. Railway mechanical engineer . new engines arrive in the yard, make it a part of theduty of the men who worked on those drawings to go downand see how the thing looks when finished. It will take themoff the board for a short time, but it will be money back forthe company in the end. The men will keep in touch with theactual railroad end of the business, and feel themselves a partof the whole system, a feeling which comes more naturally tothe men on the road than to those whose time is spent in theoffice. I think if once a month one of the men could be sentoff for a week to inspect some piece
. Railway mechanical engineer . new engines arrive in the yard, make it a part of theduty of the men who worked on those drawings to go downand see how the thing looks when finished. It will take themoff the board for a short time, but it will be money back forthe company in the end. The men will keep in touch with theactual railroad end of the business, and feel themselves a partof the whole system, a feeling which comes more naturally tothe men on the road than to those whose time is spent in theoffice. I think if once a month one of the men could be sentoff for a week to inspect some piece of work on the road itwould do a lot towards making a more contented, wide-awakeand efficient drafting force. Hugh G. Boutell. VALUE OF ATTRACTIVE SHOP GROUNDS Macon, Ga. To the Editor : We try to keep the shop premises at Macon neat and attrac-tive, as illustrated by the photographs which show some of theparks and flower gardens. The grounds are kept in this con-dition with but very little expense, only one cheap laborer being. Grounds in Front of the Master Mechanics Office assigned to this particular work. Foremen of the different de-partments take great interest in their flowers, each departmenthaving its own garden. One of the photographs shows the grounds in front of the master mechanics office; another the park at the north end ofthe erecting shop, where all employees of locomotive departmentpass to and from work; and the third a flower garden on theeast side of the smith shop. There are a number of other equally attractive spots, whichare net slinun. All the spare ground is sodded and kept well
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