The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-07-17


who called was in Philadelphia. An
Uther director was in the same New
York building three floors below. Two
other directors were in different build
ings In Philadelphia. 1t was necessary
10 hold a committee meeting and none
of the directors could leave his office.
a leased telephone wire between New
.. York and Philadelphia was put in SER
. vice. Quickly three men in Philadel-
.el4 phia and two in New York, each sitting
In his own Office and each with tele-
phone receiver 10 his ear, held an inn
portant meeting. Motions were made
and passed and q record kept OF the
proceedings. 1t was over in ten min
utes and a matter involving the ulti-
r mate disposal OF millions Of dollars
had been advanced on serious stage
In its career. In the old way OF hold
ing such a meeting II would have cost
the Philadelphia men or the New York
men each at least half a day Of time.
a Chicago business leader who has
branch houses of his line Of industry
in every leading city, walked down
Fifth avenue from his hotel toward
Broadway the other morning with a
friend. Apparently the Chicago man
had ample leisure and was not both
cred in the least with business cares.
He looked at his watch. The time was
1890 o'clock. Its Just $50 In Chi
cago," he said TO his friend. "Come in
here until / read my mail and dictate
the answers"
The Chicago man dropped into one
of his branch Offices called up his Sec
retary in Chicago on leased telephone
wire, had every letter Of importance
that required his personal attention
read to him, dictated the answers, and
I'm twenty minutes resumed his walk
down town.
81 had TO have that attended TO be-
fore Change opened" he said. II feel
like walking. We can reach Wall
Street in half an hour OF more. What
I do you say"
The New Yorker agreed. on the way
: down, while they were dodging an au-
aomobile they were nearly run over
tt by q carriage containing two men. One
s of them was foremost in financial af-
Z IA ~ fairs of certain kind. He was one
who demanded that his home life he
not interrupted by business cares. The
moment he left his house ana stepped
into his carriage his business whirl be-
gan The other man in the carriage
was a private Secretary.
carriageT asked the New Yorker on
foot
NO." said the Chicago man. WHO
was hep
WHY, that's Mr.. So-and-so on his
way down town to his office. He was
TOO busy to notice us. He had his See
w W. Rotary with him and he was diCtat-
ing important letters ana papers.
a. Neither the Secretary nor he looked up
when the coachman pulled up his
horses. So.andso went right OF talk
ing and the Secretary went right on
writing. That's how l know il was an
important matter"
THAT reminds mo OF the busiest
@N g physciandn philadelphia when | lived
~ ~ there ten years ago," said the Chicago
~ g, nan, .lie had every minute of the
day scheduled beforehand for his work
He was especially strong IN consulta
lions. Every patient who called TO
see him had the time fixed in advance,
with just so many minutes set apart
for looking him over The physician
calculated to the second how long II
would take TO get people into his Office
l,t and how long il would take TO get them
aF out. He had his Secretary calculate
how long il would take his carriage
to reach n certain place, how long lie
would stay there and the exact minute
he would reach the next place and }
on. He did his reading-for he was
always making addresses and writing
papers, being a high official of the
ss university therein his carriage lie
dictated his papers TO his Secretary as
he rdtoye from place 10 place and he
even went so far as to have his meals
served sometimes in is carriage. lie
died comparatively young; h burned
out: he wasn't like us, because he
never took any time for play, never
seemed TO have any leisure. and never
did nave any. That's where he made
his mistake. He took advantage of
every labor.sayiug device in those
days, but he did II only to DO all the
moro work. Such plan is useless. un-
less it gives you time to play, TO take
walk as If ono had no work 10 do.
so just as we are doing now"
Soon Wall Street was reached In
five minutes the Chicago man.was talk
ing again with his Secretary over the
telephone. In n jifry he learned how
'rt the market had opened what quick
changes in the business outlook had
taken place, and he had sent word how
TO meet these changes, so far as they
affected his business. Half dozen
times that day he did business in Chi
,cago, Just as if he We're there person
ally and not in New York. He had
ample time to give attention to details
of his work. as he dropped into this
7F.,rrs, and that branch Office, and he even
went SO far rs TO stroll into picture
---.-- gallery to see IL the.e WAS ything
there that wo,i'd add TO the strength of
his private collection. II take these
s*S trips 70 New York occasionally. nc said
Inst 10 getaway from business" ;. AZ
though 1000 miles from home he never
was away from his active participation
in business more than half an hour.
He called ii a play spell and It was
"a one 70 hiin, lie never could have had