Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-05-31
HARRY HILlYER.
Has a Hard Time Preventing Clerks
From Looking Out the Windows.

Has a Hard Time Preventing Clerks
From Looking Out the Windows.
The following from the San Bernar-
dino Sun has reference to Harry Hill
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 as easily di~scernable
as a decapod on a day in June, when
it is stated that an order has been pas
sed about in that department to the
effect that ii 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 2X4 transom and the key
hole. the men behind the guns are
wondering how long they will last.
OF course. as is ever the case, there
is a story connected with the affair,
and here it is:
Some little time ago. when G. w.
Smith was still in power. his chief
clerk. Harry Hillyer. became convinc-
ed hat 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. He ques-
toned Clerk WEIGH. who has charge
of the northern side of the depot, as to
the matter, that gentleman agreeing
TO keep his eye open for causes. 1t
did not take long to discover the rea-
son of il all, for upon We distinct &C.
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 it was very wrong in
| the clerks to do this, for they might
| have known that It was their duty to
figure up the shortage in engine mile
| age ana the thousand and n 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 a bulletin "a passed around
| from desk to desk. 1t read something
like this: Il. 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 it in
| terferes with the work. Signed: &. g.
This order was taken about by Mr..
| Welch with the request that all sign
it, 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 it.
Here was a snag, and for a time a
| remedy was ~despaired of. 1t was sug-
| gested to Mr.. Smith that the windows
| be painted in order to obstruct the
| view of the picture, but that official
| did not see the reason of the sugges-
| ton and the matter was for the time
dropped. One day, however, the same
day that the Sun made the announce
ment, there anne a telegram from the
east saying that Mr.. Smith had tender
ed his resignation. There was a hur-
ried consultation between the powers,
| in when 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 high
chair of the master mechanics office,
the windows looking out over the
yards should be given a handsome coat
of paint. One of the best features OF
the scheme was the custom of his pred
ecessor to have the panes thus adorn.
ed, and in consequence be never the
wiser. "And he said let there be paint
and there was paint
But II came to pass when the warm
weather came on that the boys who
sat heal the windows raised them, In
order to obtain air. In raising the
sash, however, they could not forbear
as did Moses, casing a glance ovei
the promised land. That was enough
to set the powers to working, and
shortly after came the orders that
hereafter no windows must be raised
And that is the reason why the mel
on the inside are %conjuring grave
doubts as to what their condition vii
be before the autumn months draw
nigh.
But secret as the proceedings were
il is stated that Superintendent of Mo
tive Power Henderson has heard o.
the affair. and that he will make al
investigation before leaving the west
He is expected to arrive here this