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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-07
Tenement House Destroyed

New York, February 6-An explosion shook the nefghborhood, wrecked the basement of ffve-story tenement house in East Seventy street toda and almost immediately the building was ablaze from cellar to roof The members of 40 families in the hause, aroused by thes shock. had barely time to get out by the fire escapes There were no casual ties. The three upper floors of the upper building was burned out at a loss of $20O. m
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-07
Black Hapd Commit. A.,aults

Punxsutawney. Pa. February s.-Mem- bers of the so-called Black Hand society made separate attacks today on Charles volsted, wealthy banker. and Samuel Manning. a liquor dealer. Both men may die from their injuries. Volsted recently received a letter demanding $7oo. Early the other day his room was broken into. After beating hr they fired the house. Soon afterwards the other man was at tackled, at hIs house.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-07
Nepra Gefa Third Trial

Savannah, Ga., February 6.-Bruns- wick McCray, Bryan county negro. who was tried twice for the murder of Zenas warnell, a Bryan county turpen- tine operator, in 1908. and twice sem fenced to be hanged. went on trial here for the third time today. having been granted a change of venue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-07
Crawford VIII Return

New Orleans, February 6-Rarney Crawford. arrested here Saturday night upon his arrival from Chicago will re- turn to Illinois without requisition pa pers. He was arrested on bench war rant from Judge Landis' court. It is said that he is wanted in connection with the "oleomargarine' investigation in Chicago He will leave here in the custody of United States officer this week
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-07
Flour and Feedstuns

(Corrected by Tennessee NH Col Nellie King flour. per barrel. $5.35 Bolted meal, per 96-pound sack, s1a2. No 3 corn, per bushel, FOG. Pure wheat shorts, SSl. Pure wheat bran, $27. 100-lb. c. S. hulls, per ton, s13.50. Prime c. s. meal. per ton, $29. c. s. feed meal, per ton, s26.5O. No. 1 timothy hay. per ton, $22. Mixed alfalfa end Johnson grass. gla Corn chops, per 1co-lb- sack, $l.3O. Flour In wood. 1bc higher. White oats, 47c.
 Choice pea-green alfalfa SS.
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Peach Tree. in Full Bloom

Pascagoula. Miss. February 6-Pear ard peach trees in this section are in full bloom. a rare sight at this time of year Planters report fruit trees devel- oping fast because of the recent warm weather. It is feared that a heavy frost will cause considerable damage.
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-------ses------------ Scbenk Petition Detained

Wheeling, w. Va. February 6.-The pe- ttion of Mrs. Laura Farnsworth Schenk for alimony and counsel fees against her husband whom. she was accused of pois- oning will not be presented to court until late in the week on account of the death at Wellesburg, w. Va, yesterday of Mrs. J. M Hervey, mother of Circuit Judge II. c. Hervey. nm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-07

New Orleans, February 6.-Spot cotton: Ouiety 1sc lower; sales on the spot, 156 bales: to arrive, 75O Low ordinary, il 5-16c nominal; ordinary, 12isc nominal; good ordinary, 13 9-16c; strict good ordin- ary, IS 15-76c; low middling. 14Ac; strict low madling. 141ac; middling, 14&c; strict middling. IA 15-16c; good middlng, :asc; strict good middling, 15 5-16c; mid ding fair, IS 9-16c; middling fair to fair, l5 15-16c; fair, 16 5-16c nominal; receipts, 51q6. stock, 1SS 324
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-07
New Orleans Cotton Market

New Orleans, February 6.-Cotton flu
 lures opened barely steady at loss of if to 17 points on the old crop months and loss of to IS points on the new. Cables were very unfavorable and stimulated selling for both accounts on the first call There also appeared to be an ac- emulation over Sunday of selling out orders from traders on the outside who were long. The news from Harbn, show ing that the plague was worse than ever. had a depressing effect on the market. In the early trading the more active months lost 13 to is points. This decline Tempted profit taking by shorts on q large scale, which resulted in something of a recovery, the market standing to II points under Saturdays close at the end of the first half-hour of business.
 Toward the middle of the morning the market weakened again under renewed short selling stimulated by the lower price of silver in London, the accounts of widespread starvation in China, and the rumor that large long lines were in
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Treasury Statement

