
the help of Figure 2. In a small tele-
scope the planet will not show a disc, for
as seen by US 1t looks no larger than a
five-cent piece would If held up mile
away, but 1t has not the same appear
ance as the stars which are near it. 1t
will be seen as a dull, greenish star OF
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will pass exactly below the outer planet,
at which time they will be separated by
the distance of only very slightly greater
than half the apparent diameter Of the
moon.
The Trans-Neptunian Planet.
Though Neptune is SO enormously dis
tant from the sun that 1t requires 165
years to pass once around its orbit, 1t
has many times been suspected that
there may be one or even more great
worlds so far away that their years are
thousands of times as long as ours.
The possible existence of such body
has been inferred from two different
facts, of which the first Is the position
of the paths of certain comets, and the
second is the possible disturbances of the
motion of the planet Uranus.
1t is well known that when comet
passes near a planet the pull of the
latter body may cause the planet to
move in an entirely new path, and
when this occurs both the point of the
new path which is farthest from the
sun and also the point in which the
comet passes through the plane of the
planets orbit will lie near the orbit OF
the disturbing planet. Thus. in Figure
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The beautiful planet Saturn, which
with it's rings and numerous moons, is
always a most interesting object in the
telescope, Is rapidly leaving the evening
sky During the first week in March 1t
may be seen setting almost exactly in
the west point of the horizon, at about 7
o'clock, but the sun is steadily drawing
nearer the planet, and on April 1t will
pass to the east of It; from this time
until next autumn, Saturn will be 3
morning star.
The far more brilliant Jupiter is high
up In the southeast, in the most favor
able position of the entire year for OBJ
servation. 1t reaches its least distance
from the earth at 2 p. m, on February
%, and during the next few weeks will
only very slowly recede from us. Its
golden disc, encircled by rose-co1ored
bands parallel to the planets equator,
and its wealth of finer markings, which
are brought into view, one after the
other. as this great world turns rapidly
on its axis, from the most beautiful
object for study of all the planets.
None of the bright winter constella-
tons has yet left the evening sky, al
though toward the close of the month
the brilliant Tarus will begin to set, but
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-02-28
Breaking a Blockade.

He was never afraid of working over
time. There are railroad men in the west
today who recall one of these occasions.
It was while he was train dispatcher,
with the Burlington road. A blizzard had
stalled several hundred car loads of cat
tie in the East Burlington yards. and
there was great danger of their freezing
to death If they were not taken out. The
superintendent was at his Wits end when
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Out of His Hands.

