The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1907-04-12


what | may term intelligent team
work-each individual cooperating
with every other for the best gen
eral results. Between all depart
ments there must be jealous coop
GRAFTON the head of each depart
ment and those under him working
harmoniously with the members of
all other departments for the
efficiency of the road as a whole.
In times like the present, when
thea fcilities of the road are taxed
to the utmost to meet the demands
of the public for transportation,
that efficiency of the service, as
whole, which can result only from
earnest individual effort and intel
ligent cooperation, is of special
Importance. At such time it is
of imperative necessity that all
parts OF the railway plant should be
working to their full capacity and
that the work should be directed
along the lines of the greatest eff
c;ency. The duty of the officials
and employees to the public and to
the road is to keep the traffic
moving with the least possible
delay. Cars and engines are
most important part of the railway
plant. To the public and to the
road they represent the instrument
talitics by which traffic must be
moved. To the road they repre-
sent also borrowed capital on which
interest must be paid. If any part
of the railway plant is idle as, for
instance, cars and engines, that
part is failing to perform its func-
ton for the service of the public
and is failing to contribute its
share to the common fund from
which interest, wages and all other
expenses must be paid.
I 1T is the duty of all employees,
and it is to their interest as well, to
keep the plant fully employed. The
responsibility for keeping the en-
sNcs and cars moving rests upon
'h trainmen, and upon them de-
Nplves the care of the equipment
eSential to the preservation of its
Efficiency. Upon them dcvolvcs,
a'stA ,A that great degree of care and
Ma pfulncss necessary to guard
.,sa t all avoidahle accidents iii
Ono iAovcmcnt of trains accidents
WIZ lrcSult in death or injury to
a~I fs, in destruction of property
@ anu part of the plant being put
ouS service and lying idle while
,Io % ld be performing service for
tho 'o ikblic and earning interest on
Of C fe senont: Whcn, ,,.a as ssi1 4 result ,;,a,
t~,r "a rests upon the shop men to
nut VEhem IN condition for service
gail J as speedily as is consistent
yithl proper workmanship. In this
Wy Ehe men in the shops are ahln
lG nd their cooperation most
efef eTely to the success of the road ]
:is )ooSlness enterprise and to tba
lmH ment of its service to the
Ihy men in the construction
mect mical and operating denart'
nent' OF the road are producerS of
'rantportation. The men in .ha Ua
rafflc department are sellers ' nf
e 1t is the function
u tHe road to produce and sail
and the obl;gat;n,, :
ests upon it to deliver it's nreJmota
0 the buyer promptly and in good
In all matters incident
. the purchase and delivery Of
transportation the buyer should ha h
Icated with consideration and
,Urtesy by every official and en-
royce OF the road with whom ho
''heS , INTO contact. Too often
men the buyer of transportation ;s
ansacting business with the roaJ
IS making inquiries AS to the
'livery OF transportation that he
- oought or as to the perform
icc OF service for which he hoe
lid there is a failure to recoyn;zo
5 interest in the matter. and ha
!, treated with curtness and in
lIerence. Every such transaction
. TWO sides and the side of the
PIPER or traveller is just as inn.
rant to him as the side of th.
lway Is to it. For the very rea-
i tilat the buyer of transporta-
J.! IS often forced to deal with
fticular seller it is important
u ne should be treated with avan
re consideration than is tba
yer OF other commodities who
seiect the seller with whom he
y wish to do business and who r
transfer his patronage to a rival
e i Is not satisfied. The Southern