. Railway mechanical engineer . -alty on the part of theorganization to the shop superintendent, John Williams,commonly known among the men as J. W., whom the men ;all respected, and who in turn swore by his men. True he swore at them as well. In fact he hadnt donemuch of anything else lately but express his feelings in pro-fanity of the sulphuric sort, for to tell the truth, J. W. had . seen matters go so rapidly from bad to worse during the pastfew months that he was beginning to feel that he had of some kind hovering over his head that was c destined to get him if things didnt change
. Railway mechanical engineer . -alty on the part of theorganization to the shop superintendent, John Williams,commonly known among the men as J. W., whom the men ;all respected, and who in turn swore by his men. True he swore at them as well. In fact he hadnt donemuch of anything else lately but express his feelings in pro-fanity of the sulphuric sort, for to tell the truth, J. W. had . seen matters go so rapidly from bad to worse during the pastfew months that he was beginning to feel that he had of some kind hovering over his head that was c destined to get him if things didnt change mighty soon at. Even the Office Boy, Who Shot Craps In the Filing Room with theColored Janitor, Knew that Something was Amiss Hadley. But deep down in his heart he had always be-lieved in his boys as he called them—had faith in theirability and loyalty and, up to the time our story opens, hehad felt that they would be able to overcome the difficultieslooming up so fonnidabl) and soon have things going but few exceptions, the personnel was the same asit was six years before when J. W. took charge. He had ■ come to Hadley at a particularly opportune time, succeedinga man who had been very unpopular with the organizationand, having had a large experience in handling men he hadshrewdly cashed in on his predecessors unpopularity byshowing an immediate disposition to treat the men quickly gaining their confidence and good will, he hadsoon secured a spirit of co-operation heretofore course, this had a decidedly beneficial effect on shop • output and better results than
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