Washington, February 6.-Condltion of the United States treasury at close of business today was: Working pai- ance in treasury offices, $2s,l93, 532 In banks and Philippine treasury, $S2,- SS1,7S9 The total balance in general fund was $s5,S16.Sl5. Ordlnary recelp's Saturday were s2,5S6,754 with disburse- ments of s3,225,247. The deficit to date this fiscal year Is $S,440,611 as against s22,227,719 at this time last year. These figures exclude Panama canal and pub lie debt transactions.
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Dry Goods

New York, February 6.-Many retail buyers of dry goods now in the mar ket. Trade in primary circles was quiet cotton goods feeling the effect of lower speculative prices in the staple. Printed goods in staples and in fine yarn cloths are in good call. Dress goods for fall are being opened stead fly at price levels showing some re- vision downward from the top values of wear aRo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-07

Cash quotations were as follows
 Flour-Steady.
 Rye-No. ?, 70@7Sc.
 Barley-Feed or mixing, 65@75c; fair to choice malting, S2GS9c.
 Flaxseed-No. southwestern, s2.54; No. 1 northwestern. s2.6
 Timothy Seed-s10.S0.
 Clover-$14.75.
 Mess Pork-Per barrel. $2.15@12.50 Lard-Per 100 pounds, s9.75.
 Short Ribs, Sdes-Loose, $9.871s0 10.31k.
 Short Clear Sides-Boxed, $10. .25@105O. Butter-Steady; creameries, 17@25c; dairies, 16Q22c.
 Eggs Firm; receipts, 4644 cases; at mark, cases included, 17G19c; firsts, 22c; prime firsts, 23c.
 Cheese-Steady; Daisies, 14s4@15c; Twins 314@131ac Young Americas, 1512@15&c; Long Horns. 15i1Q15%c.
 enthusiastically; choice to fancy, 44@ 46c; fair to good, 40Q43c.
 Poutry-Firm; turkeys. live. 15c; dressed, 12c; fowls, live, 131ac; dressed, 13c: springs, live and dressed, 13c.
 veal--Steady 50 to eo-pound weights, SEC; 60 to S5-pound weights, 101ac; S5 to 110-pound weights, 111ac.
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Fruits ana Produce

(Corrected by Douglas Bros) Apples-Fancy red. s5 to 36 Oranges, California. s475; Florada, sa.N @2.50.
 Pineapples. $3.5o. Lemons-Fancy, A. Limes-Imported. per 100. 76c0$L Irish Potatoes-New stock, per bushea 750S0c.
 Cabbage-Danish cabbage. 1hc. Ontons-Red Globe. H4c ID. Navy Beans-Choic6 Michigan. per bus S8.25.
 Lima Beans-Per h., 7c. Peas Virginia black-eye. per bu.. 6. .A Spanish onions, per crate. N.N Celery-Fancy, per crate, A.7b. Cocanuts, s .50qS per 100. | Sweet Potatoes-Per barrel. s22602S0. Grapes-Malaga, keg, H. Canada turnips. per h.. 1kc. Grape fruit. Florida, per box. 3s.5a Tangerines-Per box. A.00 Strawberries, F'lorida-30 to 35c qt Apples-Western, s2. 5o92. 10 box
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-07
FRESH EGGS 60
 DOWN ID 20 CENTS Cold Storage Article Is Now
 Bringing 15 Gents VEGETABLES POPULAR Imported Green Goods From Florida Are in Good Demand and Shipments
 COntinue--Trade fin Grain
 Market Is Excellent

