Letters From an Old Railway Official

To the railway officials and employes of America:
Their intelligence is an inspiration; their steadfastness, a psalm.
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FILE NUMBERS.
LETTER I.
A Word of Congratulation 1
LETTER II.
Helping the Train Dispatchers 6
LETTER III.
Handling a Yard 13
LETTER IV.
Distant Signals on Chief Clerks 18
LETTER V.
Safety of Trains in Yards 26
LETTER VI.
Standardizing Administration 31
LETTER VII.
The New Trainmaster and Civil Service 36
LETTER VIII.
Education of Several Kinds 43
LETTER IX.
Correspondence and Telegrams 49
LETTER X.
The Bayonet Precedes the Gospel 56
LETTER XI.
Preventing Wrecks Before They Happen 63
LETTER XII.
The Self-Made Man Who Worships His Maker 70
LETTER XIII.
The Friend-Mile as a Unit of Measure 79
LETTER XIV.
The Management that Breeds from Its Own Herd 89
LETTER XV.
More on Civil Service 97
LETTER XVI.
The Supply Train 104
LETTER XVII.
What the Big Engine Has Cost 114
LETTER XVIII.
Be a Superintendent—Not a Nurse 121
LETTER XIX.
The Rack of the Comparative Statement 130
LETTER XX.
Handling the Pay-Roll 137
LETTER XXI.
Military Organization 145
LETTER XXII.
Wrecks and Block Signals 153
LETTER XXIII.
Unionism 161
LETTER XXIV.
The Round-Up 169
POSTSCRIPT.
By Frank H. Spearman 177
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Letters From A Railway Official