. The ways of our railways . THE SERVICE OF THE STAFF. 35 whose names stand on the regular pay-rolls knowpractically nothing of what depression of trade meansto the generality of those who work for wages ; nordo the higher officials feel that sense of insecurity inbad times which furrows the brows of salariedservants in some other spheres of employment. Forpermanency, railway service in the United Kingdomis practically as good as the service of the Govern-ment. But railway companies, unlike Governmentdepartments, have dividends to earn, and little or no slackness is tolerated amongst the emplo
. The ways of our railways . THE SERVICE OF THE STAFF. 35 whose names stand on the regular pay-rolls knowpractically nothing of what depression of trade meansto the generality of those who work for wages ; nordo the higher officials feel that sense of insecurity inbad times which furrows the brows of salariedservants in some other spheres of employment. Forpermanency, railway service in the United Kingdomis practically as good as the service of the Govern-ment. But railway companies, unlike Governmentdepartments, have dividends to earn, and little or no slackness is tolerated amongst the the pay of the railway servant is secure, andthe employment lasting, the work is hard and thehours not light. The humblest railway servant, if he does not,like one of Napoleons corporals, carry a marshalsbaton in his knapsack, may at least contemplate afield of possible promotion of almost as wide a statement of the late Sir George Findlay in hisbook, The Working and Management of an EnglishRailway, has
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