| Show A remarkable memory one of the chicago railways h has a man in its employ who has a remarkable rema k memory for cars and car numbers it is his duty to keep account of the ars ara that come into the yards when a train whistles he steps out on the platform plat torm without either book or pencil and takes a mental note of the cars as they paw pass by while doing this he does not hesitate to engage in conversation Tersa Uon with any acquaintance jhc may be near him hf after the train has passed he goes back to his office and aad makes res a complete and accurate record of the train beginning with the first car and ending with the caboose A As a test of memory ory he can begin at the caboose and record the numbers the other way or he can begin in the middle ld of the train and work both ways claying car numbers nn names es of roads reads to which they belong and their relative position in the train he has never been known to make a mistake |
