A salacious look at the people and places of Saint Louis that at the time carried a less than sterling reputation. Includes entries on the morgue; the levee; Kerry Patch; Clabber Alley; Morgan Street; opium joints; Biddle Street; confidence men; crap playing; the boodle racket; cheap lodging houses; turf exchanges; pawnbrokers; gilded sin; lottery ticket sellers; doing the slums; Clark Avenue dives; sharks at the (Union) Depot; street fakirs; mock auctions; suggestions (for travel in the city); places of interest; and showing up the dives.
Report year ends June 30. Reorganized and consolidated with the Cleveland, Canton & Southern Railroad, 1899. New series of reports begin 1900. Called Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad Co.
Dialogue about anti-Mormonism. Extracts from this pamphlet were reprinted in the Baptist Home Mission Monthly in May 1883. It has never been fully republished.
Merchants bridge : it should be constructed as fast as men and money can build it : an appeal by the North St. Louis Citizens Assoction ..., Other Titles: Merchants bridge : it should be constructed as fast as men and money can build it : an appeal by the North St. Louis Citizens Association ...
QNDUCTING: THE BUSINESS . SfiPPR0vED BY V. ‘ U NEWSV0RK= ‘IAJG:LAgSS'1‘A§YL01{, P1z1NTE1c; 39 NASSAU STREET. A 1881; ‘ V AMENDED BY— LAWS AND ORGANIZATION FOR 5. v . '5‘ - . ‘ .5 1 - ..l . i. . __I" . CONDUCTING A .1] .> OF THE TEXAS 8: PAUIFIU RAILWAEYEGU. APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, SEPTEMBER 15, 1881. NEW YORK: DOUGLAS TAYLOR, PR1N'1‘E'R, 89 NASSAU STREET. ... Show moreQNDUCTING: THE BUSINESS . SfiPPR0vED BY V. ‘ U NEWSV0RK= ‘IAJG:LAgSS'1‘A§YL01{, P1z1NTE1c; 39 NASSAU STREET. A 1881; ‘ V AMENDED BY— LAWS AND ORGANIZATION FOR 5. v . '5‘ - . ‘ .5 1 - ..l . i. . __I" . CONDUCTING A .1] .> OF THE TEXAS 8: PAUIFIU RAILWAEYEGU. APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, SEPTEMBER 15, 1881. NEW YORK: DOUGLAS TAYLOR, PR1N'1‘E'R, 89 NASSAU STREET. 1§§1. ’JUN“l IM5 Lllkkflf. WIEM2 as Rama»: figgggmm WAS!-imC‘!=ca., ;)_ g r‘uwgvwalm9M I SEE BY—LA_'\XTS_ as 1; The Officers of the Company, to be elected by the Board of Directors, shall consist of a President,;‘~t’\l*ff7dVice-Presi; 3:1-«3m‘..'..‘.+ .'\*.v14 -. ‘.!~ -" ~'.:‘ dents, a Treasurer and a Secretary. 3 I _._._.,_,._,,;,, , H In addition to the officers above designated, there may be appointed by the President, subject to confirmation by the Board : A Chief Engineer of Construction. .. .33 j. p .. ;,,z= A General Manager. I I A General Solicitor. An Auditor. A Cashier and Paymaster. A General Freight Agent. A General Passenger Agent. A Purchasing Agent. A Local Treasurer. A Land Commissioner. SECTION L,,,:. . SECTION II. The General Office of the Company shall he in New York, and the General Local Office in Marshall, Texas, and they shall both be kept open every day except Sundays and legal holidays, unless otherwise ordered by the Board of Directors or President. Stated Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at the General Office of the Company on the second Tues- days of September, January and May of each year, at such hour as may from time to time be designated. _ .__,_.___ _...____.__._.._....__.,___ 4 Special Meetings shall be called by the Secretary on the order of the President, or at the request, in writing, of any three members of the Board, on five days’ not-ice sent by mail, or by personal notice to each Director. A majority of the members elect and in office shall con- stitute a quorum for the transaction of business. '5: SECTION 111. The President sh_al_l _preside at all meetings of the Board, and he shall preserve order and regulate debate according to the usual parliamentary rules. In the absence of the President one of the Vice-Presidents shall preside, and when all are absent, a President pro tempore shall be appointed by the Board. SECTION IV. There shall. be elected annually, as soon as may be after the organization of the Board, a Standing Executive Com- mittee, to consist of five members besides the President and V1ce—President, who shall continue in ofiice until the next annual stated meeting of Directors; and to said Committee shall be confided all the powers of the Board of Directors, to provide for the construction and equipment of the road, it-he finances, and all other duties needful to be exercised or the protection and welfare of the Company. They shall keep a record of their proceedings, which shall be reported to the Board at each stated or special meeting. Stated meetings of the Executive Committee 3113]] be held on the second Tuesday of each month at the Ggueml j 7 ‘ ' (. Ofhce of ‘the Company, and special meetings shall be held at Such “me and Place as may be designated by the Presi- dent. The President shall be authorized at any time to refer , current business to special committees for their considera «~ I. ..:,». _..., _ tion, and report to the Board, and all such committees shall be appointed by the President, unless otherwise ordered by the Board. The President and Vice—President shall, ex ofiicto, be members of all committees. snotrron v. Any vacancies that may occur in the Board, from any, cause whatever, shall be filled by the Board. SECTITION VI. No member of the Board shall, on behalf of this Com- pany, negotiate any contract or arrangement for work or materials for the use and benefit of this Company, to be done or furnished by any company or partnership in which he may have an interest, nor shall he be entitled to vote on the acceptance or approval of any purchase or contract in which he is interested. No officer, agent or employee of the Company shall be concerned, directly