Show WHEN THEY LAUGHED AT JOHN STEVENS A hundred years yar ears ago a man mai named John Stevens gave Amer Amei- AmerIca lea Ica a hearty laugh lie II wanted to build a railroad The Tho man went ent up and down the th country seek seek- seeking lug fug charters lie H wrote endlessly to public men tryIng to get them Interested In his project Among those who doubted were were such ns as tuf as-tuf lute tute characters character as Thomas Thomas Jeffer Jeffer- Jefferson Jefferson son Rufus KIng Kint Dewitt Clinton Cllnton ant and others othen A monument remains remain to Stevens for a great part vart of the tho Pennsyl Pennsyl- Pennsylvania vania vanla railroad was built under charters charlers that h he obtained from unwIlling lawmakers lawmakers If It Jefferson Jefferon King Kine or some lorn ot Hof the thc others other who scoffed at could scan the reports ot of o the raIlroads business now The bu- bu bureau bu bureau reau of ot railway economics places net operating Income for class cla I 1 roads In July of ot this year ear at approximately or orthe orthe orthe the equivalent of an annual rate or of return of ot per cent And the tho July showing Is only slightly better beller than for prevIous months this year ear It would do John Stevens heart good scan scan If It he be could sit alt and those fIgures I |