gines are of the consolidation type, there we take our turn out and run weighing about 80 tons, and are large both ways-Mackinaw City and Bay enough for track conditions. We also City. Sometimes we do not get a run have two new Schmidt top header super- to Bay City for a month or so unless heaters which we think are the "only enwe trade off, which we have the privigines." At present they are a success lege to do. Engineers are assigned to in regard to fuel saving, but it is thought run on North End from Grayling to by some that unless repairs are kept up Mackinaw, but the firemen run both they will in time prove quite a hardship ways out of Grayling. We have a 182 on the fireman. mile division (Mackinaw Division), and passenger trains and mixed trains go through to Mackinaw out of Bay City. All members here belong to Alamo Lodge 263, San Antonio, Texas. We have no lodge of our own but we intend to ask for a charter within the next sixty days. We have about 25 members and six or seven applications on file. We are surely in need of a lodge here as we are working below standard and cannot afford to attend lodge meetings as it takes every cent to make both ends meet. Some brothers have not attended lodge since initiation but otherwise are all loyal members. We have practically no working conditions here, the management doing as they see fit in a measure, and our scale is 29 cents per hour on all classes of engines, just the same for firing freight engines as for little eightwheelers. We have two engines of the deckless type without any lagging on boiler head whatever, and a number of times I have burned a suit of overalls out in one trip. We have a committee now at work framing a classified schedule and do not think we are going to have any trouble in securing the improved wage and working conditions it embraces. Business is rather dull here at present, but we expect it to improve within two or three months. We were unfortunate in not getting in on the Western Concerted Wage Movement, but think we will reap some of the benefits. All of the boys would rather that we had been represented therein. Our work is very hard and we use asbestol coal. Yard firemen make about ninety dollars per month and a road firemen all the way from sixty-five to eighty-five dollars per month. I would advise those out of work not to come here seeking employment. LODGE 765-(Harry P. Lauren, Kingston, N. Y.) I have been a member of the B. of L. F. and E. for ten years and a constant reader of the Magazine. Lodge 765 has been organized for four years. We have a membership of about 80 and are in a flourishing condition. About a year ago we accepted a new schedule with which we are pretty well satisfied. It gives us nearly a standard rate of pay. Our road, which is the Ulster and Delaware, is but 107 miles long with a branch of 20 miles which is all mountain and very steep. Our engines are in very good condition when compared with those on other roads. Our worst trouble is poor coal, but I think we will get better fuel in the near future. We have a good set of officials to work under and have the advantage over most of our brothers in not having much night work. When we start out we generally know where we are going to tie up and also know when we are to go out again. About 20 per cent. of our engineers belong to the "Tried and True," of which fact we are very proud. Our new time Lodge attendance is very poor. table went into effect on June 28th last Railroading is dull here at this time and as a result of which we are very busy promotion very slow; we have men here and will be for about three months. We firing the mixed runs that have been have a Ladies' Society which was organfiring fifteen or sixteen years, and I am ized about three years ago. It is also about seven times out for a yard job. doing nicely. It has been a great inspiraThe youngest firemen have been here tion to us, as we were not much on planabout five years and are firing yard en- ning good times, but the ladies have kept gines. We run "first in, first out" of something going most of the time, which Bay City and Grayling, Mich. Our promotes sociability and helps to bind freight trains run as far as Grayling, 92 us in close fellowship. I extend my best miles from Bay City, and on arriving regards to all brothers. LODGE 152-(Member, Bay City, Mich.) Lodge 152 meets the first and third Sundays of each month at 9:30 a. m. Addresses Wanted. Official Persons desiring to learn the address of or any information concerning a member or any other person, will please communicate with the secretary of the lodge nearest the residence of the person desiring such information. Upon receipt of a communication from the secretary of such lodge, requesting that a notice be published in the Magazine inquiring for such address or other information, same will be complied with. However, the Magazine can not undertake to act as a collection agency, and must decline to lend itself to such purpose. Information should be sent to the person specified in the notice. The following inquiries have reached this office since our last issue went to press : Roy G. Crum.