or indirectly, in any contract, arrange- ment or engagement for doing work for or furnishing ma- terials to the Company, or be connected with any other company, persons or firm engaged in the transportation of persons or property over its lines, or be interested in any manner whatsoever in any business done with the Company when transacted by others over its lines. No money shall be advanced, nor shall any financial obligation or contract for advancing money to any individ- ual or company, or for leasing, operating, constructing, or otherwise controlling any road of any other company, be entered into, unless the matter shall have been first brought to the special attention of the Board by the President, when it shall be discussed and laid. over until the next meeting (unless by unanimous consent), and become valid 5 only by receiving the approval of a majority of the whole Board. A The President shall present to the Board at each stated meeting a report, in writing, showing the receipts and ex- penses of the Main Line and those of leased or auxiliary lines for the month previous, accompanied with such sug- gestions for improvements and additions to the road and property as he,'in his judgment, may deem necessary. SECTION VII. The Order of Business shall be as follows: 1. The President shall call the Board to order at the time appointed for meeting. VVhen there is a quorum present they shall proceed to business. 2. The minutes of the previous or other meeting shall be read, and considered as approved if there is no motion to correct them. 3. Report of the President. 4. Reports of Committees. 5,. Reports of Officers of the Company. 6. Miscellaneous Communications. 7. Unfinished Business. 8. New Business. SECTION VIII. The annual meeting of stockholders shall be held on the second Tuesday of September of every year, in the city of New York, and at least fourteen days notice shall be given intone daily newspaper in New York. At each biennial meeting there shall be elected eleven directors to serve until the next election, each of whom shall be a stock- holder. At all Company meetings, each stockholder shall be en- titled to one vote for each share owned by him, which vote may be given either personally or by proxy, properly exe- cuted and delivered to the Secretary to be noted on the record, but no person shall act as proxy unless he be l1im— self a stockholder; and all questions shall be decided by a majority vote of stockholders present, or so represented, and in the event of a tie, the President of the meeting shall have the casting vote. I Special meetings of stockholders may be called at any time by the President or Executive Committee, on due notice given, the same as for an annual meeting; and the Presi- dent shall, upon request in writing signed by stockholders holding a majority of stock, call a special meeting of stock- holders. , The fiscal year of the Company shall end on the 30th day of June in each year, to which date the annual reports of the Company shall be made up. SECTION IX. Certificates of stock shall be issued to the stockholders, and transfers of them made when required; said certificates shall be signed by the President, or one of the Vice-Presi- dents, after they shall have been authenticated by the seal of the Company, and signed by the Secretary; and when transfers are made the certificates shall be countersigned by the Register. - The “Registry of Transfers” shall be closed five days before each annual meeting of Stockholders, and no assign- ment of shares shall be entitled to vote by virtue thereof at such meeting, unless it has been presented for record before the time specified in this section. Any person or persons claiming a certificate or evidence of stock to be issued in lieu of one lost or destroyed, shall advertise the same in one or more newspapers in New York, twice a week for tour weeks, giving the number and date of the certifieate lost, and the number of shares it repre- 8 i j 9 sents. The party shall then furnish the Board of Directors sE(]'_[_‘1()N XIII.’ with the affidavit or affirmation describing the certificate ‘ 1 d 1 and its loss, accompanied by a copy of the advertaisement, The others of Secretary and Freaslulrer age b 36,‘ 13:11 and also a bond of indemnity with satisfactory security, in 7 * Wlll be filled by the same person. 1e 0 ces , - » 1 at least double the amount of the certificate, against any Freight Agent and General Passenger Agent are blender , damage that may arise from the issuing of a new certificate; and will be filled by the same person l)11]1t‘tl1efl§3c::x'¢l, by a whereupon the Board may direct (one month after the date majority vote, may sever eithei one or t ese 0 . of the appearance of the last advertisement) the issue of a new certificate of the same teuor'with the one alleged to be lost or destroyed, therein specifying that it is in lieu thereof. ‘ SECTION X. No alteration or amendment shall be made in these by- laws unless presented at a stated or special meeting, and considered and adopted at a subsequent stated or special meeting by a majority of the whole Board; but any by—law may be suspended by the consent of not less than two- thirds of the whole Board; and changes in the time of meeting of the Board and any of its committees may be made by resolution duly passed at any Board meeting. SECTION XI. No vacancies in the Board occurring prior to the annual meeting in September, 1882, shall be filled until the num-, ber of Directors shall be reduced to eleven, and a majority of the Directors (in no case less than six) shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. SECTION XII. Such other ofiicers as the necessities