The disputes were sometimes concerned with through traffic
between England and Scotland, and then the English railway
representatives took part, but not with the keenness and intensity of
their northern brethren, for the Saxon blood has not the fiery quality of
the crimson stream that courses through the veins of the Celt. Now all
is changed. Combination has succeeded to competition, alliances and
agreements are the tranquil order of the day, and the Clearing House has
become a Temple of Peace.
Between David Dickie, Goods Manager, and John Mathieson, Passenger
Superintendent, as I have said, many differences arose. I sometimes
thought that Mathieson might well have shown more consideration to one so
much his senior in years as Dickie was. Poor Dickie! Before I left
Scotland he met a tragic death. He was a kind-hearted man, a canny Scot,
and died rich.
James Stirling was the Locomotive Superintendent. He and Mathieson did
not always agree, and the clash of arms frequently raged between them.
Mr. Wainwright's suavity often, and not infrequently his authority, were
required to adjust these domestic broils, but as all deferred to him
willingly, the storms that arose were usually short lived.
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