. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . e capital. I could have a car set out to-morrow and it would reach the smel-ter within twenty-four hours after itwas loaded. The Central has a redball freight that passes through theJunction about midnight. That would be about twelve hourstoo late. As soon as we have a car atthe smelter we can have half theapproximate value of it placed to ouraccount. If the car reached there,as it would, Monday, it would beTuesday or Wednesday before themoney was placed to our business men send a man downto the bank Monday morning to cashthe checks. Our c
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . e capital. I could have a car set out to-morrow and it would reach the smel-ter within twenty-four hours after itwas loaded. The Central has a redball freight that passes through theJunction about midnight. That would be about twelve hourstoo late. As soon as we have a car atthe smelter we can have half theapproximate value of it placed to ouraccount. If the car reached there,as it would, Monday, it would beTuesday or Wednesday before themoney was placed to our business men send a man downto the bank Monday morning to cashthe checks. Our checks would beturned down. Why not load a car tonight?That would give you forty-eight hoursleeway. But you have no car here, and wecant load on a Midland car—its toofar. Theres an empty ore car twomiles down the branch. It was setout bad order and the men came up torepair it today. It must be all rightby this time. But its farther away than theMidland cars. Try pulling it with your motorcar. Its level track all the way anddirt Youre having trouble. Ay bane, the big man said 20 Baltimore and Ohio Magazine, November, ig2i The motor could pull it,I believe. It could! Oleson bane pull it up here! We load!We sell! Its a crazy proposition, I know,Miss Campbell said, but try it. Itmay give the Central a sort of pres-tige. ItU give the Central more thanthat, Grieves said. I happen to bepresident of the Mine Owners Asso-ciation of Hardtack. That night Oleson and youngGrieves worked the clock around,while Miss Campbell, too excited tosleep, walked back and forth and en-couraged them, in addition to carry-ing them hot coffee and a lunch at midnight. * * * * Whats the matter with MissCampbell? asked a man from thetraffic department a few days later, ashe entered the boss office. The old man started. Why?he asked. Has she been hurt? Evidently not, the freight manreplied. But she sent in an orderfor twelve ore cars yesterday, and Ijust called to see if she was all
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