of the service may require either in the Legal or Engineer Department may be appointed by the President, to act alone for this Company, or in conjunction with this and connecting or associated companies, and the sphere of their duties announced in General Orders. — the Board may from time to t ORGANIZATION FOR CONDUCTING THE BUSINESS OF THE COMPANY. }%_—_.:. That the duties, powers and responsibilities of the scv ofiicers and employees of the Texas and Pacific Railway Company may be defined and fully understood, and its accounts systematically kept, the Board of Directors have adopted the following organization for conducting the busi- ness of the Company : The administrative duties upon the line of the Road, its Branches and the Connecting Roads over which the Com- pany’s cars now or may hereafter pass, shall be distributed as follows: To the General Ofiice, the Construction Depart- ment, the Transportation Department, Supply Departineiit, Accounting Department, Land Department, and Legal Department, with such other agencies for special objects as ime deem necessary. eral GENERAL OFFICE. President. The President shall have a tion of all departments aided in the perfor Vice-Presidents. The President shall have char pany general supervision and direc- of the Company’s service, and be mance of his executive duties by the ge of the seal of the Com- ll Vice-P/residents. The duties of the Vice—Presidents, so far as not specifically defined by the Charter or By-Laws, may be defined from time to time by the Board of Directors or by the President. T’I'6aS'll7'(’/7‘. The Treasurer shall give bonds, with one or more siireties, in the sum of not less than Fifty Thousand Dollars, ordeposit seciiritie.~:; of that value (in neither of which shall a member of the Board or Officer of the Company be a party 01‘. be interested), for the faithful performance of all his duties. He shall keep a regular set of books containing tl1e.accoiints of the Company, showing the disposition ot all 1’DS fl1fldS that may pass Ilirough his hands, and keep his accounts, as Treasiirer, in such banks or places of deposit as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate. He shall, as early as practicable after the close of each fiscal year, present to the President a complete statement, of his accounts for the year, and at such other times as the Presi- deiit, Voice-Presideiit, the Executive Committee, or Board m(T7h:lTi:c;isiii'ei' shall cause to be reported daily to the Auditor a stateinent of all the receipts and disbiirseiiients of the Local Treasurer, in order that proper entries shall be. made in ,1, g.,,,,e,.,,1 Set of books to ‘be kept in the office of the Auditor and under his supervision. The trial balaiifie taken fi'oiii the General Ledger shall he C0"1P31"5d at t 3 end of each niontli, or ofteiier if required, and the Treasiirefi‘ and Auditor shall see that the balance ot cash on haiid wlfi the Local T :52,Sll1'C1' and in the different (lepositai‘1es10i :16 Company agree with the cash balance alllleamlg ’:V 19 books. The Treasurer shall make a iiioiitlily 1‘6P0.1t':, 0:. oftener it’ required, to the President, for the information 1: the Board of Directors, stating such ba1a11<§<‘>» 3J"d the ban S or places of deposit in which it is dep0S1t€d- the President, Vice-Pr books and the rnontlil It dent or the Board of D either the President or or Local Treasurer, Company. The Cashier and Pa shall, Texas, and with such sureties, to time be assigned to President, Vice—Preside Missouri, and give such perform such duties as Directors, or the President, charge. He shall also attend to such other duties connected with the finances of the Company as may be required of him by esident, or Board of Directors, His y trial—balance shall at all times be I open for the inspection of the President, Vice-President, I Executive Committee, or any member of the Board. ; All checks shall be signed by t / Local Treasurer, or such other ymaster shall have his office at Mar- shall give bond in such or deposit securities in the of the Treasurer, as shall be a Directors, and shall perfor in such him by the Treasurer, or by the _ nt, or the Board of Directors. The local Treasurer shall liav security may be or officer or person as the Presi- irectors may designate. No money shall be paid out by the Treasurer Treasurer without authority C President, except for rnatur dividends and interest, or u rect by the Auditor or other and other obligations of the from the President or Vice- ed notes of the Company, or for pon vouchers certified to be cor- proper ofiicer. All bills payable, Company, shall be signed by Vice-Presiden t, and by the Treasurer or the Secretary. The Treasurer shall have author the approval of the President Book-keepers, Clerks, Messengers be necessary in his Depar tmeii t, for the faithful performance of whose duties the Treasurer shall be responsible to the pproved by the Board of he Treasurer, or by the or Local ity to appoint, subject to or Vice-President, such and Watchmen as may amount and form required duties as shall from time e his ofiice at St. Louis, as may be required, and directed by the Board of the Vice-President in 13 Secretary. h ll keep a regiilar record of the P1‘0°‘*": /3 fl 7 a) . J‘ ‘ ‘La The Semetdry 8 ° the members of all sia , . ive notice to _ , , , _ lugs of the Boarfla g and atten(1 the meetings of all com L 3.0 '5 r ‘S . 1 " ‘ anlfl Stilt‘/°“r‘”1 'm‘etm.g 71 and keep a. record of then Ploceed 0 ' ' J 1 . I T ‘I V" in1tt6€S ‘Vhw reg“ . 7. the General Office art’ New Xolk the He shall k639i’ 1” . . . ‘ , .. v be , iiigs. _ , ,, in such ioiin as nia;.V_ 1 G neral Books of the Gonipdl Ye Pqesidem, 01. V1Ce_ ! 