"The magnitude of the business of this road, its numerous and important connections, and. the large number of employés…"

"A superintendent of a road fifty miles in length can give its business his professional attention and may be constant…"

"In my opinion a system of operations, to be efficient and successful, should be such as to give to the principal and …"

"# A proper division of responsibilities."

"# Sufficient power conferred to enable the same to be fully carried out, that such responsibilities may be real in th…"

"# The means of knowing whether such responsibilities are faithfully executed."

"# Great promptness in the report of all derelictions of duty, that evils may be at once corrected."

"# Such information, to be obtained through a system of daily reports and checks that will not embarrass principal off…"

"# The adoption of a system, as a whole, which will not only enable the General Superintendent to detect errors immedi…"

"The road must run save first and fast afterward."