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Show I TRAINING M Established in, I' Requirement of SBlostruction in Operation. I lT" of Railway ftSftdD9TaUght ln Qh(d at tW -harm- Xvt is the '' f n. af railwa BT-f-n'e oatcome of the LjBftj c,bllD?'1-1 h' r""' uC9iv lK.'eiKutlvo head of a them ' Kl, -jclll' i as station Z c-a'.rjacn on the cl II EnKMsary could b" rE--1 jK - jK; B ' Kmxs to offer .in ox-B ox-B " to yournr nv Hf Ikt 1 -pants fr-.sn Kcordlng to the 'Hk of Hr. E':"' B" 1 " I'l- nt e pro NB'.- their iHrbd taken Ifco H fc;.'r- " . t-d In t MMp-" nigA- .- . HL ' jYT Conditions jmMWfJ1 of rfmr.Jyink; fls rallvuv m M. thit the Rail Z .KtaM Of the ,, EHgWLtot LBS'-'' ! Wp!in of Im-trut t,n ijjpW t,r Hi- wf r,f the ! K F antj -.1 with Z' of Z'-ir'. ,. -y, , ggKT.it. (V.,, , f HB'nt Mi;. T0- flight clav.; "t other form P 1 '"W for the VM, " ;' 'Ion In (Jallv JZ5 'JP' "! there tho ?;""r' In thr, multl- W"J vr, , , ,,. IKT, - Tho first and I , tL rtuV"t learns idB to it.'.' "r'1'1" mploje and ' H55 T!.ralwm3r cor- llDllfe:'; sln.8, th, f - AC'.. 3n 1h :- - ' i Ef w rei, '- grt ri.P-;f;'nn ail constantly nrlslnp to keop thm over n-tsraited n-tsraited and entertained wlillo they aro learning, for Ihero Is a truo fascination m th; worldna out ( the punlea that the cour?o of InBtructlnn contftanfly sets before be-fore them for solution Tb? Ticket Agent. Duties of tho ticket agent offer fewer problems, for these are mainly a matter of book-Keeping nnd checking their ticket racks. The students nre made familiar with the different forms of tickets, reports re-ports to the general passenger agents and methods of forwarding receipts of money. Icteaping accounts and nil oilier details of the offlco. For this purpose regular forma of tickets and the regular blanks In use In all ticket offices are provided for the instruction of the students, and practical work Is furnished by routing Imaginary poengers. themselves students In I h" school, over different railroad and steamship steam-ship lines, both here and abroad. Details of tho handling and disposing r.f haggaio como within the BCOpa of Instruction In this department of the school, the most mlnJte details of which are gone Into. The Telegraph Deportment. A department which proves r,f particular particu-lar Interest to the students is the tei- Kt a ih department, which la In charge of E. E Tlngley, an expert telegrapher and electrician, Who hna had thirty years experience ex-perience on one of the chief trunk lines of tho country as operator, train dispatcher dis-patcher and chief dispatcher This department de-partment Is completely equipped with all Jhe necessary fixtures and appliances of tho moKt approved iosigns. Through the courtesy of tho Erlo railroad, a railway wlro has been run through tho school Hero not onlv the actual work of telegraphy teleg-raphy is taught, but tho care of Instrument", Instru-ment", batteries and th practical details of tho work as wall, individual drill with thr instruments Is given the Student dally In addition to his class work. Standard block signal rules, tr.nln order form and all tho other work that devolves on the station opt-rator Is carefully and thoroughly thor-oughly taught personally by Mr. Tlnglev, who has the happy faculty of being able to successfully impart to the student his own knowledge of these subjects. Tho Educational Side. So much for th details of this unique school, as it appears to the eye of the oil-looker. Its educational side is one that naturally appeals to young men who are looking for careers. Eimily grounded In tho technical work of railroading to be acquired In such a school, the student Is fitted for that rapid advancement which 1 sure to come to the railroad employee who shows capacity and a desire to bct-ter bct-ter himself In what has come to be one of tho scientific professions. The teaching equips tho student for an actual life work which Ihstirai a steady and constantly increasing in-creasing Income Tho possibilities for a future career are practically limitless as hbs been slated, for the chief executive positions on a railroad are not beyond tho reach of a student who begins life as a station agent, and such positions pay salaries of from 3enn to $0,000 a year. Indorsed, a.s this school is. b the railroad rail-road managers, who ac-c. lis great possibilities, possi-bilities, the aim of the management Is to so conduct It that it shall tin what the t-ehulesi school is to the futuro engineer, the commercial or business college to the future business man. the normal training school or school of pedagogy to the futuro Wacher to tit thi-ni completely nnd perfectly per-fectly for a Ufa work. Besides the technical tech-nical training, its management pirns to Instill In-still In the minds of the students that highest of all ambitions, the clean life and the attainment of that high standard of personnel that alono spells success ln the conduct of business, be It that of a railroad rail-road or any other. The school Is not being oprated for profit, the feea being simply enough to pay running expenses. |