ST. LOUIS RAILWAY CLUB.

OCTOBER 13, 1916.

"The St. Louis Railway Club as a body is not responsible for the subject matter contributed by outside parties, or for the statements or opinions of individual members of the Club."

VOLUME XXI. Containing paper on "The Ubiquitous Freight Car Question
NUMBER 6.
and Its Elusive Answer," by Mr. E. H. DeGroot, Jr.,
Superintendent of Transportation, Chicago & Eastern
Illinois Railroad, Chicago. Ill.

OFFICERS 1916-1917.

PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, M. MAREA, Gen. Supt. St. Louis, Troy & Eastern Ry., East St. Louis, Ill.

FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT,

M. O'BRIEN, Master Mechanic, United Railways, St. Louis, Mo.

SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT,

W. S. WILLIAMS, Superintendent, Illinois Central R. R., Carbondale, Ill.

THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT,

J. A. SOMERVILLE. Supt. Trans., Missouri Pacific Ry., St. Louis, Mo.

SECRETARY-TREASURER,

B. W. FRAUENTHAL, General Ticket Agent, Union Station, St. Louis, Mo.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE,

R. E. ADREON, V. P. & G. M., American Brake Company, St. Louis, Mo.
ERNEST BAXTER, Purchasing Agent, St. L. S. W. Ry., St. Louis, Mo.
ROY F. BRITTON, Attorney-at-Law, St. Louis, Mo.

CHAS. BURLINGAME, Supt. Wiggins Ferry Company, St. Louis, Mo.
C. P. CASS, S. W. Mgr. Westinghouse Air Brake Co., St. Louis, Mo.
E. A. CHENERY, Supt. Telegraph, Mo. Pac. Ry., St. Louis, Mo.
R. E. EINSTEIN, Secretary, St. Louis Frog & Switch Co., St. Louis, Mo.
A. H. HANDLAN, JR., Secretary, Handlan-Buck Mfg. Co., St. Louis, Mo.
T. K. KNIGHT, Chief Clerk to Gen. Supt., C., B. & Q. R. R., St. Louis, Mo.
H. J. PFEIFER, Engineer, M. of W., Terminal R. R. Assn, St. Louis, Mo.
A. L. POLLARD, Agent, Mobile & Ohio Railroad, East St. Louis, Ill.

The regular monthly meeting of the St. Louis Railway Club was held on the 5th floor in the gymnasium of the Missouri Athletic Association on Friday, October 13, at 8 o'clock, President M. Marea presiding, and the following being present:

D. R. Luyties
M. Marea
W. J. Matthews
J. G. Meehan
O. W. Miller
R. E. Miller, Jr.
Chas. A. Mitchell
George A. Mitsch
Edwin C. Moody
J. P. Moore
C. M. Morris
O. G. Mueller
J. J. Murphy
M. F. McCarra
A. F. McCoole
W. E. McGarry
Jas. B. McNamee
S. E. Nell
Roy H. Nicely
Frank J. Ott
Krank J. Ott
Edw. Pendergast
H. J. Pfeifer
M. A. Phillips
A. L. Pollard
E. L. Powell

P. A. Powers

W. J. Raining

Thos. H. Renaud
C. S. Rhoads
Wm. J. P. Rich
C. W. Roehrig
G. B. Ross
R. C. Salisbury
P. S. Sampson
J. C. Sanders
John C. Schmidt
F. E. Schutze
Grant Selby
C. O. Shumway
Grover B. Simpson
John W. Steinmeyer
J. L. Sohm

G. H. Steinberg
C. G. Stevens
T. D. Stickley
Wm. C. Swartout
Ed. Swineford
J. B. Temple
Hupp Tevis, Jr.
J. T. Theby
J. B. Thomas
W. J. Thornton
M. E. Towner
S. Turlay

R. L. Van Sant

T. E. Vaughn

B. J. Venverloh
Oscar E. Vitt
Wm. Voitlein
E. W. Von Arx
H. A. Wahlert
J. J. Walsh
W. L. Ware
J. G. Warnecke
H. T. Waters
M. A. Waters

R. G. Waters

B. T. Webber
S. D. Webster
Frank Weller
Chas. A. Welsch
Robert R. White
B. F. Wilkie
Ludwig G. Will
W. S. Williams
Frank T. Wilson
W. A. Wilson
Geo. E. Wilucki
Wm. G. Winter
J. E. Wood
W. A. Wood

W. E. Young
H. Zimmerman

THE PRESIDENT: Gentlemen, the meeting will please come to order; all those who have not registered will please do so before leaving the hall; we would like to have all our guests, those who are not members of the Club, register, and at the same time we would like to have all of them make application; everyone is eligible to membership in this Club, even though they are not actually engaged in the railroad service.

