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...decision was made on a case that began in 1956 when rambunctious Ben Heineman, lawyer turned railroader (TIME, Dec. 15, 1958), stepped into command of the money-losing Chicago & North Western. Heineman found that some telegraph operators at one-man stations scattered along North Western's 9,288-mile route worked as little as 15 minutes a day, yet drew a full day's wage. Heineman decided to eliminate almost 200 of the stations, got an O.K. from regulatory commissions in four states...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Go to Father | 5/2/1960 | See Source »

...replacing firemen working on freights or in the yards who have died or retired. Privately, many railroadmen concede that the U.S. situation is not entirely the unions' fault; U.S. railroads are often run inefficiently, with management clinging to ancient practices as fervently as do the unions. Ben Heineman, chairman of the Chicago & North Western Railroad, would like to put railroad employees on an eight-hour day, pay them for overtime as other industries do-and insist on an honest day's work. Says he: "It would be up to the railroads to schedule things so that there wouldn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: LOAFING ON THE RAILROAD | 11/23/1959 | See Source »

...Heineman, chairman of the Chicago & North Western Railway, the "commuter's friend"? Phooey!! Between late trains, unheated cars and increased fares, all we need is another "friend" like Mr. Heineman and we'll have to move our offices to the suburbs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 5, 1959 | 1/5/1959 | See Source »

...grateful to this railway. En route to Chicago, I can catch up with my reading. The morning of your Heineman story I read TIME cover to cover. We were only one hour and 40 minutes late...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 5, 1959 | 1/5/1959 | See Source »

...HEINEMAN Chairman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 5, 1959 | 1/5/1959 | See Source »

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