The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-19
TEEy ARE HERE.
The NatIsnai Railway STA: on Agents school
Now Locatei HIRE.

The National Railway Station gents
Training school, mention OF which was
matle heretofore in tie EAGLE. is now
i:ere and the gentlemen at tile head Of il
are busy fixing up its appointments "a the
Firebaugh block, the entire upper story
of which they have rented. The school
VIII be opened Sept. l. at which time the
fall term begins The public can form a
better idea OF the mission OF the school
from the Introductory pamphlst just
issued than from anything that could be
said bE the writer, hence il is given as fol-
lows:
The establishment Of this school is
made Necessary TO meet the advanced con-
dltion that confrouts Us.
La the earlier days OF railroading the
custom WAS TO allow he agents along the
line to take in their oihcs cheap boy.
who was willing to rustic freight, sweep
out the oiiica aud act as handy man to
each on" TO teiegraphy aud station
work as best lac could without money or
price, until he could hold down a small
station; by this means many inferior
agents were the result. whose reports
came into the general Office in such bad
condition as TO greatly increase
the business and COMPEL a much
larger force at headquarters than
otherwise necessary to do this business.
Even this means of educating people for
railroad work has been cut off by IN organ
ization called Order Railway Telegraph
ers" One of their fundamental princi-
Piles is to prohibit any Of lis members from
lustructing or allowing any one to be in
Structed in thelr offices, Il most dangerous
and pernicious principle to inculcate; yet
we fluid ourselves confronted with this
condition, and this Is why this school has
been established. This school is intended
to remedy this. 1t IS as Important that .
person who desires to enter the profession
Of railroading should first qualify them
selves for that particular business rs
iJ is for one who enters the pro-
fesson of law or any other business. Ii is
noteworthy fact, people are usually
skep5ieaI, and slow to follow an advanced
step from the usual or we'll beaten paths
aud We are aware that this Will be no eX-
ception from the general rule. Always in
such cases there are peopis who will say
THAT it cannot be DONE" but do NOT de-
ceive yourselves upon this point: visit To
our school will convince you that lt can.
We have agents now in the employ of
railroad companies, graduates direct out
of this school into active work, who are
far superior to some agents who have
been agents on the road for some time.
of experimenting with Il thorough and
complete equipage has demonstrated TO
the satisfaction OF all concerned that it is
practical
Our school is equipped with precisely
the same equipment That yOu will find in
any railroad station The Western Union
aud the Wells Fargo Express companies
also furnish Us from their supply depart
ments a iull equlpage OF all their blanks,
for AS many different stations as We have
Oh what we call our main line, just the
same as they do their agents. The actual
work is gone over daily, weekly and
monthly, until thoroughly mastered by
the pupil, and with rs much precision,
punci u ility and regularity in the schools
rs would he required on the road, aud a
scholar Is not graduated until they become
as familiar with all the work required of
IL railroad station agent, and Can make out
their reports rs accurate as If they had
been il the employ of the company. This
of course takes time, talent and much
hard work.
In the department of station work aud
they will give "a complete
course, embracing railroad station work,
express business, Western
Union work, not by theory, but in this
course we haye for the use of the pupils
the blanks, blank books, etc, used by the
the WelIs-Fargo aud Western
Union companies. We receive and dis
patcn freight, run trains, both freight and
passenger, Sell tickets, check baggage,
make up daily. weekly and monthly re-
ports, handle The different tariffs and sup
plemeuts, etc, etc, and everything per-
tanning To an operator and railroad agents
iutles. The students are held strictly ac-
in the performance Of all Their
duties"