The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-09

employees, whose numbers had grown
until they formed a large army, and
IN MS far-sighted care for his sub
nrdinates.
respected this vigorous, active
man with all my heart. and deeply
regretted that a treacherous alimsnt
put an end to his career in the very
midst OF his work.
In his Excellency Won Breitenbach
acquired a new and valuable aid
ana co-worker in my plans regarding
the railways. In the course OF years
ne developed into a personage OF
high eminence. Distinguished and
obliglng. OF comprehensive attain-
ments, keen political insight, great
capacity for work and untlring in
dustry, he stood In close relation
ship 90 me.
His cooperation with the general
start In military matters was due go
his thorough belief In the necessity
OF strengthening our means of de-
tense against possible hostlle M
tacks. Plans were made for the
construction Of three new Rhine
bridges, at Rudesheim, Ncuwied and
the Lorcloy. which were not COM
pletod until during the war-thoy
were named, respectively. after the
crown prince, Hindenburg and Iu-
dendorff. In tho east, great oNten-
sons OF railway stations, brldgee
aud new railway lines were built,
some OF them while the war was In
progress.
Other important works carried out
by Breitonbach in the west were the
great railway bridge at Cologne. tu
replace the old trcstlo bridge: now
bridge, by the Reyen tower, for
freight traffic; and new railways in
the Eiffel mountains. Moreover. at
my special suggestion, a through
line was built from Giessen to Wies-
baden, which included reconNruc-
tlon OF the station at Homburg and
Wlesbaden and the building OF loop
around Frankfort and Hochst In
addition. trains were provided with
through cars from Flushing TO the
Tuunus.
To show that II is impossible 20
please everybody. | wish TO observe
In passing that we are violently at
tackled by the hotel proprictors OF
Frankfort. who were naturally not
at all pleased at this elimination Of
Frankfort and of the necessity, eX-
isting previously for passengers to
change trains there, since they lost
thereby many customers formerly
obliged TO spend a night in some
Frankfort hotel. This element
brought particularly strong opposi-
ton TO bear against the loon lire
around Hochst.
The battle concerning thc Central
canal was decided at last in favor
of my plans. Under Rrcitonbach,
construction on II was pushed for
ward by sections with great energy.
Those portions OF this canal which 1t
had heen possible to place I'm opera
tion have fully met expectations.
During this period. also. the ox-
traordinarily difficult extension and
deepening OF the Kaiser wilhelm
canal, almost equivalent to building
an entirely new waterway. was
brought TO completion, likewise the
great Emden sea lock. These were
achievements In the do
main of bridge and lock construc-
struction, which aroused the admir-
alton OF the world: in the matter of
locks, for instance, those built at
this time far surpassed the locks Of
the Panama canal IN size. The diff
ficrlt tasks were brilliantly and
thoroughly completed by the Off
cials in charge; in so far as the con-
structiOn work was I'm the hands
OF the empire. It was carried out
mostly with the supervising cooper
alton of the Prussian ministry of
transportation.
I often went TO Breitenbach's
home. whore | had an opportunity
thanks to him, of having interest
ing talks on commercial political
and economic subjects with highly
intelligent circle of meeting a lot OF
eminent men and discussing lnfpor-
tant questions The plans and
sketches OF all the larger railway
stations, locks and bridges were sub
mitted to me before the work Of
building or rebuilding them was be-
gun and reports concerning them
were made TO me.
/ have Intentionally gone into de-
tail in this matter in order to show
Permanent Waving with Oil.