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_ Item _ 5 . Any well-organized railroad could , with profit to its employés , have upon its staff of salaried men a corps of chaplains or preachers , whose business it would be to look after the religious interests of the employés . Under this last item Mr. Hardy wrote in a footnote : `` Discuss feasibility of this with Mr. B -- , influential director . '' It was now three o'clock . The short winter day was fast drawing to a close . The hum of the great engine in the machine shop was growing very wearisome to the manager . He felt sick of its throbbing tremor and longed to escape from it .