Otto Klotz Diary - August 29, 1887 (Vol 10)
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Title
Otto Klotz Diary - August 29, 1887 (Vol 10)
Creator
Klotz, Otto, 1852-1923.
Source
Part of R6645-0-4-E (LAC)
Publisher
Stakeholders Project
Date
1887-08-29
Contributor
University of Ottawa Library
Faculty of Arts
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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Format
Diary entry
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Identifier
Klotz_Vol10_1887_08_29
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In forenoon visited the despatching office if possible to gain information about [_______] and other matters pertaining to electivity. The chief dispatcher M. Woodroffe apparently knew little about what I wanted + so referred me to Mr. Hallet. Although he was very willing to show me everything + did so, yet he was unable to explain to me any reasons why this should be done + not that. He knows the instruments by the rule of thumb, can attach wires, shift plugs and work the line. How much easier a man can or could do work if he knows the reason for every step and what self-satisfaction and gratification it is for one to work intelligently.
Observe at night and heave a sigh of relief and I hear the Winnipeg chronometer beating on the wire, thereby finishing the longitude for Port Arthur.
In forenoon visited the despatching office if possible to gain information about [_______] and other matters pertaining to electivity. The chief dispatcher M. Woodroffe apparently knew little about what I wanted + so referred me to Mr. Hallet. Although he was very willing to show me everything + did so, yet he was unable to explain to me any reasons why this should be done + not that. He knows the instruments by the rule of thumb, can attach wires, shift plugs and work the line. How much easier a man can or could do work if he knows the reason for every step and what self-satisfaction and gratification it is for one to work intelligently.
Observe at night and heave a sigh of relief and I hear the Winnipeg chronometer beating on the wire, thereby finishing the longitude for Port Arthur.
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Klotz, Otto, 1852-1923., “Otto Klotz Diary - August 29, 1887 (Vol 10),” stakeholders, accessed September 19, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/stakeholders/items/show/471.