The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-11-24

It will not be more than a year or
two now before your ambitious son
has risen TO be among the best opera
tors and generator men with the COM
pany. II is the policy OF practically
all street railway institutions to adj
vance their own men to the most re.
sponslble positions, as each company
has It's own peculiar methods of wir.
ing and operating. and II would take
some time for outsiders, no matter
how capable. to muster these details;
SO the superintendent keep careful
watch OF their workmen, taking every
pains to assist them In developing
their competency and promoting them
as rapidly as they show fitness and a
place higher up opens for them.
As It requires long time for the
majority of workmen to settle upon
their permanent callings. It follows
that there are frequent designations.
| particularly in the lower positions.
This. OF course. works to the advant-
age Of your boy. who has already de-
cided that he is going to stick to his
work Therefore. almost before he
can reasonably expect 1t, Il is quite
likely that he will be appointed to the
| important place of foreman of one OF
the smaller substations, at a salary Of
| 500 or so a month. In this position
he is the absolute and direct boss of
all employees at that station and is
responsible directly to the superin'
| tendent for It's maintenance and effi-
cheney. He must know more than the
| dynamo tenders and switchboard OPP
| orators, because he has to solve prob
! lens that puzzle them, as well as d.
rect the repairing and overhauling OF
machinery. and can call upon the
main office for such additional help
as he may need.
A year or two at this, perhaps, after
having served at the most important
| substations of the company he will be
gratlfed to learn that he has been
promoted as assistant foreman in the
power station. at s125 month. As
assistant he viii be the actual acting
| foreman at night or the dullest period
Of the day, in charge of all workmen
at the station, which may number as
many as 40 or 90, and will be In com
mand during the absence of the fore
man.
OF course, after sufficient time has
| elapsed for him to get intimately &C
| quainted with all the details of this
| position, he Is the man for the fore
manship as soon as there is vacancy,
and will get the place, at u further
advance Of at least s25 month. Some
| foremen, who have proved their spe-
cial fitness. earn as much as 5000 a
month. Il will require generally from
six to eight years from the beginning
| for young man to rise to a power
house foremanship, though in special
| instances It has occurred much soon.
| er.
In ten to fifteen years from the be-
ginning your boy may get his next
/ Jump up the ladder of success and be
made electrical superintendent OF
| power house and substations at sal
nry Of $500 to $1,000 annually, when
| he will be superior to all foremen. In
GLIDING the important man in the pow
err house, and will have such wide
range OF activities as to make him
one Of the most important officials in
the company. He may even be re-
quired to direct the entire motive
power of the system, including the
steam plants, and he superintends the
enlargement, construction and repair
OF all stations.
| From here on your sons career
rests largely upon his own efforts. He
has reached this SUPPLEMENTARY In
ten to fifteen years from the time he
began as humble wiper and roust-
about, and is Just beginning his prime.
II he wishes to advance higher,
as he probably will, 1t is Reasonably
| certain that he can reach general
superintendency or other high station
in time.
Different customs of administering
the details of the work herein out
lined obtain with various companies;
but the general features are MS given.
| Copyright, 1910. by the Associated Lit
erary Press.)