The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-07-27
PENNSYLVANIA OFFICIALS.

Interesting Personal Sketches of Leading
OhciaIs of the Model Road.
The Pennsylvania and the New York Central
railroad companies have what might well be
termed civil-servics system, which gives every
man in their employ an opportunity to reach Il
high place among the officers of the company,
and the result is q management unsurpassed for
Ekili and efficiency Nearly every president of
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company began in
= e humble capacity, and the present president
of the New York Central, James II. Rutter. who
succeeded Mr.. Vanderbilt, began a freight
agent in the interior of New York. The promo
tions which have followed display of merit on
tht Pennsylvania railroad have been incentives
for employees to show their capabilities to the
best adEautg &c, and this has resulted in a man
Aeemeut practical and efficient in every respect.
The Philadelphia Record has been investi eating
the subject and finds that some OF the pro-
motions have been so rapid, and
IS to make interesting reading. The
Record devotes some two columns to interesting
Personal sketches, showing where the leading
officials OF the Pennsylvania railroad began rail
road service, which is given In brief below;
The president OF the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, George b. Roberts, began rs a rod
man in me engineer corps. aud was soon made
assistant engineer In the construction of the
Eastern division of the line. Edmund Smith,
who ts now the frat vioe-president, entered the
service of the company soon after its ORGANIZE
tiOn engineer. Frank Thomson, the second
vice-presfdent, entered the cOmpany'5 service as
an apprentice in the machine shops at Altoona.
J. N. DuBarry, the third vice-pteeident. began
y le engineer corps in the construction or the
sbarg division. The fourth vioe-president,
~ptain John p. Green, was with Colonel Thos.
A. Scott IN the capacity OF private secretary
while that gen teman was assistant Secretary OF
War. Charles e. Pugh, general manager, enter
ed the service OF the company a passenger
brakeman. 8. NJ. Provost, the general superin-
tendent of the Pennsylvania railroad di vision,
entered the service Of the company in 1871 as
assistant en- gtneer on the Philadelphia division.
William H. Brown. the chief engineer OF the COM
Psny. served during the war chiefof the con-
etructiOn OF railroads and bridges for the Army
of the Potomac, At the close of the war he en-
f"r' the service of the Pennsylvania railroad as
ant engineer. Theodore N. Ely, the gen.
uperintendent OF motive power entered
service of the company as a rudnlan.
mes r. Wood, the general passenger agent
OF the company, commenced his railroad career
9Th ths Burlington & Missouri railroad, and
subsequently, served general agent and di-
lsiun superintendent on the Michigan Central
His hrst experience as general passenger agent
was with the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy,
which position he resigned IN April, SO l, TO be-
cUnle general passenger agent OF the Pennsyl-
vania railroad. George W. Boyd, the assistant
general passenger agent, began az a clerk In the
ticket offoa Of the Indianapolis & st. LeuIs com-
pauy at Indianapolis. He came TO Philadelphia
as a clerk in the passenger department of the
Pennsylvania railroad. under his brother the
late ID. NJ. Bnyd. ir. He soon rose TO tho chief
clerkship of the department, and in 1881 was
appointed TO the position of assistant passenger
agent, which he now fills on all the lines OF the
company east OF Pittsburg and Erie. Both are
passenger men who rank among the best. John
3. Wilson, general freight agent, was for many
Years general freight agent of the Philadelphia,
Wilmington x Baltimore railroad. He accepted
his present position in 1882. succeeding Mr..
Creighton.