The Springfield herald., 1919-01-10
The Railroad Again
Getting the Notes Signed
and Collecting the Mon.


and Collecting the Mon.
Nothing effective il accom-
plished in anything except by ,
predetermined and we'll digested
method.
The plan of assessments being
settled oon-upon whatever
basis, the plan upon which the
payments are to be made. the &C.
curity of same and times of pay
ment, the second and most i'm.
portant part Of tile problem is a
general working system of gath :
ering up these securities and COL
lecting the one per cent, or what
ever is determined upon, in cash
ior initial expenses.
On great enterprise Of this
kind, 1t follows that certain ones
will NECESSARILY have to give to it
their entire thought, their entire
att ntion and ,hair entire time.
Our idea is that 10 this partics
ular case we woul... combine the
functions of president and gener-
al manager, and make the offic /,
salaried one from the start, in.
elusive of necessary expenses.
lc is apparent that the very
first move of the president would
be the survey of the line. to run
as per Instructions of the dele.
gated meeting.
THIS being done. the next move
would be to arrange the neces-
sary literature, both for the Off
GERS and the solicitors and G"llec-
tors. For the use Of the latter
here should be a map of the for
.ty mile belt pr-pared, showing
the exact survey Of the line, the
topography of the country, every
place Of importance, and if possi-
bic the travelled roads.
On the reverse aide Of the map.
or on separate circulars, should
tAe-sacompseS6 expi4bstiun Of the
method of assessments, the in.
s'allm-nt plan OF payments, the
stock.h"ldinR memberships. the
preferential freight and p ssen-
ger rat s. and the o,hcr featu res
of a peoples built and owned
road, that The solicitors mi't have
something definite and graphic to
work with, and guide to their
working territory and the roads
they should travel.
The next move would be the
formulation of methodical plan
of gathering the securities and
the initial cash pay ments men.
toned.
1t is manifest at once that in
this work is wrapped up the soul
of the whole undertaking, and
upon It's effectiveness YOU d
hinge the possibility of h e
roads building.
Our present idea is the empl ~
menf If something like twenty
men-possibly forty, to do this
work, and have them go in pairs.
We woulu put them on both a
salary and commission, the first
AS guarantee Of its paying them,
and the second as an incentive
TO hont st, thorough and the best
possible work: ami we believe
with this guarantee Of m liking it
worth while. tn re- would be no
trouble in getting the men.
With twenty men, we would
start them in ten aut s, and give
to each auto 4 four.m,le strip the
entire leng h of the road; AID
with forty men of course a two
mile strip. j
These men should be instruct
ed o take the necessary time to
do their work effectively; and OF
course each pair when through
should have complete memo
randum of those they failed tc
get. to tue end that special solic.
itors could call on them later.
One thing about these solicitors
that is evident, one of-each pair
would necessarily want 10 be
Won d about have TO BE, nota ~.
for tile purpose of taxing mrrt.
gage acknowledgements right on
the spot.
AS a special inducement for