6 C d f ‘ time to time by the 1 . i_ ~ z".be ' ‘ prescii President. I - . f transfer, « " gt s at the tune 0 _ He Shall (3aI]CCl Old Celblflcljfees of Stock that are lssngd, and shall register all certifica . ff an bins Of the G en 61,,“ . ‘ ‘ "31 _ _ and Sign the Same. He ftltlldjll Cred)’ fi‘rOII1 time to time be duly 1 w "' t i’ a" 111‘: Oflice Expense Accoull . , . 1 authorized. , 1,, vs? notice of the 81111113 7 .- 7 least fourteen ( 3 , kh ]d_ - He shall gixe at . s , t‘ S of the stoc 0 , 1 , r s ecial rneedllg . N. and of othei general 05'“ I:)t11e'[' duties as the President, BPS’ and att6n('1 t01i::-ore or Board of Directors may 1‘8 Vice—President 111 0 2: 7 quire. . Chief Eflglnwn . . 1; for all new . P t~ ction Depmtmen , p _ There will be a COt1.lSt1:;1Ohief Eng_inee1.7vV1t,I1%11Ch as 1“0dda to be In ichmge‘ flex» be authorized by the Pmsldent or sistauts as shall herea i BOW“ of Duqéctorsl this Department will be kellt Sap” All expendlmresifor the Operating I)epartment, "“’d:r rate and distinct rom. .1 11 hereafter be esta - . ,, , s as 513 such rules and lflgulatlon , lished. . t tent. T/ransportatton DQIWW " . f the operations . ‘- ‘ re . I The General Manage‘ Shall bout and Zliall have his off106 . . . . 2 De ‘11‘tl1]Gl] i, ’ s ,- - . . r of the Tmnspormtuiln the1i)-(pl-ice as may ‘be designatled b3 0 _‘ O . ) C ' I . I - C at St. Louis, or silo . , Vice-PI'eS1(leDt in . . £3 , 3 ~esident 01 l . p 1;- $113 B03”: or the tor ,the safe and economlcal WOT He shall be respoflsl 9 15 ing of the roads committed to his charcre an 1 h 11 f such reports upon their ' ° 6 7 ( S 3’ umish c 1' It ( . . ,. . the President, Vice-Presi«1ei),tH 10]rm]l3Oq;r?m)ti be.1eqmred by ,make from time to time. Suchasuggeqtiot o. Directors, and Operations of his Department as lug“; giesein It‘6l8;htlOll to the sarv to promote the interest: ‘ m 0 ml Woes‘ ” ' u. of ti . He shall have authoritv with Nile Company. Or VTice.PreSident ta) Order Of the 131.‘,/‘Si- 7 . 1‘ or i partment-,7 [machinery and tool‘ no 01151 the Sl1p1)]y De- re . ‘ _ s oi the shops materi-.1 f . pairs of rolling stock, machinerv and 12 ,, .1. 01 all other purposes 00 c . " _ T ma‘ Way, and for All contracts for th:nI:(iit.':iia:<=ifllfh1S llkpamnemi . . i 0 2.. ; . . A - addltmnal equipment’ and an Otherr ii s ind f..istci1iii3\?.,»géaan(1 be sanctioned by the fragment \>§Dec.ial contracts, must of Directors, and copies the‘: f ice-Piigsitleiit, or Board Auditor. 190 b6 furnished to the Current sii ' Dphes shall be t‘ ' Agent on the Written Order gifi’ntiJls1l(;eg by tl1J(iVPiii‘cliasii1g. of the Superintendent enem Im'a"““' 01’ S f . . , <5 7 ‘ other officer as may beosptelilzfaifyvflrg 1. d1V'S1°“Sa Or of such 5. T C o ._ . ‘ thifireiieral Superintendent. snated in Wlllillig by accounts contracted 1-j . ‘ « or t , . . month W111 be Drepared for ppa me) the filst da.Y Hf each and Sent by the fifth (lav of they m [1 “on proper \>l)ll(ffllt%lv5, record; and; Wl1el1'2tppFOi*e(l by llimon to the Ammor for ment on the fifteenth [or the sixti W1 1 be ready pp)» pa,y_ falls on Sunday] Of the succeedinryeiiintlihwhen the fimner The General Man; T b on ° " ‘*5“ge1‘ Shall wit-,1 dent or Vice Pre ' ’ 1 the assent of th P, _ - sideiit nominat 6 1%“ .BOaid’ Smtable persons ,for the v:rif(())r eoniimnanon It’-V t‘h“' 1,“ his Department, includin:.:‘ the (Statpb Omces estamished line of the Road and its COl'lll6(3tlOI’l§Vl(.)n. Agimts u1’0“ the m0Va1 or suspension at his discr 1;. f’ ‘md d”'90t their re- e ion ; and, when dismissed, he shall in ‘ ' all cases re P01't the cause ' s ‘ -. - ‘ 0f such dismissals. He shall also ' prepare 1 .~ ‘ ' . ru es defining, the duties in detail of i all subordina which, when zip enforced. proved by the Presi his appointinent i ment is teinporary service shall not contiiiue The (aieneral Manager months. for the information 0 nomination, monials or the reasons tha appointinent, and no new office s without the assen Board of Dii-octoi's. shall be responsible to his prop report to him; but all hooks or any officer or agent in his Depar President, Vice—1’resi(lent, Board of Directors, or such expe panied by a Sl'2lt(’.lll(3llt: showing and the accou which shall also be sent to t charge, the General Manager facts t.o the Presideiit am and as soon as possible institute in writing to the Vic and action upon the case. The (—}eneral Manager a rences and transacti Department. He sha advised upon all matters connec Department. te ofiicers and agents i No Ofiicer shall be entitled to recei s confirmed, except. when , or the officer is taken o for a longer period shall transmit with each t have induced him to t of the President, Vice The officer or agent thus er superior officer, papers in the possession of tment shall be open to the Auditor, rt as they may authorize and appoint. All moneys received by the General Manager shall be iinmediately transmitted to the Treasurer, accom- for what they were received, nt to which they shal he Auditor. In case of accident upon any shall immediately report the i Vice-President by telegraph, into the causes which led to it, an e-President, togetli shall keep th Piesitleiit and Board of Directors ons of importance co 11 also keep the Vice n his Department, dent, shall be strictly ve compensation until the appoint- n trial, which than three f the Board, the testi- make the hall he created by him —Presideut, or appointed and shall or any member of the 1 be credited, a copy of of the Roads under his a thorough investigation d communicate the result er with his views e President, Vice- fully advised of all occur- nnected with his -President fully ted with the Transportation .l_,....._....,.,.n...l._._...., .;. .,; ~. ...