A further decline yesterday in the price of eggs was a noted feature of the bus- mess of Morris avenue. Fresh eggs are now selling at 20 cents per dozen, while cold storage have dropped as low as b cents. Chickens are plentiful, and there is a steady call for the stock.
 Strawberries string beans, colards, let tuce, etc, continue to arrive from Florida at irregular intervals, and are demand ing fair prices.
 Merchants handling feed stuffs experi- enced a good trade, and received during the day the following shipments: One car load of hulls, two car loads of flour, one carload of bran and carload of corn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-07
New York Cotton Future,
Daily Cotton Movement

Galveston: Dull middling, 14Mc; net receipts, 1850; gross receipts, 1850; sales, 400; stock, 36,S2O exports coastwise, 2395.
 New Orleans; Quiet; middling, 14%c; net receipts, 5096 gross receipts, 5l62; sales. 906; stock, 1ss,324; exports to Great Britain, 14000.
 Mobile: Quiet; middling, 141zc; net re- ceipts, 337; gross receipts, 527; stock, 3D. 569: exports coastwise, 1.
 Savannah: Quiet; middling, 145sc; net receipts, 43os; gross receipts, 43os; sales, 12; stock, 1S5.040
 net receipts, 430; gros receipts. 430; stock, 3o,364; exports coastwise, 1100.
 Wilmington Nominal; net receipts, 973; gross receipts, 973; stock 67sS.
 Norfolk: Steady; middling, 141ac; net receipts 2540; gross receipts, 254O stock, 562: exports to Great Britain, 24,316; coast wise, 255S
 Baltimore: Nominal middling. 14a.c; stock, 65S6.
 New York: Quiet middling, 1445c; gross receipts, 5656; sales, 200S; stock, 304,674; exports, to France, 2101; to conti- nent, 1450; coastwise, 3242.
 Boston: Quiet: middling, 1445c; net re- ceipts. 1109; stock, S13O
 Philadelphia: Quiet; mddling, 147Oc; stock, 2S52
 Port Townsend: Net receipts, 4452; gross receipts, 4452; exports to Japan, 4452
 Minor ports: stock. 14sss.
 Total today, at all ports: Net. 26,04S; exports to Great Britain, 14,000; to France, 2701; to continent, 145O; Japan, 445S; stock, 942,S46.
 Consolidated, at all ports: Net, 46,2S3; exports to Great Britain. 22, AS; to France, 915l; to continent, 24,717; to continent, 24 TT; to Japan, 4462-
 Total since September 1, at all ports Net, 7,22l,627; exports to Great Britain, 2,71S,7S7; to France, 732, 3S2; to continent, ?, 2,O33, ,GS7: to Japan, 9953; to Mexico, 1215
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-07
Lumber Magnate DIes

Sacramento Cal, February 6-Robert L. Mccormick. millionaire lumber mag nate of Puget Sound, died yesterday at local hotel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-07
New York Money

New York, February 6.-Prime mer- cantile paper 4@4h per cent; sterl- ing exchange, steady, with actual bus mess in. bankers bills at $4.S3.30@ Q 4S340 for 50 day bills and at $4S435 for demand; commercial bills, $4S2H @4S3; bar silver, 51Mc Mexican dol lars, 45c: government and railroad bonds steady. st
 Money on call steady, 2@21a per cent; ruling rate, 29s per cent; clos ing bid, PA per cent; offered at 2ss per cent, time loans steady and fairly active! SO days, 8 per cent; 90 days sL per cent; six months Sa4 per cent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-07

process of liquidation. Prices broke to level 26 to 2S points under Saturdays close on the old crop months and Is points under on October. The dry wealth CT in the west of the cotton belt and re- ports that the drouth was fast becom- ing serious over large and important cotton producing area made the new crops comparatively steady. Profit talk ing by shorts was heavy on the decline and brought about recovery of to : points at noon when the market stood to 22 points under Saturdays close.
 In the afternoon session the market was quiet and prices did not change much. At 2 o'clock the active months were to IT points under Saturdays quotations. The market closed steady at net de- cline of 8 to IF points. ,
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-07
Poultry and BwEs

