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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-09-15

]. LaMoure Jr. left for brief trip to
Smiley, Mimi, on Wednesday. His wife
IS still there looking after Mrs. LaMoure
ST., whose illness still continues serious.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-09-15

All the hunting dogs 60 lame this
ssl Thistles and stubble hurt. By the
Nlpy aid you ever think how much terri
~ hnnting dog covers in . half day's
ag2 TIM rs that takes the hunter
{ pom ten to twenty miles il that
III ~ = viii range & least
- q; III. = wonder their fest
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-09-15

w. 81 johnson, d. j. Laxdal, r. Nc
Bride, Sv. johnson and 81. A. Rygh were
q Cavalier party that came over to con-
srllt with the county board on Tuesday
about matters and things.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-09-15

Fred Gardiner left on Tuesday morn
ing for Oregon where he expects to re-
move in the future if business prospects
which are in sight turn out as calculat-
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-09-15

Mrs. j. T. Cockburn and Miss Edith
Wardwell who had been spending few
days at the parental home in this city
left for Drayton and Grand Forks res
.pectiyely on Tuesday.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-09-15

Commissioners meet the End of Octo
Der in regular quarterly session.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-09-15

Harold E. Wright of Grand Forks
spent the week end with the Wardwell
family and went out for prairie chickens
on Monday. He returned to.the Forks
on Tuesday.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-05

dard forms Of tickets, baggage checks
etc. arc used, and a four-weeks' course
of study is outlined This starts III,
students study of bills Of lading anc
way bills, and carries him through th,
tariffs, teaches him rates and classified,
tions, ticket business and baggage bust
ness, mail and express business, car re.
ports, and, in fact, all the simpler work
station agent is called upon 10 do
Several hours each day are allotted tc
practice on the telegraph wires. Al
station helpers for the Union Pacific arc
supplied from men who have gone
through this School Previous to its
establishment the Union Pacific hired
$50 station helpers in year, sixty per
cent. of whom quit the service within a
few months of the time they entered it
Since the establishment OF this School
but four per cent. of the helpers fur
nished have dropped out, and numerous
promotions of the Station School grad
uatcs have been made. Several men
who had never had any experience but
their telegraph school training, have
been promoted to positions as telegraph
operators within three weeks after lcav-
ing the Station School,
THE ACCOUNTING, OPERATING, EN-
'GINEERING AND TRAFFIC COURSES
The railroad accounting course covers
in detail all the branches of this science
The railroad operation course fills a
place that up to the present time has
never been covered by any textbook
The endeavor has been to put into this
course as many as possible of the un-
written laws of ralroading. The course
starts with study of the employees
timetable and the rules of the operat-
ing department. 1t then takes up yard
work, terminal work, tonnage and ton
mage rating, car service, interchange,
passenger and freight train service, sta
ton service, signals and intcrlocking,
telephone train dispatching, and the
numerous problems Of station and ter
minal work from standpoint OF both
large and small stations. 1t is one of
the most interesting, instructive, and inn
portant of courses. 1t consists entirely
of practical papers written by prac-
tical railroad men on practical subjects.
The freight and passenger traffic
course covers difficult subject as thor
oughly as possible. The analysis of the
statistics course teaches how statistics
are gathered, prepared, and presented
how TO analyze the various reports in
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-05
MAKING A DIVISION SUPERIN-
TENDENT OUT OF a
TRAINNASTER

The case of one of the Union Pacific
trainmasters is typical He came from
the ranks. He had worked up from
brakeman to conductor and was in sta
tion service when he was made train
master. A substitute was put in his
place when 1t was decided to give him
a chance to gain experience that would
be of value to him further along. He
was first put in an extra track gang on
the Utah division as laborer, and then
as an assistant foreman, and kept there
for three months. In connection with
this practical work he received instruc-
ton on maintenance of way from the
Educational Bureau, His next three
months were spent in one of the shops
with an erecting gang, taking down, set
ting up, and breaking in locomotives.
Then he went into the store department
to get a knowledge Of material and sup
plies. Next he was placed in the Office
of the auditor of passenger accounts to
study the reports of conductors and
agents as they came in, and to get an
inside knowledge Of the errors they
make and the corrections that are neces-
sary. From there he went into the
freight auditors Office and thence into
the Office of the auditor of equipment
accounts. When his year of study was
over he went back to his former job of
trainmaster. Now he is ready to step
into the position of assistant supcrin-
tcndcnt at moments notice, and to
travel at full speed from the day that
he assumes the position.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-05

