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w •f the world'i •malic systems, "after thirtee of continuous operatior. ftfc closed down for a perioi •everal months with ft) and passenger servic* ded. is expected that no seriou ip to the public will re *wlt during this time, while ih< .ndlroad replaces all of its mail line trackage and adds a mod ^•tontfled freight marshalling yan >^Wtth completely electronic cor for efficient operation. AS' a matter of fact, only visitors to Chicago's Museum of f Science and Industry will realizt the work is going on for this i* ' * -where the railroad operates. It'f (%*., ; the Museum and Santa Fe railiroad. which shows in miniaturt ' the large-scale operations of ar. jj* ; 'entire railway system. ^ The 613 feet of main line track -on which it operates in the Museum's transportation section, has, since its opening in 1941. 'Chalked up 127,764 actual train !:miles of service, the equivalent of girdling the glebe more than four times. In terms of scale - - - ' miles, since the model and its V rolling stock is constructed one i r, ' forty-eighth real life size, it sees 750,000 locomotives operating over its main line track each <!&y. '• «. During this period, the diminutive railroad has played a symbolic part in one of the greatest evolutionary steps in the history Cf railroading--the retirement <Jf j Ihe steam locomotive in favor of til diesel operation. For this miniature railroad Operates like its real-life sponsor, #he Atcheson, Topeka and Santa §*e Railway Company--and some years back when the diesel was fust going into full time service tthe main lines of America, Santa Fe, in both the Mu- : ~ . |eum and reality, was among the w". Jrst to make the change. The Museum's model, one of 4|s most popular exhibits, is laid <|ut "fin a steel frame table thirty fitches high, fifty by sixty feet. r Metal lath and plaster make up tfre geographical features of the Iftyout, with the plaster painted •Pd textured to resemble the territory served by the Santa Fe, With valleys and plains, desert. fjocks, cliffs and even mountains, lining for the power operations • ><ff the trains, signals and - ^witches Is beneath the table. 4;, Trains are operated from a A * - - "7 l*>ftrd wire, 250 feet of wire ^ i cable and 35a electrical relays. S Miniature Railroad Major Improvements I 3MSON. PUBLIC JERVICE MAY FILE OR RATE INCREASE Centralized traffic control panel Involving 10,000 feet of switch- II SKIPPING MINES fli». shipping mines of Illinois roduced 3,101,476 tons of coal urine April, according to the ^ , Imonthly report of the state Dey; ; Apartment of Mines and Minerals. > m !This total is 699,034 tons less •than the March output. About ^42 per cent of the April tonnage 'came from mines in Christian. Williamson and Franklin counties. Of 104 mines reporting fcr April, 80 were shaft mines • ;wljlch_fco|ste4^,244,915 tons, and >s which turn- Jjf-V"" Commonwealth Edison compny and its Public Service comany division is givrtg 9erious onsideratin to filing "in the easonably near future" of an 'pplication for an increase ates. Willis Gale, chairman, made he announcement "reluctantly" it the company's annual stockolders meeting held in Chicago May 26. Concerning the possibility of ciling an application with the Illinois Commerce Commission for a rate boost. Gale said, "if .ve do, we are confident that we <8111 be rewarded for the past efforts we have made t > hold down the price of our product while almost everything else has been increasing. We believe that we will merit prompt and adequate reltef." If the company decides to go ahead with its rate request, a petition probably would be fileti before July 1, he added;' Gale said the company had effected many economy measures in an effort to stave off the necessity of a rate increase but that the tide of increasing costs "is rising just a little* too fast." Should a rate increase materialize, it would be the first for Edison in its entire 66-year history as against twenty-six electric rate reductions. Public Service had two increases resulting from the inflation- of Woild War I as against thirty-seven electric rate reductions and important gas rate reductions during its 42-year corporate history. "In 1952," Gale vaid, "we earned less than 5 percent on the money invested in our business by our bondholders and stockholders. While the Federal Power Ccmmission has not yet published its 1952 figures, all electric and gas companies reporting to the Commission are earning, on the average, nearly 6 percent on invested capital, at least they did so in 1951. "Because our return has been, on the low side, cur management has* been criticized by some investors "for our failure before now to apply for a rate increase. "We have thpught it wise to build fcr the future by trying t to achieve a better earnings level througft. control of expenses, Increase in efficiency and growth of business. We think our policy has been right. However, we are beginning to fear that we may not be able to keep up with the continuing increase in our costs of doing business and, at the same time, build up our earnings to a proper level. In other words the tide, is rising just a little. too fast" Gale said $500,000,000 would be needed to finance the vital expansion program of the Edison- Public Service system from now through 1956. Of this amount, approximately $280,000,- 000. will have to be provided through the sale of additional securities." Twenty-eight little Communicants made their First Holy Communion at St. Peter's church earlier this month. They entered the church, marching in procession led by servers, carrying lighted candles, and flower girls in w h i t e , c a r r y i n g s p r i n g flowers. They proceeded to the altar, where the Communicants renewed their Baptismal vows. During the Mass they received the Lord for the first time while the choir sang, "O Lord I Am Not Worthy." Th% church was beautifully decorated for tlie occasion. ~ The following receive* their First Communion: : ; Lorraine Miller, Linda' Lewis, Sharon Smith, Karen Sheets, Barbara F r e n z e 1, Marianne Schlieben, Beverly Lindsay, Margaret Popelka, Karel Britz, Geraldine Marshall, Kathy Peterman, Donna . Petersen, Bobby, Lay, Harlan Dam, Harold Smith, Everett May, John' Schuerr, Leonard Dam, Harvey May, Timothy Jackson, Richard Kattner, James Marshall, Dennis Lennon, Charles Guthman, Dennis McNally, Joe Williams, Walter Schultz and Ralph Bergin. STATE The 937 cows it Illinois state duced an April pounds of milk TWENTY-EIGHT IN ST. PETER'S COMMUNION CLASS mmm y&jfp: • 1\ v' n '>S tVv f/V, v ' \\ V\ . * tj \\\ mm m #• 1 Swifrt BABIES Ounce J Swift Picnic Ounce Center Sliced DESIGNATE Announcement of the 1953 Illinois State Fair calendaAr has been made. The ten days in this year's fair have been designated as follows: Friday, August 14, Children's Day; Saturday, August 15, Labor Day; Sunday, August 16, Veterans' Day; Monday, August 17, Ladies' Day; Tuesday August 18, Springfield Day; Wednesday, August 19, Democrat Day; Thursday, August 20, Governor's Day; Friday, August 21, Farmers' and Editors' Day; Saturday, August 22, Auto Race Day and Sunday. August 23. 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