. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . tationdepartment. The transportation department pro-vides the trains for the movement of thetraffic, and deals with the problem oftransporting passengers and freight totheir destination with speed, safety andthe greatest possible economy. Economyin railroad transportation is of first im-portance, not only to the railroads, butalso to the public, as the ability to reachdistant markets depends upon the econ-omy of operation. The officer in charge of transportationhas the care and discipline of men in train
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . tationdepartment. The transportation department pro-vides the trains for the movement of thetraffic, and deals with the problem oftransporting passengers and freight totheir destination with speed, safety andthe greatest possible economy. Economyin railroad transportation is of first im-portance, not only to the railroads, butalso to the public, as the ability to reachdistant markets depends upon the econ-omy of operation. The officer in charge of transportationhas the care and discipline of men in trainservice. The direction of thousands ofmen in train service where the highestdegree of efficiency and accuracy is neces-sary demands executive qualities of a highorder—not only the qualities of an armyofficer, but wisdom and discretion in deal-ing with the important wage and laborquestions. The present efficiency in railroad ser-vice and the possibility of operating thou-sands of miles of railroad under one man-agement are largely due to the mutualconfidence between railroad companies. MOTOR FIRE ENGINE. way; bridges and buildings; new construc-tion. 5. Legal. 6. Auditing. The executive officers define the gen-eral policy of the road and direct itsfinances. The traffic officers make the rates forboth passenger and freight business and and their employes, which has been de-veloped within recent years. The subordinate branches of the operat-ing department are many. The care of the motive power and carsis under the direction of a mechanical en-gineer. The efficiency of the motivepower is a very important element in theeconomy of operation. One of the most 518 LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. distinguished railroad men of his timehad been the superintendent of motivepower of a great system of railroads, andhad prepared for it by an academic de-gree at Harvard and a thorough coursein the shops. The purchasing agent may buy sup-plies amounting to many millions of dol-lars per year, and he mu
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