__l,____, 16 The road -(1 - , t 7 r W 1c i s a )e in charge of a l J DIVISIOIJ Superintendent, the termini and location of ti . _ ,, ‘,6 I I general office op mg divisioflw ‘wen app[.m.ed by the resident or Vice-President G I t , l ' A . Orders. 2 0 be announced in general The Division 811 e" i rintend . .. th _ O _ T ents shall report to, and receive eir instrnctioiis from the Geneiaal 1/‘[,m,, . Th 1 have char G ' , A ( ‘gel’ By 5”” G « ge ot the real esta r as « . . . . Oouipaill’ on their rec e t’ teI)and personal property of the I ‘ I k 0 9 I U 7 ‘ . . ‘ de Gt 1 . ivisions, including the shops an a 0491‘ PTO ert ' conn o - is if C0111Dan)’ 'J‘h€yDSh‘13ll be ected “'lth the business M the n _ , ( I It . ‘ ‘ _ of the track for thb pm (;3sponsible for the maintenance 2 ‘ ‘ ier ~~ ‘ . ' . their Division for the safe lbcllphne of .the emplo-V995 Of the passengeriand freiwhtt an economical movement of of the service generallbv at 1a C, and for the mamtenance All moneys collectell b d groper’ S'tandard of efljciency Shall be immediately vt*m)m.:'nitt1:d It)1v1ts£onPSuperintendents . ' * U B feast, G» —- . . _ pamed by 3 Statement Sl]OWll'l0' for What the net’ Mxfoln and the account to Wh_ s I i y were i-eceived r ich tli ' ~ .. - of which Statement Shall be ‘ey should be ciedited, a cop)’ Each Difigol S . sent to the Auditor. ‘ ‘ ' ll ueriutend i - . Manager onthe tirsls) dav of sllitusgfiill iepoi to the Greneim . I . - ‘ eaci year and -t other “mes as ma G, _ 9 a such 3 be re iiire ' . - . duties a,nd.]0Cati0n of eagh hetl$),Yfhiifl, the name, pOSll3lOIl, division on said day and ti a 0 mb"del’€11'blnents on his I 1 N. ' ‘, ° employees, whether b’y fired :tlc0lnpenMml)1n Dam to Such . ... aries or on er ' . - reports the General Manager Shrm present t t1\VlS1()3; Vyinch and Board of Dire -( O 10' ms" em ctors for th ' ‘ . . - i on or before the secon l T .1 . em .mtO1m‘m0“ ‘ma ‘1l)P1"0V€t1 The S 1. ‘ ”¢5d3u.Y 111 May following. upeiintendents of Division ' i '1 ' ‘ Set of Shops by Such flmjne ns W1 1 be assisted at each i * A ll ‘ i A G ‘ ' . they will communicate dire {is may needtul, with whom ‘ 0 Y on a matt ‘ ~ ' the mechanical G ' 6% lelatlnd to A execution of all work B D . ut on all matters .r--‘X 17 referring to the discipline of the shops, the increase or decrease of forces, and changes in the rates of wages, etc., they shall confer with the Master Mechanic of the Marshall shops, who, in addition to the special duties assigned him in connection with the division, shall have general charge of all the machine and car shops on the several divisions, and of the maintenance and repair of the locomotives, cars, tools and machinery; and it shall be his duty to see that the standards and systems of the Company are strictly adhered to. ‘ He shall furnish the foremen on the other divisions with copies of all standard drawings, and duplicates of all tem- plets and gauges, and shall give them such instructions as may be required to insure a perfect uniformity in the con- struction and repairs of all the Oompany’s rolling stock and machinery. He shall keep a complete record of all the loco- motives, cars, and shop machinery owned by the company, whether upon its own road or upon lines leased or other- Wise controlled; and, to enable him to do so, the foremen of the other Division shops shall make to him such reports as he may require. In the performance of these general duties he shall visit the shops of the other Divisions from time to time, and shall make such reports and suggestions to the respective superintendents, and to the General Man- ager, as he may deem necessary for the efficiency and econ- omy of the service. Pu/rcliastiig Agent. It shall be the duty of the Purchasing Agent to purchase all articles in general use in every department of the Rail ways in charge ot' the General Manager, except as herein- after provided, tirst inviting proposals from the i_nan11fac- turers of or dealers in such articles, and submitting them to the General Manager for his l1’.lfO1‘I1latlOl’l and approval. And a complete record of said proposals and of said pur- chases shall be kept in the othce of the Purchasing Agent. .._.._.-__._.___.:..______._____..-__._......_. . .. {___.__r A l l I 18 The purchases of these supplies, with all other purchases, shall be made ‘under such general or special orders as the President, Vice-President, or General Manager may from time to time give. The various departments will be sup- plied upon the written order of the Superintendents of the respective divisions, or other officer of the Company, duly approved by the General Manager. Supplies of stationery, ofiicial blanks, etc., for the various departments will he fur- nished by the Purchasing Agent on the requisition of Heads of Department. He shall attach to each bill of material purchased by him a certificate that the prices named are correct, after which he shall forward it to the Head of the Departmeiit receiving the material, to be checked and put in shape for payment. The oflice of the Purchasing Agent shall be in l\[a1‘sl1all, or such other place as may be designated by the Board or President. F/reright Department. There shall be a General Freight Agent for the Company, who shall act under direction of the General Manager. It shall be his duty to arrange the prices for transporta- tion of through and way freight, and when a change from the adopted toll sheet shall become necessary or important to the interests of the Company, to negotiate rates for trans- portation, and make arrangements with the lines owned or operated by the Company, and with other Companies or individuals in relation thereto- He shall instruct the