. The railway library . d his work with master hand That swept from sea to sea,And not a hamlet in the land But had its chance to be;And not a city reared its head, So confident and grand,But must be fed its daily bread By this same servants hand. Through him no spot is left remote, No gulf remains to span;A common impulse thrills the mass, So close is man to man;The beating of his faithful heart Sends pulsing through his veinsWith rhythmic roar, the country oer, Your commerce-burdened trains. There stands your servant, gentlemen, Judge ye — and fairly judge,—Is he not worthy of his hire, The
. The railway library . d his work with master hand That swept from sea to sea,And not a hamlet in the land But had its chance to be;And not a city reared its head, So confident and grand,But must be fed its daily bread By this same servants hand. Through him no spot is left remote, No gulf remains to span;A common impulse thrills the mass, So close is man to man;The beating of his faithful heart Sends pulsing through his veinsWith rhythmic roar, the country oer, Your commerce-burdened trains. There stands your servant, gentlemen, Judge ye — and fairly judge,—Is he not worthy of his hire, The stipend that you grudge?Is not the work that lies ahead A giant job to do?Then give him heart to do his part, This servant tried and true. — L. B. Freeman, in Ohio State Journal. 328 The Railway Library DIAGRAM FOR INSTRUCTION OF COOLIES IN CHINA /tEGVL A T/OfiS ratiMATE ft* i. T/fOiL/EJ Off t/N£ AY/NfrtWt EME/HTIY/LL SE *f£7 fly .tevem. S>V#/JHMENT KA JS it 4* & Jt> 13 it +■ & s- $k AED fL4<S. %4k& •&z~ 4S *A,L HOW COOLIES ON THE SHANGHAI-NANKING RAILWAY ARE INSTRUCTED IN THEIR DUTIES —From The Engineer Statistics of American Railways for icjij 329 STATISTICS OF AMERICAN RAILWAYS FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30 1913 PREPARED BY SLASON THOMPSON Director of the Bureau of Railway News and Statistics INTRODUCTORY If the time does come when through changed conditions it may be shown (bythe railways) that their fears are realized, or approaching realization, and from asurvey of the whole field of operations there is evidence of a movement whichmakes against the security and lasting value of legitimate investment and anadequate return upon the value of these properties, this Commission will nothesitate to give its sanction to increases which will be reasonable.— From theopinion of Commissioner Franklin K. Lane denying rate advances, Feb. 22, 1911. If that time comes (when it will be necessary to allow some increases in trans-portation charges) it will be the duty
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