. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . n article,may be written, or a paper edited by aso-called theorist, but if he is skillfulin bringing together the results of theexperience of practical men, a reading ofhis writings will be helpful to the mostpractical. Every once in a while you hear a mansay that he hasnt time to read theliterature of his profession. In 99 casesout of 100 such a man will never be pro- THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO EMPLOYES MAGAZINE 43 moted to a high position, and if he is, willmake a failure in it. It is not a coinci-dence that as a class the presidents ofthe railways are t
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . n article,may be written, or a paper edited by aso-called theorist, but if he is skillfulin bringing together the results of theexperience of practical men, a reading ofhis writings will be helpful to the mostpractical. Every once in a while you hear a mansay that he hasnt time to read theliterature of his profession. In 99 casesout of 100 such a man will never be pro- THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO EMPLOYES MAGAZINE 43 moted to a high position, and if he is, willmake a failure in it. It is not a coinci-dence that as a class the presidents ofthe railways are the hardest and broadeststudents in the business, because in mostcases those who are presidents owe theirpromotions to the fact that they earlylearned the necessity of adding to the knowledge derived from their owncomparatively narrow experience, theknowledge of the experience of othersthat can be gained only by broad read-ing and study. They do not studybecause they are presidents; but theyare presidents largely because they havestudied!. Construction and Changes First Vice-President Randolph Resigns as Chairman of Trunk Line Executive Committee ONE of the first acts of generalGeorge F. Randolph, first vice-president of the Baltimore andOhio Railroad, on his return fromEurope, was to decline to act longer aschairman of the Trunk Line Executive(Committee, which position he has filledfor the past nine years. He succeeded the late Nathan Guil-ford, vice-president of the New YorkCentral Railroad, in this position, in 1906,and has held it longer than any previouschairman since the organization of theassociation. During his chairmanship liis committeearranged for and conducted the two mostimportant cases ever held before the In-terstate Commerce Commission, throughwhich the fifty-two railroads in theTrunk Line, Central Freight and NewEngland territories endeavored to secureauthority for a general advance in rates. He has been instrumental during this tions in connection with freight
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