The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-04-21


has already been mailed out"
Mr Hornack was the last OF the
new Office staf 10 fall in. though he
didn't have nearly as far to come as
some Of the others. He was red
beaded and wore glasses. They used
10 say Of him on the Overland Central
mat he could make business grow
where none ever grew before. and
mats what traffic man lives for.
Naturally. the big turnover brought
all Jorts of disturbances al the send
on Some of the reliey- d cousins and
nephews stayed ia town and Jumped
10 10 stir up trouble for the new man
agemeni. The Herald, which was the
other morning paper, took Up for the
d"Wn-and-Outs, and there wasn't any
Thing too mean for IL TO say about
the boss and his new appointees. Then
the employees got busy and She griev-
ahce committees began to pour In.
Mr.. Nofcross never denied himself TO
anybody The ofiice-door stood wide
open and the kickars were welcomed.
as you might say, with open arms.
You men are going 10 get the
sqGarest deal you have ever had, aad
a sull squarer one a little farther
along, II yOu will only stay on the
job and keep your clothes o." was
the way the boss went at the train
mems committee. I'VE are out 10
make the T.. ). L. the best line for
service and the best company to work
for, this side Of the Missouri river.
! want your loyalty; the loyalty Of
every man In the service. I'll 20
further and say that the new manage
ment will stand II you and the other
payroll men stand by 1t in good faith,
or II Will fall If you don't"
You'll meet the grievance commit
tees and talk things over with them
when there's Kick coIhingY" said old
Tom Mcclure, the passenger CON
ductor who was acting as spokesman.
Sure wlll-eyery tine. More than
than, Ill take leaf out Of Colonel
COCKTAILS book and keep open house
here In this office every Sunday morn
Ing. Any man In the service who
thinks he has n grievance may come
here and state IT. and IL he has a case.
he'll get Justice"
Naturally, n few little talks like
TINS, face TO face with the men them
selves, soon began TO put new life into
the rank and file. Mr.. Norcross' old
pet name Of "Hell-and-repeat" had
followed him down from Oregon. as
II was bound TO- but now II began TO
be used in the sense that most rail-
road men use the phrase. THE Old
Man. In speaking Of big boss that
they like.
There was so much crowded into
these first few weeks that I've for
gotten half OF II. The work we did.
pulling and hauling things into shane.
was a fright, and my end OF the lob
got so big that the boss had 10 give
me help. Following out his own policy.
he let me pick my man. and after I'd
had n little talk with Mr.. Van Britt.
picked Fred May, young fellow .
VINO had been under Van Burgh. He
was all right; little too tonguey.
perhaps, but a worker from away
back, and that was what we were
looking for
Out of this frantic hustle TO get
things started and moving right, any
body could have pulled a couple of
conclusions that stuck up higher than
any OF the rest. The boss and Mr.
van Britt were steadily winning the
rank and tle over TO something like
loyalty on the one hand, and on the
other, wherever we went, we found
the people who were paying the freight
solid unit against us, hating us like
blazes and entirely unwilling TO be-
lieve that any good thing could come
out OF the Nazareth Of the Pioneer
Short Line.
AS soon as we returned from our |
hrst Inspection trip. the boss pulled of |
his eoat-hguratively speaking-and |
rolled up his sleeves. II wasn't his |
way 10 talk much about what he was /
going to do: he'd jdmp in and do IL
frst, and then talk about IL after
Tard-if anybody insisted on knowing
he reason why.
There were long private conferences
with Mr.. Ripley, the bright young law
FER Mr.. Chadwick had sent us from
Chicago, and with young fellow
named Juneman, an ex-newsnaper man
who was on the pay-rolls as "Adver-
Using Manager" but whose real bust.
less seemed to be to keep the Short
line public fully and accurately in
'ormed of everything that most RAN
Dad companies try to keep to them
ielves.
The next innovation that came along
vas another young Chicago man named
3illoughby, and his title on the pay
oil was Especial Agent" |, who was
is close TO the boss as anybody in our
'utfit, never once suspected the true
lature Of Billoughby's job until the
lay he came In TO make his final re-
Mr.. Norcross let him make
/ wlfhOuts sending me out on an errand.
well, | think I'm ready to talk