. Railway and Locomotive Engineering . scipline is manifested inall departments and the employees arccourteous and polite. But a railroad manto leave the States and take a position aslocomotive engineer is up against a tougliproposition. The time card, book of rules and trainorders are all in Spanish and the opera-lion or movement of trains is by the ViaLibre system, or English method ofrunning trains. This system is veryefficient and safe as a head on collision isalmost unknown on this line of are many things disagreeable ow-ing more to the unfamiliar methods em-ployed by these peo
. Railway and Locomotive Engineering . scipline is manifested inall departments and the employees arccourteous and polite. But a railroad manto leave the States and take a position aslocomotive engineer is up against a tougliproposition. The time card, book of rules and trainorders are all in Spanish and the opera-lion or movement of trains is by the ViaLibre system, or English method ofrunning trains. This system is veryefficient and safe as a head on collision isalmost unknown on this line of are many things disagreeable ow-ing more to the unfamiliar methods em-ployed by these people in doing things,but the longer a man stays the morefamiliar and congenial things what you want to eat and theway you desire it cooked is a problem attimes on the road a new man is confrontedwitli. especially when he is hungry, .v tern on the A. K. U. plan was made afew years ago. A strike was inaugurated,but the bottom dropped when the crucialtest came by threats of discharge andintimidation and fear of losing their. RAILWAY STATION. bridges arc built of steel, masonry andconcrete and the road bed generally rockballasted. A daily passenger and freightservice is maintained between Santiagoand Havana, the passenger trains havefirst class sleeping and observation carsand the route traversed is unsurpassed asto scenic beauty. A through train leavesHavana at 10:10 P. M. every night overthe tracks of the United Railways ofHavana to Santa Clara and then over theCuba Railroad to Santiago, arriving atSantiago at 9:30 P. M. tlie followingnight. Tlic motive power is good. The enginesare American build with all modern iniprovements. The general shops arclocated at Talleres on the outskirts ofCamaguey, where also are located thegeneral offices of the company. One is struck with the general appear-ance of neatness about the shops, ya-dsand depots of the company as well as the cup of coffee and a piece of bread the sizeof your fist is all they eat for a morningmeal. The men
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