From Everybody's Magazine.
Uncle Nose, needing money sold his
pig to the wealthy northern lawyer who
had just bought the neighboring planta-
ton. After a time, needing more money,
he stole the pig and resold it, this time
to Judge Pickens. who lived down the
road piece" Soon afterward the two
gentlemen met, and upon comparing notes
suspected what had happened. They con-
fronted Uncle Nose. The old darby cheer
fully admitted his guilt.
"Well," demanded Judge Pickens. what
are you going to do about it %
BLESSED of l know Jedge," replied
Uncle Nose with Q broad grin. Use no
lawyer. I reckon I'll have to let yo' two
gen'men settle Il between 70 selves.s
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Iarged to show the position OF Venus.
dence of such a disturbance was sus-
pected with the former planet. and the
new body was carefully searched for
with the great telescope at Washington
We cannot be certain that such a dts
turbance exists until the pull of each
of the known planets of the solar sys-
tenn have been determined and allowed
for; when this has been done the pre-
diction of the position of the disturbing
body among the stars is a comparatively
simple matter. If 1t exists, which is as
yet by no means certain, 1t will probably
be discovered by photography. 1t has
been suggested that this far-distant
world, revolving slowly and majestically
around the sun. shall be named Chronos,
the time keeper.
The New Comet.
OF this body hundreds of photographs
have been secured showing an almost
continuous history Of it's wonderful
changes in form and structure. 1t is
hoped that when these have been care
fully studied our knowledge of the
ture of comets may be greatly advanced.
Already it is recognized tnat this comet
shines principally by It's own light. al
though doubtless composed of an immense
swarm of small particles, there are few
of these which are dark until lit up by
the light of the sun. Another most in
teresting result is that though great
clouds Of radiant matter were driven off
from the head of the comet, their motion
was very probably not due to light pres
sure, as has been quite generally believ-
ed, because their velocity did not increase
as they receded, but actually seemed to
slightly diminish. 1t seems probable that
the wonderful repulslve forces whose ac-
ton forms the tails of comets are cleo
ltrical in character.
The ZodiacaI Light.
This is the best time of the year for
observing that faint, mysterious pyra-
mid of light, which extends upward
from the western horizon after the sun
has fully set. 1t cannot be seen except
when the sky is very clear and the moon
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magnitude TX. contrasting strongly in
color with the two red stars C and D,
Figure ..
So remote is this great world that the
sun viewed from 1t would appear as an
intensely bright star, showing no disc to
the eye. Our own world and the three
other planets nearest the sun would be
so minute and so lost In the suns rays
as to be hopelessly invisible.
Two thirds as far away as Neptune
and yet 1,S0O,O 100000 of miles from the
sun is its sister planet, Uranus. The
two worlds are strikingly similar, each
slightly more than 10000 miles in diam
eter. each very much less dense than
the earth, and both of them probably
still very hot and In a vaporized oondi-
ton. AS Uranus is SO much nearer to
us 1t appears much the brighter, and is
clearly visible to the eye under favorable
conditions as a greenish sixth magni-
tude star.
Throughout the month, Uranus is
near the planet Mars, which Is seen
shining out in the southeast for two or
three hours before sunrise. 1t will be
most easily found on the morning of
the 26th or 9th, for in the afternoon of
March 26 Mars, in its eastward motion.
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there are drawn the paths Of several
comets which have been disturbed in
this way by the planet Jupiter. The
points marked B are those in which the
comet moves through the plane of Jupi-
ter's orbit. and 1t will be noticed that
the points B and A all, lie not far from
the path, M, N of Jupiter itself. There
are 80 comets connected with Jupiter in
this way. two with Saturn, three with
Uranus, six with Neptune, and few
others whose greatest distance from the
sun is about twice that of Neptune. 1t
is these last which are assumed to have
been disturbed by hitherto undiscover-
ed planet.
If new planet exists, its pull must
slightly disturb the motions of Uuranus
and Neptune. About 20 years ago evil
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THE HEAVENS IN MARCH

PROF. ERIC DooLITTLE.
Of
LIqht-Neptune
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absent; the observers should therefore
look for 1t during the second and third
weeks of the month. It is probable that
this light is the sunlight reflected from
a great lens-shaped swarm of little par
ticles which surround the sun and ex-
tend beyond the orbit Of the earth, but
there are also several other theories in
regard to 1t.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-17
YERINGT0N ZONE is
MANY MILES IN LENGTH

That this district has several very large
iime-porphyry- granite contacts has been
the opinion of all of the copper experts
who have visited and made study of geo.
logic conditions in this district. Today
the actual development has demonstrated
the correctness Of those opinions, says the
,YeringtOu Times.
Take the great mineralized contact on
the east side of the range; the contact
has actually been proven for a distance
of two miles or more in length, and con-
coded to be one of the greatest ore de-
veloped contacts known. The Bluestone
on the north end tas so far developed
has proven the existence of very large
bodies of ore. South Of and adjoining
the BluestoDe the Yerington Consolidated
company has opened up the same large
contact, showing II to contain In this
property equally as large ore bodies. I'm
mediately south of the Yerington CONSOLE
dated is the Mason Valley mine, The de-
veiopment on this property has proven
the same Bluestone- YeringtOn ConSoli-
dated contact to hold fully as large and
as rich ore bodies as in the Biuestone and
Yerington Consolidated. South of the Ma
son Valley the Malachite company have
demonstrated the existence of this ore
carrying contact. South of the Malachite
is the Columbus group, in which the con-
tact is showing the same ledge width and
big ore bodies. South of the Columbus
is the Iron Chief group, showing the same
general characteristics
All of these properties are on this one
and same contact, and there is no doubt
but what each and every one OF these
properties are on and developing the
same ore; actually showing a body of
commercial ore over two miles in length
on this one contact.
There are other contacts paralleling
this both on sthe west and east side of
the same range. On the west side of
the range are equally as large and well
developed contacts. of which we will have
more to say at some future time.
But as to mines. we have them. They
are actively being developed. Look at
the large dumps of ore: it's proof posi-
tive The expert, instead Of saying, ''It
should be there" gets earnest and says
1T is here"
All hail to the future greatness of the
Yerington district For great it is, and
greater it will be.
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Relieving that the possessions of this
company are of such merit as to war
rant the conclusion that within the con-
fines of the territory owned by this
company will be found sufficient min
eral deposits, in connection with those
already exposed. that Gvould inure to the
benefit and profit of the stockholders
10 such an extent that in the opinion
OF the undersigned and associates it
would be unwise for the Daily West
Mining company to merge with ANY
OTHER mining company. IL is in our
opinion especially undesirable to con-
soIidate OF merge the Daly-West prop
erty with the Ontario and DAILY prop
critics. which consolidation has been
frequently limited at in the public press.
This view is concurred in by a great
number of the stockholders, both east
and west and it is desirable that those
concurring in this view should act in
concert at the coming annual election
It is our opinion that the affairs of the
company should be managed by a
board OF directors selected by those
stockholders holding this opinion and
to that end we invite their hearty CO.
operation. The board of directors should
represent the stockholders from ali
sections and as it requires working
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-17
THRESHING OUT PROBLEM
OF ASSESSMENT WORK

