Executive and operating officials of Canadian railroads born under the Stars and Stripes Their characteristics and what they plan and accomplish for investors, traveling comfort and international traffic form part of our daily reading 1. RIGHT HON. LORD SHAUGHNESSY, K.C., V.O., President and Chairman, C.P.R. 2. The late SIR WILLIAM VAN HORNE, former President C.P.R. 3. The Late C. M. HAYS, former Pres’t G.T.R. 4. F. F. BACKUS, Gen’l Manager, T.H. & B.R. 5. C. A. HAYES, General Manager, Canadian Government Railways, E.L. 6. E. J. CHAMBERLIN, Ex-President, G.T.R. 7. W. S. COOKSON, Gen. Pass. Agent, G.T.R. 8. U. E. GILLEN, Vice-President, G.T.R. 9. C. G. BOWKER, Gen’l Sup’t, G.T.R. 10. R. L. FAIRBAIRN, Gen. Pass. Agt, C.N.R. 11. G. C. JONES, Assistant to President, G.T.R. 12. G. M. BOSWORTH, Vice-President, C.P.R. 13. HOWARD G. KELLEY, President, G.T.R. ] UNCLE SAM’S ADOPTED SONS Their name is legion, but this is only remotely realized beyond the broad boundaries of their chosen field of action Mercury the messenger, fleet and comely herald, renowned in temple and forum, was a pet of the ancients. Without demur they pedestaled him as courier of the gods, rival of swift sea birds and desseminator of tidings from all parts of the world. The ready inclination to laud dispatch, prevalent in those misty, cob-webbed eras of mythology, survives after cycles of ages and to-day dwellers on this mundane sphere observe history repeat itself. That vital requisite--speedy transportation by land and water for the beings and news of the universe--dovetails so exactly with the modern spirit of expansion that the men responsible for mechanism underlying onward movement, unwittingly compel admiration. They wear the laurel, remaining the nation’s favorites until the “powers that be” turn thumbs the other way. In no branch of human endeavor does contention with competitor, for the plaudits and purse of the public, wax keener than in the realm of railroading and America is the arena where the fascinating game is embellished with rare _finesse_. Achievement is sweet to the ambitious and in this scientific pursuit--the result of which is constantly subjected to acid test by a discriminating people--men of brain and brawn strive mightily for humanity’s greater safety, waging a ceaseless campaign far more productive of good than were the colonization feats of conquering Roman legions.