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安德鲁·卡内基：安德鲁·卡内基自传·补录 97
安德鲁·卡内基《安德鲁·卡内基自传》· Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie · 领导
The railway was a single line. Telegraph orders to trains often became necessary, although it was not then a regular practice to run trains by telegraph. No one but the superintendent himself was permitted to give a train order on any part of the Pennsylvania system, or indeed of any other system, I believe, at that time. It was then a dangerous expedient to give telegraphic orders, for the whole system of railway management was still in its infancy, and men had not yet been trained for it. It was necessary for Mr. Scott to go out night after night to break-downs or wrecks to superintend the clearing of the line. He was necessarily absent from the office on many mornings.
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当时铁路是单线，用电报指挥列车虽然必要，却还不是常规做法。在宾夕法尼亚铁路乃至其他铁路系统，只有主管本人有权向列车发报。那时用电报下令很危险，因为整个铁路管理体系还在起步阶段，人员也没受过训练。斯科特先生不得不夜复一夜地赶到事故或故障现场，监督清理线路，所以很多上午都不在办公室。
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卡内基自传，讲述19世纪50年代铁路管理尚不成熟时，电报调度风险高，主管必须亲自处理事故。
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