. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . scene of the wreck men-tioned, in examining into every nook,cranny and crevice along the right ofway, two Bullheads came to light,two old link and pin couplers, thekind used on the old fashioned roundsteel hopper cars. For proof we offerthe picture on this page. And this isonly one of the many examples whichcould be presented to show that therecent clean-up was a clean-up inevery sense of the word. Those of us who were emi)loyedwith the Railroad before the war willrememl)cr that we had periodic clean-ups and after each one felt that therewas little tha
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . scene of the wreck men-tioned, in examining into every nook,cranny and crevice along the right ofway, two Bullheads came to light,two old link and pin couplers, thekind used on the old fashioned roundsteel hopper cars. For proof we offerthe picture on this page. And this isonly one of the many examples whichcould be presented to show that therecent clean-up was a clean-up inevery sense of the word. Those of us who were emi)loyedwith the Railroad before the war willrememl)cr that we had periodic clean-ups and after each one felt that therewas little that had escaped the eyesof the officers in charge. The rail-roads were under severe criticism—as they are today—on the score ofwastefulness in the handling of sup-plies; and yet, to the casual observerthe appearance of railroad j^ropertiesin general, as one covered them on apassenger train, was not at all dis-creditable. Track, stations and yardslooked, on the surface, at least, cleanas compared with the properties ofother Two bull heads, old link and pin draw bars ofthe type formerly used on Baltimore and Ohioround hopper cars, found during the clean-up onthe right of way near Woodstock, Md. In howmany previous clean-ups had these been missed? With the coming- of the war camethe demand for the utmost speed indoing everything connected with ourbusiness life, on the railroads andelsewhere. Production reached thepinnacle point and, with the incessantdemand for speed, speed, speed—sup-plies were issued in abundance so thatlabor would have the wherewithal tokeep the trains, the trdops and themunitions of war moving in recordtime. There was no opportunity for aclean-up in those hectic times. Every-body concentrated on the main issueof supplying transportation in an un-precedented quantity, and the desir-ability of maintaining a clean railroadbecame, of necessity, a secondaryconsideration. Readers will remember that withonly a ver}^ brief slowing up of busi-ness in t
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