St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-30

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w " 1879 this time he
was sin the service of the Chicago NORTH
western. During the years 1928 he
was general freight and passenger
agent of the Green Bay Il Lake
Pepin railroad, and left it in 1874
to become general agent OF the Chicago
& Northwestern at Winona. The fol-
lowing year he became assistant general
freight agent of the same road. holding
this position for five years. In 1881 ne
Resigned to become assistant general
superini nndent of the AtchiSon, Topeka
& Sante Fe. ut only worked for them
for a wear, being offered the position OF
general freight agent o. the Chicago q
Northwestern in 1882. II, feprualy'
1885. he became assistant genera. supeI-
intendent of that road, and only le
signed this position to take the general
managership of the Wisconsin Central
Oct. /, 1856. The consolidation OF the
Northern Pacific and Wisconsin Central
caused general boulevGsement among
the officers of these roads. President
Cakes, of the Northern Pacific, had
acted as general manager for some
time, but had practically left the
fulfillment of his duties to 5. r..
Ainslie, vice president and general
superintendent, and n. c. Thrall, MIR.
Cakes assistant. President Cakes re-
signed his position as general manager.
and W. S. Mellen was appointed in his
stead, Mr.. Ainslie being appointed gen
eral manager of the Wisconsin Central.
Mr.. Mellen is only forty-three years old,
and is an exceptionally brilliant rail-
road man and very popular with all who
know him, especially those who have
worked with him. His ability is shown
by the fact that in twenty-four years he
has risen from being telegraph opera
tor at way station to the proud posi-
ton of general manager of the greatest
railroad in the world. which he will as
sumo to-day. Mr.. Mellen will receive a
hearty welcome to st. Paul on his ar
rival to-day.
J. j. Hill. familiarly known as Jim"
or "Yim," according to the nationality
of the knower. is the only specimen of
the typical railroad magnate that st.
Paul can boast. He is a king, and a
into the Manitoba offices, you can tell
how his temper is. You feel it in the
air.. If everybody is smiling and not
moving around in particularly lively
manner. you may know that the mag
nate of the Manitoba is feeling good.
If, on the other hand, everybody is OH
the dead jump, you know that some
thing has displeased him. The best
wav to get into his good graces is to
evince a decided interest in bulls or
horses. These are his particular hob
bies, but art is another thing to which
his mind runs In its leisure moments.
J. B. Pond has a coy Office, furnished
with cylinder top desks, water color
paintings, cuspidors, Aztec idols, photo
graphs, chairs. pretty typewriter in a
pink dress and fluffy yellow curis. AS
he sits back in his rocking chair. puff
ing blue clouds of fragrant smoke from
his clean-shaven lips, no one would
think him as old man as ne really is
His Office is nice one to go into, as he
always does his best to give an item
failing this he often has good cigar,
and always a smile and a pleasant
word.
w. 81. Dixon sits in his Office, wear
ing a white plug hat and telling sto-
ries. He is one of the best story tellers
in the city, and when E. W. Durant, of
Saltwater, comes into town he always
has seance with Mr.. Dixon. They sit
in their chairs as solemn as two owls
and tell the widest and most side-split-
ting stories. Never smile Eliminates
their faces, and to an outsider unac-
quainted with either they look like two
escaped lunatics. No one can sit
within earshot without laughing, how
ever, and sometimes when the door is
open the nature of their anecdotes
makes Judge Chandler's snowy locks
stand on end.
81 80
commissioner of the Northern Pacific.
cidents as having his name signed on
the back of checks, being called a vii
famous swindier by the Herald, and
other interesting and amusing things,
he manages to maintain his suave equa-
nimity against all corners. He is kept
busy writing multifarious hobOes about
hay stumDage and selling corner lots
among the Rocky mountains to numer-
Gus Swedes. He keeps box of cigars
in drawer in his room, and will sit and
talk by the hour with any one who has
anything to talk about.
j. NJ. Hannaford is a young man to
fill such responsible position as traffic
manager of the Northern Pacific. But
the line has pr0spered under his man
agement, and very few minutes talk
with him demonstrates the fact that the
railroad situation, however complex, is
just as clearly defined in his mind as
the fact that two and too make four.
He is bold and rapid thinker. and
startled the other members of the Trans
continental association by his prompt
decision and notice to withdraw from
the combine. when they would not dc
as he wanted them.
II. D. Minot may be called the iackal
of the Manitoba office. He it is who
has gone on foraging expeditions to
NV York at j. j. Hills behest, and
Returned with carload of $1,000 bills.
He is the Adoniiss of the railroad fra
ternity; his pretty little mustache, PINK
cheeks and blue eyes are considered by
experts to be calculated to haYe most
disastrous effect on any girl. He has
clear brain behind these charms Of feat
ure, and has shown himself brilliant
Taiiroader, having risen in few years
to the presidency of road.
F. J. Whitney's favorit.o nobbv is fish
ing at MinnetoD....a. He is a quiet bu
cordial Giian, and surrounds himself
with ciriosities of every description
from Montana coal fires to hideous Jap
anese copper match safes. He is quite
cOnnoisseur Of paintings, having /;
large collection of them in his Office
His face has peculiar habit of getting
tanned to the color of mahogany on thu
slightest prOvOcatiOn.
Stanley Proudtit never smoked
cigarette In his life. He wears paten
leather boots, generally black moir
silk four-in-hand necktie with dia
mond in IT, Though he looks like a re