(Corrected by Garrett G Hine, Hens-Medium. 40050c; live. per lh.. 16c
 Large flyers, 35Q4Oc. 16c per 1b. medium fryers, 2598Oc, 200 per lb.; small, 20025c. 20c per ID.
 Ducks, 40945c; guineas. 30c; roostsrs. 9OaS5c; geese, a5960c; live turkeys. per ID. 200. Dressed turkeys, 23424c. Eggs-Fresh, 200.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-07
Cotton Seed Products

Cotton Seed Products Corrected daily by Buckeye Cotton ON
 Company.) oil. prime. 406z7i4c per gallon: meal prime. 7h per cent ammonia. sH per net ton; hulls. sacked. s11: hulls, loose. 30.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-07
Interior Movement

Houston: Dull: 1niddling, IA 11-16c; net receipts, s234; gross receipts, 92s4; ship ments, Ss06; sales, BIO: stock, 9l,69S.
 Augusta: Quiet; middling, 147sc; net re- ceipts, 7S1; gross receipts, 112o; shipments, 400; stock. 63,204.
 Memphis: Quiet; middling. 15c; net re- ceipts, 16SS; gross receipts. 23S1; ship ments, 4197; sales, 50; stock, 197,067.
 st. Louis: Quiet; middling, 151sc; net re- ceipts, 321; gross receipts, S7l9; shipments, 3747; stock, 21,960.
 Cincinnati: Net receipts. S1s gross re- ceipts, S1s shipments, 6S4; stock, 19,49O.
 Little Rock: Firm; middling. IA 9-16c; net receipts. ss5; gross receipts, sS5; ship ments, 1212; stock. 3S,64l.
 Louisvile: Firm middlng, 151sc
 Total today: Net receipts, 13,T7; gross receipts, 19207; shipments, 2o,146; sales 360; stock, 427 ,060.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-07
Meath

Corrected by Southern Beef ana Pre-
 vision Company Lard, 11Hc: compound, 91sc. D. s. short ribs, 111c. D. S. fat backs, 11c. Smoked clear bellies. 17Mc; fancy. 1s1s@. Hams, smoked. 161ac; Californian 11Mc.. Bacon, fancy 25c; medium. 23c. Pork Joins, 14c; spare ribs. 12Mc. Ham butts, 131sc; Boston butts, 121kc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-07
EIgin Butter Market

Elgin, H.. February 6.-Butter firm a 26c; output, 499,04O pounds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-07
Kansas City Grain

Kansas City, February 6.-Cash wheat Steady, 11c lower; No. 2 hard 90@96c; No. 2 red, 9GQ9Sc. Corn unchanged to Ac lower; No. 2 mixed. 4SQ431ac; No. 3 white, 431a@44c. Oats unchanged; No. 2 white, 32G32hc; No. ? mixed, 31@32c. Wheat futures-May, 94bc bid; July s9ssc bid. Corn May, 4Sbc bid; July, 49h@ 49Hc. +
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-07
Coffee Market

New York, February 6.-The market for coffee futures opened steady at decline of to 13 points, owing to weak turn in the Havre market after higher open ing there and local bear pressure A slight rally occurred during the late forenoon as a result of covering and Fome bull support which appeared due to private cable reporting that Brazil was not weakening and the confidence felt in the primary markets was due entirely to the shortness of the coming crop.
 This improvement did not hold, how ever, the market easing off during the afternoon owing to the weak closing cables from Hamburg and continued bear pressure in the absence of support. The close was steady. but at net loss of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-07
Pig Iron Production

Cleveland. Ohio, February 6.-Prelim- mary blast furnace figures for Jan uary show total pig iron production of 1,765,6O5 tons compared with 1,119,- S99 tons for December, says the Iron Trade Review today. Of this total 623,- 77S tons were merchant iron and' l. 126,349 tons non-merchants. The daily average production for January was 56,955 tons, decrease of 461 tons from December. The furnaces in blast on the last day of the month numbered 2O9 as against 193 at the close of Decem- Der.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-07

