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Letters from an Old Railway Official to His Son, a Division Superintendent

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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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