The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1906-03-14

aud freight; or, as is might be termed,
the commercial emu Of tho business
rates of fare and freight, relations Of
the railway with the public, and mat
ters Of similar nature.
''The third vice-president is given
the responsibility Of. operating and
maintaining the right Of way, ell the.
trackage. He really has the manu-
featuring department. Of the sysssm--
that 10, he makes the transportation,
ara the traffic department sells it.
The better the. transportation, the
easier il is for she traffic department.
90 aomnaud business. for the same
reason that people who are satisfied
with goods they buy return sad desire
more. -, / i:...ss.,,..@::., .:
~ am aware chat many people Who
have not studied the proportions to
which railway traffic has grown, may
be startled by the suggestion that the
railways have as much of q commodity
TO sell as do dFy-goods establishments
or Wholesale houses. But it 10 never
theiess true, and the supply and de-
nand OF the transportation market is
watched just ae closely as the markets
of: food or clothing supply. '',. -.
Every human body and every ma
teriai thing pays some tribute to trans-
portation, and, in proportion to tho
amount they pay. they ezoite tho in-
terest of the traffic manager. AS Lis
interest increases, so does his study
OF the system by which he purposes
to encourage further tribute. He is
constantly looking for defects in his
own plans or Weaknesses in his own
corporation. r. - IL. =
1t necessarily follows that the
prices Of commodities, failure of crops,
pes,ilence, local or general prosperity,
opening Of mining or timber districts,
the progress of irrigation, sudden dis
covery of new methods of doing busi.
ness, location of new communities,
Eoonstruotion of new railway lines,
navigation, snoWfalls, cyclones, i'm
ports and EXPORTS, mnat all come
under the notice and study Of the
practical railway man, and, for their
mastery, he must have a system that
enables him to reach the most accuir.
ate conclusion posaihla II The ,esss..
FFossibiie time as to what his course Of
action shall be. Isl s.. 55. !: !. : s. s.
l:'l tits no uncommon thing, as rail-
way management is today, for, mer-
chant or manufacturer e. bs solicited
by the agent Of . railway company for
the shipment of $.t.ertain order os
goods, the order not yet having seaeh-
cd the hotae office :T'hsR Is possible.
trough, through the travelling freight II
Iand pasasn SCENTS oE The railways
aon,a atanl1 - kept on the road, and ii who,
keep closely posted as Is The buying, 81 s.,
and selling orders Of their territory.
Ehns they may reach the shipper tie
Eday before the order from TIE 'saiiiesiss,
man thousand miles il distant is re-
ce;yed. s: .5:,s s :sE:
sssaa sss.. The real railway work Of this
hour aotbing 3is left Is ahatnuce, tto t hap. ).
haasra 70 que essHors If perchan,;ocs
it is, disaster IS certain to Isl low, and
noouo knows this ttes han rail way aqa,,
mani gers. know OF ;Ilo 6 81 profession
Fir hich trusting to luck Sbiii; brings such 81
quick ruin, suoh loss of fe ana prop IS ,.
ases shss al ilIoaa ing. do: sil :inloit
mean tos ossay That rail- va tana u, Ara 8
yet persset new Il daaa are constantly
haing soukh 6 and q paid aor--bInit
sohanca railway Is work ii; IL #almosti IS IS
thipgof Itke paa i.
epnatan ssHorit ar railway
nagsrsSto get sgs tsins i,,S nto ails they
81 Gisysaark ked as fa III ecsssfn B by thhe d saes
(that so tgoaay, pro- port ion sto Il Whols
number of people { carriiad Il com rsred
viii twenty pears 81 rs d 81 hs mileage.
the size trains and comotivles, Etha
tte.' thsr ne is psople iris tfs
Einssd isss wrsoka belt az saryic 10 81 4 s.s i Thie
railHays; ;of tbe aitsd 3tstes are i 8, now ,,i M
tEiproys sding the bsss trans porsstioln sur. 4.
Esyice Thu o sssr pIosasB i'll Bsad s.
isSsnp long gef enis ii d ! 81 Sfeaoh
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