! order TO understand them, anG now tC
use The statistics as a guide for better
ing the service and reducing operating
expenses.
| The railway mechanical engineering
course, the gas engine course, and the
McKeen motor car running course, cover
thoroughly these three subjects,
MECHANICAL COURSES
! The locomotive course is written es-
pecially for fremen, so as to give them
all the necessary information TO fit
| themselves for promotion TO the position
OF engineer, The air brake course goes
hand in hand with it.
The mechanical drawing course is a
complete set OF lessons on the subject,
| and is followed by The machine design
ing course.
Boiler-maIsers and tin shop men have
the sheet metal pattern drafting course
and a boiler course. The former is to
enable the men to lay out their own
patterns, and the latter deals with the
construction and repairing Of locomotive
boilers.
The car building and car repairing
course is designed TO help employees in
that particular department of the rail-
road.
The refrigeration course deals with
the handling of that class of perlshable
freight which requires icing.
The shop practice course is series
of lessons on the methods of doing vari-
Gus classes of shop work.
The courses on tool dressing, pipc-ft-
ting, and plumbing are thorough, like all
the rest.
The track courses cover all the diff
fcrent information which a track laborer
or section foreman could have. 1t has
been translated into japanese for the
use of the japanese section foremen and
track laborers, of whom the Union Pa
ciic employs about 900. Nearly ono
fourth of these are students in good
standing.
The railway civil engineering course,
and that on surveying and mapping, are
intended for those who have qualified in
the track course.
The plain and reinforced concrete
course deals with cements of all kinds
and the application of concrete to rail-
road work.
In addition TO these there are many
SpecfaI pamphlefs on yariOus subiects
such as "The Value of Courtesy" "How
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-05
II FUTURE DIVISION SUPERMTENDEN5 RECEIVING PRACTICAL
~A INSTRUCTION IN THE RAILROAD OPERATION COURSE

all the chances possible so that they may
be prepared to enter its service if they
desire to do so, 1t is not compulsory
upon anyone to accept the advantages
has been selected for promotion, he is
given special course of training for
the position before he is formally pro-
NOTED. During the training period he is
paid the salary he was drawing when
lie was picked out for advancement.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-05
HOW MEN ARE SELECTED

Men are constantly under special
training of this sort. They are selected
from all grades, from station agents,
from the operating, engineering, or mo-
tive power departments, according to
the recommendation of their superior
officers. They are picked out because
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-05

they have shown By their loyalty, their
attention to duty and their work that
they are entitled to consideration and
promotion.
| Since the Educational Bureau was
started, little more than a year ago,
more than so per cent. of the employees
who have taken advantage of the oppor-
tunitics offered arc qualifying for better
jobs. There are twenty-nine courses OF
instruction at present and the number
is being increased.
THE COURSES OF EDUCATION THAT
ARE OFFERED TO UNION
PACIFIC EMPLOTES
The block signal course explains the
types of signals in use on the Union
Pacific, their operation, and the prin-
ciPles of electricity and magnetism,
The interlocking course is a COM
panion to the one on block signals.
The electrical course is designed to
meet the demand from train and shop
employees for instruction that will en-
able them better TO handle the electrical
work which is part of their duties.
When the student has qualified on the
twelve Introductory papers of this
course, he is given special lessons in
the PARTICULAR branch of electrical work
in which he is intcrcstcd-train lighting,
wiring and bell work, dynamos and
motors, elevator work, etc. Then comes
instruction in electric light and power
Especially complete is the telegraph
and telephone course comprising train
dispatching, telephone and telegraph
construction, telegraph circuits, switch
boards, wire testing and patching, and
simultaneous telegraphy and telephony.
TRAINING. STATION AGENTS
The station agent is one of railroads
most important employees, because, to the
public, in many cases, he personifics the
company. Particular attention has been
paid to the station course. A school
has been established at the bureau head
quarters in Omaha for the purpose of
training men SO that they will later
qualify as operators and station agents.
The Station Training School does not
teach telcgraphy, but accepts applicants
who have had telegraph training and
can receive from eighteen to twenty
words per minute. The School is
equipped like medium-sized station,
and is in charge of one of the most
competent station agents. All railroad
wires are cut infn The schnnl The rt IN
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-05
A NEW IDEA IN RAnRoAp1Ne

