. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . e IsthmUs of Panama failed and our own oi)erations there weresuccessful, can be summed up in th<* words,operating efheicMicy. We made theterritory in which our men workedhabitable and healttiful before attenii)t-ing any actual work. We eliminatedgraft; in .short, we established an efficientsjstem of operation before we began tomake the dirt fly. Just one more illustration of howsystem and careful j)lanniiig beats sj^as-modic and enthusiastic misapplication ofenergy in getting results. Hundreds ofcities throughout the country have adopt-ed the slogan
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . e IsthmUs of Panama failed and our own oi)erations there weresuccessful, can be summed up in th<* words,operating efheicMicy. We made theterritory in which our men workedhabitable and healttiful before attenii)t-ing any actual work. We eliminatedgraft; in .short, we established an efficientsjstem of operation before we began tomake the dirt fly. Just one more illustration of howsystem and careful j)lanniiig beats sj^as-modic and enthusiastic misapplication ofenergy in getting results. Hundreds ofcities throughout the country have adopt-ed the slogan, Swat the Fly, withcommendable purpose but woeful lackof results. In Seattle they learnedearly in the game that it takes sevendays to breed flies. They put throughan ordinance and enforced it againstallowing offal to exist exposed longer thanthree days. Without offal, fly eggs do notdevelop into flies, and the re^sult is thatSeattle is a flyless community. Not only is the daily grind for resultsin a small and temporary way un])rofitable. AND THE in the long run from the stand])oint ofwhat you attain, but such work is boundto kill initiative and interest. Find outthe basic trouble in the operations youare investigating and remedy them. Donot let up on the specific trouble butwhen you find out what it is try to relateit to the general condition and ascertainthe fundamental deficiencies in the sys-tem. Swat the Fly when you see it,l)ut do not fail to clean u]) th(^ offal whichbreeds the flv. 32 THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO EMPLOYES MAGAZINE Many of the men at the meeting knewEdmund Leigh, general superintendent ofpohce and the next speaker, for in addi-tion to the pohce captains on his ownforce, he had met all of the roadmen of theLoss and Damage Bureau soon after hebecame connected with the Baltimore &Ohio last spring. Most of his hearerswere fully prepared for the comprehen-sive and thorough manner in which hetreated his subject, the readiness whichhe showed in pointing out w
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