And Martin Maguire quickly replied, “Oi had her in three times, why didn’t you shut the door?” 1915--$113,000,000 in taxes was paid by United States Railways. 1917, Oct. 17--The first train rolled over the new Quebec Bridge and trans-continental link. 1917, March 17--The Alfalfa Club gathered and performed with eclat. Owing to the date and name, somebody suggested that the green tablecloth be used and many witticisms and bon mots were exchanged. 1918--Grand Trunk Railway System, composed of about 125 lines, that had early independent, statutory beginnings, celebrates her 66th birthday. 1918, March--President T. Woodrow Wilson, U.S.A., signed the bill which empowered Director General of Railroads, W. G. McAdoo to assume complete control of the railways of the United States. 1918, April--United States railroads “off the line” agencies in Canada and in many “American” centres, withdrawn for the period of the war. 1918, May 15--America’s first aeroplane mail service inaugurated between Washington, Philadelphia and New York, President Woodrow Wilson receiving the first letter from Governor Charles S. Whitman, New York. 1918, August 18--Aero Club of Canada promoted through Royal Air Force, first temporary weekly aerial mail between Leaside Aerodrome (Toronto), to Ottawa. The frontispiece photograph of passenger train is an early edition of the Empire State Express, by courtesy of the N.Y.C. & H.R.R. The Frontispiece lettering was executed by Harry Moyer, cartoonist of Toronto Daily Star. The Frontispiece conductor is Mr. D. J. Carson, former Chairman of the Brotherhood of Railway Conductors, Toronto, a popular vocalist who is widely known by patronizers of C.P.R. trains running between Toronto and Hamilton, Ontario. The pen and ink decoration for “Navigators of the Blue” is the work of Miss Alberta L. Tory, daughter of Mr. Alfred Tory, Storekeeper, Grand Trunk Railway, London, Ont. The half-tone engravings used in this book, with a few exceptions, were made by the British & Colonial Press, Limited, Toronto, Ont. BALLAD TO THE BROTHERHOOD Despite the rush of commerce and distractions linked to life, Forgetting one brief moment all the noise and ceaseless strife: Reflection’s voice reminds me that with ebbing tide of time, Floats away a merry epoch--hear ye not the watch bells chime? Dear friends and faithful colleagues on this strand and o’er the sea, I recall your proffered kindness and your courtesy to me.