The idea of increasing the efficiency of
employees is not a new one, but its wide
application by the Union Pacific is
unique. Until the Union Pacific began
this work it had been confined princi-
pally to shop apprentices or employees of
the mechanical department. The other
classes of men in the service were not
considered. In some cases 1t was made
compulsory on the employees to take up
the work. Without exception these sys-
TENS proved expensive, no matter what
the results may have been, SO that their
dividend paying possibilities were doubt
full
The. Union Pacific's Educational Bu-
reau offers to every man in the service,
no matter what his position or occupa-
ton, assistance to assume greater re-
sponsibilities- Sons and dependent rela-
tivcs of Union Pacific employees have the
same opportunities. The road wants the
younger generation of its men to have
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-05
HOW THE UNION PACIFIC's EDUCA
TIONAL BUREAU CAME TO
BE ESTABLISHED

Every man finds something new in his
work every day. Unless the necessity
for information is imperative he is not
likely to ask questions, and will get
aroun the difficulty the best he can.
Workmen hesitate TO ask questions of
their foreman; the foreman lets things
go rather than expose his lack of knowl-
edge. Officials are supposed to know
everything, so some of them hide their
ignorance behind mantle of reserve
rather than TO ask a subordinate.
All this explains why the Union Pa
cifc's Educational Bureau was cstab-
lishcd. Any employe, from the humblest
up, can get information now on any
question or problem in his days work,
by simply writing to the bureau. His
questions are answered plainly, prach-
cally, and as quickly as possible, by the
member of the advisory board who is
best qualified to answer them. Any
question that requires an official ruling
goes to the proper officer for his de-
cision- All inquiries are handled imper-
sonally. The name of the questioner Is
not shown; only his occupation is given.
Neither is the name Of the person fur
nishing the answer. There is no limit to
the number of qucstions-an enploye
may ask for information every day il
he wishes.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-05
THECHlEF OF THE
EDUCATIONAL BUREAU
OF INFORMATION

NAPOLEON once said that every
VI one of his soldiers carried a mar
- shal's baton-thc possibility of be-
coming conmander-in his knapsack.
Today the army Of men who are work
ing for the Union Pacific Railroad have
even better chance 10 win promotion.
A little more than q year ago that sys-
tenn established g bureau solely TO in
crease the efficiency of its employees and
prepare them TO fill better jobs. II Of
fcred its help and instruction free, not
only to its employees, but to members Of
their families. As a result, already
nearly 5000 men have fitted themselves
for advancement. They constitute a
splendidly skilled force that is unique
in the history OF railroading.
The object of this bureau is to elm
mate "lost motion"-waSted energy
which is more expensive in large bodies
OF men than it is in machinery. Saving
this waste is the broadest economy in
railroading. 1t may be cut down some
what by teaching men how to dc their
work intelligently and effectively. II
may be eliminated when there is also
continual ambition to excel.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-05
INCREASING THE EFFICIENCY OF
EMPLOYEES BY REWARDING
THEIR EFFORTS

