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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1963
Burlington President Finds
Potential of Area Unlimited
"Growth possibilities of the
Rogue River valley, and the
Pacific Northwest as a whole,
are unlimited with the power,
lumber and soil potential of this
area," H. C. Murphy, president
of the Burlington Lines, declared
here Friday, adding, "depend
ent, of course, upon good trans
portation." Traveling from east to west to
visit the company's representa
tives and shippers. Murphy was
joined here by Starr S. Hankis,
western traffic manager, San
Francisco; Guy R. Glove, vice
president in charge of traffic,
Chicago, and Larry G. McCub
bin, general agent, Portland.
All conferred Friday with W.
Harold Pyle, commercial agent
for the Burlington Route with
offices in the D'Anjou building
in Medford, where the company
has maintained offices and a
commercial agent since 1956.
Entertained at Luncheon
Principal shippers were enter
tained at a luncheon with wom
en guests Friday and at a stag
dinner in the evening.
Opening of the Medford office
was an expression of confidence
in the potential of this area. It
has been followed by a steady
increase in service to make pos
sible a closer relationship be
tween railroad and shippers,
Murphy noted as proof that the
confidence has been justified.
With verification from the
other members of his staff clos
er to the operation. Murphy
stated that 10,000 cars arc mov
ed in and out of the Medford
area annually and that he is
eager to increase the amount to
at least 20,000 for the Burling
ton Lines.
Added to Service
The Burlington Line added
1,525 freight ears to its service
this last year. Last year the
new cars numbered 1.225. Dur
ing two years the company is
spending S55 million on freight
cars and deiscl power and
equipment not including road
improvements, which will
amount to $3'- million, the rail
road president said.
Murphy, who has been in rail
roading for 52 years, almost 50
of them with the Burlington,
pointed out that box cars in the
old days were constructed for
S2,50O or $3,000. Now, "damage
free" cars, all with roller bear
ings, manufactured today cost
from $11,000 to $21,000 in con-
! struction.
With all these costs and the
! restrictions made upon railroads
i today by government mandates,
the railroad "still faces a grct
future," the executive maintain-
'ed.
I Always Be Railroad
"There will always be a rail
l road," he declared. "Many,
many millions have been spent
in improvements, all kinds of
1 improvements. There has been
almost a complete rennaisance
j in power with the railroads go
I ing from steam to dsiscl en
j gines, the most efficient pow
j er plant in existence so far as
I the railroad is concerned."
j "The public will never get the
; maximum for its transportation
dollar, however, until the rail
road is allowed more freedom,"
the railroad president declared,
"until we are allowed to op
erate under ground rules just as
favorable as are our competitors
and with restrictions no more
onerous. With a little encourage
ment from the government this
country could have a transpor
tation system better than any
thing known. Everything is
there and ready, the equipment,
the qualified people, if the gov
ernment just gets off our
backs."
Suffering Shortage
"The whole middlewest is
suffering from a car shortage
now," the Burlington executive
stated in answer to questions re
garding box car shortages,
which have worried lumbermen
through the years. Murphy then
blamed the condition on govern
ment controls which make it
"impossible to predict the num
ber of cars to be needed in the
grain areas at any certain
I time." .
"Six million bushels of milo
i is on the ground today in Ne
braska and should be moved,"
he explained, "but 3,500 cars
(are needed to move it and we
don't have the 3,500 cars there.
They are scattered about the
l nation."
I In the old davs, the railroad
representatives explained, they
could find out when these crops
would be ready to move and
then arrange to have the cars
at the right place at the right
lime. With so many surpluses
held for government release
they contended, it is impossible
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to estimate this time correctly. ,
Some of last year's crop may
be released for movement at the
same time as this year's crop
and the railroad is in a bind.
Burlington brings empties out
here by the score, the executive
stated. There are 300 cars a day
brought into the general area of
Oregon and California. The chief
haul from Oregon is lumber.
"All of the box cars owned
by Burlington and other lines
noted on our railroad do not
represent more than 65 per cent
of our boxcars," Murphy said,
emphasizing the manner in
which cars are exchanged and
used by other lines. Burlington
owns more than 22,000 box cars,
he said, but many times Bur
lington cars are off the Burling
ton line for two months.
The advantages of this car ,
exchanges and of the reciprocal I
use of lines were explained by 1
the railroaders. Railroads are
consolidating positions through
out the nation, Murphy stated.
They are abandoning rather
than building lines today where
good highways are parallel to
we ranroaa unes.
Ton Much Mileage
The government has called
attention to the existence of too
much mileage. Although trucks
have taken the business from
many feeder lines, the taxpayers
protest if the railroad abandons
them. On the other hand, Mur-1
phy pointed out, to meet the
requirements of government
mandate the line must show an
economical operation. When
railroads continue to operate a
branch line with an actual loss
they are not meeting the re
quirements of this mandate. !
Missouri was mentioned as the
only state in the union where j
there is a tax advantage enjoyed
when a line is abandoned.
Burlington has operated
trucks, too, since 1934, expand
ing to cover 75 per cent of the
territory as a complimentary
service. The company tried to
establish airplane service by us
ing helicopters to give service
between certain points, Des
Moines to Creston, Iowa, for
example, but the CAB ruled
against it, requiring railroads to .
operate on the surface. I
The only construction done in
recent years by the railroad was
to shorten the run from Brook
field, Mo., to Kansas City and :
in that instance, also, the line
found it more economic and ex- j
pedient to use a portion of the !
Wabash line than to construct
all its own. So this was done,
Murphy said.
PET TALK
By M. I. L.
"A Pompeii Hero" About 30
years ago certain men were dig-.
ging out a part of Pompeii, that
Italian city which, in the first
century, was suddenly destroyed
by an eruption of the volcano
Vesuvius. Outside a dwelling
they discovered the body of a
, small lad appearing as if he had
, fallen asleep. The little chap had
been overtaken by the clouds oi
poison gas and torrents of red
hot ashes from the mountain.
Beside the boy was a big dog
with its teeth caught in its
master's cloak. It looked as
though the dog had made a
great effort to save the boy.
Around the dog's neck was a
big silver collar. The metal was
all tarnished, but when cleaned
it was seen to have this inscrip
tion in Latin: "This dog has
thrice saved the life of his little
master. Once from fire, once
from water, and once from
thieves." Even at this last hour,
when destruction poured down
from the sky, it was plain that
the faithful animal has tried to
save his little master a fourth
time.
(From Tail-Wagger Magazine)
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friend. You can feel his cold
nose and warm fur; you can
hear his affectionate "wurf" and
the "thump" of his wagging tail.
For all these reasons, wouldn't
a dog be a wonderful pet for a
blind child?
Maybe you've never thought
of this but a school on Manhat
tan Island has. It's the New
York Institute for the Education
of the Blind, and it brings blind
children and dogs together in a
project called Buddies, Incorp
orated. In it the youngsters and
puppies pair oil, every child
who wants one getting a dog of
his own. The pups are not in
tended as guides, but just as
playmates.
Naturally, the youngsters are
taught to care for their new
pets, and, alter a training per
iod, the child and dog "gradu
ate" together. The child has a
"pal" that helps build his con
fidence, the dog has a consider
ate master.
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