higher. Total sales. 92Oo. February, 7.05 @1oIc; March. 7.06@70Sc; April, 7.0S@ 1.11c; May, 7.12@7.13c; June, 7.14@716c. ,. Prime crude, 5.s3c; prime summer yell low, 7.0001.2 20c; prime winter yellow, 7.3C QISOc; prime summer white, 7.10d7. .65c.
 New Orleans, February 6.-Cotton seed oil. prime refined in barrels, per pound, I.o0c; choice meal, 8 per cent ammonia, per long ton, $2775; choice cake, 8 per cent ammonia, per long ton, s26.00
 New Orleans Rice Market
 New Orleans, February 6.-The demand today for clean rice, both Honduran and Japan, was steady. Both markets in the rough rice were marked dp "easier."
 Receipts: Rough, 5574 clean, none mill lers. 3973.
 Sales: Rough Honduras, at $2. .S5c; sales, 60 sacks; Japan,f no sales.
 Quotations: Rough. Honduras, easier; l. 1.25n3 .05c; Japan easier; 12543c; clean Honduras, 3@47sc; Japan, 21ad3hc.
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Naval stores

Savannah, February 6.-Turpentine firm at S6QS61sc; sales, 272; receipts, 130; ship ments, 26; stock, 5629. Resin firm; sales, 617; receipts, 1903; shipments, 1l10; stock, 669S3. Quote: B. $6.9O: D and E, s6. 6.921t; F. $6.95: G, s6.s73a; H, s7.021s l. $7.071a :; K, T.571z; M, $7.90; N, S.s5; VIC, $500; wv, sS.05.
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St. Louis Grain

St. Louis. February 6.-Cash wheat lower track No. 2 red, 99cQ$1 .o3: No. 2 hard 95c@Sl.02. Corn lower; track No. 2. 441Ac No white. 46@46iac. Oats steady: track No. g. 32c; No ? white. 321aQ32Ac. Wheat futures lower! May, 96Ac; July, 92lsG92l4c. Corn lower; May. 49c; July, 50c. Oats lower; May, S2c.
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New Orleans Cotton Futures.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-07
Visible Grain Supply

New York, February 6.-Cotton seed oil was firm early on covering of shorts. but eased off later under professional selling and with weakness in cotton. Flu lures closed points lower to 2 points
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LOCAL QUOTATIONS

The following are current quotations.
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No changes in prices were reported in this
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-29
HELP WESTERN MAIL SER
Missouri Pacific Move Helps All West
ern Points.

st. Louis, March 29.-The new fast
mail service inaugurated last evening
by the Missouri Pacific between st.
Louis and Kansas City for the west
and southwest means a great deal for
st. Louis and the st. Louis gateway.
Arrangements were recently COM
pleted by Postmaster General Hitch
cock with the Pennsylvania and the
Missouri Pacific for new evening
fast mail train from New York city to
st, Louis and Kansas City. With the
addition of this train the mail service
between the east and the southwest
will be greatly improved. Eastern
mail now will reach Kansas City sew
eral hours earlier via ST. Louis, and 1T
will advance westbound mail from
Kansas City seven hours, and Colo
RADIO mail four hours. To consider
able portions of Kansas, Oklahoma
and New Mexico eastern mail Will De
advanced from six to ten hours.
The new train, composed expluslveIy
of mail cars, four cars fully equipped
with clerks and two storage cars for
through mail, left New York on its
first run Sunday evening at $3.50
o'clock over the Pennsylvania Vandal1a
route for ST. Louis. 1t is due to arrive
here at 5:25 p. m. next day, Out last
evening it came in fifteen minutes
ahead of time, which allowed forty
FIVE minutes in Union station for trans
fer of through mail to the Missouri
Pacific train and the loading OF St
Louis mail for the west ana the
southwest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-29

