The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 31, 1905, Page 6

y % THE SAN FRANCISCO ' SUNDAY CALL. of the So which, of cot of, of being the ided to the rolling tructed along the better treatment ured patrons and em- the roed snd cughout the agenious arrange- . dollars are being e rallroad cor- thelr mained for the 8o troduce = he Qifferent t e rail- ad in the had been ses for a vealed a satisfac- t the car was not view of faulty de- fon and equipment. It insworth some en possess extreme L the ward nd the B 3 in the estl- erican. e talk trus stocks a bit ticklish to-day,” and w0 ¢ if we could hear what peo- as say we should be the thought of men women and even g generation is largely occu- s and processes of money- ofessor William James of psychologist, has ere is nothing which the average Amer fears so much as pov- And the way in which men strive strain to get money, and to get more y, and to get still more money con- firms his assertion. Willlam J. Bryan re- y declared that a man spends the t half of his life in getting all the money he can and the second half try- ing prevent others from getting it away from him acute IS 50008 O e e CHASING THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR % S BTS00 N e N e G e NSO 00Y, PEOCEGSSSTRITSIN0S Y050 NGSSS SNSRI RSOOSR ( sesses six sectlons, or twelve berths in operated Dby this new can be litated. second or FOSSTION is in position. Then tne attendants draw an iron frame from the, wall of the car above the berths and to it adjust the berth curtains, which are so constructed as to protect the patient from any pos- sible draught and at the same time af- ford him an ample circulation of fresh air On either side of the operating-room are large swinging doors that admit from the outside a stretcher, whose occupant can be quickly moved to the car and The chase is-not confined to any one cless. A lawyer holding one of the most responsible offical positions In one of our great commonwealths has just refused to be a candidate for re-election, presum- ably because be feels the time has come to acquire a fortune for his famlly, as he easily can do with his legal reputa- tion. He is only one of many who do not think they can afford to put their powers at the service of the state, even n the salaries which they draw, com- pared with the salaries of many profes- sional men, seem large. And if we go to another class in society we find just as much eagerness for the dollar. An in- telligent railroad engineer confided to me the other day his opinion of his com- rades In the same line of work. “The railroad men of this country,” he sald, “are a pretty good set of men. If a fel- low gets into trouble ‘they will help him out. But they are a greedy lot. They are after the best job and if they can get it they are apt to be piggish about hold- ing it.” But js not that just about what any of us would have to confess with re- gard to many of the men with whom we WTHEEN IACIFIC i CATANYS W me- which is controlled~by i a collapsible state, lle he car floor In Qust-proof cases. 1 accommodations are needed for a. P table crank is applied to a n the center of the floor tendants and a few turns k brings the upper berth Into hastily eievated to its near the ceiling or made v height above the floor. - the bandling of a patient, nay be suffering from extreme pain, 1 If two berths are ing of the crank is con- lower berth WAEY OO, WITH" JOUBLE BEET/S ELEVATED INTO placed on the operating table so that his injuries can be promptly attended to. It he be in no need of this kind of treat- ment, or If on his way to one of the reguler hospitals in the towns along the lines of the Southern Pacific Company, he can be as readily transferred to & berth. In cases where the patient is likely to suffer great pain by belng trans- ferred from a stretcher to a berth this trying ordeal Is overcome by adjusting the stretcher in position In the berth, where the injured person may remain until the car takes him nearer to his destination. The operating and ward room are sep- arated from the balance of the car by sliding doors that insure absolute privacy during surgical work. and when the com- partments are being usea for ordinary purposes, these doors remain open, thus affording plenty of accommodations for a number of persons, who may be travel- ing in the car. Adjolning the ward room is a medical locker, in which are kept all the latest and valuable surgical appliances, band- ages and a complete dispensary outfit. In the rear of this locker are the private apartments of the chief surgeon, consist- ing of airy bedroom with a,stationary oS are closely related, though we might not() use- exactly the same adjectives? ‘Well, an age of commercialism is better; than an age of utter stagnation. We have to admit that tue .ase for the dollar: calls into play some of our God-given. talents, that the tremendous material ad-. vance of our time furnishes scope for ini- tlative, persistency, inventiveness, cour-: age, that some men are born business men just as some men are born poets and that such men can hardly help mak-! ing money if they only exert themselves. Moreover, we may moralize as we please, but we are not likely to stop the present. drift of affairs. A discerning business. man in the circle of “high finance” said not iong ago that, rich as thls country is, it is going to be far richer its re-. sources are developed - and he added, “There i= going to be enough to go. around,” by which he meant that no man or no single set of m'a could monopo-! lize all this vast wealth that is to be. ‘What, then, ought to be our attitude toward this chase for the dollar? First of. all, we should recognize that the dollar is, after all, only the means to an end. One honors the dollar because it stands for wealth, comfort, home, luxuries, op- O NN NN NN NRNODO IR0 -Portunities for travel, for hospitality, for # A4 K. ‘ NS WORTE, CHIEF o UBGEON I o, DINING BOOM THAT CANV BE