least a common school education, good habits and be in good physical
condition. He should be alert, with good reasoning faculties and a man
of sound judgment. Having these qualifications, advancement will come to
those who are conscientious in discharging their duties and who devote
some of their leisure hours to study.

As an aid to this end, and that the railroad companies may derive the
highest efficiency from the man employed as a locomotive engineman, a
code of questions is given him, and it is expected that the preparation
necessary to correctly answer the questions will indicate how well he
has progressed.

The list of questions is also intended as a guide to the matters on
which he should be correctly informed, both during his term of service
as a fireman and for future promotion to engineer.

When a man is first employed as a fireman he will be given a list of
questions on which he will be examined at the end of the first year;
having passed this examination successfully he will then be given the
examination questions for the following year; having passed this
examination satisfactorily, he will be given a third and final set of
examination questions on which he will be examined before being promoted
to engineer. All these examinations will be both written and oral. The
third year examination for promotion will be before the General Board of
Examiners. At any of these examinations, if he fails to pass 80 per
cent. of the questions asked, another trial, not less than two months
and not more than six months later, will be given him to pass the same
examination; if he fails to pass by a percentage of 80 per cent. he
shall be dropped from the service.