placed at 2 to 1 on Sehreck's ability
to last five rounds.
1t was a noisy audience that awaited
the beginning of the fight. Hundreds
of cowboys, dressed in the garb of the
plains, occupied ringside seats. There
being no ban placed on noise, they fire.
quently gave away to their ,enthusi-
asm, whooping and yelling.
Several Indians were in the audience.
Morris himself is part Cherokee and he
has many faithful friends among the
red men. Few of the Indians had ever
attended a prize fight and this. added
to the fact that their local pride was
one of the participants. made them keen
for the battle to begin. They. too,
yelled unrestrained.
Battle by Rounds.
Round 1.-The fighters rushed at each
other like panthers. Morris led off
with a hard right swing for the head,
but missed. They cIinched. Morris
landing lefts to the body. The referee
broke them and Morris drove a right
and a left swing to the head. Another
clinch and I'm coming out of 1t the ex-
engineer swung another right to the
head and followed with a right to the
stomach and left to the head. Schreck
swung wildly with his left and missed.
Morris put left and right to the
face.
: Round morris led with a left to
the head. Schreck missed a right to
the head. Morris drove three rights
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-29

ment, delivery of which is expected in
a few months for inauguration OF the
service. For a long time the road has
been reballasting and relaying track
this work now is almost complete.
The Santa Fe evidently does not in
tend to extend it's new general Office
building to 13 stories, but there seems
to be enough material on the ground
to do the work.
Total gross earnings of all United
States railroads reporting for the first
two weeks in March, aggregate ST.
295.987. a loss of 3 per cent as com
pared with the earnings OF the same
roads for the corresponding period last
year. The total shows that there is
no decrease in the tendency toward
contraction in the railroad business or
the country, the loss last week being
earnings than last year were first re-
ported.
Scott City is modest. Here is a rail-
road item from that town: THE Scott
City & Northern railway is being built
and will soon be ready for operation
The Santa Fe is supposed to be be-
hind the new road. Scott City is also
expecting that the division point on The
Missouri Pacific will be moved there
from Horace. A big new roundhouse
is being built at Hoisington and 1t is
reported that the material of the old
Hoisington roundhouse, POSTAL one,
will be moved to Scott City.
The census bureau has gathered sta
tistics of the cotton crop for the past
year and reports that, including inters,
there will be over 12,000.000 bales. This
is $780, 600 bales more than the number
estimated by the agricultural depart
ment last December.
The differential made by the Pullman
company between its rates for upper
and lower berths has thus far had little
or no effect. The ticket agents report
that, as before the change, in rates was
made, practically all passengers, in
buying sleeping car tickets, ask for
lower berths. bonus of 40 cents a
night could hardly be expected 40 at
tract the average passenger into
Dlace which he considered undesirable
To build a $5.000000 200-mile railroad
through the heart of one of the rich
est. undeveloped sections of the west
is the life-size job tackled by the
plucky little town of Pennington, n.
M, center of the great isolated north
west quarter of the state.
The Gulf. Colorado & Santa Fe rail-
road has completed negotiations with
the Cotton Belt road for a trackage
lease of their line between McGregor
and Waco, and will establish a direct
service to Waco from all Santa Fe
points. which will go into effect on the
10th of April. The Santa Fe has been
irving to get into Waco for the past
several years. but was unable to ac-
complish anything in that direction I'M
| til now.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-29
NEW PHONES ON SANTA FE.
Every Mile of Track in Southern Cali
fornia Now.

San Bernardino, Cal, March 90
This week every mile of track on the
Santa Fe in southern California will
be under operation by the telephone
dispatching system. The last piece of
wire and last instrument is in place
and Wednesday has been set as the
date for the placing in operation of
the remaining districts not already
using telephones for train dispatching.
The Santa Fe is now contemplating
placing on every passenger train and in
every caboose a telephone apparatus
by which the trainmen can talk with
the dispatcher's Office in San Bernar-
dino from any point on the line. In
case of wrecks, engine failure or any
emergency that demands communica-
ton with the train dispatcher valuable
time could be saved with an appliance
that would be the means of notifying
Headquarters Immediately. For this
reason local officials believe that the
instructions will be received to equip
all trains with the device.
The trainmen's telephone is por-
table device, arranged on light stick.
A hook on one end catches on the
main telephone line on the telegraph
poles and an insulated cord leads to
the transmitter and receiver at the
other end.