The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-12-03
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coalitions for the men now in the
service BY safeguardfng against
the employment o. reckless and IN.
eHe.ent men whose habits often
teojardize the safety OF fellow
workmen.
An eneouraEing feature OF the
Kew organizatton which the Balt-
more and Ohio VIII adopt viii Be
found in the discipline rules which
20 into erect. Railroad practice IN
the past has been to adminisser
discipline to employees for infrae-
ton Of rules by susPending them
from the service. or laying on the
entity man This most frequently
not only deprived the employees OF
wages needed for the support o.
those dependent upon them, but
often operated to Involve emplOyes
With debt, and sometimes hardships
were thus experienced by members
OF families. This method Of dealing
with infractions Of rules, or DISC
bedience OF orders. will heuceforrh
be discarded by the Baltimore and
Ohio and broader measures substi-
tuted
Pesonal records Of employees are
20 be kept which viii show efficiency
or deficiency, and instead of eomDul-
sorry idIeness with its nuIlidcat:on OF
earning power, there viii be nOta-
ton made on che record until these
should become so numerous and
serious as TO warrFant dismissal
Calling attention OF employees TO
failures on their part should most
frequently result in corrective ef-
forts c4a the part OF the men them
selves.
should an employee at any time
display unusual Loyalty to the com
pany." reads the circular issued TO
the employees, cor by the exercise
o. superior judgment protect the
lives of the public or OF feIlow-em-
pIoyees, or save the company's prop
erty from damage, these facts viii
be recorded TO an employees credit,
and such entries viii weigh heavily
against anything IN the nature OF a
discredit appearing in the record"
The wage bureau Will represent
the MANAGEMENT of the railroad IN
conducting future negotiations in
the matters Of advance in pay OF
changes in working conditions
Mr.. WaIoer, who as assistant to
the third vice president, becomes
head OF the new department, started
his railroad career in 1885 as clerk
with the OHIO and Mississippi rail-
road, line which was later merged
with the Baltimore and Ohio South
western. One year later M Wal
ser secured a cierkship in the Office
of the president and general mana
ger OF the Ohio and Misses ppi, a1d
when the line became a part of the
Baltimore and Ohio system ne was
appointed private secretary TO the
second vice president and trafdc
manager, with headquarters at ST.
LOUIS. In March, 1896, he was pro
noted 70 the chief cIerkship in the
Office OF the vice president sGad gen
erar manager of the Baltimore and
Ohio Southwestern at Cincinnati.
and later was advanced 70 the posi-
ton of assistant general manager
Mr.. Waller was transferred 70 Bal
umore from Cincinnati. becoming
general superintendent OF transpor-
5ar.ou and assistant manager.
r. y. Begie.l. former assistant to
the third wee president o. the Bal
amore and Ohio railroad is ap-
pointed 10 the position OF assistant
general superintendent OF the main
line system. embracing the terri
uory between PHILADELPHIA and Par
kersburg. Tue appointment IS eff
fectve at once
Mr.. Begeu is a native OF Kew
England. After compiling the en-
g:neering course at Harvard Unives-
shy. a member of the class OF 1897,
he wont TO Central America and
served for more than three years as
a member OF the Sicarasuan Canal
Leaving Nicaragua,
he went to South America where he
spent a year as railway engineer
n Ecuador, returning to the United
STATES 10 enter the engineering de-.
partment of the District OF Coium-
pa Mr.. Begien entered the Balti-I
more and Ohio service on August l.
1902. as assistant engineer at Somer-
set. pa, and IN June 1908. becameE
division engineer at Philadelphia.