ZRSILY COJVV%O%D INTO 9N OFZRATING double bed, a folding washstand, shower bath and tollet room. Behind these apartments is an ele- gantly ~ furnished observation-room, nine feet deep. In the forward right hand corner of the room is an exten- sion lounge, upholstered In richly col- ored leather. If extra sleeping accom- modations are needed aboard the car thls lounge is easily converted into an upper and lower berth. That Dr. Ainsworth’s Ingenulty was put to a scvere test.in the develop- LOWEEED. ‘means’ to the highest ends. I doubt if, charity. Viewed apart fromthese ends, as'a rule; the rich are very much hap- the dollar is only a bit of metal or paper :pler than"tlie:poor. - Indeed, the dollar is unworthy to be the object-of- any ra- often the occasian, if mot the source of tional being’s chase. - -sorrow and .of. wrongdoing. A banker Moreover, the dollar is seldom tMe in a certain.clty had an abundance of NS . ELABOERTE WRED ZO0N, WITH JOVBLE BEETHS ment of his ideas as to what a modern hospital car should be is suggested in every detail of construction of this new car. Every possible foot of space has been utilized for some advan- tageous purpose or other, a fact that soon becomes noticeable to a visitor. Wkile the interior finish is attractive it is by no means elaborate, the ex- pressed desire of Dr. Ainsworth being that decorative art be omitted as far as possible, for his idea is that dec- orations are conducive of bad sanitary dollars and all that dollars can bring, but still he wanted more, wanted them 80 badly that he embezzled funds intrust- ed to his care, and the result Is the wrecking of his own life and sorrow upon sorrow to those closest to Bim. L conditions, that mecessarily have to be avolded in a car of thls character. Mahogany finish prevalls throughout the car, except In tae kitchen and front end, which are in natural oak, and the rear comp: T which has & finish of weat! The car s lighted by Pintsch gas and s wired for electric lighting, which will be fur- nished through the medium of a train dynamo or by an axle generating ap- paratus. Heating pipes extend through- out its interior and a fresh water Sup- ply is obtained from overhead tanks. The total weight of the car is 122.500 pounds, of which 41,000 pounds belong to the two six-wheel trucks upen which it is mounted. Great care was taken in the con- struction of the car with a view of in- suring its easy riding, so that patients who may have to be transported long distances will not suffer uSnecessary discomfort. Shortly after leaving the Sacramento shops it was given an ex- traordinary run to Chicago, where it was sidetracked to permit it to be in= spected by the members of the Ameri~ can Rallway Association, who were in conyention there. Of this run the car proved its thor- ough adaptabllity to the purposes for which {t was bullt. In so far as easy riding and strength of construction are concerned, and since then it has made several long trips, the latest to the southern end of the Western system of the Southern Pacific Company’s line, whither it was dispatched by Dr. Ains- worth to bring north several injured persons. The Introduction of the new hospital car on the Southern Pacific Company's lines is to be followed by the com~ struction of several more but less elab- orate cars for simllar purposes. They will not be bullt with the observation compartment and so of the other luxurles of Dr. Ainsworth's car, for the latter was designed with the idea of not only serving In cases of emergen- cles, but as a private car for the chief surgeon when ssary for him to travel over the divisions of the road. The new cars, however, will as fully equipped with surgical appii- ances and medicines as the present car. The company’s Mmes extend over such an unusually hat it has been often a ¢ to reach the scene of an @ k as expe- aftiously as the nt would wish. It was this a ct that first suggested to Dr. iced of hespital cars, divisions and p dfately on recei sistance. His plans the good judg the road and e for the const car recently t ¥y the compan: most skilied mechanics in the Sacramento shops. Months of constant study Di large ng and travet- Alnsworth L to the com- ns for a car, d been de- started b plans weres made in order to conform with the latest ideas of the chief surgeon. Among the many surgeons who have inspected the hospital car the consensus of opinion is that there is little room for improvement on No. 119, Until the other hospital cars are ready for service this car bave its head- quarters on a,side track in the railroad yards at Third and Townsend streets, where it will be ready for a call at any fug were consumed by to fore he was read pany’s draughtsme: and even after the signed and its ubmt s pi hour of the day or night. Its crew of nurses, cooks and porters will remain by it consta yi and all that will be neces- t it on its mission of mercy to & scene of disaster will be to connect it to a baggage car and locomotive and give it its signal to pull out of the com- pany’'s yards. While Dr. Alnsworth has been directing the construction of the hospital car he has also been devol a great deal of at- tention to a plan for establishing along the lines of the company modernly equipped emergency hospitals, such as have been already™ designed for West Cakland, Bakersfleld, Truckee, Dunsmuir, Bparks and Indio. In the event of big train wrecks or accidents these hospitals will be made a receiving place for the more seriously injured. The latter will be conveyed to the emergency hospitals in the newly equipped cars, and when their injuries will permit the patients will then be transferred to the big hospital in this city or to the branch hospitals on other Qtvizions of the system. Dr. Atlnsworth’s plan for a hospital car 18 expected 1o be adopted soon by the of- fictals of ti 2 Pacific and other sys- tems in H. Har- an domin the other the offictals d and ap~ ETH-ERRING a MMECHEN 2/ oF HOSFLTHLE CRE.