-Left Rawlins, Wyo., October 18, 1913. He is 23 years of age; 5 feet, 10 inches; has brown eyes, light hair, and weighs about 195 pounds. Any one having any information as to his whereabouts, kindly communicate with his brother, O. G. Crum, Rawlins, Wyo., or H. Perrett, Recording Secretary, Lodge 87, Rawlins, Wyo. C. A. Swanson.-Was a member of Lodge 326, Bradford, Pa.; left there on May 14th last, for the purpose of seeking employment in Canada, and has not been seen or heard of since. He has blue eyes, brown hair mixed with grey, and is of medium build. As his family is very anxious to hear from him, it will be appreciated if anyone having any information as to his whereabouts will kindly communicate with J. W. Fairbanks, Recording Secretary, Lodge 326, 136 Washington Street, Bradford, Pa. J. C. Chandler.-Was a member of Lodge 622, and when last heard of was working for the Cotton Belt Railroad at Tyler, Texas. Anyone having any information as to his whereabouts, kindly communicate with R. L. Russell 207 East First Street, Ft. Worth, Texas. Richard Dooley.-Left home nine years ago and was last heard of in South Dakota. He is 42 years of age; weighs 160 pounds; is 5 feet, 10 inches tall; has black hair tinged with grey, and black eyes. The third finger on his left hand is severed at the first joint. Anyone having any information as to his whereabouts, kindly communicate with his brother, A. S. Dooley, Brodhead, Wis. J. A. Monahan.-Formerly a member of S. S. Merrill Lodge 188; left Chicago, Ill., October 14, 1907, and has not been seen or heard from since June, 1908, at which time he was in Jacksonville, Fla. He was in St. Paul, Minn., during July, the same year, and was in Richmond, 1907, also in New Smyrna, Fla., during Va., in May, 1908. He has worked for the Atlantic Coast Line and the C. and N. W. R. R., and is supposed to have been in Manchester, Va., Cincinnati, Ohio; Lincoln, Neb.; Boone, Iowa, and Perry, Iowa. He is about 40 years of age; 5 feet, 6 or 7 inches tall; has blue eyes; fair complexion; weighed about 130 pounds when last seen, and has two scars on face, one near mouth and the other on left cheek under eye. Anyone abouts, kindly communicate with having any information as to his wheremother, Mrs. Catherine Monahan, 1458 Grace Street, Chicago, Ill., or Thomas E. Melvin, President, Lodge 188, B. of L. F. and E., 1055 North Francisco Avenue, Chicago, Ill. his Ernest M. Driver.-Left Birmingham, Ala., September 15, 1908, and was in Steamboat Springs in 1910. Was supposed to have been firing on the Moffat Railroad. Height 6 feet, 2 inches; has fair complexion; blue eyes and light hair; is 22 years of age, but appears to tion as to his whereabouts, kindly_combe older. Anyone having any informamunicate with his mother, Mrs. L. D. Driver, care Warren Hotel, Denver, Colo., or W. F. Brundage, 3853 Alcott Street, Denver, Colo. Lost Traveling Cards, Etc. This office has been notified of the loss of the following traveling cards, receipts, etc., and the request is made that all members be on the lookout for them. Should they be discovered in the possession of persons not entitled to them they should be forwarded to the owners or to the secretaries of the lodges that issued them: Bro. R. G. Griffith, member of Lodge 475, reports the loss at Colorado Springs, Colo., of receipts Nos. 345, 599, 600 and 601, for the months of July, August, September and October, 1914, inclusive, and traveling card No. C-18746 good until September 30, 1914. Finder please re turn to A. L. Halligan, Financial Secre- Bro. A. B. Chaplin, member of Lodge tary, Lodge 475, 310 Belford Avenue, Grand Junction, Colo. Bro. J. L. Neathery, President, Lodge 408, Springfield, Ill., reports the loss of traveling card No. C-6086, issued July 2, 1914, and receipts Nos. 83 and 84 for July and August, also service letter; $20.00 and several other papers. Finder please notify F. G. Saner, Financial Secretary, Lodge 408, 1608 South Fifth Street, Springfield, Ill. Bro. Howard Logan, member of Lodge 140, Salida, Colo., reports the loss of his card case containing traveling card, dating from July 1 to September 30, 1914, believed to have been lost in or near Union Depot, Wichita, Kans., on July 11 or 12, 1914. Finder please return to Mr. C. R. Wilson, 322 East Fourth Street, Salida, Colo. Bro. Dan Brick, member of Lodge 36, reports the loss of his card case containing traveling card No. 17406 and receipts from August, 1910, to August, 1914, also several service letters and valuable раFinder please return to J. E. Tay pers. lor, Financial Secretary, Lodge 36, 1715 Meharry Street, Lafayette, Ind. Bro. F. P. Foley reports the loss of his traveling card and receipts, also service letters dating from April, 1911, to July, 1914, which were stolen in Chicago, Ill. If found, please notify F. P. Foley, 865 Nelson Street, Springfield, Ohio, or O. W. Longbrake, Financial Secretary, Lodge 203, Garrett, Ind. Acknowledgments. Mrs. Clara Wade desires to thank the Grand Lodge for the prompt payment of the claim of her husband, Bro. Iran R. Wade, of Peru, Ind., as well as the members of Lodge 405, and of the Ladies' Society, Lodge 77, for their kindness and beautiful flowers at the time of his death. 