| Show SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST nr S feet in independent seest thou a wan nun that is diligent 2 in ill his bis business lie stand before kill kings I 1 bible ible the he s survival of the fittest is c exemplified x better in ill the railroad station than in esons of any till y agent 1 cut 1 p ti other lour calling i ninety five filc per cent of all the alic i railroad presidents superintendents traffic managers general passenger er and freight agents commenced Illen ced their careers ili in the arci lit figer depot and worked their or passe passenger way ill up not one man inan in a thousand secured and plaint maintained a high position in ill tile operating department partin part ment clit of any railroad because his father was president doit or his uncle liis his mother a was a director or stockholder lock tock holder or that lie had any li 1 y other tit er pull political or otherwise A person pc iton to be a hi hili high li class official al of ail any railroad must commence at tile the bottom and work ill up 1 my I observation as 1 an I immigration amit agent leads nic me to believe all clial it there i is S to no other way 11 in 1898 I 1 did considerable business through one of tile largest stations on oll the chicago and northwestern railroad between chicago 0 and Oili omaha alla this t tation was a junction it point of an ail unfriendly road and it required tact to tra transfer esfer tile the pass passengers cil gers front from tins this road to tile lie A I 1 called on oil the ag tit at this depot but lie was not lot inter j ested in immigration ration lie lid did not have time to bother with an 11 immigration ration acet agent lie was too loo busy sIll smoking oking tenc ten c cent ent ci cigars 1 ars and entertaining ta the swell people of tile the town mao 10 lo sauntered saunter eI up to tile depot I 1 tbell thought lit I 1 would have to lo give up that station for without the hearty operation cooperation co of tile llie station agent ail an immigration ration agent can call do but little one evening I 1 wont went to the depot and aw taw t the nil night lit agent a 1 bi big goot good natured man inan of the joe ma mandia 1 I field kind 1 I told hini hilli lio I 1 I 1 was and what I 1 was wag kruig to do tic invited tile me into tile lie orlice office alic 1 lie day dav 3 man illan for forgot 7 ot that looked over my ili papers and tild was immediately inter i eslee for he saw that in my y sall scheme would bring rill business to tile the roid road that employed hini him lie ile learned all lie could about hear river valley tile sot got a time table and followed tile train my lily people would take from froll his station to 0 ogdan den utah learned earned where here they would stop for meals 01 get hot tea or coffee althou although 11 in tile the passenger office lie knew tile the farmers w would conic come to him f for or freight rates on oil their bo household g 1111 cic e ii oula acl il up tip an ail old freight classification list found that tile the rate on oil a car of ia immigrant 1 1 nii rant movables mova bles would mould lie be fr from oni his station to corinne Cori ime utah for ten tell tons which would include ten tell head of stock and one nian man to look after thein etc cac after that evening lie did not have to fumble over a lot of papers to tell my farmers aliat ilat they wanted to i know he was cheerful kind and obliging and always ready to answer answel questions I 1 notified my iny local agents and all the farmers who were ivere interested te that if tile wanted to know about river aver valley and ami liow how to get 1 thare to be sure anil and call on oil tile llie ili night N lit man st t the depot deprat and through this I 1 oun oung man s influence we C were abi able C to sell over thirty bonie sech ers tickets to licar bear alx lx river valley N allea that fall the next spring Z this iii night flit mail lilan was given 1 a I station on oil a branch line and a little later a tar 0 7 c station s on oil tile the main and in ill less than four years vears front from the time lie was vis night agent lie was promoted to district passenger and freight a igent ent while the a agent ent who smoked ten cent cigars ani and entertained the people is out of tile the railroad business Ini caiti ase ill i at a division ani and junction point |
