The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-03-02
Railroad Gossip

A committee of five to frame condi-
tions for the award of the Hartman
railway medal and make the awards
in January of each year has been APP
pointed by the American Museum. Of
Safety, in whose keeping the matter
has been given by Mrs. f. H. Harri-
man, widow of the railway ma and
donor of the medal. The committee
comprises Arthur II. Hadley. president
of Yale university, chairman; w. +.
Allen, secretary of the American Rail-
way association; Samuel @. Dunn,
editor of the Railway Age Gazette;
Franklin x. Lane, chairman of the
Interstate Commerce commission, and
the United States. commissioner of
labor.
The medal is to be in three grades,
identical in design, one of solid gold,
for the railway system which has
made the greatest progress during the
year in safeguarding the lives Of pas-
sengers n in preventing accidents to
its employees; a secon of solid silver
for that actual operating head. such
as a division superintendent, who has
done most individually for safety, and
a third Of bronze for the workman who
does most in his sphere for safety to
other employees or the public.
Orders for Cars.
The Pennsylvania Railroad company
has just placed orders for 2,305 rail
way freight cars. OF these cars, 1000
refrigerator and 500 steel and WOOD
gondolas will be built by the American
Car and Foundry company at Berwick,
Pa, and sos steel and wood gondolas
by the STANDARD Steel Car company at
Butler, Pa. All are for requirements
on the Pennsylvania lines east of
Pittsburgh. The new ears will be
100, 900 pounds capacity, taking the
place of ears of 0 1000 pounds average
capacity. This equipment will thus
represent a net increase in carrying
capacity of 46, 100 tons.
The gondola cars will cost approxi-
mately S1,215 each, and the r~efrigerat-
or cars will cost 5000 each, or about
5000 more than similar ears cost six
months ago. Each of the gondola and
refrigerator cars requires about 40, 600
pounds of steel. Execution of this
order, therefore, will require at least
6,10O tons of steel. The total cost to
the railroad company for these re-
placements will amount to approxi-
mately $3,595,575.
These cars are in addition to the
10000 new cars ordered a few days
ago. The execution of the above
orders, amounting to a total of 1906
cars, will require 2S6. 100 tons of steel,
and a total outlay on the part of the
railroad company of $17,O36,575.
New Appointment.
e. F. Kearney, general superintend-
ent of transportation of the Missouri
Pacific-Iron Mountain, has announced
the appointment of transportation for
the system, vice Mr.. kearney, recently
promoted to the office of general SUI
p~erintendent of transportation. Mr..
S~omerville spent his entire career on
the Burlington system until he re-
signed as superintendent of terminals
for that road at st. Louis to become
superintendent of terminals at Kansas
City for the Missouri Pacific four
years ago, a position which he filled
until given his present promotion.
Demonstration Farm.
The sixth demonstration farm on
the Iron Mountain tracks of the Mis-
souri, Pacific-Iro1 Mountain system
has been located at Arcadia, Mo-, on
the grounds of the Arcadia college,
adjoining the right of way of the rail-
road. Rev. Father John Adrian of the
college, who has been a student of
scientific farming for some time, will
be in charge under the general super
vision of L. A. Markham, commission