St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-21

gallery the chief engineer drops all business.
and, adjusting his eyeglasses. if he happens
to wear them. sizes him up and says to-
himself. What magnificent subject for
a cabinet ]"
1t is only necessary to take a casual
glance at the cut above that represents the
open face OF Mr.. Kenyon to learn that he is
a remarkably fine-looking man from his
collar button up. He is not an AdOnis, but
he wears Prince Albert coat with as much
grace as any man in the world. and when
he sets silk tile on his head aid sallies ont
into the city in search OF business he gives
one the impression that he was born to lead
men.
He possesses a beard that attracts the eye
whenever it appears on the street. 1t is
rich auburn tlne as silk, and the owner al
ways wears it parted in the middle. He is
not English He is American born. and as
loyal to the Stars and Stripes as any man
under the skies.
One of the most attractive of Mr.. Ken
yon's features is his complexion, which is
beautiful blonde. His skin is almost trans
parent, and it is the wonder of the fair sex
that he hides this mark of distinction under
a growth of less beautiful hair.
Among the general passenger agents in
st. Paul there are many rustlers. and there
is not one who ruStleS harder for business
than does Mr.. Kenyon, and it is sometimes
thought that he is over Jealous. but when
he starts out to carry point he usually
succeeds. He constantly keeps all eye to
business. and it is hard for the other lines
to make move that he doesn't detect, and
when he detects it. if the occasion demands,
he resorts to any honorable means to cOun-
ter-match them. ----.--------
In the late nnpleasantness" between
the roads over the labor rates, Mr.. Kenyon
was a conspicuous figure, and kept right
around among his competitors with an ad
hesivenesS that somewhat worried them,
He was the author of an incendiary flyer
headed with flaming sun, emblenIatic of
the Burlington route, on which was in
scr bed in tglarfng red letters the word
''war." He threatened to placard the city
with these if the other roads showed dis
position to act unreasonable He never
put them on the street however. as he
claimed the other roads gave him no Occa-
sion for doing so.
He managed the complimentary trip ex-
tended to the members of the press by the
Burlington road to Chicago. and the right
royal manner in which he treated the
DOyS WOll nun IueI IeSpoCI. dlu lTleIlU-
ship.
Mr Kenyon is 81 years old. and has been
actively connected with railroads for ten
years. At the age of 81 years he assumed
the position of secretary to A. E. TonZalin.
then land comm ssiOner of the Burlington
& Missouri River road in Nebraska. Three
years later he was made assistant gen
eral freight and ticket agent of the
road which position he held from 1879 to
1881 In the latter year he became assist
ant to General Passenger Agent Perceval
Lowell. of the Chicago. Burlington &
Quincy road. In 1882 be retired from the
railroad business to accept an executive
position with the great Chicago firm of
John V. Ayers Sons. In 1884 he accepted
the position of general agent at Baltimore
of the AtchisOn. Topeka & Santa Fe, which
he left last December to become general
passenger agent of the Chicago, Burlington
& Northern railroad, position that he fills
at present
Mr. KENYON is the head of a small but
happy family.