The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-25

as you are capable of running an engine
YOU will be put in charge of one
Gray muttered his thanks Mr. Blank
added: Lawrence, you can use my int
tials, get to work; your friend had better
stay here until Brady arrives Then they
can go to the front in company.
well. Lawrence" said John. "if you
are in harness, I'll take the town in"
IAN right replied Lawrence; III
meet you at the hotel later
As John passed out Mr. Blank said:
pete, that is good timber. Boys like
that big, grave-eyed fellow are the tools
with which man can carve out great
ideas. But come into the office; have
a little time at my disposal. and would
like to talk further on the work I've
cut out for you
Now be seated he said cordially as
they entered the plainly furnished in
ner sanctum. Lawrence looked with APP
preciative interest upon the simple details
of the plainly furnished Office Many
brie1ess lawyer awaiting his first client.
or embryo doctor with the disguised
tones of his hospital anatomical demon
strator yet ringing in his ears. was more
sumptuously quartered than this man or
millions The neatly docketed packages
or trim files proclaimed the presence OF
methodical order, while the walls. covered
with blue prints or profiled maps, outlined
the man with the wide diversity Of vital
affairs.
Now we will have a quiet hobnob,'
he said as he revolved his heavy chair
to a position facing Lawrence. II wish
you to understand fully the nature OF the
work I outlined briefly few moments
since
ssYon know. Pete, that I have come up
from the RANKS, and I attribute great
measure OF tbs success I've won to the
fact that I've carried all OF the lessons
Of accumulated experience with me. Now
when consolidated halI dozen cross
country pixies into the present Inter
Mountain system acquired with each
heavp localized measure Of divergent re-
sponsibility. With each road came TO me
the load of other mems acts, words and
deeds, and / resolved that each implied
promise should be to me as certified
contract. have always remembered that
this line exists by the will Of the people,
and that 1t is to them-either as en-
ployes or patrons-that I owe my first
and strongest allegiance.
I'm our conversation Of few minutes
since / spoke Of the weight | placed
upon loyal service. To you it may have
sounded a little overdrawn. but It Is here
that I wish to say that body of men
who look upon the Inter-MOuntain and
it's management as the only thing on top
Of the earth are an asset rated highest
upon nv books. / wish to be IN personal
touch with my men. If Engineer Jones
goes out sick to avoid a stock train lying
upon one of my yards: IL Conductor
Smith, in a blizzard, is the last man to
drop snow shovel; If a crew of brake
men stick to the icy brake wheels and
decks of runaway train; if Fireman
Brown, despite a burned hand or broken
knuckle. grinds his jaws together and
sticks like bulldog to his scoop; II
trackman stands shivering beneath his
tattered clothes to protect the coming
express against the yawn of broken
rail- or If +boilermaker> goes into the
hell of pfanked-. firebox to ealk fues
twenty minutes before the. engine is
called to leave-I want to know e, and
quick Individual and concerted loyalty
are the only foundation to executive sue
cess, and it's firm support Is always alb
sent to the Indifferent or non-appreciatiye
superior. I wish, without Mysteries. or
gallery play, to attach my men to my
ideas and me- want. each and every
man in my employment who comedies
with this policy to know that he Is an ap-
preciated integral OF the whole. and as
long as he gives to it the best he has in
the box his future and permanency Of
position are assured