Telegram-herald., 1889-05-26
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NEW YORK, May z5.->2nuel Spencer,
president OF the Baltimore and Ohio Fall-
road. fifteen yszrs ago Mas agent 81 one
OF the snail stations "a thai lLne> Tom
King. now one Of the vice presidents of
the rad. commenced - brakeman. W.
X. AckermAn. general agent of the Baiu-
more anu Ohio, and formerly president
Of the Illinois Central, readily recalls the
da,s when he earned less than $40 eek
a. a transfer clerk Superintendent Bis
sell Of tie New York Central and Hud-
son River railroad. woFk ked his way up
from sWitchmAn - brakeman. conductor
aud freight agent j. "A. IOaoey. assist
ant superintendent Of the same road, less
than twenty years ago Was q station
agent on a New England line. Assistant
President Nllinshast, OF the Central, Vas
formerly fireman. and Traffic Manager
Clifford. Of the same corporation, III the
early sixties was CLERK IN the freight
department 81 an Ohio road.
Thirty years ago there lived on the line
OF the Delaware, lackawanna and West
ern railroad IN northeastern Pennsyl-
yania a farmer whose l2year-old boy
would neglect his chores and steal of 10
watch the engines. The boy was seldom
happy save when in the company of the
emploves Of the road. When he was a
few wears older he suddenly disappeared
10 turn up couple Of weeks later as a
brakeman on a coal train at SO per
month. The station agent near his IA
theirs farm had obtained the place for
him. The boy did not mistake his call
irsS. and has been climbing up ever since.
His name is Jerome A. Fillmore, and lie
is now general superintendent Of the
Central and Southern Pacific railway
system at salary of Sl5 900 year.
w b. Strong, president OF the Santa
Fe system, has a history very similar To
that of Fillmore. He rose from freight
brakeman 70 station agent, telegraph
operator, and since then his strides for
ward have been fast and long. First
Vice President Smith, of the same
company, thought he was forum
ate when he received an appoint
ment as station master at an out of the
way town ON bankrupted Indiana line.
George l.. Sands, the Santa Fe's general
superintendent, commenced his career
as a brake twister. President Clark, of
/ the Illinois Central, was an engineer
fifty years ago, and j. l.. Jeffrey, the
| general manager, when a young man,
learned the machinist'5 trade so thor
oughlv that he could now build loco
motive, build new bridge or repair an
| old one.
General Superintendent Kerrigan com
menced his training for the management
of the 5000 miles embraced in the Mis-
souri, Pacific system as aXman on the
! Iron Mountain road. Later he became
rodman, and everything that was given
him TO do was done so well that he now
receives $40, 900 = year. General Agent
| Hitchcock, of the Union Pacific, and
William II. Holcomb, general manager
of the Oregon Railroad company, both
began az brakemen. Twelve years ago
! W. S. Mellen, now general manager of
/ the Wisconsin Central, was telegraph
/ operator on a Wisconsin road, with
! seemingly little prospect of promotion.
| A year or so later, however, he was ap-
pointed station agent at Racine, and he
has been advancing ever since. He can't
be over So, and as he is one of the best
equipped railroad men in the country
his future is indeed a bright one. A. \.
! Allen, Manager MoAcn's assistant, com
menced his railroad career in 1853 as
a telegraph messenger boy. Henry c.
Bradley, the Wisconsin Centrars general
freight agent, also began in the same
| way.
The man who rides over the Chicago
and Alton railroad on pass issued by
/ the general manager reads at the bottom
! of the pass the name &C. II. Chappell. y
| In war times this same Chappell was n
! freight brakeman on the Galesburg divi-
/ sion of the Chicago, Burlington and
| Quincy railroad. He never fooled away
his time, and employed all his leisure in
| learning the details of railroading. One
! day he came under tho notice of the gen
eral superintendent of the road, who
/ took him into his Office. There he learn
/ ed telegraphy and became a train dis
/ patcher. His career since then is well
/ known. An ex-brakeman Is j. l.. Han
/ rahan. general manager Of the Louisville
! and Nashville road. President Thomas,
/ of the Nashville and Chattanooga, com
/ menced "a a station master. Henry f.
/ Royce, who for some wears has been gen
/ eral superintendent Of the Chicago. Rock
/ Island and Pacific, used to be an engine
/ wiper in the Boston round house of the
/ Boston and Worcester Railroad. Gen
4 eral Manager St. John, Of tho same road.
commenced as assistant to the ticket
agent at Quincy, Mass. George l.. Car
man, who is now commissioner IN half q
dozen railroad pools and traffic associa-
+ tions. started IN "a a train boy.
Austin Corbin. president Of the Read
ing road, was a country lawyer at Daven-
port. Ia. thirty-five wears ago. and !. l.
F Bell. general traffic manager of the same
road. was for years a freight clerk in the
Philadelphia office Of the Reading J
II. Olhouson. general superintendent oi
the Central Railroad q New jersey. uecd
10 work IN tic machine shops IT Potts
town. Pa. Tie was a good machinist. and
makes a good superintendent John
Adams. general superintendent ~ the
TItch5urC railroad. aiso started in as a
j0uTnevman nachini-t Warren +
Locke. the Ftchmrcs general freicl.t
agent. Commeuced rs q brakeman. and
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