Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1894-04-19

which there has been, IL there does not +
It'll exist, some MISREPRESENTATION in the
minds of the compsny's agents In all de-
partments. By agents I mean those who
are employed by thecompany in either one
Of the two great glasses Of railroad service.
Some of M are valuable because We secure
business and help the company to earn
money, and some Of rs are valuable be-
cause We govern the expenditures Of money.
# both are efficient, the earnings are ade.
quate to the payment of the expenses, and
the net remains to be divided among the
owners of the property.
Now the doings of both of these great |
divisions of agencies are registered ard re-
corded in the accounting department,
which deals both with the income and with
the disbursements. Itdsals also with the
property on hand. The income, whether
from train service established from time
to time according to the best Judgment OF
the managers, to be permanent must be
iustified BY the earning. But there is no
way to form Judgment 40 to curtailment,
or enlargement, or continuance, except by
the results as shown through the account
ing department
So il IL with the freight service, although
the problem there Is more complicated and
difficult than It is In passenger service.
kanys4uestions can be settled only by
reference to the figures which now find
Judgment In the fourth story Of this Office
building. II is not simply that all the
revenue which ought to be collected is col
leeted, for which We must rely largely upon
the fidelity and zsal of the agents at the
stations, but also that the accounts OF
these receipts shall be 90 formulated that
when they come to be credited We may de-
termine this or that particular question or
policy and furnish the information now
demanded in great detail by the various
public funetionariss.
Then questions arise as to the enlarge
| ment of station facilities at this place and
| that place; questions as to an increase IN
| train service, and the answer to which de-
ponds, and must depend, upon the demand
| as shown by the use the public make OF
one station or another station, of one train
| or another train, shown only by the ao-
counts.
Bat independently of the question of
the collection, and registration of the col
lection of revenue, the company has now
invested to the value of more than two
million dollars, in materials and supplies
at various points upon these whole 900
miles of railroad. The net results of fts
business depend in large measure on
whether they are cared for, or whether
they are wasted. An accountability, there
fore, must be had by the departments who
have charge Of these supplies.
There has been some questioning as to
the methods recently put in force on the
Old Colony system by the accounting de-
partment. Precisely the same criticisml
were made seven years ago, when the diff
ferent departments Of the New Haver
road, as 1t then existed, were subjected tt
| the test. It has not been necessary to wal
Il IN. fhn 1ntn ro
baton and acquiescence of every honest
employe of the company on the old sys
tenn. Leaks naturally follow indifference
and carelessness In keeping the accounts
There should be nothing but q cordial vel
eome-and the larger aud more importan
| the station is the more cordial should b.
the wslcome-at the Inauguration and ap
plication of a system which deteet
Leaks, which gives to the honest, up
right and efficient agent the credi
which belongs to him, and -whicl
has way Of wedding out; the di:
, honest, the disloYsl and the careless. 1t 1
not to create an antagonism between tn
company and its agents, but to enable tn
; company to have frequent oversight an
knowledge of it's affairs, and especially o
the capacity and fsithfulness of it's agents
: that this accounting system is valued.
No man appreciative of his duties wi
: rest content with less than this. The vii
:, its of the travelling auditors should b
welcomed as opportunities when an
. vAgueness, any uncertainty, any psrplexit
: may be cleared up. The purpose of the
visit IL not primarily and solely to detet
honest and faithful work, to help Il
r agents in the performance Of their dutie
=. and to bring them into closer RELATIONSHIP
with the general Offices.
We are each and all of us the servan
j. of the corporation. Each one ts, an
n should regard himself as being PERSONAL
l the trustee for the property of Others. II
:. stockholders have placed this property
our hands. We must be faithful in eve1
l. ciency in securing revenue, and none Il
et less in stopping, and hindering, and pr
1t venting waste. In this respect every m,
O. In the company's service stands on the ssn
lie level, and 1t IL no more the duty Of Il
IL president, who Ia only the chief ssrvsn
20 to honestly and faithfully fulfill the duti
i | of his position than It is that of . sectit
20 foreman or track 1aborer to fulfill the d
{. ties of theirs. There ia absolutely no di
tinetion. We all owe the same loyalty, I'll
"a same duty, because it is duty, accordtr
TO to the places in which we are appointed
:; be, in performing all that We are CALI
n upon to perform.
D. We are the servants of no mean cor
of pany. No one of us has evsr had cause
- complain that its management is indiffe
's emit to our comfort, to our success, or b
D. failed in appreciation, or has refused ju
g; tice, or has subordfnated the property
q individual gains OF benefits. or to person
p pride or ambition. And I promise 20
D. on the part of these gentlemen who are a
10 ISOLATED with me In the management, th
shall continue to bs the case, and am ia
y as confident that you reoiprooate these I
g lstions "a I am that tomorrow follows t
: day.
3, 1t is that We may be better acq uaint,
II with each other; that we may stimula
1t interest In each others success and in Of
10 united success-we who represent th
Q, great corporation-that we have come
D. ait around this table, to look In ca,
ie others' faces, to exchange these words
ID greeting, to touch elbows. Sentime
n largely governs the world. tits not simp
ID what we get upon the payrolls of this COZ
0, pany; 1t ts not that one appointed to OF
1t that gives any of us the right to disregsl
70 the feelings or to do Injustice to his ass
le eiates. But we can, working togethe
70 represent this great corporation worthil
ID and by its successful administration COZ
mend it to the great public which 1t serve
y OTHER EXERCISES.
% After the president had finished, 9th
J. speeches were made by Vice Presiden
q Hall and Kendrick. The party was tn,
= shown through the new Office building a,
: the company's shops. At 3:15 the supe
intendent of the Old Colony System q
y the civil engineers and road masters 81
10 barked on . special train to inspect Il
D improvements on the New York divisio
l. The run west was made slowly
J. far ~ Woodlawn. where the rails Of &
n New Haven run into the line of the Ne
> York Central into New York.
y N. e o. r. Notes.
70 The fifth anniversary of Elm Tree lodg
!, No. IS, of this city, will be celebrated
n their hall in the CeUaIER building on d
. evening of May 4. The program is NO
q being arranged.
The first ladies' lodge in the order W
) organized last evening in Branford. Graz
o Warden L. P. Deming and Grand Secreta,
! F. D. -Grinnsll were present and made q
!. dresses.
At the regular meeting of Charter Oh
y i 1odva No 100 iaak