St. Paul daily globe., 1888-12-23

assistant general superintendent and
purchasing agent, to that of general
manager. to which Office he was ap-
pointed Nov. |, 1881. He has recently
been made vice president and holds
that office in addition to his former one.
That he has been an able lieutenant of
Mr.. IIill's is evident from the success of
the Manitoba railway under their man
agement. Ii has grown from a road
that didn't pretend to tap more than
the Red river valley country, to vast
transcOntinentaI line that threatens to
be formidable competitor for the buSi-
ness of territory that was formerly
almost exclusively that of the Northern
Pacific.
Although ms present business is
hardly one that is connected with the
idea Of railroad work, still, as he is con-
nected with the business, and the busi-
ness, in this case, is connected with a
railroad,
COL. CHARLES 3. LAMBORN,
is entitled to position among the prom
iment railroad men of the age, and more
particularly of st. Paul. since he is land
commissioner of the Northern Pacific
railroad, and from his ST. Paul Office
handles tremendous land grant of
several million acres. The cOmplica-
tionS constantly arising, such as con-
tests over claims, by specuating, al
legged settlers, fraudulent mineral en-
tries on agricultural lands, conflicting
land grants of other roads, and the con-
tnual worry over the proposed forfeit
ure in Washington, ID. c., of the grant,
with the terms of which the road has
fully complied, will give an idea of the
ability required by, and that in this case
characterizeS the man that holds this
position. Col. Lamborn is a man of
keen wit and appreciative humOr; and
from this and many other pleasant per-
sonal idiOSvncraSipS he is one of the
most popular men in st. Paul society.
His wife and the late celebrated poet
author, Bayard Taylor, were brother
and sister.
Col. Lamborn began his railroad
career in 1865 rs clerk in the office of
the general superintendent of the
PENNSYLVANIA railroad at Altoona, Pa.
He afterwards became secretary of the
Kansas Pacific railroad and resigned
the position for the more lucrative one
of vice president and general manager
of the Central Colorado Improvement
company. afterwards consolidated with
other organizations under the name of
Colorado Coal and Iron company. The
company owned great block of land,
and it was in handling this that the
colonel acquired the experience that
has so emlnently fitted him for his
present position. He was made land
commissioner of the Northern Pacific
railroad in 1882, and has filled the posi-
ton with such satisfaction. both TO the
directors of the road and to the settlers
on and investors in the Company'S lands.
that his tenure on the position will con-
tinue until such time as he wearieS of
it. lie and Mr.. OakeS are close and
confidential friends; their friendship
being formed many years ago, long be-
1Ore Mr.. Oakes had attained to any
thing like his present prominence.
There have been two appointments
on the Northern Pacific railroad made
this fall that are very gratifying to the
friends of the young men who are bene-
ticiarieS, and that will certainly rebound
to the credit and interest OF the road
that made them (the appointments.
These men are Nelson &. ThraIl and
George w. Board. Nelson c. Thrall. as
assistant to the president, is in posi-
ton for which his tact, intelligence and
previous training peculiarly fit him. He
can decline to issue a pass to person
whose only recommendation for the
favor is cheek in manner so kindly
that the applicant is lost in admiration
and forgets to feel disappointment over
his or. more frequently, her failure. lie
has proven himself so worthy of Mr..
Cakes confidence that all of the routine
business of the presidents office-and
bulky affair it isis passed upon By
him-hiS dictum being considered final.
MP TUPAII's
first appearance as a railroad man was
as secretary TO General Superintendent
Brown, of the Erie, in 1879. After re-
naming with Mr.. Brown for about two
wears he came West as secretary to Gen.
4. Anderson. at that time engineer-n-
chief Of the Northern Pacific railroad,
and has remained with that road ever
since, being successfully chief clerk
under General Managers Haupt and
Cakes, and recently appointed assistant
to the latter as president.
George W. Board has only to be
known to be liked and esteemed. His
manners are of that kind that seem TO
invite confidence, and his friends are
all those that know him. Very shortly