The morning news., 1894-09-29
ORLANDO W. JACKSON DEAD.
One Of Georgia's Best Known Rail.
road Men Gone.


road Men Gone.
Orlando W. Jackson, master Of trans
portation Of the Georgia division Of the
Savannah, Florida and Western railroad,
died yesterday morning at 1925 o'clock,
at his home on Taylor street. With his
death passed away one OF the biggest
harted. most generous and noble-spirited
Of men.
II would hardly be exagRerating 10 say
that everybody that knew Capt. Jackn
loved him. The chief officials of the system
entertained a genuine regard for him,
the result Of long acquaintance with the
man and his work. and the many en-
! plOyes of the department loved him like a
/ brother To the young men he was
/ like a father. There is not an Of
/ fetal Of the road, from the highest
/ to the lowest, whose demise could have
! been more generally mourned. The flags
on the offices Of the Plant system in Sa-
vannah were at half-mast yesterday, out
] of respect for the deceased obcial. and
| general air of sadness pervaded the build
| iugs. In the tTainmasters $ Office, where
so many hours of his life were spent, there
were hea Y hearts, indeed The employees
there knew what faithful friend their
superior had been TO them.
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He had been in i'll health or the last
eighteen months but it was thought that
he was on the road TO recovery. In the
spring of 1898 he had a very severe at
sack Of grip from which he never fully
recovered. His health had been feeble
ever since. He was ailiug all during the
summer and during the first week OF
September he was attacked with hay
fever, which, with other complications,
resulted in his death. On Sept. he
went to bed, from which he never arose.
He was thought to be improving until
Thursday night, when he took a sudden
turn for the worse and sank rapidly un-
til his death
Mr.. jackson was the oldest employe of
the Sa annah. Florida and Western rail
way. He was, in fact, a lifetime
empIoye, having spent his whole
life, since he first began
work, in the employ of the company He
was AZ years old. When quite a boy he
began his service with the company as
baggage master at Savannah. In 1867,
when still quite young, he was made a
conductor. He demonstrated his ability
in this position, and about ten years
ago was made master of Transportation
Savannah, which position he held un-
til his death. 1t is needless to say
that he performed the duties of
this position to the entire salts
faction of his employers. He was
devoted TO his work and never let any
thing stand in the way of the
performance of his duty. Bet
and performed it thoroughly. There
were few men in his line of
business better acquainted with gereral
railroad work. He went about his work
in quite transformations manner, never
complaining ana faithfully performing
everything that was required of him. He
took great pride in il, and nothing pleased
him better than the splendid records
made Dy the Plant system in handling its
immense business through Savannah.
MIR. jackson was born in Savannah. He
was son of Capt John J.
jackson, well known citizen
of Savannah before the war. He
leaves wife and two children, a son and
daughter, besides three sisters, two of
whom reside in Savannah The funeral
will take place this afternoon at 3o'clock,
from the residence, at No l08 Taylor
street. The funeral arrangements were
taken charge of yesterday by Capt, lt. G.
Fleming. superintendent of the Savan-
nah, Florida and Western railway, Mayor
McDonough and Mr.. w. b. Stilwell.
The officials of the Plant system were
notified of the death Of Mr.. jackson, and
many telegrams of coincidence were re-
Ceived. The pail bearers will be chiefly
taken from the transportation depart
ment of the railway. The offices and shops
of the railway will be closed this after
noon as far as possible in order to allow
the employees of the company to attend
the funeral.
Sup't. Fleming and the other officials
of the Savannah, Florida aud Western
railway. who were seen yesterday, spoke
of MIR. jackson in the highest terms of
eulogy. There was nothing Capt. Fleming
said which was too good to be said of him
This sentiment was generally re-echoed
wherever the name of the deceased was
mentioned.