On the Union Pacific this is slim
ulated by the knowledge that the rail
road will not only reward the efforts of
its men, but that it will do its utmost TO
educate them in their duties so they may
be able to climb up the ladder of pro-
motion. Further than that it is the
Union Pacifc's rule that the jobs ahead
shall not go to outsiders when there are
men in the service below who can fill
them. In this way the efficiency of both
the railroad and the men is being in
creased incredibly.
The conception and carrying out of
this idea, as it is being done ON the
Union Pacific, are the greatest steps
roading.
All savings in material and effort on
a railroad, or anywhere else, depend
primarily on the employees. Fuel, for
instance, costs big railroad millions of
dollars a year. Hundreds of thousands
of dollars could be saved if every man
who fired locomotive were an expert
intent on getting the most possible steam
from every shovelful. Accidents and
claims for loss and damage to freight
are other big items of expense that can
be avoided by care, knowledge and 10y
atty. The economical movement of
trains depends as much on the employees
as it does on big locomotives and easy
grades.
THE UNWRITTEN LAWS OF RAIL
ROADING
When a railroads thousands of en-
ployes realize that the interests of the
vast corporation and their own are iden-
teal, the perfection of railroading will
be achieved. The Union Pacific is be-
ginning to accomplish this by making
every employe, from the humblest up,
know that he has not only a chance TO
climb to the top, but that the company
will boost him all the way if he. does
his part.
Much of a railroad mans work has
been governed by unwrittcn laws. The
only way man in The ranks could rise
was by travelling the long hard road of
experience with but few lamps to guide
him. There have been only few books
of practical value Unusual pcrsever-
ance was needed for a man to better
himself. He had to surmount innumcr-
able difficulties TO rise from one grade
to another. 1t took long time for
him TO learn the reasons for doing the
things mat he saw going on about him
every day. If those who had gone
through the mill before him could have
put down their experiences in u prac-
tical, helpful way, he would have been
saved many hardships, and would have
avoided many mistakes which were
costly to his company, BY educating
him more quickly his company would
have saved hundreds, perhaps thousands,
of dollars, and he would the sooner have
~eaehefl places commanding higher pay.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-05-04

Benzine will Clean the vellum head
of banjo without injuring the instru-
ment
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-05-04
Financial :. Commercial 3. Promotion
BUSINESS NOTES

1t is reported from the Coast that
Arthur II. Rice Of Kauai, through the
'agency of stephen Norton Bobo, for
merly of Honolulu, has obtained con-
troll of the Oakland McKittrick Oil Co.
One well is down 600 feet on this COM
pany's property.
G. G. Monroe, formerly manager of
the Molokai Ranch, this week takes
the management of the Lanai Ranch.
An application has been filed with
the Treasurer of Hawaii for reduction
of the capital stock of the Hawaiian
Securities Co., Ltd, from $250,0OO to
100000, the retirement of $500 shares
Of it's preferred stock of the par value
Of $40 a share, and the cancellation of
indebtedness aggregating $50, 900 owing
TO the company by the holders of the
shares so to be retired, all according
to Act ia of the Laws of 1911.
F. T. p. Warehouse will be home
by the Sierra tomorrow from long
tour in which he inspected the Water
house rubber estates in Malaysia, Of
which cheerful accounts have proceed
ed his Homecoming Tongi5ng Olok
rubber shares are at over 100 per cent
premium here.
Made in March last the deed has
now been recorded from Judge Aurther
A. Wilder to James l.. Stack of the
property at Waikiki-kai, between the
premises of Arthur NJ. Brown and
Robert Levers, containing an area of
.0.S7 acre. The price is $4,000.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-05-04
HONOLULU NO. 5
GUSHING HEAVILY

FELLOWS, April 19.-Well No 3
Of the Honolulu Consolidated, on the
Hawaiian property, section 81, 1928
which went into the sand last week
at about $500 feet, is gushing heav-
lily, but is not making a large guam
tity of oil, probably 1900 to 1900
barrels a day. A plank hood has
been thrown over the top of the cas-
ing and the gas beating against this
obstruction makes a loud roar. Being
right alongside the main highway, 1t
attracts considerable attention. The
oil is light, about the same as its
near neighbor, the Mays.
The Mays, which has been flowing
steadily for more than year, has
sanded up and quit.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-05-04

