El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-24
MERITED PROMOTIONS.
Great Corporations Recognition of
Merit,

The visit of Mr.. F. c. Gay to FL Paso
recalls the fact that several gentleman
now high up in railroad circles at
former time of Ell Paso's history oc-
cupied positions here that were not so
lucrative as their present ones. Mr..
Gay was appointed a clerk in Topeka
in 1881 and soon after transferred to
clerksbip at this point. His ability
was recognized a little later by his ap-
poiutment as agent. When it was
found necessary to establish COM
mercial agency here Mr.. Gay was ad-
vanced to the position of commercial
agent. From here he was sent to Las
Vegas as division freight and passenger
agent and from there to Kansas City as
assistant general freight agent. Later
he was made general freight agent of
the Chicago, Santa Fe & California and
then general freight agent of the great
Santa Fee system. These promotions
were brought about by ability and
loyalty to the company's interests.
The history of Mr.. Gay with thu San-
TIA Fee is not dissimilar to that of sew
Superintendent 81. o.. Nudge, of the
Santa Fe system, who for some time
had an office in Ell Paso started in as
operator a number of years ago. AT
Tecumseh, Kansas, he not only learned
to manage station but became a pro-
ticient locomotive engineer and then
started in as a brakeman making him
one of the most proficient railroad men
in the profession. 1t is said of Mr..
Nudge that when the Santa Fe was
building into FL Paso he was in charge
of a work train acting both as engin
eer and conductor. Be that as it may
from conductor he was promoted to
trainmaster from that position to divi-
sion superintendent of the Rio Grande
division then of the Las Vegas division.
From the latter posit.o ne was pro-
NOTED to general superintendent of the
Western division and then general
superintendent of the entire system.
Charlie" Thorne, the general man.
ager of the Texas & Pacific, ran train
to the front when that line built in
here. E. L. Sargent, the general
freight agent of the Texas & Pacific,
was in 1884 ticket clerk at the joint S.
P. and 7. P. depot. He was called
from tn at position to the agency of the
Mexican Central at Juarez, but the T.
& P. folks recognizing what they had
lost offered him the position of COM
mercial agent here, which position be
accepted. From that position Mr.. Sar-
gent was called to the high position he
now occupies in railroad circles.
Mr.. A. d. Shepard, now assistant
general freight agent of the Southern
dclHC COupdHy DIT LUIS ADPSleS. was
but few years ago, agent at this place,
while the writer remembers Charlie j
Hudson. now assistant general freight
agent of the Santa Fee at Topeka. as
local agent at Demipg in 1884. and com |
mercial agent hare after Mr.. Gays |
promotion. G II. Morehouse, who |
succeeded Mr.. Hudson here, and who |
is now holding a lucrative position |
with the Santa Fe company at Denver. |
was a check clerk in the Socorro office |
in 1884. He was given the agency at
San Antonio, N. NJ, and later the
Deming office. From there he was
called to the commercial agency here |
Charlie Hincklin. the bright young
clerk that Mr.. Gay had with him in |
The old Central building, is now agent |
for the Mallory steamship lines at Den
YER
There are others whose ability and |
oyalty to their companies developed |
1t this point has been recognized and
N future dition of the HERALD
hey will be noticed. AS these men
Ill gained their promot' ons by their own
Efforts, their advancement speaks well
or the recognition of great corpora
ions of meritorious service.