Station Agents and Foreign Agents in all matters pertaining to the receiving and forwarding of freights. He shall also examine all claims for damages or loss of freight and approve such as are found valid, and transmit them to the General Manager, who will direct vouchers in payment for the same to be made out in the prescribed form. 19 All rates and arrangements for the transportation of freight must be subject to the approval of the President or Vice-President, and notice of the same must be furnished the Auditor as soon as entered into. Passenger Department. There shall be a General Passenger and Ticket Agent, who shall act under the direction of the General Manager. He shall be charged with making arrangements and rates for the passenger traflie over the lines owned and operated by the Company, and he shall make all necessary negotia- tions and arrangements with other railroad companies In relation thereto. The printing and distribution of all tickets will be entrusted to his charge. P All rates and arrangements for the transportation of pas- sengers shall be subject to the approval of the President or Vice-President; and notice of the same shall be furnished to the Auditor. He shall also be assisted by a General Baggage Agent, who shall be charged with the rates and arrangements for receiving, checking, and delivering baggage, and With the examination of claims for loss of or damage to baggage. Acc0'm2.tin_q .Department. There shall be an Auditor, who shall have the direct charge of all the books and accounts of the Company relat- ing to its receipts and disbursements through that oflice, and who shall see and know that the system for keeping the same is fully enforced and maintained. No change shall be made in the “forms” and “blanks” relating to receipts and disbursements, now in use on the Company’s lines, without ‘first obtaining the consent of the Auditor. All blanks and forms must be furnished to the several 20 agents and employees through the Accounting Department. He shall nominate to the President, or Vice-President, for contlrmation, all the oflicers and their assistants in his Department. It shall be his duty to examine the accounts of all Dis- bursing Oflicers and Agents of the Company before pay- ment, and see that vouchers are returned in due form, and that the same are distributed to their proper account.‘ He shall not audit any bill or claim unless it is accompanied by a certificate from the proper officer that the same is cor- rect and approved by. him. He will suspend his approval of any bills that may seem to him to be unreasonable or improper to be paid, until approved by the President or Vice-President. All vouchers, of every nature, shall be countersigned by him before being paid. He shall report to the President or Vice-President all deviations from the system of accounts prescribed for the disbursement business of the Company, including the system of accounts prescribed for the various shops. He shall keep an account of the amounts that may become due to the Company for the use of its cars on foreign roads, and of the amounts due to foreign roads for the use of their cars on the roads of this Company, and shall attend to the settlement of such accounts. He shall be aided by an assistant, who shall act for him in case of absence, sickness, or disability. All cases of defalcation on the part of any Ofiicers or Agents in making their returns to this Department, shall be immediately reported by the Auditor to the head of the Department With which they are connected, and such action shall be taken as the Auditor may order, or the necessities of the cases may require; and, if the delinquents be under bonds to the Company, their sureties shall be informed of the known facts, so far as they are interested. All defalca- r tions shall at the same time be reported to the President and Vice-President. Any failure or want of promptness on the part of an officer or agent in carrying out the instructions received from the Auditor, relating to the accounting department, shall be reported to the head of the Department to which such ofiicer or agent may be attached, who shall take such steps as the case may require. . General orders issued by the Accounting Department to the Oflicers or Agents of the Transportation Department will be sent to the General Manager, and by him imme- diately distributed and enforced. , The Railroad expenses shall bekept under the following generaliheads : Conducting Transportation, Motive Power, Maintenance of Way, Maintenance of Cars, General Ex- penses, and Construction and Equipment. The first shall include all expenditures in relation to procuring and for- warding Freight and Passengers, and Rent and Repairs of Depots, &c. The second, all expenditures pertaining to the Running and Repairs of Locomotives, and Shops, En- gine-houses, &c. The third, all expenses pertaining to the Repairs and Renewal of the Track, Graduation, and Masonry, Repairs of Bridges, &c- The fourth, all expen- ditures pertaining to the Repairs and Renewal of Cars. The fifth, Salaries of the General Cfiicers, Office, Expenses, and such other matters as do not properly belong to the other departments. The sixth, Construction and Equip- ment, including Graduation and Superstructure for addi- tional Tracks, New Passenger and Freight Stations, increase in Locomotives and Cars, &c. These general heads shall be subdivided respectively into accounts as required. Legal Department. The General Solicitor shall have his ofiice at Marshall, Texas, or suchtother place as may be designated by the Board, or the ofiicer in charge of the department, and under 22 the directions of the oflicer in charge of the