. The American railway; its construction, development, management, and appliances . ave a care for his personal appearance and behavior, and inthe fact that he is not a brakeman, the universal air-brake reliev-ing him of all work in this line. His chief duties are those of aporter, though the wide-awake American brakeman, with an eyeto future promotion to a conductorship, maintains his dignity andis not by any means the servile call-boy that the English railwayporter is. The wearing of uniforms has been introduced here fromEngland and is, in the main, a good feature, though some roads,whose di
. The American railway; its construction, development, management, and appliances . ave a care for his personal appearance and behavior, and inthe fact that he is not a brakeman, the universal air-brake reliev-ing him of all work in this line. His chief duties are those of aporter, though the wide-awake American brakeman, with an eyeto future promotion to a conductorship, maintains his dignity andis not by any means the servile call-boy that the English railwayporter is. The wearing of uniforms has been introduced here fromEngland and is, in the main, a good feature, though some roads,whose discipline is otherwise quite good, allow their men to appearin slovenly and even ragged clothes. Superintendents should give THE VALUE OF UNIFORMS. 397 more care to this matter, as it is not an unimportant one. Itaffects the mens self-respect and influences their usefulness in otherways. The frugal brakeman can-not wear his blue suit on Sunday -^ i. %• ^^ a-visiting, and his Sunday ^suit when old cannot > * .^^ be used up by week- ,^ ^^- ^ day wear, so he nat- -sj, - ^^^.
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