The Expanded and Annotated My Life and Work

part of it would not run at all. All of the buildings were dirty, unpainted, and 
generally run down. The roadbed was something more than a streak of rust 
and something less than a railway. The repair shops were over-manned and 
under-machined. Practically everything connected with operation was con-
ducted with a maximum of waste. There was, however, an exceedingly ample 
executive and administration department, and of course a legal department. 
The legal department alone cost in one month nearly $18,000.