Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-02-02
Old RaiIroader Ad-
vises Young Men
He Declares the Business Isn't
What it Used to be by a
Long Shot.

Long Snot.
j. NJ. Warner, who has occupied var
ious official positions as well as min.
a. clerical Jobs" on many of The
largest railroads in the United States,
including the Pennsylvania, Missouri
Pacific, Nickel Plate, n. Y. C. & H.,
and others, was in Pueblo recently
en- route from San Francisco TO Gold.
fled, New. where he will open a gen.
eral merchandise store.
Mr., Warner originated The first
train switch list. now in use on every
railroad system In the United States
and also originated many other rail-
road blank reports. now in universal
use.
Il weuld NOT advise a young man
10 enter the employ of a railroad II
he is ambitions and wants TO make
some hing worth while out Of him
self, said Mr. Warner, The chances
to rise 10 III TOP on a railroad are not
what they once were in the time when
| first took mp the occupation. If the
young mar has nothing but his hands
and wits % help him along he would
much better start in something else.
THE trouble with the railroads to-
day is that they run too much toward
the individual system. The roads Of
today are immense corporations and
the man at the bottom is made a
machine, just a human machine. He
may have a college education. and
possessed of much brains, but the
chances are that he will always stay
near The bottom unless he has a pull,
but that does not carry him far. Al
though there are chances and oppor-
tunities they are by n means as com
mon as when the roads were smaller.
Why, the least little mistake or the
most trifling deviation from the rules
win get him discharged and then he
is down and out more often than not.
He may have started his railroad ca
reer, say at 81. He works a few years
without rising high. II he Is discharg-
ed when he is 2s or 80 years old it
is more than difficult 10 get a posi-
ton with another road, for his his
tory is looked up 10 the minutest de-
tail. But II he does succeed in keep
ing his job a few years he is wor
out with the weight Of responsibility
with which a man is loaded in these
days.
THE principal difficulty in getting
ahead today is the constant changing
that goes on in the ranks above him.
He may win a reputation with a GER
tain official and before he knows it
that official has resigned or has been
let out and he finds another one over
him who Is as liable TO ~displace him
for some favorite as not. and | can
assure you that have been up
agains, more than one case OF this
kind.
"No. | would say 10 the young man,
go into some business where you can
come into touch with the heads of
the concern Then you can show Of
what value you are and your efforts
win win some advancement
Engineer Parnell is marked mp
sick.
SUPP. +. j. Easley and wifi returned
Ration last evening.
Fireman Griffin has resigned and
will set sail for San Francisco
Engineer Milroy Is back at work,
having been off duty a few
trips.
Angus Mcdonald Is again employed
at the Santa Fe depot in Springer,
n. N.
Chief Dispatcher A. " Harrington
OF this city has been visiting Santa
re on private business.
] NJ. Cooh. OF Albuquerque. has Sc.
cured a position out Of Santa Fe on
the ID & r. G. road as a mail clerk.
and has reported for daGy.
The engine inspectors at the local
shops and the car inspectors In the
yards changed shifts on the first OF
the month. the day men taking the
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