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Title: Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Subjects: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Publisher: (Baltimore, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad)
Contributing Library: University of Maryland, College Park
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cent, over October, 1915,while the loading of all other products increased 3.4 percent, and 9 per cent, respectively. The per cent, of loadedcar miles to the total increased from 69.9 per cent, to 73.6per cent., which indicates a greater number of cars underload and a correspondingly less number of empty cars avail-able for loading. Until the loaded cars can be handled andreleased, a continued shortage in the car supply and adecreased car loading can be expected. Four good reasons follow for loading cars to capacity,eliminating car delays and releasing cars under load. 1. Increase the car supply. 2. Advance the movement of food and fuel suppliesto points where needed. 3. Prolong the present business activities. 4. Increase railroad earnings and help the producerand consumer alike. With an increase in the average carload and averagemiles per car per day to the standard of 35, the utilizationof equipment will have reached the greatest efficiency inthe history of the Baltimore and Ohio.
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I PHILIP MEININGER 42 Philip Meininger Appointed General Freight and Passenger Agent of the Chicago Terminal By Roy G. Clark HHE appointment of Philip Mein-inger as general freight andpassenger agent of the Baltimoreand Ohio Chicago Terminal is adirect answer to the 3oung man whothinks he cannot advance because he hasbeen denied the advantage of going tocollege. ^Ir. )\Iehiinger has shown that aman who really wants to learn can ac-quire an education even though theclifficulties seem almost insurmountable;he has proved that opportunities—andbig ones—await every man who keeps onlearning something new every day; he hasmade it plain that every fellow who isburning with ambition is inevitablybound to succeed; and he has demon-strated that, after the proper educationalfoundation is secured, there is just oneformula for success—hard work. I amprefacing an account of JNIr. Meiningerscareer with this paragraph so that thereader, bearing it in mind, may see thatthe men who get the positio

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