Evening journal., 1912-12-09

HEARD TRAIN
end LECTURES
Pennsylvania Railroad Special
Ends Run After Profitable y
Trip
ALL GET TIPS ON
SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE


Company Peninsula special train
returned TO Wilmington Saturday
night tho railroad officials. the lec-
turors and members of the MARYLAND
and Delaware States Boards and Az
riculiurnl Colleges united an tho
opinion that the trip was successful
from every point of view. The fol-
lowing table of slatistica shows thar
there is am ever-increasing demand
on the part of the Peninsula farmers
10 assimilate an the knowledge they
possibly can which viii help ihom
70 make their soil ,more fertile their
crops more abundant and their pock-
etbooks more bulky:
1912 1911
Mileage covered by
Train ;..:..t.... 5Is No Record
Number OF stops 49, 80 AZ
Average distance be-
tween Stops II 1910 miles
week ~. s....275o 242o
Daily average attend
ance ....-.....-.. 45S 404
Average attendance
at each stop ~ 81 81
Number of lecturers III Q
Number of lectures
delivered . 49, 150 1870
Minutes at each stop 80 60
Number of subjects
discussed m "a 9
Number Of written
questions asked by
farmers .... .....4l 600
Number Of oral Ques-
tons -. ..- 5a2 No Record
Number of carriages.
wagons, autOmo-
biles and other ye-
hlcles in which
farmers drove to
stations ... .. PSI No-Record
Number of railroad
men on train . 20 rs
ln addition 10 the above statistics.
Il also is said that the most number
Of people who heard the lectures on
board the train at one stop was one
hundred and siXty-eight This was
al luckahoe, where both coaches
were crowded and the station build
Ing utilized as a lecture hall At the
night sessions which took place in
the various public buildings of the
larger towns on the peninsula. the
biggest audience was at Georgetown.
The poorest showing was made by
Oakley where only twelve farmers
met the train
Beside furnishing the train free OF
cost TO the State Agricultural Col
leges and spending thousands of dol
lars for literature the Pennsylvania
Railroad also sends along It's super
intondents division freight agents
tralnmasicrs aud other important
operating officials who see that the
trains are operated ION time" and
who come in contact with shippers
who sometimes have complaints 10
mako and suggestions to offer re-
earoing the service.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
panl Is promoting scientific agricul-
tnrc in many other ways. For in
stance, at the American Land and Tr-
rigation Exposition held I'm New
York city between November i5 and
November 30. the railroad was
awarded a large silver cup. indicative
of having the best railroad exhibit
at the show
While this was a glowing tribute
20 tho railroad. it was virtually a tri-
butte 10 the Maryland Delaware -Vir-
pinia Peninsula because the majority
o Of fruits and vegetables exhibited
we're collected from various points in
Maryland and Delaware. The exhi-
hit was picturesque. unique and edu-
cational. The decorative features in
cluded n huge pumpkin some twelve
feet Ia diameter. surrounded bv hun
drods of varieties OF farm products
put up in glass Jars and I'M other
containers. illustrating the bountifnl.
ness of crops I'm the rich farming
centres traVersed by the PENNSYLVANIA
system.
The railroad representatives who
accompanied The second annual far.
mers special we're
p. b John. Superintendent Della.
ware Division; w II. IT Willis. Di-
vision Freight Agent Delaware Di.
vision; NJ G. Broughton. Freight So
licitor, Delaware Division; w r. Car.
ter Supervising Agent Delaware Di.
vision; +. r. White Assistant Train
astcr, Delaware Division: w. u. Polk
Superintendent. Maryland. Delawar,
& Virginia Ry.; T Murdoch. General
Freight and Passenger Agent Della.
ware & Virginia Ry.; G +. Sharpley
Trainmaster. Delaware & Virginia
Ry; 7 p. Jones, Freight Solicitor
Delaware e. Virginia Ry: r. " Mas.
Soy. Superintendent New York. Phil
adelphia g. Norfolk r. r.: J. J. Re.
stain Trainmaster. New York. Phila.
delphia e. Norfolk r r. A. L. Ben
nett. Manager. Demonstration Farm
Delaware Railroad: w. S. NAPLES
Freight Solicitor. New York. Philadel
phia & Norfolk r, r. : W. o. Merrick
representing freight department. Del
aware r. r.. r. p. Barnitz Mil
Agent Pennsylvania r. r.: IT. ID
Reuiger. Assistant Trainmaster N
y p. g n r. r.; George Flatow. Pul
iicity Department. p r. r.