Legal Depart- ment shall have special charge of the legal business of the Company. He shall prepare opinions on any subject that may be referred to him by the President, Vice-President, General Manager, or Land Commissioner. He shall be specially charged with the custody of all papers con- nected With the suits and litigation of the Company, and required to see that the same are perfected and duly pre- pared, so that the interests of the Company may at all times be properly and promptly protected; he shall keep himself advised of the character and progress of all suits, proceedings and claims by and against the Company, and keep in his office books of record, in which shall be duly recorded all suits or actions of every nature that may be pending, to which the Company may be a party, with full data and information relating to each case. He shall examine and prepare all titles, title papers, deeds, leases, mortgages and legal documents required by the Company, and the contracts for all transactions that may arise out of the business of the roads, their construc- tion, maintenance, or management, and refer the same before execution for approval by the President, Vice—Presi- dent or Board, and shall examine claims for right of way, land damages, and evidences of title to real estate, and perfect deficient titles by such measures as may be neces- sary, and forward to the general land office of the Com- pany, when completed and recorded, all deeds, releases and certified‘proceedings for rights of way, contracts and documents relating to real estate, together with briefs of title and certified searches, to be recorded and filed among its archives. He shall represent the Company in all suits by and against it, but shall conclude no contract or compromise, otherwise than in consequence of the direction or subject to the approval of the President, Vice-President, or the Board. fit} 23 The General Solicitor may have, with the assent of the Board, the assistance of an assistant solicitor in Marshall; and, with consent of the President or Vice—President of the Company, additional counsel may be employed for special cases. Land Department. The Land Commissioner shall reside and have his ofiice in Marshall, Texas, or at such other point as may be directed by the Board or by the President or Vice—Presi- dentin charge. He shall, under the general supervision and direction of the Vice-President, have charge of all pur- chased and other lands of the Company donated or granted in aid of the construction of the road, of the survey and location of such lands, the records of title, and their settle- ment, sale and disposition. It will be his duty to see that proper conveyance is made to the Company for all lands acquired by it, and that proper deeds are made to pur- chasers, and that all taxes and other liens are promptly and properly adjusted. All payments for account of the Land Department must be made on vouchers, certified by him to the Auditor, and approved by the General Manager; and all money received by him for sale of lands or other- wise, shall be immediately transmitted to the Treasurer, accompanied by a statement showing for what it was received, and the account to which it should be credited, and a copy sent to the Auditor. V He will keep the Vice—President. fully advised of all occurrences and transactions of importance connected with the Land Department, and will, at the end of each fiscal year, make a full report in detail to the President and Board of Directors of the operations in his department up to that date. , He will also have charge of the records pertaining to the real estate and town properties of the Company, and to its l i l 24 right of way, and will have a general supervision of such properties, under such general or special instructions as shall be given from time to time by the President or Vice- President. Gene/ral Regulations. 1. All Freight and Ticket Agents shall be subject to the supervision and direction of the General Manager, whose regulations shall be enforced through the respective Division Superintendents. Those whose compensation consists in a fixed salary shall devote their whole time and attention to the interest of the ‘Company, unless expressly exempted therefrom by the Board. They shall take chargeof the property of the Company at their stations, and perform such other duties connected with the business of the Com- pany as may be prescribed for them, not inconsistent with a proper discharge of their duties as agents. They shall keep their accounts and make their reports as directed by the Auditor, and shall make returns of-money as required by the Treasurer. A 2. All agents of the Company who may, by virtue of their otfice, receive money on account of the Company, shall give security for the faithful discharge of their duties, in such sums as shall be designated by the Board of Directors, and it shall be the duty of the Auditor to know that all such bonds required by the regulations of the Company are given. When these ‘bonds are approved by the Board of Directors they shall be returned to his custody by the Sec- retary. i T 3.. All payments to the regular employees of the Company shall be by pay-roll, to which the veritable signatures of the payees must be attached, in all cases where they remain in service until the day of payment. The crosses or marks of those who are incapable of writing their names must be duly witnessed. C l__i.... .. 