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THE MAN OF THE MONTH
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been vastly improved. Fast passenger and freight trains run where slow ones ran before. Locomotives power' ful enough to pull 125 or more freight cars over the rugged Ozark and Oua' chita Mountains are now a part of the system. And today s trains maintain schedules!
Fourth, Deramus knows that the fundamental function of his line is service to the people. He understands their needs, and conducts the com' pany's operations accordingly.
Fifth, new industries have been developed, mainly due to Deramus' ef' forts. He has sold the area along the line to industries: steel, grain, rubber, chemicals, and many others. By show ing them the manpower, natural re sources and transportation available, great industries have been persuaded to locate in this virgin territory. Stock raisers, oil men and steel men have been helped and befriended.
Because of the increase and distribution of industries along the line, the Kansas City Southern is now able to maintain a full schedule of both short and long hauls. Under Deramus, the freight tonnage hauled by the road has increased to three times its best prior year; and, because of these things, the standing of the line within the railroad industry has changed completely. Where it had been among the lowest-ranked lines, it now stands among the highest class railroads in the country.
Sixth, Deramus, personally, is meek and humble, and works too hard for
his own good. He is energetic; but a leader rather than a driver; and is liked and respected all along the line. Too, he knows every inch of track and wherever there is trouble, there is Deramus!
Any member of his organization will tell you that Deramus will not be satisfied until he has the best railroad in the world. And back of his de' termination to provide unsurpassed rail transportation, they will cite his desire to prove his conviction that the Midwest and Southwest, with their great natural resources and other advantages, are destined to supply America increasingly with her most vital needs.
At present, the Kansas City Southern has 891 miles of main line; the Louisiana and Arkansas has 756 miles of main hne, for a combined total of 1,647 miles. Add to that, yard, industrial and side tracks. Certainly It is not the biggest railroad in the country, but obviously one of the most progressive. It is important to Kansas City not only because it is the only railroad with general offices located here; but it is the only railroad to carry the name of Kansas City.
Swing salutes William N. Deramus, not only for his success, popularity, and many civic "good deeds" — but as an example of a typical American who rose from the bottom to the top through exercise of his ability and skill in the American way, under the system of free enterprise!
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