The aims and objects of this Club are to cultivate the acquaintance of the business men, bringing them together with the railroad men, and bringing the railroad men together with the business man, and to educate everyone up to a higher standard of proficiency.

The reason that we are meeting here tonight, gentlemen, is on account of the usual meeting-room at the American Annex Hotel being used for a large convention which has been meeting during several days past; for that reason, the management of the Hotel was unable to give us our usual meeting-place.

We trust that all of you will appreciate the surroundings that have been placed at our disposal by the Missouri Athletic Association, and that you will enjoy your evening spent here.

The reading of minutes is the next order of business; the minutes have already appeared in print, and if there are no objections or corrections, they will stand approved as printed and forwarded.

Hearing no objection, it is so ordered.

The next order of business is the election of new members. The Secretary will read the list.

ELECTED TO MEMBERSHIP.

ACTIVE.

Harry C. Atherton, Secretary to Superintendent, Illinois Central Railroad, Carbondale, Ill. Recommended by W. S. Williams and L. H. Bond.

R. W. Baringer, Chief Clerk-Roadmaster, Illinois Central Railroad, Carbondale, Ill.

L. H. Bond.

Recommended by W. S. Williams and

O. E. Bell, Accountant, Illinois Central Railroad, Carbondale, Ill. Recommended by W. S. Williams and L. H. Bond.

Edw. G. Bishop, Chief Clerk, Car Department, Illinois Central Railroad, East St. Louis. Recommended by J. G. Warnecke and W. S. Williams.

David G. Black, General Agent, Great Northern Railway, 203 Boatmen's Bank Bldg., St. Louis. Recommended by Ed. Keane and B. W. Frauenthal.

R. W. Bowler, General Traveling Car Foreman, St. Louis & Southwestern Railway, 1703 Railway Exchange Bldg., St. Louis, Mo. Recommended by M. Marea and M. W. Halbert

M. H. Broughton, Superintendent, Baltimore & Ohio South

western Railroad, Flora, Ill. Recommended by B. W. Frauenthal and J. P. Moore.

Parker Chastain, Division Timekeeper, Illinois Central Railroad, Carbondale, Ill. Recommended by W. S. Williams and L. H. Bond.

Miles E. Cheevers, Train Dispatcher, Illinois Central Railroad, Carbondale, Ill. Recommended by W. S. Williams and L. H. Bond.

H. Culley, Assistant Chief Clerk to Superintendent, Illinois Central Railroad, Carbondale, Ill. Recommended by W. S. Williams and L. H. Bond.

R. P. Dalton, Superintendent, Manufacturers' Railway, 2925 South Broadway, St. Louis, Mo. Recommended by M. Marea and B. W. Frauenthal.

D. B. Dickey, Chief Dispatcher, Illinois Central Railroad, Carbondale, Ill. Recommended by W. S. Williams and L. H. Bond.

S. W. East, Train Dispatcher, Illinois Central Railroad, Carbondale, Ill. Recommended by W. S. Williams and L. H. Bond. J. C. Figg, General Clerk, Superintendent's Office, Illinois Central Railroad, Carbondale, Ill. Recommended by W. S. Williams and B. W. Frauenthal.

F. D. Gildersleeve, Assistant General Passenger Agent, Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad, St. Louis, Mo. Recommended by B. W. Frauenthal and J. P. Moore.

H. A. Grandstaff, Chief Clerk to Chief Dispatcher, Illinois Central Railroad, Carbondale, Ill. Recommended by W. S. Williams and L. H. Bond.

Samuel Hyams, Instrument Man, Illinois Central Railroad, Carbondale, Ill. Recommended by W. S. Williams and L. H. Bond.

L. L. Johnson, General Yard Master, Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, 527 De Baliviere Ave., St. Louis, Mo. Recommended by M. Marea and C. B. Shaver.

H. C. Marmaduke, Chief Clerk to Superintendent, Illinois Central Railroad, Carbondale, Ill. Recommended by W. S. Williams and L. H. Bond.

Harry F. McFarland, Jr., Assistant Engineer, St. Louis & San