Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-04-27
RAlLRoADING AS A BUSINESS.
Hustle Once, Last and All the Time. Says
 Channcey Depew.

Hustle Once, Last and All the Time, Says
 Channcey Depew.
 Tho railway profession presents more attractions for young man than any other line of business, says Chauncey M Depew in Railroad Men, It has greater opportunities for advancement and its employment is more permanent To succeed in it in any department re- quires health, brains, honesty and equip. ment. The young man must make up his mind that if he would rise i'll the profession he must never question tho kind of work that is put upon him, the hours which are required of him or the places, agreeable or disagreeable, to which he is assigned.
 Railway organization is essentially military, because upon the ability, vi tality and integrity of the vast number of men in the various positions working tremendously together depend most of the internal commerce of the country, the prosperity of business, the activities of communities, great and small the funds of investors and the safety of hundreds of III lions of passengers.
 The young paaa who proposes to enter railway service should first decide whether he will take bis chances for a career in outdoor or indoor work If outdoor work. which is in the operating department hs will be immensely as- sisted if he has had the opportunities which are offered in the technical schools In these daysof thorough train ing it is almost impossible for a young man of ordinary education to get on in competition with the graduates of the Sheffield Scientific school at Yale, the scientific schools of Columbia, the spe- cial education of Cornell the big ad- yantages of the Troy Polytechnic and the Stevens institute, and the instruc- tion given in many other of the schools and colleges of the United States.
 If he selects indoor work, he must make up his mind that much more will be required of him at first than in com mercial lines. If he is in the treasurer, s department and shows special efficiency and intelligence, when Q vacancy occurs in the freight department, in any dis oussion that should happen between the heads of these departments he is almost certain to be drafted for a better posi- tion by the traffic manager, and vice versa.
 Railroading differs from no other business or profession in it's beginnings. The salary is small. The work is hard It is only tho few who by cheerful readiness at all times to perform their own tasks and to stay several hours and if necessary all night-to meet the requirements of tho office or to do the work of the lame, lazy and incompetent attract the attention of their superiors and arc marked for promotion.
 In the service every one's eye is on every one else. There is q generous ap- Pseciation of eomradeship, at the same time there is severe criticism of Che con duet and character Of fellow employees and officers. The moment an officer be- comes careless of his duties, inattentiTa and ont of reach when wanted his chances for promotion are oyer, and tho accident Of discharge or displacement 1t imminent.
 There is bub one rulo of success jn railway service, and that is, no matter how high you get, once q hustler always hustler aad a hustler until you dio CT resign.