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Rh is even more difficult to get men. No more important work faces the management than to create a staff of officers that can carry on this great work and have it so organized that when for any reason one man retires there is another to take his place. Equally important is the work of encouraging the great army of employees, of inspiring them with a feeling of loyalty to New England and to the railroad, and of making safe the conditions under which they work. Every effort will be made to build up a complete staff of officers and men from those now in the service and in New England, men who know the local conditions, and who will respond loyally to suggestions for the closest, most efficient, and most economical operation. These two pieces of work are even more important to the traveling and shipping public than to the owners, because the daily work of the railroad must be done, or people will starve or freeze, and business stop. This daily work cannot be done right if officers and men are harassed and worried.

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