The Dickinson press., 1889-11-02
Presentation to Superintendent Knowl-
ton.

L ICSCutkUlVu W ESupS liIttNtlStlJ Nv :
ton.
The club room was the scene of IL
very pleasant gathering on Thursday
evening. \ large number of citizens
and railroad employees of the Nilsson.
ri division assembled there for the
purpose Of showing the esteem in
which Superintendent Knowlton is
held by them and rs Il substantial
token presented him with Il purse OF
over $500. The presentation speech
was made by Hon. II. S. Underhill,
as follows:
Mr.. Knowlton, the boys thought
this would be Il good time to get even
with you. BY virtue of your position
You have had the best of THEM, al
though the controlling hand You have
so firmly. yet gently. held over them
has heen a discipline tempered with
prudence and wisdom; but as time
rolls around there are periods i'll
which all these distinctions are
erased, when master and servant. m
ployer and employed, when the super
intendent and the mcn meet face to
face, and this is the hour when the
men of the great and picturesque
Missouri division are disposed to read
you a lecture and pay YOU back, in a
limited way. the orders and advice
you have been pleased to bestow.
Your orders have been positive and
| dignitied and ever have been cheer
fully obeyed. as coming from respect
ed authority. This pleasant relation
existing between the head of the
division and the host of men along
the line largely accounts for the sue
cess Of your management. At this
period of our national and CONNER
cial Development, | know of no posi-
ton of greater Importance and re-
sponsibility than the management of
oar great lines of traffic: from the
track to the chief clerks and dispatch
ers. there is 10 department of labor
demanding Il higher order of intclli'
gence and wisdom than is required
in the men who control and operate
our railroads. The life and property
of communities are alike in your
hands. How we'll you all have heed
ed this great responsibility, how
faithful to the public trust, to public
interests is attested by the clean rec.
ord the Missouri division can show.
Railroad builders select and use the
best material possible for construc'
ton. How much more important it
is to select equally sound and reliable
material for the working force. That
you rs superintendent have realized
this Is shown by the personal interest
and wholesome advice given YOU
men. am requested to thank you
for that interest and it's personal up
plication and for your example ant
preccpts in and for sobriety and hon
est labor. When you said that this
division could not he run by drunken
men you said that which made yol
All effective master and added digni
ty to your mel and their labor, an,
it should have put up the price o
Northern Pacific stock several point
in the market. In behalf of the bust
ness men and communities along th
line | desire to express our regret a
your departure and convey our hes
wishes for your welfare. In bchal
of the men of the Missouri division
| am requested to not only expires
their regret at the severing of tn
friendly relations, ccmentcd by per
sonal intercourse and harmoniou
mutual interests, but / assure YOU
you have their unqualified, unani
nous expression of their heart fel
sympathetic regard and affection, all
in your departure from their mids
you will be followed by their prayer
for prosperity, peace and happiness
to yourself and to your rcspectc
family. Not for it's intrinsic value
5 but rs Il token of the sincerity of thi
more than friendly feeling, l am IL
/, quested to hand you this purse, an
it is tolerable heavy, with the orde
5 and advice, that with it's contents 70
purchase some mcmento as a REMIND
cr of the pleasant relations cxistIn
between you and the men of the roat
at the wheel, at the lever and at til
key, the boys, one and all, bid yo
God speed.
Mr.. Knowlton responded in compl
, mentary terms to the men of the div
| sion and gracefully thanked them fo
/. their kindly remembrance, and sal
he thought more of their good wishe
than any gift they could bestow.
D On Wednesday evening the peopl
of Mandan gave Mr.. Knowlton a II
ception which was attended by nea
ly every citizen and u large nnnbf
, of railroad mel and he will leave til
Missouri division with the assurant
that his friends are legion and a
wish him success and prosperity
his new field as superintendent Of I'll
Chicago division of the Wisconsl
Central.
; Yl.n Slhnn, InLnc1r.