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Ready for the despatcher's cuff on the shoulder, telling him to go.
Civvies La Plante, Lynda 1992
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The working force in a well regulated despatcher's office consists of the chief despatcher, three trick despatchers, and two copy operators, with the various call boys and messengers.
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Sure enough, forty minutes later the despatcher's wire closed and this message came:
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The division superintendent came out to hurry up things and he appeared so pleased at my work that, in a few weeks, he offered me a place as copy operator in the despatcher's office at El Monte.
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As soon as the train men have completed the work of turning their train over to the yard crew at the end of their run, they are registered in the despatcher's office, and are liable thereafter for duty in their turn.
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In the meantime, Ashton, the first office south of Sicklen, had reported on the commercial line that the despatcher's wire was open north of him.
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Instructions were wired from the despatcher's office to the operators all along the line, ordering them to report promptly any irregularity or suspicious circumstance.
The Short Line War Merwin-Webster
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Go over to the despatcher's office any night and you will see him, bright and alert, sitting opposite the despatcher doing the copying.
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No. 2 on the C.K. & Q. has been wrecked out here, and I want the despatcher's office.
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Work orders are the bane of a new despatcher's existence, and the manner in which he handles them is a sure indication as to whether he will be successful or not.
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