St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-04
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And the Other Passenger Agents.
ST. Paul and Minneapolis are, singularly
fortunate in possessing such an atfa-
bic coterie of railway passenger agents,
and by this we mean not alone the general
passenger agents. but the travelling agents
as well. Will0ughby. of the Lake Shore
IL Michigan Southern; Allen. of Pic
turesque B. & o." Walter Wyand,
the ministerial representative of the
Michigan Central. and others among
the travelling fraternity whose names III
railway circles. are like household words,
will readily suggest themselves to onr
readers as the perSnnificatiOn of genial and
conpanionable men Of the times. admir-
ably fitted in every way for the
exacting and delicate duties of their
business. Among the general passenger
agents who have made enYiable regulations
we mention Warren, Of the Manitoba, the
ideal Chesterfield of the railway service.
whose humil ty and apprOachabIenesS are
only eunaled by his m0deSty and his mus
tache; Charlie Fee, of the great n. p,
bright and debOnaire. and full of jol-li-ty,
John g. Taylor, of the $780," Teasdale, o.
the Royal. the man of untiring activity,
every move of his competitors; AnSUn. o.
the Wisconsin Central; Dodge, of the Du
luth. the artful Dodge. but not an. artful
dodger. Kenyon. of the Burlington. who
though comparatively new in local railroad
circles, has nevertheless caught on 10 all
the moves necessary to assure a successful
administration of his office, and
DICK"
the one only and immortal W. II. Dixon.
of the Milwaukee system, whose cOnspicu
GUS mental adornmentS have caused Us to
reserve him, like pie and nuts, for the lat
ter end Of the banquet 1t matters not
that he had been destined for
the ministry; he never lost sight
of the fact that his great. great, great
grand uncle was passenger agent of the
Lone Fisherman line during the time the
Disciples were playing their several parts in
life And it was one of the fishing slnackS
controlled by the company over whose pas
Senger business the g. z. g. z. u. aforesaid
presided. that was caught in that stOried
gale and the fishermen had almost given up
hope of rescue when there appeared the
grand coup de main. the walking on water
and controlling OF the waves and which feat
is now practically immOltallzed in
DICKS" SCRIPTURE PANORAMA.
Dixon would have made an offensive par
tisan, indeed. in the ministry, but he took
to the passenger business through natural
selection, believing he could steer more
people towards Milwaukee and Chicago
than in the direction of the New
Jerusalem And since the days of his ma
turity he has faithfully labored in the vine
yard (''limited").
Dick" is not only the most aIfable
among passenger agents, the most talented
and recherche 1--WE don't know what the
latter word means,
BUT IT IS FRENCH
and sounds au fait and aplomb), but he is
probably the slickeSt Judge of human ma
ture in these parts He sizes a man up as
he enters his sanctum, and anticipates his
wants inStinctively. He discrminates with
rare tact between an Eastern journalist
who proposes to write up the country
and wants a pass by way of inspiration,
and a theatrical agent in search OF cut
rates. Dick believes in a generous use
of printers ink, and invariably says yes to
all advertising snaps" WriteupS and
boom articleS-at regular rateS-and it is
probably his greatest pleasure in life to
20. K" an advertising agents bill against
the company. After a long and Intimate
experience with Dick" in this particular.
we do not recall more than three or foul
hundred instances in which he has refused
| to go into a write-up-at regular rates-an
! astonishing record. The Milwaukee COM
pany annually
SETS ASIDE $50. 500 FOR DICK
to expend in reading matter. and he not
! only spends it royalty but frequently dips
deep into his private resources i'll order &c
keep the road before the public He can
| not say no. although he has practiced fol-
hours before looking glass to work up a
! forbidding aspect. 1t is perhaps his mis-
fortune. and yet-and yet is it not oul
eternal gain? He could not make up his
mind to enter the ministry. but he endeav-
/ ors to compensate i'm part ter this by ssu-
i ing on every opportunity annual passes tC
the ministry, good on the limited. >
/ Many passenger agents would simply give
! the ministers half-fare permits. Not so the
! genial dispenser of the Milwaukees favors
| Every minister and every Journalist
| (from the East and every advance agent
| of a fiy-by-night theatrical combination
invariably gets an annual, for which
''Dick" is quite willing to pay the company
He proposes to be popular if it takes every
dollar he earns Nor is he content witt
merely issuing ANIMALS. Fearful that hi:
friends might be induced to travel on some
other line, he grasps them etfusively by tht
hand and asks anxiously: VIII you please
travel on the Milwaukee," and then, es
! corting them to hanson, conducts them Il
{ the limited and away they go.
| ''DICK" rs ALSO IN HIS ELEMENT
when pointing out to the advertis ng sole
itor the different schemes by which forme
solicitors have made large fortunes. HI
has a choice assortment of advertising
maps on the walls of his Office. which h
refers to with pardonable pride. and stat
ing. par parenthesis, how much the com
pany paid in each instance to induce thu
advertising men to issue these several pub
LEGATIONS with the Milwaukee trade mark
For further particulars see small bills anC
George II. Heatford, Milwaukee.
II. B. II.