The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-08-13
MESSENGER DISCIPLINE
New Jersey Managers Plan Of
Reforming His Boys.
BETTER PAY IF THEY OBEY RULES

John #. coogan of Newark Adopts
plan 10 stop Novel Reading, Ciga-
rette smoking. ate.--ce-operativ
Arrangement That Already Has
worked Manifest reform.
Newark IN. ID business men are
thinking OF voting medal to Local
Manager John T.. Coogan Of the Postal
Telegraph company or al least Of rec
ommending him as worthy Of the pro
posed dement's Of the Carnegie hero
fund says the New York World. They
are convinced thar Coogan Is not only
a hero, but also d genius.
Coogan directs the energies of some
thirty boys who deliver messages that
come over the wire to Newark resi-
dents. once upon d time Coogan was
champion batsman Of the Eastern
Baseball league, and be is thankful
for tie rigid discipline he was then
placed under. He has endeayored to
follow the same methods in his busi-
ness life, bnt for years he was frus-
trated because Of the seeming impos,
sibility Of drilling his staff Of mes
senger boys into recognition Of dis
elpllnary efforts
Coogan fancied Newark boys to be
the same as boys are every where.
sRushF messages We're always to them
Of less Importance than 70 discover BIZ
! reading 70 the end Of the story how
BUTTS, the boy detective" got the
drop on Scar Scanned sam, the senti-
mental sailor, and saved the fortune
for Little Lady Lucy, the beautiful
waif.
II was also in keeping with the mes
senger boys code Of ethics 70 smoke
d cigarette before he answered q bur
| ~ call.
Manager coogan studied the problem
DC the reformation Of the messenger
hoy He tried discharging them, hui
this brought only temporary relief, q
the newcomers soon fell INTO the easy
habits Of their predecessors. After
years Of study Coogan has evolved tbs
scheme that has branded him as being
Of the stun heroes are made 81. HI
nut his plan into effect few days ago
and the change he has wrought, ever
In d brief time. has been wonderful
/ In effect he has divorced the boy
from the novel. caused him to look up
on the paper smoke with loathing
and turn Ills head away in honest hor
ror at the sight Of a eolored boy viii
couple of dice IN his hand.
| He called bis thirty boys together
and said:
Boys. | have come to the conclusion
that we can get along much better i
we adopt little cooperative plan
have Ii mind. That means that ",
should work TO help each other Now
III am authorized by the company Il
promise you all an increase Of pay
Some Of you will get ST, some 81 ans
some SO i month more than you ar
now getting Maybe you Will all ge
the SO. 1t win depend upon yourselves
I'm order to become entitled to thl
increase you Will have to promise M
these things During the next 81,
months you will not smoke cigarette
nor read dime novels during bushes
hours; you must promise not to ours
or swear, gamble with dice or in an
other form and deliver your message
! promptly If you do all these things
win agree that the company shall pa
for your. uniforms and give You som
more money
7 The proposition came as q surprise
1t tiekled the boys Every one Of theI
soemnly subscribed to the promise
: exacted. They also willingly agreed
forfeit certain portions Of their expec
2 cd raise for each fall from grace, an
= the new order of things was at one
7. established. The success Of the pla
I Of Coogan has thus far been compIet
g "The change produced Id my boys
wonderful, he said but recently. The
have entered heartily into the spirit /
the thing, and they are adhering stric
Z " to the conditions, made It plain
+ them that / did not seek to mak
saints of them, but merely to engaa
: with them in 4 plain business propos
ton for our mutual benefit There h
/, not been serious breach committed ,
4 yet, and believe the boys will becou
:. 30 accustomed to the change that Il
= benefit to them III moral sense VIII
II far greater than the gain they Will r
II 4 ceige ia their pay