Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-05-31
HARRY HlllYER.
Has a Hard Time Preventing Clerks
From Looking Out the Windows.

Inc IoilOWlng from the san Berfar-
dino Sun has reference To Harry Hin
yer and his trials and tribulations !"
As Harry formerly resided in this city,
the article will be read with pleasure
by many friends:
Perhaps there is no set OF Santa Fe
employees in the local domain. either
among the Offices or In the mechanical
departments, which Is quite so well
satisfied with the present stretch of
cool weather as are the clerks which
go to make up the clerical force Of the
mechanical superintendent Office.
The whyfore Is AZ easily discernable
as a decapod on a day In June. when
Il is stated that an order has been pas
sed about in that department To the
effect that Il shall be strictly against
the law to raise a single window in
the office during either summer or
winter. With this edict. and a half
dozen thickly painted windows star
ing them in the face. and with no in
let save a 2xi transom and the key
hole. the men behind the guns are
wondering how long they VIII last.
OF course. as is ever the case, there
is story connected with the affair.
and here II is:
Some little time ago. when q. w.
Smith was still In power, his chief
clerk. Harry Hlllyer, became convinc-
ed that the men at the desks were not
doing the work he expected OF them.
and he made up his mind that some
thing was radically wrong. lie ques-
toned Clerk Wclch. who has charge
of the northern side OF the depot. as to
the matter, that gentleman agreeing
TO keep his eye open for causes. II
did not take long To discover the rea'
son OF il all, for upon two distinct oc-
( casions In one morning. one particular
clerk lifted his head from his work
and actually sat there rubbering out
of the window and during the course
! OF the day there were others who did
! likewise. Now II was very wrong In
/ the clerks to do this, for they might
/ have known that II was their duty to
/ figure up the s.iortage In engine mile
age ana the thousand and one things
which they are hired to. instead OF
reading the signs on the tourist box
cars or watching the switchmen hop
the goats" At least Mr.. Hillyer
thought in this strain. for the next
morning bulletin was passed around
from desk to desk. II read something
| like this: a. Harry Hillyer chief
clerk, have noticed that you are In the
habit of looking out of the windows
This must be stopped at once, as 1t in
terferes with the work. Signed: a. 4
This order was taken about by Mr.
WEIGH with the request that all sigr
IL, in token that they agreed with Mr.
Hillyer. All did, with the exception
of one lone man, that individual tell
ing the solicitor that he might do sew
eral things with the document, but
that he wanted none Of 1t.
Here was a snag, and for time
remedy was despaired OF. II was sug
gested to Mr. Smith that the windows
be painted in order to obstruct thu
view OF the picture, but that ofiicia
did not see the reason OF the sugges
ton and the matter was for the time
dropped. One day, however, the sans
day that the Sun male the announce
ment, there came a telegram from th'
east saying that Mr.. Smith had tender
ed his resignation. There was a hur
ried consulta ion between the powers
in which the words paint windows
and ''now's our chance leaked
! through the key hole In the front office
II was finally decided that In the alb
sence of Mr. Smith and before a new
man could be appointed to the higl
chair OF the master mechanics Office
the windows looking out over tn
yards should be given handsome Goa
, Of paint. One of the best features o
the scheme was the custom OF his pred
ecessor TO have the panes thus adorn
/, ed. and in consequence be never tn
wiser. "And he said let there be, paint
and there was paint
But II came to pass when the warn
; weather came on that the boys VIII
sat near the windows raised them, i
order to obtain air. In raising tn
sash. however, they could not fcrbeal
as did Moses, casing glance owe
the promised land. That was enoug
60 set the powers to working, an
shortly after came the orders tina
hereafter no windows must be raised
A And that Is the reason why the me
!. on the inside are conjuring gray
q doubts as to what their condition WI
n be before the autumn months ORA
v nigh.
I But secret as the proceedings wer'
!. IL Is stated that Superintendent OF Nj
4 tive Power Henderson has heard {
1 the affair. and that he will make
h investigation before leaving the ives
\ He IL expected to arrive here tn
, | morning