Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-01
PRESENTATION.

III Was Seul!eISilly set VI 4tllo"S
that gathered at the Office of Mr.. Frank
NJ. Hill, superintendent of the Wichita &
Western and Kingman, Pratt & Western
railroad companys on Sunday morning to
express their regret at the resignation Of
that gentleman as superintendent OF the
above named companies.
The party consisted of d. Fl. Rhodes,
chief engineer; F. r. Cannon, travelling
| freight agent; L. L. Mckenzie, road
master, and last but by no means least,
the whole souled conductors, brakemen,
engineers and firemen.
The latter part of the delegation were
chaperoned by Conductors Wood, Serviss.
Burlington and Brown, and consisted of
the following: Messrs. Costello. McCand-
less, Huntsbarger, Morrison, Benfer and
Hughes as engineers; Messrs. Reemer,
Seeley Whitehead and Seaman as liremen :;
Messrs Wood, Martin, Bertsche, Buffing-
ton and Crowley as brakemen.
The trainmen brought with them Mr..
Joe Houston, of the firm of Houston &
Bentley, solicitors for the road, who, in
the following well chosen words presented
Mr. Hill with a handsome watch and
chain and charm set with an elegant dia-
mond
f. NJ Hill: All of these employees whom
you see around you this morning, and
oyer whom you have so long presided as
general manager of the Wichita & West
ern railroad, come to bid you greeting,
and express their great regard for your
generous actions and uniform courtesy to-
ward them in the past.
They present you with this beautiful
gift, with the hope that the good fellow
Ii bot hatx nd
them. may be as pure and lasting as the
lovely gem this charm contains They
pay you the highest tribute they can give
the homage of their honest hearts: and
you must know that in the daily affairs of
life this beautiful sentiment is worth
more than all the gold of the continents.
For these little klndnesses and courtesles
between man and man is all that makes
life worth the living
This beautiful chain and charm with its
diamond gem, tell you that these men viii
remember you with kindness and graft
tude wherever your lot may be cast, and
that they bid you in ''ploughman phrase"
God speed, in your new life.
Mr.. Hill was completely overcome, and
could say little, but he thanked the gentle
men for the good will they had always
manifested for him, and said that what
ever success he had made during his con-
self alone, but largely to those with whom
he had associated himself. He hoped that
their relations with the incoming superin-
tendent, Mr. d. H. Rhodes, would be as
pleasant as they had been in the past with
himself. He was confident they would be,
for he was sure that Mr.. Rhodes was the
right mau in the right place.
ANOTHER.
The employees of Mr.. Hill's Office. to-
gathered at the residence of Mr.. Hill on
last evening to tender their regrets at his
decision to resign his position as superin-
tendent of the company. Mr. Bently, of
the legal department. presented Mrs. Hill
with handsome silver tea service con-
sisting of eight pieces, accompanying the
same was the following letter:
F. NJ. Hill. Esq Superintendent W. & W. and K. P
e w. X. X. companies, Wichita, Kan,
DEAR SIR:-We take this method OF ex-
pressing our regret at your resignation in
the capacity of superintendent of the
above named companies.
We have been associated together now
for a period of over thpee years, during
which time we have always felt that your
actions in behalf the company have been
for the best interests of the company.
AS an evidence of the esteem and good
will we have always had for you we here
with present you with this silver tea SER
vice; and we hope that in your future call
ing, whatever it may be, that you will
meet with prosperity, and that your rela-
tons between man and man will always be
as pleasant as they have been during the
period named above, between yourself
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