The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-16
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BY tho commission. They said allurlng
prospects had been held out to them and
that they found that all representations.
had been false. It took us q long time
to run down the source Of this misjnfor-$
nation. The commission had certainly
held out no Inducements for persons to
go to Colon that were not fully borne
Out BY conditions there But finally We
located It. Tho enticlng advertisements
were contained In literature sent out by
the Civil Service Commission. This mat
ter had been distributed with the best
Intentions In the world, but there was a
back kick to It. which has done our ef-t
{ forts to get theyright sort Cof human ma
fterial on the .lsthmus n serious injury.
other mistakes had been made
In disposIpg, aqf the men who had passed
cXamnat on and had beer. sent down, the
right sort of employment had not been
allotted. ! recall one instance just now Of
n man who had passed examination MS a
Gboilermakcr. He was employed and sent
forward. He was mo doubt n very good
5otlermaker. When he got to the Isthmus
no was put to work; as a.. machinist. He
was found not to be quite satisfactory as
Il; machlnist and eventually. was dis
charged. We did not i hear Of this until 4
States and came around ito the head
quarters OF the commission to find out
what sort Of business men we were any
way. ,yg, h (.
There was another case of man who
was sent down. and because he had had
railroad experience was placed in charge
Of section gang In short time he
came to the Office on the Isthmus and
said he had been discharged. Inquiry
showed that this man was not fitted for
+ the position OF section foreman.
Taking Care Of Them.
"A section foreman Is Ikea poet: he Is
born, not made. + have known section
foremen who could take a gang, build "a
road around a curve, Shost a track a
little here, lower it a ittle,3thcre and
without any Instruments wha tevcr. and
without the supervision jofEan engineer
have rs fine piece OF track as you would
want. They would doSit instinctively.5B But
this man, It was discovered, had at one
time been employed IN the auditing office
of a railroad. That was all the railroad
experience he had ever had, and he had
been put in charge Of a section gang be-
cause he had had natural intelligence
enough to pass tho examination required
of section foreman. e. Is ia!sat3 4
Now the sslonsls seeking to guard
against these things.SIt Is going to try i
to send only men that are actually needed
and that will ut into the work. Much
greater care will be exercised here than |
before, !
Then we are going to make an I'M
'provenlent at Colon, When a steamship
arrives with our employees we will have.
persons meet them, look after them, see
that they are properly placed IN boarding
hnn nh ocutevv ,n1 IA W frl,
they arc trained. IL a man happens to
have a sweetheart In Colon. we Will not
send him on to Panama. II a. man 10 q |
machnist We Will not make a boiler
maker of him, Because q man is a. good
auditor will be no reason for putting him
In charge of section gang. In other
words, our aim on the Isthmus VIII be
to have clearing house for. men ms we'll |
as for MATERIAL" s85f
Recreation for Employees.
&'Whnt Is being done In the way OF
providing recreation for employees on tile
Panama Cana?" s}..
Eve have appreciated thesnecesslty u OF
doing something along that line and we
are doing 1t at once. IA t Is a absolutely true
that down there our young Americans
have had no means OF amusement we
are going to provide tennis courts, There
10 Nv ledSoll WHY W. 49, W.
good baseball park down there, Wo
should not only provide means for ath-
letic enjoyment. but also libraries, we
should also provide means so men VINO
want TO can spend their money. Only to-
day wc have beenin consultation with
officials Of the American Civic Federal
ton. That organization has some nne
ideas which have been put into practical
shape about providIng entertainments for |
tho employees Of large Industrial estab-
llshments, we hays employed one ~
Their men and arc sendlng him TO tho
isthmus with instructions to see what
can be done In the way Of relleY ,ns a a'r
content and proyldlng n' "a, ,bs,r ysIs.
IRE hours.
eve are taking steps TO- provide bet I
ter houses and quarters for the Inen
This is question that should nave neei,
long ago. ma y - "a. e y
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