Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31

plimentary reminder BY its initials OF the
phrase, First Families Of Virginia" In
this section OF the country before, and
shortly SITTER the civil war this term was
20 much used, and It lad 50 much mean
ing, that the abbreviation p. r, W. ives
quite common.
When wishing to attract the attention
Of the public to the first solid vestibuled,
electric lighted dining car. sleeping car
and coach through train operating between
the east and the west, Mt. II. W. Fuller,
then general passenger agent Of the roaG.
decided that the surest method was 70 use
some form which would abbreviate into
these famous initials "F. +. v"
Follow the FIas.
The emblem OF the wabash railroad con-
sists Of the word wabash" in white char
aoters on a black square on a red nag.
Intended TO carry the conviction 20 the
observing eve that the Wabash is tho
banner road. The emblem ct fret was
shown in the glare Of a headlight. instead
OF on the banner, but as the Wabash grew
older and began to look around and see
what a big sized boy II was becoming, 1t
decided that II could just about show it's
tail lights to anything on the line. So it
threw the headlight out and became the
Banner Road.
The Domestic katy.
The emblem Of the Missouri, Kansas a
Texas Is also in the form OF a nickname
Katy" and 10 doubtless better known
among raIrosders a. "Ksty'' than by its
longer and more dignified sppeilatioD. The
name springs from the fact that the Mis-
/ sour, Kansas & Texas, was, prior 10 1855
operated as part Of the Gould southwest
ern system, being known At the time as
| the Kansas and Texas division. This among
trainmen was naturally abbreviated to ''k''
and or" and thus TO "K-T," and there
from by this easy step. into the touching,
homelige. and affectonats cognomen
katy" Il is very domestic.
The "KeystOne system."
OF course. everybody knows why the
Pennsylvania railroad adopted the trade
mark OF the keystone; and, OF course
everybody is wrong-at least, they are a
little shy OF facts. The Key stone, as
an emblem Of the Pennsylvania, is the re.
suit OF q westward movement among emf.
grants and among the presidents Of the
state OF Pennsylvania in 1877.
Mr.. Thomas K. Watt, who was At that
time district passenger agent at Pittsburg
in preparing some advertising for the pur.
pose Of influencing the business. suggested
the use OF the key stone His suggestion
as carried out at that time, included with
the keystone the headlight OF a lOcomo.
tive. and the rays of light from the head.
light iliumined the reading matter on the
flyer
Mr.. l.. P. Farmer, then general pAssen.
ger agent, was struck by tho effectiveness
OF the idea and suggested that the key.
. | cfa ha hA
lar emblem for the Pennsylvania railroad
Il Canada's National Railway.
One Of the most picturesque Of railroad
trade marks IS that Of the Canadian road
the IntercOlonial railway. This device ii
d moose head looking through a double
circle, on which appears the words, 'Th'
Fast Line, the Peoples Railway" Thii
was first used In 1888, and IN 1887, Will
the Canadian arms, was made cOmbina
ton device, indicating the government
ownership of the railway.
The moose head was adopted by this rail
, way because no other railway In this
country passed through such an extensiv,
stretch of country so definitely recognized
as the home Of the moose. Both the moos,
head and the coat of arms appear on tn
folder. but the moose head is the recOg
, santa Fe's ReDentent Moods.
} Perhaps no railroad has changed its trad
! mark as often as the Santa Fe. The trad
! mark adopted in 1880 is described by tn
t Santa Fe Employees Magazine as lookin
like cake OF soap, with the words "Santt
4 Fe Route across 1t.
, The trade mark adopted in 1894 is yer
gorgeous, but is a product of the YER
9 worst pun that man was ever compelled t
e survive under The main portion of tn
device is the western hemisphere, with
a lion standing on top of the words SAINT
81 Fe Route" scrolled beneath.
We are asked to appreciate the signifi
canoe Of this work OF art as the Big Line
: Qion).
g The present trade mark OF the compan
d was devised in 1901, on train No. 2, &c
= ing into Chicago. Mr.. Davis, then indu
q trial commissioner, and Mr.. ]. ]. ByTne,
. present assistant passenger traffic manage
: used what they said was a silver dolla
but what was doubtless a poker chip, I
|. draw q circle, and within the circle the
q drew a cross. This device is not SO ornat
IS a. the one Of 1894, but it stirs up less an
b mostly against the designers.
First Railroad Trade-MarI<s.
y But the Santa Fe nne pales into insii
i nificanoe in the matter OF ornate desis
IL when compared to the old trade mark
DO the Chicago Northwestern. 1t was, Pc
IA haps, the first design adopted by any raj
l. road as a trade mark.
Tho company therefore, had nothing
10 guide II, and the result looks like Haley
% comet striking a palm grave. The on
sr thing IL leaves whole is a map OF Il
,e Northwestern route, and about the on
he thing we can be sure OF is the statemei
s. set forth and only slightly damaged /
lie the comets tail, that the Northwestei
IS penetrates the richest and most attraotiN
D portions Of Illinois. Iowa, Nebraska, wy
< ming, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Dakota al
70 northern Michigan" evidently the pen
ID tration was very effective
AZ One is prepared 70 forgive even Il
In Northwestern, however, for turning to
simplicity just as pronounced and effecti,
as that OF the Santa lie. The trademark
il now used are a circle with a diagonal haI
n across in black, with the words MORT
3 western Line" in white, and q square
ne black with the words Chicago and Mort
western RailN ay" in white relief,
81 The maple leaf OF the Chicago Gre
C. Western railroad has an origin all Il
as more interesting because the man who d
= signed it received one hundred dollars 4
y, the job In 1889 Mr.. Busenbark, gener