"You did the square thing in pulling out the weak frames, but they're not replaced, and I can't run the gravel train across the spot.

As the back track is nearly ballasted up, I don't know how I'm going to use the locomotive and cars." "The frost is stopping us," said Festing.

"It is not our fault." "That's so, but my chiefs at headquarters don't want to know whose fault it is.

Their method, as you ought to know, is statistical--we're given a number of men and tools, and the value of the work done must equal the expense.

It's the only standard for judging an engineer.