New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-21

Shopmcn By doing Their work properly. and hHs avoid
ing brcakdowns the road;
Warehouscnlcn by loading fcigh, avoid damage;
All employees IN many that will occur 20 them in
the intelligent performance Of their respective duties
How has it worked out in practical operation Re
Gently the supply department Of the Pennsy wanna
cut down is acquisitions ten per cent.
DERHAPS cooperative economy the best way OF dcS-
iqnating this new method Of railway management.
Without cooperation among the men II would not
work. To save nickel or a dime day for the com
panv. each man must be shown that ne IS capitalized
along with the Of the railroad property tor GER
tain sum- and if he is any he must earn interest
that capitalization.
\ big railroad manager Of an Eastern road took the
men into his confidence by addressing them in this way,
bv personal interviews and speech when he could and
bv letters and circulars when the former was impac-
tcable:
"Uow much are YOU capitalized at, DO YOU know;
If not stop minute 10 figure out. II YOU re getting
a salary Of fifteen hundred dollars your capital value IS
thirty thousand dollars, and you We got 70 earn Vc per
cent. on that drop to lower capitalization. II
YOU re earning only eight hundred dollars year, II Is
because you have failed to earn FIVE per cent on any
greater amount There is way OF getting out
Of the lower wage class Raise your capitalization.
How? Show us that you're earning more than hvc per
cent on your present rated Capitallzaton Hereafter
wages are going 70 be based this idca,-indvIdua
capitalization.
A concrete illustration: station agent at salary
Of sixty dollars a month had record OF wasting thc
companvs money through carcessncss or run OF bad
luck Freight consigned TO or shipped IRON ms point
had a way Of meeting accidents that caused lol ol
damage suits. The was cautioned, warned ana
finally pcrcmptorly fired
Another took his position, with warning that he
would meet a similar fate if he did not look after the
companys interests with greater care. lie made TWO
wears clean record and his capitalization went up 10
sixteen thousand dollars another year 1t was advanced
eighteen thousand dollars the result OF his earning
capacity. Then came letter cOuched IN these words
We cannot pay than 5000 at X The business
there will not it. But consider you worth
than $500 and you hereby transferred 10
w, with salary OF 81 POO.
The station agent who miShandles broom and wears
out beating the dog using il for a baseball bat IS the
who roughly handles the freight and express
packages and lays the foundation for endless damage
suits He also leaves the station with the drafts all
turned the stove 50 that it consumes twenty per
cent. coal than actually needed, and bv chance
there wind blowing through the it is his lamp
ChimncyS that always cracked bv It blown off.
A y employee cost a railroad more than his wages
amount to through failure to observe the rules Of
economy \ fireman, for instance will pile the coal 80
high on his tender that many big humps will he jotcd
of as the engine rounds sharp Jumps across
switches II doesn't take many big humps Of coal to
make hundred pounds, and every hundred pounds
EQUALS in cost the hauling Of ton Of freight twenty
mile.
An engineer can economic on al in a way that will