Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-11-13

,.r,msn,s ~ finance law and accounting
arr Ia the COMMAND % the frst ,icu prri.
dent, Mr. e. &. Clarke. Tbc~c arr th3
mot important departments, Tor the On
tin r.i DEPENDS upon Oh. Judgment,
foresight and accuracy ~ it, financial
had. Mr. Clarke IL little known to the
s',neNl public. but there's not on" banker
az broker In Wall str-t but r-cognitc- l,im
aud Knows hc'. thcc ON bis business
The second vie. president 81 the Ne~
York Central. Mr.. II. j. iioydcn, com.
mand. the departments 81 traffic and sup
ply. Under hi. supervision the ra:o-, q
vital part ~ cyrp ailroad, arr itci.
claims adjusted and all materials pur'
chased.
The third VIC. president, Mr. H. Walter
Webb, l. well known Ca the general pub
lie ~ virtue ~ ~. dutic- ~ commands
% III. departments ~ rad. cluipm'nt
and characterization. Mr.. Webb comes in
ci,ssr aud NOR. frquent contact with tho
pcuplc than any other officer ~ the rad.
lie IL 4. who look. after the building ~
roadway., bridges and buildings, s~- that
the Rad !. prursrly cluipIrd with car,
engine. and t-ats, keeping meanwhile
wide oJ-n eye a. the comfort n the public
IN the matter % service Mr. Webb
when In town. de-. an honest days work
~ hl. ofiios from 10 tiil a. About onos
v..k he make. - journey ~ Inspection
from New York to buffalo Ia hls private
car This journey IL like that II a grat
general reviewing hi. troops.
Tho government % any railrnad IL Nc.''
e,i ilf.t 20 all In the Stockholders, but tho
s,ockholdcrs shar In governing i merly
nominal. Supposed Ga have all IA say,
,h,y rally have nothing to say. They
simply ,lCct their representatives, com.
nIonly called tho lpari ~ dlr,tors. The
buari meets only QUO. year. bat MEAN
while IL has slectsi ~ chairman, or rsiLsr
tho man who bold. the most stock elects
himself chairman, and De, a. ch-Oiiicio
nrmlsr 20 all committees, i the active
practical bead, the highest oaiccF u rail-
road company.
In many railrnaai. the chairman Ia also
the president but when tbess Offices are
divided "a. president .. subordinate Ia tbs
chairman. Holding to the New York
Central ne n representative % all rOad-.
Mr. D,pcw l. not irst la command, N '.
generally Supposed. hut 10 q sort % adlu-
tant general under Mr. Cornelius Wander
bllt, th. chairman. Mr.. Vanderbilt like
Mr. DctTw, IL hard worker Nine
O'Clock II not ten early to Ind him at hi.
dc.k IN the Grand Central station, and
there be rvmain. all day. giving his time
a. ihi. or that oummitt.c and looking aft
or his multitudinOus duties n chairman
NJ, only ~ the New York Central. hat 10
III other r,aals Herr In Mr.. Vanderbilt.
of'icc all the work % organization 81 the
New York Central system l. carried on,
and every clerk Ia that particular Office
you may IL sur Il an expert In some par
iisular branch - railroad work.
Rigid Raiss of the Co'np.a,.
And In this of'lcc, to-, all the ri TAPE
a the New York Central bceins, and nj
though the public snarls and kicks against
rsSi tNp- N l. q truth nevertheless that
tie mor the rcd tAls the liner the orsani'
ration that u-rs a. The New York Cen.
trail, generally ooncc,icd by railroad men
o. d. one 10 the very b.st organized ruads
IN the country, holds it, end In this way
chiefly with usc % ri tape. - fne are
the line. drawn that Mr.. Vanderbilt him.
elf cannot ssnd out for even lead pencil
and charge 10 to the company. IL he wants
y lead Isncil, b. must make rcquisition
for 10 through the proper channels
AZ o. what Mr.. Dcp.w dos for living,
or rather what he dos to earn his salary,
the same salary he would rcciyc n pr'si'
scnt % the Unitsd states, I asked him
Personally. lie had turned his room In
The Grand Central depot into Temporary
observatory. found him squirting
through long brass telesoOpe, which was
mounted like q gailing gun aud aimed
through the window past the Murray iiil'
iCt,l dircct at heaven. Not star could
J. 1c, for II was only o'clock In the
afternoon.
what arr you searching for. Dr. ID
Iewi" | asked.
III. answer was not intended for publ.
cation, butt am searching for IN"
thano. ~ the goyrnorship." be said,
'and incidentally am hunting for my
friend Platt."
With that cur,ing Of the upper lip which
tharncicriIcs hi. smile he explalnrd that
the telescope was for his boy and drop
I-i into y leather chair before his ds.h,
laying. Now. what can do for your
"D,ilno your duties ~ president OF the
S,w York Central railroad, describe Jour
Say's work"
Once of President No s,n~eures
WELL" be began, "my duty lics In the
GENERAL control and dirctiOn 81 the com
iany's business In all Its departments ~
> result Of this. I am interviewed, con
ferrud and consulted with In this rom
from morning I'LL night. ! gct here about
y, and after attending 10 n mall " Inches
high I look over the rp0rts from every
point II the New York Central and it,
branches, ascertaining the exact condition
Of the rad. Then the heads ~ depart
vents come to me for consultation. II
thcre has boen an accident, explanations
mr.. n,a,le to me here: N there has bccn "a