The morning call., 1893-04-09

and can tell you the names of the
artists of any famous pictures that may be
upDn the walls, and his house here is Just
filled with paintings by the great masters.
lie has large art gallery connected with
his house, which is lignted from the roof
and which contains more fine modern paint
ings than you viii See in the COrcorpn Art
Gallery in Washington. He has four paint
lngs by Millet, the famous French painter;
number by Ir0yOn. and others by DiaZ,
Munkacsy, DeacrniX and others Some
of his paintings cost $4,000 apiece, and
among others he has IA beautiful portrait of
one OF his children by BOurgereau. l
doubt whether there is another private
house in the country which has so many
fine pictures. l visited it to-day and l will
write OF 1t in my next letter.
HilFs knowledge Of his road is, | am told.
wonderful. He knows personally nearly
every man employed upon it, and he is
liable to be found at any point along the
line at any moment. lie has a thorough
civil service organization as to his
employees, and promotion goes entirely by
merit, and the man who disobeys orders
Is discharged instanteT. An instance OF
this was told me the other day by his SON.
in-law, Mr.. Samuel Hill, the president OF
the Montana Central I'VE were sitting
one day." said he, I'm Mr.. HIPS house in
st. Paul, when he asked me il didn't want
10 go west for little trip. | replied that l
didn't object and asked when he wanted to
go; he said, Right away and l thereupon
telephoned 10 have my bag sent over from
Minneapolis ana in the course of an hour we
were on thespecial train and going out to
the FAR West. We stopped at n point in the
mountains in Montana, and here got off the
road ana rode forty miles by stage with re-
lays of horses. We then slept and rode
forty miles further aud stopped at a tavern.
Mr.. Hill tramped around all that day
over the country ana cames back in
the evening and had supper. After supper
he said, i think We could reach the car ii we
took the horses tonight. and we had them
harnesSed up and cut across to the track.
1t was long ride and n dark night, and we
came TO tie road at a station above the one
which We had expected to strike. just as
we got there freight train from Butte
City was pulled in with flames bursting
out of its side. As ii pulled up at the STA
ton Mr.. Hill saw / and his voice rang out
in the darkness:
Where's the conductor of this train?
Here, was the reply In gruff voice.
"'What rate are You running?'
"'Ab0ut eighteen miles an hour said the
man, rather resenting the question.
on are not telling the truth. replied
Mr.. Hill. You have been running over
thirty miles an hour, and your orders are
not to run more than twelve. You are
DISCHARGED this instant. and l will have
another conductor to take your place
when that conductor left Butte City
Mr.. Hill was sitting in his office in St. Paul,
and it must have scared the man almost to
death to ma MIN away out here In the heart
Of Montana"
Another instance of Mr.. Rllfs prompt
discharge OF an inefficient employe was at a
famous trestle bridge on the line. A
man was kept TO patrol this bridge
after every passing train. He was expected
10 have bucket Of water in his hand, and
be was there TO Put out any sparks that
might fall from the engine One night a
freight train had just gone over, and as it
left the bridge Mr.. Hills special ear shot
out through the darkness and came over
IT, During mis- rides over his road he
spends a good deal OF time outside the
car. and lie was standing on the platform
ms he came to the bridge. Tie moon at this
point shone through cloud and he saw
the man who was expected to take care of
the sparks threw his bucket over his Shout
der. and as he did so his eye noted the fact
that there was hole in IL. He stopped his
car and discharged the man from work. He
insists always upon discipline, and no man
can work for him who will not obey orders.
As for himself, he is the hardest worker
on the road. He is a dynamo in clothes.
His head works all the time. He is man
Of wonderful activity and of great power
and endurance. He has gone over the
greater part of his road on foot, and all the
ne% lines he has traversed on foot or on
horseback before they We're put down.