The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-02
Men Who Are Never Late at Work

than ever to overcome delay through
mishaps.
During the big blizzard of 1855
dozen Of us Clipped in for a team and
sleigh and drove all the way from Ford
ham down until railroad traffic wa re.
sumed on schedule time. Bur how
about the several days before trafflr
was resumed and the streets were snow
bound? Why. easy enough e.,
down the first morning before trait,
stopped. And I never went home for
two days-stopped at the Astor House
MY last mishap was about three
years ago. Subway tied up. tried
the elevated and the cars only crawed
along. | left the train at the frs,
station | could and took a taxi. Got
down with ten minutes to sparc"
division superintendent of one OF
the railroads going out of the Ic~.cy
side complimented the Fordham man
on his steadfastness when he heard
the story but did not think tn, forty
shree year performance SO wonderful.
said he:
THAT Fordham man is entitled To-
praise for his constant willingness and
effort to report on time and not for the
fact that he has always been able to
report. There's a big element Of luck
N such things. Suppose when DEE took
the old East River steamrrs one OF
them had got stalled just off Ii,I Gao
| and had been hung up for au hour
wouldn't he have been good and late
And such an accident has often hap
pened. Suppose the Hudson River train
had been late at the 125th street station
the morning he ran down to 1t from
| Mott Haven? Trains are often late
except, ahem. on my road. II is his
constant effort to he early, The effort
that never tired, that makes hm re-
| markable.
| we have engineers who have never
| reported late since they have been IN
our employ. But as they generally I've
| close to where they take their engines
II Is not so wonderful case ~ pune
tuality as the Fordham man. | d"
believe, however. that there ar' auto
| matte men-men who work their I've
like machinery. vii! power TO do It is
what is required.
I'VE have trainmen who don't ley'atr
| one minute in their getting mp time
and they don't set alarm clo,t. either
They've been doing II for many years
| And their day OF? Some don't want th'
day off and they work extra. do"sn
seem to dry them up, either. They arr
Just as agreeable and comp nnam'
as the tardy, pleasure sech.n- men
It's their makeup.
| Il belong to gymnasuW Whet'
there's man who has W. 81 nv
miles before breakfast, rain r shine
for twenty years. The day DIS lathe
died they thought he'd lay or wiIN
But he didn't, although he'd h'. Sii''h-
up with the dead man all ug. ''i'f
and he walked the five the q Z N
funeral"
| Central Park reservoir ". T'"'
three times by Harlem si"p'
every morning for ten years r'dn'
his death. His last regret W.. .'H' '
couldn't leave his bed Ia mah' .r jos
There's "A New York Athletic .' ma
whose hobby for the last tW. wear
Is to do the promenade of F.i' H''
from FIFTY ninth street To W ''
square arch every aftcruuu" W
; shine. He Is away one mon
port and one month in the A. ."N
during the summer and doC'ar .''
out of sorts because he cam
walk
unusual consistency of utll''
reported in many places. '"
street lawyer has visited
maiden lady, every Sunda' ..'
for thirty odd years maxim
from Brooklyn 10 Plalnhcld. y.
so.