A. No, sir, no direct control, but as I said before, we all work very closely together on our road.
Q. It is claimed that there has been discrimination in car distribution in this state, because a traveling freight agent promised more cars to some shippers than the latter were entitled to according to the supply available. How about that?
A. I am unable to say.
Q. Getting back to your narrative, please resume the interesting description of your department.
A. As I was saying, we have several departments, each under a superintendent or other officer. We have a general superintendent, a chief engineer, a superintendent of motive power, a superintendent of transportation, a superintendent of telegraph, a signal engineer, a superintendent of dining cars, and a general storekeeper, all of whom we call general officers in charge of departments.
Q. I thought you said you are the head of the operating department.
A. Yes, sir; that's right.
Q. I don't quite understand. You say that there are eight departments in your department?
A. Yes, sir; that is what we call them. It always has been so.
Q. Then when is a department a department?