Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-01-19

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THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA. Ca
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cess in railroad management? was the
question asked the other day Of num-
Der Of bankers of the city
Common honesty ] should say re-
piled one man. His stockholders know
and believe In him. They know that
they will get as much out OF the prop
erty as he gets Everything goes TO the
stockholders OF the Great Northern
road. II owns its own telegraph lines,
It's own express company its own sleep
ing and parlor car service. It's own din
ing car service its own steamship line;
everything that contributes TO its earn
ings is owned by the company, There
IT no milking along the way
Attention TO detail. / believe. Is the
dominant quality In Mr.. Hill" replied
another banking friend 10 the same
question. "Singleuess OF purpose and
"a complete mastery OF detail Of every
thing connected with his pronerty
why, he continued, The knows the
number Of ties on every bridge along
the line from ST. Paul and Minneapolis
10 Seattle and Vancouver And there Is
not a figure relative TO the cost OF any
thing that he cannot give you on
hand
"Out Of his head?' was asked
yes. out Of his head. and his figures
are always correct II Is marvellous. To
Illustrate; Ii is only a short time ago
that the representative of one Of the
largest locomotive works IN the cOun-
try told me that In trying 10 get an
order for locomotives from the Great
Northern Mr. I'm took exception TO the
price. Finally the question narrowed
down 90 the cost Of materials entering
into the construction-bolts and riyets,
screws and everything else
"'What rivet DO you use in such and
such a place? asked Mr.. Hill, specify
ing the part
"The locomotive man replied and
gave the cost
of you're paying that you're pay
ing too much for them replied Mr..
Hin. I can buy them for so and So
naming a price considerably lower"
Bearing upon this same subject, o
story is told how once Mr.. Hill was
strolling through the train yard Of the
Great Northern road at ST. Paul, and
noticed that one OF the engineers was
"Hmbering up" his locomotive by run
ming it UP and down short stretches OF
track.
what are you doing there myman?'
called out the president.
"Only limbering her up a bit" re-
turned the engineer
do you know the cost OF a locomo-
tive Of that PATTERN asked the presi-
dent
The man mentioned an approximate
figure.
DO you know the life OF n locomO-
tlve?" Mr. Hill Queried further
Again an approximate period was
given. 800,
"Well. I know them both" Mr.. Hill
continued. II know them both, and
know the number Of revolutions they
should make, and dividing the cost
by the number OF revolutions /
know the cost OF each, Now,
what YOU were doing was unneces-
sary and wasteful, FOR II shortens
the life OF the locomotive by just so
much. and costs the company so much
unnecessary money. You must not do It
again"
President Hin has not yet exhausted
his study Of the economy OF railroad
operation. He studies II oil the time.
There Is not foot OF the property that
ne has not walked over, or ridden over
on horseback, or In his trains. some
times on a locomotive, sometimes In his
private car. and often In the caboose Of
a freight train. He has slept In the
open air or In a shack or tent more
nights than would number up the days
OF some well-grown men. Without a
doubt his familiarity with the country
traversed by the Great Northern is, IN
part. responsible for his great success
with that property, and has assisted
him in working out the problem Of car
rying the greatest load In the least pos
sible time at the lowest possible eN-
pense
MIR. Hin did not originate the railroad
system OF Minnesota and the North
west. nor did he really become a power
ful factor I'm railroad affairs until a
comparatively recent period His orig
inal ventures We're In connection with
water transportation, and to these ear
lier ventures are due the inception of
the idea that the lake steamship service
of the Great Northern road and the
project n a Pacific ocean steamship SER
vice between Seattle and Vancouver
and China and Japan. Purely a product
OF llt ONNINfNAt NN ilAdN NNllN III lula
country today is a frmer believer IN the
future II the orient than he, and In the
commercial relations that must exist
between this country and China and
Japan.
James j. Hin was born on a small
farm near Guelph, In Upper Canada,
Sept TO- 1885 His father was Of that
sturdy race OF ch-lrlshmen. and his
mother Scotch woman, both frugal
industrious and religious. and they had
a hard struggle 90 win livelihood from
the soil OF a new country and rear a
growing family OF children. Nh Hills
early life was precisely that OF other
farmers sons Of the period, very little
schooling and a-plenty of hard work on
the farm, with the chores and the cat
tie. He succeeded however, IN getting
a fairly good education. even TO slight
knowledge OF Latin. but when. az Is
years OF age. his father died, he was
unable TO prosecute his studies further,
and was forced 10 take up with work In
a country store.
When but IS years old. In 1886. young
Hin set out 60 seek his fortune IN the
States, as so many other young Cana
dian lads have done. both before and
since his time. lie remained for only a
short period In the East. and In July.
1896, reached st, Paul, Mimi, then a
thriving little river town u 5000 inhab-
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