Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1891-08-10

always " dWdhCu u uVCp oCubC vi kIdSh
tude for your kindness.
II have no claim on your generosity,
beautifully illustrated in these gifts, and
wish to say, in accepting them, that
proportioned to the fidelity and loyalty
with which you have for ten years sus-
tanned and encouraged me in this field OF
labor, they are valueiess; and that which
most animates me today is my belief in
the sincerity of the utterances you have
made through him. commissioned to
speak in your behalf.
I'm leaving you,my friends, let me repeat,
| carry with me, nothing so val
liable as the recollection Of your kindness.
My life here has been varied one, and
not without its disappointments and
cares, but in association with you, when
! have been relieved and always encour-
aged in my efforts to advance the inter
ests of my superiors and achieve for
myself that success and promotion which
are to sever our connection, let me hope,
not forever.
81 have reflected many times upon the
causes which have brought me the re-
newed favor of those to whose service
have given the best energies of my life, and
always to accord to you, that which
to some, may seem due to myself.
Your constant devotion to duty, your
observance and regard for the rules Of
service of this company, have inspired
the high officers, and may say the pub
lie, with confidence in your efficiency as
men, and in the convenicnces and con-
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tern North Carolina Railroad, which is
second to none in the high standard Of
perfection of its daily train service, and
solidity of its maintenance Of way.
More than anything else, your work has
made this railroad, at one time, but a
contention in the politics of the state, as
was said by the. peerless Andrews. "the
Likely stone of the arch. of the great sys-
item, of which it forms part" What
that great man saw in the past, you
have caused to be realized, in the present.
ia this work, am happy to say per-
formed part. an inconsiderable one, it
is true, but an honorable one to which
have given all the thought and la
Dor of this decade of my life. My trans
| fer to another field, which you haye
termed promotion, feel is an evidence
of the satisfaction with which the own
crs of these properties have contemplated
my work, united, as it has been, with
yours wish to say our work is not
ended. This great system of railroads
will continue to spread it's wings. and
every one of YOU, has his opportunity
for promotion in building it up. In the
struggle let but one standard arrest
your eye, devotion to duty, loyalty to
your superiors, and a purpose to advance
their Just interests and estate.
I'm the extension of the Terminal sys-
TEN you are all members of the grandest
undertaking ever conceived in the inter
nal improvement of the southern states.
Not many years will elapse before the
Richmond and Danvile company will
absolutely control all the trunk lines
of railroads, south of the Potomac, and
east of the Mississippi rivers; not aloi c
Tor profit and emolument, to those dl-
recting its management, hut for de-
velopment of the unequaled, and az yet,
hidden resources of this God-given sec
ton of our country. 1t is not to mo
nopolize, but to enlarge, to improve
that this company reaches its arms to
every corner of the land.
"lt should be a pride to you all. to
know that your names are subscribed
monthly, to the paw rolls OF this corpor-
, alton, and a more just one still, that
each of you can aspire to the highest
office it can bestow. These propertie:
. are to you, my friends, life legacy ant
, for your children and your childrens