Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-01

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NANAMA.-Uncle Sam has a big
II man In charge OF the Panama ca
nal. refer to the chief engineer,
John Findley Wallace, who has
taken charge Of this, the biggest engl-
narlng Job OF the world, at a salary Of
NON a year. Daniel Webster was call
ta steam engine in breaches. Mr.. wal
lee Is A great power plant in flesh and
bbod which transmits It's force to every
one with whom It comes In contact. lie
san originator, lie plans things and
tos things, He unltes commercial abil-
ny to technical training and experi-
nee, He knows how to handle men as
veil as how to handle machinery, and
'hle ne was manager OF the Illinois
fntral railroad his method was such
tat he could tell whether every man
nd every machine, locomotive and car
"a that vast system was doing It's duty,
ni whether the man or thing paid
he company TO keep him or II at work.
A BUSINESS ENGINEER,
Nr Wallace Is the prince Of our bus
ness engineers, He has been dealing
With business undertakings all his life
md has had to figure them out to prof
liable conclusions, As manager OF the
llnols Central he was handling a prop
ollon capitalized at hundreds of mil
Ions Of dollars and made 1t pay dlvi-
@his' He spent $50, 600, 900 and upward
year hts employees were more than
XIV, and his territory covered IA Of
ne busiest states OF the Union. His eX-
Nfenee there FITS him for the Panama
ohAl, which might be called the big
.etl business undertaking in existence.
WI probably be something like a
NSWNOW Job, and the American peo-
Ne want II done In the quickest posi-
We Time and at the lowest possible cost.
Every years delay means lust that
much loss In interest, and income, and
Ise Is a business end to every propo-
a'on connected with It, With unllmlt-
tune ana unlimited money any engi-
.tf could do II. We have able engl-
nts IN The army who could construct
gloat way, but the army engineer usu-
NY laeks the business point " view,
WI very point OF view which Mr.. Wal
as mas to an extraordinary degree,
pa me point OF view that Is absolutely
necessary to a Job like this.
THE TWO ENGINEERS.
IN talking n day with Mr.. Wallace
,vOul hls early life, he told me that
w after he started out In his engl-
senhg work he began to study why
Nne men succeeded and others who
rnel 70 De better equipped In the
Ql education, failed. The engi-
as VINO were failures might be ex-
Nsn. lraughtsmen and technically
ryIenuy superior to the engineers
~. s succeeded, The latter, however,
NM climbed TO the top and the beau
rS HVlAmen were bossed 10y them, He
~ learned that II was the man who
"a nnpnshed results who succeeded,
N tnal results were the only criterion
sa.esss' He early learned that the
rSSSsslul engineer Is he who. taking
M ,nyNs as they are by the use OF
M 800 ne has, can work them out
nvs numerical success, There are, he
hy ss,elal sides 10 every engineer
s IMPOSITION. Every work must no
,u,ros lu,ed so that II will serve the
nnis, Tor which Il Is made mi n
IA a'so be constructed al such a cost
men wS SoVn q way that It win pay the
hstntt1 ,tle having II made. He H.
t,tWo tle point by taking the case
VI ~ slueers' one lays out the limo
vine ovH. Vaa carrying It across a ra-
tsnylrag a bridge, which Is a marvel
w ma' eIlhg construction. The other.
bhsan,Iy not perhaps be able 10 build
nat ma u bridge, plans the road 40
n. eSsr D'lase Is needed and so thnt
hg trnass aoes not add 10 the operat-
gheer5 'tT9sus' Which is the better en-
Az \, rlhe latter, OF course
euaunss Husileer Wallace, he has tho
Ia, tecb NJ both these engineers. H.
he hlphes, ability and training OF
taluraI ho. rue aud at the same tim,
t%syelonAS BUSINESS ability which has been
ny SpsG 70 the full by an extraordin'
ttlning. euueahon and business
NAN eUCCEEDED,
hen. TA 20 write stories Of successfo,
tday tsey az. helpful for tho hovs w
us. W. ave starting out toward suc'
tists ~ 'e,e az Panama we have Inn
lhlnlne american clerks who ire com.
hours oyer the hardships NJ sova,,
httrest" Yrh az s. or 81 a day II NAV
a'ytar eb, aesn 70 know how their sSs oon.
nd wss 'ei worked to get an ad,,co VVO w,
hNy ~ slad to receive for NJ an
ION sett engineer half what thsv 10y
De farm sleeping In the 6eids or
s,ha s9ry gUuses nearby while eneegen
Us ttb%sSr Is now 80 years ala
litrian mas an eminent Scotch pras
tho van nasaeher a doctor Of diviri,s
educate all his sons for