Railway Analogies and Parallels.
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The Editor, "THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR."
Sir :—The railway strike being the subject of the day, I think the following will be of interest in your valuable columns.
From time to time, 1 have particularly noticed the difference between locomotive drivers and commercial car drivers. I would ask my fellow-drivers to take notice of the loco. men, and their attention to their engines in every detail, lubrication and cleanliness being the foremost. This is not the case with one, but with everyone, of the loco. men. They, as is well known, have served a considerable time before becoming drivers, and even then their pay is not up to the standard of the commercial car drivers, although their efficiency is far better on the average ! I know of many of these men, who have left the loco. service for the motor service, and fine men they make; the attention to their cars is remarkable, and one can notice the difference from that of the usual type of driver. My idea, in writing this letter, is to encourage more attention to their cars, and to ask ordinary drivers to follow the system of loco.
drivers.—Yours faithfully, W. B.