. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . , of the cattle was inprogress, Mr. Benson said: I owe much of the success of thisshipment to the employes and officersof the Baltimore and Ohio. The jobhad to be done quickly, and I mighthave had these cows shipped East insmaller lots, hence more slowly andat greater expense. By directing themovements from the various placesin the Northwest to the Baltimoreand Ohio transfer at Indiana Harbor,we handled the whole lot of cattlein a single movement from thereEast. I have been a traffic man myselffor about 15 years and I could notfigure any more ideal exp
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . , of the cattle was inprogress, Mr. Benson said: I owe much of the success of thisshipment to the employes and officersof the Baltimore and Ohio. The jobhad to be done quickly, and I mighthave had these cows shipped East insmaller lots, hence more slowly andat greater expense. By directing themovements from the various placesin the Northwest to the Baltimoreand Ohio transfer at Indiana Harbor,we handled the whole lot of cattlein a single movement from thereEast. I have been a traffic man myselffor about 15 years and I could notfigure any more ideal export pointthan Baltimore, with the service pro-vided by your Railroad for export atthat point. Boston, Newport News, Norfolkwere suggested, but knowing Balti-more and some of you men, I decidedon your line and my whole experiencehas proved my decision a wise one. There will be another similarshipment bound for Europe shortlyand you may depend on it that theBaltimore and Ohio will get thebusiness. 20 Baltimore and Ohio Magazine, June, ig2i. Baltimore and Ohio Magazine Robert M. Van Sant, Editor Margaret Talbott Stevens, Associate Editor Office, Mt. Royal Station, Baltimore, Md. Herbert D. Stitt, Staff ArtistGeorge B. Luckey, Staff Photographer Hello! Hello! You remember the old days—not the good, old days—when you took the receiver off the telephone and theoperator said: Hello! and yoit said: Hello! andthen, after these tiresome and perfectly unnecessarypreliminaries, the pair of you got down to business andyou told her the number you wanted? The speed and efficiency of the telephone business inthis country have relegated such proceedure to thegalleries of antiquity. Operators in up-to-date ex-changes now greet us with Number, please. Our owntelephone operators are complying very generally withthe new method of giving numbers as outlined in circularsissued by our Telegraph Department. Among thosewho have occasion to use the telephone on the Railroad,however, there are still a
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