What constitutes s10G worth of assess
ment work On a mining claim IN this
state. and especially in Esmeralda county
under the law
Is 1t the size of the assessment hole, the
number of days or men employed, or the
amount actually spent in dollars and cents
for labor2
en- Judge Somers to crack. and the JuT1st
heard arguments on the proposition last
night until 1890 o'clock, after which ne
asked for briefs. His ruling will be a
criterion, and will. in measure, estaO-
fish precedent on this important point
of particular use to claim owners anc
claim jumpers, says the Goldfield Tribune
The case is that of F. o. Chamberlain,
wealthy San Francisco broker VINO Is now
touring Europe, against one Evans and
George Winkler. to recover possession OF
four claims three miles east of Goidfieid,
and known as the Carnation, Carnation
No l. Missing Link and Corncob- Cham-
berlain had the property located years
ago but in 1906 Evans relocated the claims
on the ground that Chamberlain had not
done the redzisite amount of assessment
work for 1905. The evidence shows that
Chamberlain paid 800 in 1905 to one Hail
for doing the assessment work on the four
claims. being at the rate of 800 for each.
Hall made affidavit that on each claim a
hole 4x6x10 feet had been done. and thar
the work on each property was worth sioV.
Chamberlain therefore says he complied
WITH the law anu WILLS bdNA HIS OioiAl41.
Evans and Winkler declare that the
work in evidence on the claims could have
been done more cheaply, and that the as
sessment work amounted to only about $50
or $40 on each piece of ground. Senator
Pyne. for Chamberlain. contends that a
hole 4x6x10 feet means 800 worth of work,
and R. L. Hubbard, for the defense, as
serts that such a hole does not mean 500
by any means
The statute does not state what size of
l,-fr z7faH fa each
tute 800 of assessment work. 1t simply
saws that locator must each year do Sleo
worth of work to show his good faith.
Now, Just what this 800 means now. or
what il meant in 1905 is the proposition
that has been passed up to Judge Somers.
ne viii have to consider whether man
paid SO a day and working ten days on
assessment work constitutes $50 worth OF
labor under the law. OF whether a 4x6x1o
hole at 81 a day. which was the regular
pay in 1906, means 500; or whether sort
dirt or solid granite cuts any ice, and so
on. ad infinitum-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-17
MINING STOCK EXCHANGE.
Prices Have Been Fairly Steady and
Trading Lively During week.

the week on the mining exchange has
been one of fairly steady prices and quite
lively trading. The advent Of Colorado
and Sioux Consolidated on the New York
Curb, and the consequent broadening in
the market for those stocks. has some
what of stimulating effect on the whole
list and. while it is hardly expected that
there viii be much of movement before
the end of next month, the first approach
OF spring weather Is counted upon 70
make business better than il has been all
winter TIE Tintic mines. with few ex-
ceptons, are now turning out more ere
than they have been doing for months.
and now that the Tintic Smelling COM
pany's works is ready to handle larger
tonnage. it is believed that many of the
properties of the camp capable Of sup
plying limited tonnage will be given a
chance to market their ore and thus be
able to push developments at a 1iveiier
clip. Viewed from any sane standpoint.
the markets future presents an inviting
face
During the week total OF 1851 shares
Of stock, with selling value OF Si79-244-SI
changed hands. yesterdays proportion of
the totals being S. 800 shares and S34-3f4-10-
Following is the list of final quotations
and record Of sales made during the day