Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-09-08
RAlLRoADiNG AS A BUSINESS.
Hustle Once, Last and All the Time, savp
 Channcey Depsw.


 Channcey Depsw.
 The railway profession presents more attractions for a young man than any other line of business, says Chauncev NJ Depew in "Railroad Men. It has greater opportunities for advancement. and its employment is more permanent. To succeed in it in any departments re- qolres health, brains, honesty and equip ment. Tho young man must make ep his mind that if he would rise in the profession he must never question tho kind of work that is put upon him, the hours which are required of him or tho places, agreeable or disagreeable, to which he is assigned
 Railway organization is essentially military, because upon the ability. vi- tallty and integrity of the vast number ot men in the various positions working narmonlonsly together depend most aI the internal commerce of the country, the prosperity of business, the activities ot communities, great and small, the funds of investors and tho safety oa hundreds of millions of passengers.
 The young man who proposes to enter railway service should first decide whether he will take his chances for q career in outdoor or indoor work. f outdoor work, which is i'll the operating department, he will be immensely as sisted if he has had the opportunities which are offered sn the technical schools. h these days of thorough train ing 1t is almost impossible for 2 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 gpe- cial education of Cornell, the big ad- vantages of the Troy Polytechnic and tie Stevens institute, and the instruo- tion given in many other of the schools and colleges of the United States.
 If be selects indoor work, he must make up bis mind that much more will be required of him at first than in com mercial lines If he is ill the treasurer 's department and shows special efficiency and intelligence, when a vacancy occurB in the freight department, in any dis eussion that should happen between tho heads of these departments, he is almost certain to be drafted for d better posi- tion by the traffic manager, and yica versa.
 Railroading differs from no other business or profession in its beginnings. The salary is small. The work is hard. It is only the few who by cheerful readiness at all times to perform their own tasks and to stay several hourse- and If necessary all night--to meet the requirements of the office or 10 do the work of the lame, lazy and incompetent attract the attention of their superiors and are marked for promotion.
 Ill tho service every ones eye is on every one else. There is q generous ap- preciation of eomradeship, at the same time there is severe criticism of the con. duct and character of fellow employees and officers The moment an officer ba- comes careless of his duties, inattentive and out of reach when wanted, his chances for promotion are over, and the accident of a discharge or displacement it imminent.
 There is but one rule of success in railway service, and that is. no matter how high you get, once a hustler always a hustler and hustler until you die 0r resign.