25 4. When a person is discharged previous to the day fixed for payment, a certificate in proper form shall be furnished him by the Shop Clerk or Time Keeper, certified to by the Foreman; the amount due upon which, if the service was duly authorized, will be paid in the usual way upon presen- tation to the head of the department to which said service was rendered. Payments for purchases at the shops, and for‘ all expenses other than those contracted for labor or services, shall be made by drafts on the Treasurer of the Company, in the form of estimates or certificates, on which shall be copied the items for which payment is made, from a bill containing the certificate of the Foreman or other proper receiving officer, that the articles have been actually received, and from the contracting officer, who shall certify that the articles were for the use of the Company, and pur- chased at the lowest cash rates—-which certificates shall be endorsed by the head of the Department for whose use the- purchases were made, and shall have been examined and approved by the Auditor beforebeing paid. 5. When the amountof the pay-rolls and vouchers has been ascertained, a certificate of the same, signed by the Auditor, shall be sent to the Treasurer-—upon the receipt of which certificate the Treasurer will place the amount required to the credit of the Auditor. 6. The amount thus placed to his credit shall be drawn by him by checks and vouchers of such amounts and at such times as may be necessary. The pay-rolls when prop- erly certified and receipted, shall be returned to the Treas- urer, which, with the vouchers, when paid, will balance his account. , 7. All instructions emanating from the Board of Direc- tors, President or Vice—President, in regard to the business of either of the Departments shall be given through the head thereof. . 8. The Board of Directors shall fix the compensation of all the Officers and Agents in the several Departments, and 26 the wages of other employees will be fixed by the heads of the Department to which they respectively belong, subject to the approval of the President. In cases of a vacancy in any office, each head of a Department may make acting or tem- porary appointments, which shall be communicated forth- with, in writing, to the Vice-President, and shall be valid until permanent appointments are made by the Board of Directors. 9. The appointment of all other employees on the line of the road not herein provided for, and the defining of , their powers and duties is hereby vested in the General Manager, or in those ofiicers to whom he is authorized to delegate this power. The heads of the Departments shall be held responsible to the Board for the good conduct of all the employees in their respective Departments, and shall have the power of dismissal when they think it for the interest. of the Company, and report immediately the cause thereof to the Board of Directors through the Vice-Presi- dent. 10. Each head of a Department shall make to the Presi- dent, for the information of the Board, a complete animal report of the affairs under his charge during the year, and shall report also to the President, Vice-President, or the Board from time to time, as may be required, all matters of importance or interest. 11. Copies of all circulars or general orders issued by the head of any Department, shall be sent to the heads of each of the other Departments, and also to the President, Vice- President, and Secretary, for the Board of Directors. 12. In case of any disagreement between the heads of Departments as to the rights and duties of each, in case that either shall think that the requisitions made by the other in his Department are unreasonable or not for the in- terest of the Company, such matters in dispute shall be re- ferred to the President or Vice-President in charge, whose decision shall be final. 27 13. N 0 person addicted to the use of intoxicating drinks, or who is vicious, profane, or uncivil in his deportmeut, shall be employed or continued in the service of this Com- pany. . ‘ 14. Free tickets shall be issued only by the President and Vice-President and the General Manager. 15. The Division Superintendents may pass their imme- diate employees when in discharge of their duties. The passes for this purpose will be furnished by the General Manager, and shall be valid only when countersigned by these officers. All Conductors and Enginemen are strictly prohibited from allowing any free travel on the road, except as above authorized. 16. No officer or employee of the Company shall be per- mitted to be absent from the duties of his post without the assent of the Board, the President, Vice—President, or the head of the Department to which he belongs. 17. Each officer, agent, and employee of the Company, in each Department, will be required to give his time and at- tention to the duties assigned to him, and use every exer- tion to secure to the Company the best results in its opera- tions by increasing the trafiic of its railroads, and by con- ducting its business in the most economical and efficient manner; and whenever any circumstance may come to his notice that is deemed to be advantageous or detrimental to the interests of the Company,whether in his own Depart- ment or otherwise, he shall immediately report the same to the General Superintendent. . 18. Any oflicer of this company is eligible, at the discre- tion of the Board, to be an officer of any connecting or associate Railroad Company. if .;> -.___s, Show less
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"This sheet was printed on the Baltimore and Ohio Passenger Department tableau car in the grand Sesqui-Centennial Parade, Baltimore, Monday October 11th 1880, upon the first cylinder power press ever introduced and run by steam power in a parade. The power, as well as the coupon and local ticket presses, from the printing house of John D. Lucas, Baltimore."