The sun., 1909-02-28
Masters OF the Rail.

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'u"" '"o"""g 'oi hd'ch announcer papei
on 'he relatlons between raliroao EN-
pioyees, railroad managers ana the
public. Mr.. FAGAN already has made
us nervous ABOUT taxing trlp on
s'eaii' roau' ana nis iaOeeo coh.riou-
uoi ooes not serve 10 ease one ni'ho' ne
oeieNee 'ne puohc snou'o kho" tue
ac'uai conuiuohs' anu lhese he iiius-
"a'ee oy INC use oi such ahecuo'es'
as "nis'
Some time ago on one OF the most important
ranroad systems In the country an enslnemsn
sn'.e pasA,ns n's 'aIn 'n'o 'Na es"eo 10 MS
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90, rain and .,v,r., ,mn,oys.s x,,. ,nMr.d
After a thorough investigator into the .ceid.n,
ITSELF and considering the previous record OF the
man th. superintendent of the division. his
assistant and the superintendent OF motive
power reported TO the general manager that the
man IN question IN 'ne'r opinion was unht 10 be
70 enafse "i an ens'ne' IN 'ne words OF 'ne
s,,sa oM'..,y.. ,n. ,ranS,. ,na % ,'m. s',.n ,o -
N. n,,,.r Tn. u.u,I rnrh.r =, -. ,s.,
applies 10 nj, orcnce wa, added 10 IN. mans
recoSd and that Is all there was to IT, We now
"a"" "e 'o'"t ou' anu 'o"''ns III o' 'ua' man
wv" ''o' '"u 'e''o""s 'u' Nea'e ne'p'esS'
| The ruler Of the road the real dicta-
| tor of discipline, is not hard to discern
| i'm this situation Nor is this an ,,n,,sual
incident A no,hod of insnaot;o, -
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US o'' ''o
manager anu o'"ei oinceis ol large
system Duiit nre unuer hlgn wooden
Dridge In such way as TO give the
appearance of great danger TO the
structure. They then concealed Them
selves To watch the behavior of the
train cravs nasairo Soysr tho hr;d,o
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e"'e "o os"a''
'a7eou WI a, 'uii sioeu anu ieit tne
orldBe, Tor all ne knew, 10 burn. He
made no report OF the fire. The next
train gave the alarm. the crew put out
the fire and at the proper Office reported
tho fate Of ,basa an,;noors soo,,. Ii
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\ few days later the general manager called
The englneman Of the nrst train into his once
Fhe evidence was altogether too strong for the
engineman TO question the existence Of the hre.
80 he fell back upon the simple excuse that he
ddn OF couidn zee IL. The manager said 10
him in substance. | am very sorry that am
unable 10 remove you from your engine for Ia
eScussb!e cafeless1ess You are just as well
aware as am that every trest!e and wooden
bridge ou our run is actually nre risk or nr.
trap Il Is surely not too much 20 ask YOU To
remember this every time you approach or run
over bridge with the lives o. reds OF passen
gers IN your cnsrFe ana keeping In my opinion
Sou are no' a ,a'e nau % oe 'n '0"'se Of an en-
Ts.. % ,Ss .,a,... u ~ y, "a, !" ,ou. ,ou may go
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and comn,,m,,,.d hin, in ,.r.r,0, ,a,1 ".n
conduct tn regard to the Ore gnd.r IN. nr,dSs
Finally he said to him: Asa Sigh, scknowl.dg.
men. of Your prompt action and prals.wor,hy
conduct iu the interests OF the passengers and the
'oao ssn' ''u "'"""s 'eNe oI sosence
WIN W" pay
% iat' 30 soOn' b'' oeiofc long the grirr.
ance oomm''ee o' 'ne brotherhood took the
msuer UP ana informed the manager that hr
Nouiu nave 10 Cnhce' MS disposition OF the case,
IN pam Enshsn VI was assihs' ine principles and
rules OF 'he oioinefhood 70 plcA out and slgnslize
any mans cohduc' 10 thls way No allowance,
either IN time or money would be sanctioned by
the brotherhood 10 any man for doing his duty.
II creates distinction where no distinction Is rec
ognlzed, u makes difference In the pay sched.
uie. where no variation s permitted In favor OF
any man This was the decision OF the adjust.
mcnt committee and 90 FAR a. the public and the
management are concerned II remains the law
on the subject
So mn ongincer is IikeIv IN eyart bin,
sa,s T., win sneci,I onnroh,,io, A..
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:, 'o'' 'O'' "" V" ',e Ne"
na'e', s,eVe'' ''d' We s"ouiu interest
niih>cU III tue WeldTc o' the road.
VIZ 'our
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