287, Altoona, Pa., desires to thank the Grand Lodge and the Brotherhood for the prompt payment of his disability claim which he received on July 25th last. He also wishes to thank the officers and members of Altoona Lodge 287 for their many acts of kindness to him during his long illness, and Dr. W. B. Cory, Grand Medical Examiner, for the kindness and consideration shown him during his examination. The Home Account. The following donations were received at the Home for Aged and Disabled Railroad Employes for the month of July, 1914: Grand Lodge B. of R. T. L. S. to B. of L. F. and E. Dividend on Carhartt Stock.. R. T.. J. F. Clark, Division 441, O. R. C.. C. S. McKay, Division 119, B. of L. E.. H. E. Blodgett, Division 288, O. R. C.. . $2,049 74 1,333 63 139 00 124 00 63 00 27 00 10 00 12.00 10.00 14.00 5.00 1.00 1.00 1 00 1.00 1.00 $3,792 37 Respectfully submitted. JOHN O'KEEFE, Secretary-Treasurer and Manager. Lodge No To SUBORDINATE LODGES: Beneficiary Statement OFFICE OF GENERAL SECRETARY AND TREASURER, The following is a statement of receipts in the Beneficiary Department for the month of July, 1914: RECEIPTS. 92 93 94 95 96 77 00 168 134 75 169 369 60 170 187 50 171 403 15 172 362 45 173 320 10 174 110 55 175 78 15 176 78 15 177 74 80 178 100 65 179 316 80180 89 60 181 197 45 182 144 10 183 221 65 184 52 80 185 224 95 186 19 269 50 20 44 00 21 585 20 22 96 80 23 146 80 24 344 80 97 25 286 00 98 26 309 10 99 27 294 25 100 28 176 55 101 29 127 60 102 30 189 15 103 31 102 85 104 32 180 90 105 33 165 55 106 34 237 05 107 35 89 65 108 36 157 30 109 37 227 15 110 38 98 45 111 39 147 40112 40 323 95 113 41 60 50 114 42 41 25 115 168 30 188 43 198 00 116 157 30 189 44 293 15 117 108 35 190 45 584 60 118 39 60 191 46 33 00 119 136 95 192 47 303 60 120 178 25 193 48 295 90 121 198 55 194 49 187 00 122 52 25 195 50 63 25 123 214 50 196 51 178 75 124 168 85 197 52 307 45 125 67 65 198 53 156 20 126 136 40 199 54 363 55 127 252 45 200 55 42 90 128 74 25 201 56 840 45 129 227 15 202 57 875 10 130 493 90 203, 58 285 45 131 60 50 204 59 850 90 132 85 25 205 60 425 15 133 244 75 206 61 89 10 134 114 40 207 62 121 55 135 196 35 208 63 245 80 136 92 40 209 64 137 72 60 210 65 182 60 138 229 35 211 66 187 55 139 345 40 212 67 75 35 140 256 85 213 68 148 50 141 623 70 214 69 94 60 142 268 40 215 70 143 00 143 288 75 216 71 303 05 144 49 50 217 72 808 00 145 234 30 218 73 211 20146 220 00 219 145 75 165 284 35 382 161 70 455 117 70 528 178 75 601 277 20 456 337 15 457 190 80 529 212 85 530 72 05 531 87 45 532 314 243 65 387 142 45 460 62 15 533 138 60 534 84 70 602 56 65 603 47 80 604 150 15 805 57 75 606 245 85 607 149 60 89 65 316 176 00 608 91 85 238 70 96.80 65 45 59 40 128 15 89 65 244 145 20 317 63 80 133 65 245 199 65 246 157 30 319 124 85 392 150 70 465 259 05 538 205 15 611 78 10 72 60 393 141 35 466 145 75 539 227 70 612 70 40 27 50 467 147 40 540 340 45 613 19 80 96 80 541 200 75 614 811 85 250 244 20 323 177 10 396 134 75 469 118 85 542 149 05 615 138 05 251 307 45 324 223 30 325 326 15 326 92 95 327 63 25 328 24 75 329 162 80 330 77 55 331 89 10 397 62 15 470 220 55 543 860 80 616 74 80 398 114 40 399 195 80 400 149 60 401 56 10 402 141 90 403 161 15 404 147 95 471 472 77 00 332 75 35 405 139 70 473 237 051474 84 15 475 38 50 476 118 80 477 348 15 478 79 75 479 425 70 480 165 55 481 223 85 482 182 55 483 197 45 484 188 65 485 47 85 486 177 10 487 31 35 544 800 85 545 82 50 546 132 55 547 134 75 548 82 50 549 272 80 550 118 85 617 68 20 237 05 551 630 146 85 631 108 35 632 82 50 633 257 95 634 285 45 635 273 35 636 106 16 552 41 25 553 101 75 554 78 10 627 150 70 555 107 25 628 52 25 556 55 00 629 121 55 557 674 85 558 69 85 559 34 10 560 25 85 561 118 85 562 132 55 563 53 35 564 263 45 565 55 55 566 118 80 567 36 85 568 90 75 569 160 50 570 88.00 576 96 80 577 44 00 578 107 80 579 261 80 580 399 85 581 87 45 582 583 80 80 510 139 701511 360 80 584 637 35 20 638 209 00 639 105 05 640 106 70 641 209 00 642 100 65 643 283 25 644 75 90 645 224 95 646 171 60 647 42 90 648 69 30 649 151 25 650 199 65 651 84 70 652 75 90 653 119 90 654 101 20 655 99 00 141 85 50 05 176 00 110 00 29 15 146 80 170 50 51 70 212 85 125 95 81 95 51 15 184 20 94 60 58 80 89 65 113 30 286 00 76 45 47 80 172 15 196 90 89 75 95 70 657 117 70 140 25 618 63 80 619 84 70 620 79 20 621 158 40 622 115 50 623 222 75 624 244 75 625 261 25 626 82 50 44 55 89 60 119 90 656 |