. Electric railway journal . tive .interest of the representatives ofrailway supply manufacturing concerns in connectionwith the numberless important and far-reaching prob-lems that are incident to railroad operations. This co-operation and assistance is of greater value to the rail-road companies to-day than it ever has been before,largely by reason of the specialization and highly scien-tific and technical development taking place in everyart and industry. The reasons for this relationshipand interdependence are both sound and substantial:First, the business of the railroads is primarily tra
. Electric railway journal . tive .interest of the representatives ofrailway supply manufacturing concerns in connectionwith the numberless important and far-reaching prob-lems that are incident to railroad operations. This co-operation and assistance is of greater value to the rail-road companies to-day than it ever has been before,largely by reason of the specialization and highly scien-tific and technical development taking place in everyart and industry. The reasons for this relationshipand interdependence are both sound and substantial:First, the business of the railroads is primarily trans-portation ; that is, the handling of passenger andfreight traffic, which business has now assumed stu-pendous proportions. Second, the business of the sup-plyman so called, is to study railroad conditions asthey exist, to originate products or devices to meet realneeds as they develop, and to show the railroad manhow and why a particular product, apparatus or equip-ment meets a real need, not only to the profit or better-.
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