IIILO, April 30.-The improvements
which have been made in the mill at
Pepeekeo plantation have been eX-
tremely satisfactory to the stockhold-
ers and to Manager Webster, and a
visit paid there is something which
is we'll worth while. A number of
new wrinkles in the sugar making
line have been introduced by Engt-
neer A. Gartley, of Brewer & Co., and
have worked out in a most satisfac-
tory manner.
One of the most important Of these
is a new Qualification system which
brings out the Juice in the clearest
possible shape and makes the hand
ling of it joy to the employees. Mr..
Gartley is responsible for the new
CHARTERS, which are working in
most satisfactory manner. A steam
injector, which cleans out the water
from the tail pipes of the vacuum
pans and new excelsior filters of an
improved pattern, are also features
which are worth looking into by the
sugar men of the Territory.
Perhaps the most important change
which has been made was in the
moving of the mill from its former
location to a position almost along
side of the boiling house and at least
sixty feet lower than it was before
The old mill was torn down and a
deep pit dug for the new one, and
in this manner the cane from about
four hundred acres of land, which
formerly had to, be hauled up by
cables to reach the mill, now comes
in through fumes at small expense
and with great convenience. The
mill is fed by big storage flume.
which can contain enough cane to
keep the mill going for over an hour
and half. thus giving a chance for
regulating the supply of the mill with
ease.
After the juice has passed through
Tie usual llul6luB pIOCSSS d NOly Dim
pie and handy means of removing the
air and vapor is used. 1t is passed
through a Demning heater which It
leaves at a temperature Of 220 de-
grees Fahrenheit, then being pumped
into the de-airator. which is con,
nected with the second effect Of the
evaporator and carried under from
three to four inches of vacuum. 1t
then goes through a tub slotted on
the top and falls on a perforated
plate, cooling to about 200 degrees
and spraying, during which the air
and vapor is sucked out.
The new Qualification system comes
next and is extremely simple, but
very effective. The Pepeekeo mill
has three Qualification tanks, each OF
which will hold nearly 1900 gallons
They are eight feet wide at the tor
and with straight sides for a dis
lance of five feet three inches, Their
coming to a cone at the bottom
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-05-04
PAAUHAU KEEPS
THE UP GRADE

Although stocks generally were
strong today, with more business than
for some days past on the board, Pho
need in two lots of 5 shares each sold
down 81 and 50 from 2O5. McBryde
is still active in small parcels at
6.S7 1-2, an aggregate of 50 shares
being sold at that figure. Paauhau
has gone in three steps from 20 to "a,
the highest being for a block of $50
shares out of total of 400 sold. Olaa
has shaded up an eighth in sales of
60 shares at 4.5O at the board, fol-
lowing a sale of IS at 4.37 IL between
boards which had been the price for
sometime. Oahu holds steady at 30,
with total sales of 60 shares, that be-
ing the asking price McBryde G's
have advanced half point to 95 with
two sales of $4,000 each reported. On
the Hawaiian exchange Eva at 81
is reported.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-05-04
ENTEREOOF RECORD

May 8.
Trent Trust Company, Ltd, to Mrs.
Minnie e. Charlock. D.
Trent Trust Company, Ltd, to
United States of America, D.
Edna L. Paxson and husband to
Charles K. Motley, D.
Gustave A. Meyer and wife to Meta
Cremer. M.
Jose r. Cadinha to John Vieira, d.
Kenoi and wife to Mary f. Foster.
d.
Makakoa and husband to Mary E.
Foster. D.
Ching Shee and husband to Chat
Kim 10y. l.
Kamake k to Kaluna k, D.
E. Colt Hebron to John NJ. Sass
and wife. D.
S. D. Heapy (widow) to Bathsheba
M. Allen. NJ
Konemoto to Olaa Sugar Company
Ltd, C. NJ.
Kwong zee Society to Union Loan
G Savings Association of Honolulu
Ltd, M.
Henry L. Knaack and wife to San
Ant Pdrt Bent Socy. of H., NJ.
May 4.
Richard w. Spalding ct al to Ed
ward I. Spalding, D.
Board of Hawn. Evan Assn. to Ar
thur A. Wilder, Rel.
H. Waterouse Trust Company, Ltd
to A. A. Wilder, Rel