The herald., 1897-03-13
REGARD AND SYMPATHY
The Highest Tributes Of Affection and Esteem
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]. j. Byrne, general passenger agent
of the Southern California railway, upon
being asked for a personal expression
as to Mr.. Wade, said that words were
almost superfiuous. Mr.. Wades public
life was an open book that had been
read with pleasure and profit by the
people. Mr. Byrne had never known a
man, occupying such responsible posi-
tion, who had so many friends and alb
solutely no enemies. He never heard
any one say an unkind word concerning
Mr. Wade His official relations were
always agreeable and he was held In the
highest esteem by those nearest him.
Had Mr.. Wade lived few months
longer, he would have been forty years
in the railway service.
PRESIDENT RIPLEY.
Mr. e. P. Ripley, president of the At
Gibson, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
company,who Is at the Van Nuys, speak
ing of Mr.. Wade last night, said: THE
news Of his sudden death was a great
shock to me. Mr.. Wade had spent the
day with our party at Pasadena and Mt.
Lowe and seemed in the best of health
and spirits so far as outward appear
ances went.
IT have known Mr.. Wade for over
twenty-five years and a part OF that time
very intimately We used to work to-
gether on the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy railroad. Since my connection
with the Santa Fe we have again been
brought more or less in contact with
each other and our relations have al
ways been Of the most pleasant nature.
Mr.. Wade was a man of the greatest
integrity and ability and was thoroughly
posted in railroad matters. He was one
whose worth l always appreciated and
whose friendship have ever priced"
UNANIMOUS FRIENDSHIP
The Southern California railway off,
cials were unanimous in expressions of
the warm personal friendship in which
Mr.. Wade was held by them all.
Speaking of him last night one of them
said: He ever had a kind word for
everybody, aud the negro porter or the
president ofithe road was always treated
with the same courtesy inside his of
flee. of u
Then again Mr.. Wade always looked
on the bright side of everything. He
saw a future for every new enterprise
and was always ready to assist in build
ing up q new locality.
There are few men in the city whose
charities exceeded his, and yet no one
ever knew anything about his gifts ex
cept those who were the recipients of
niS peheiceHce. ne Always OBJECTED 10
any publicity In the matter of charities
and would often when furnishing assist
ance exact a promise that nothing
should be said about the matter
His interests were thoroughly linked
to Southern California and he never lost
an opportunity to do anything which
would advertise or improve the coun-
try. In his death the railroad company
has lost an efficient manager and his
M fot tao eli Fv.fa
Immortsiized by Kipiirg
The name of X. H. Wade will long be
treasured In the minds of Southern Ca.-
ifornia, but 1t may be news to many that
the great novelist, Rudyard Kipling, has
introduced the name and action Of the
late superintendent of the Southern Cal
tains Courageous" which has been
published in serial form In Nc
Clure's and Pearson's Iondon,
England) magazines. The latter publ
cation paid Kipling no less than rs cents
a word for the story.
The hero of Captains Courageous Is
Harvey Cheyne, the pampered son of an
American muiti-millioraire railroad
magnate. who falls overheard from an
Atlantic liner and: picked up by a fish
ing schooner After some months of
young Cheyne reaches land once more.
He telegraphs to his father. who has
taken his invalid and bereaved wife to
his raw new palace In San Diego" and
the railroad magnate at once sets the
wires in motion for a special train to-
take himself and wife across the con-
tinent to see their boy. whom they had
given up for lost.
Kipling thus describes the incident in
the current issue Of MoClure's maga-
zine:
''Milsom. we're going right across. Pri-
vate car-straight through-Boston. Fix
the connections" shouted Cheyne down
the staircase.
II thought so.'
The secretary turned to the typewriter
and their eyes met (0ut Of that was born 4
to do with this story). she
looked inqu.ringiy,. doubtful Of his re-
sources. He signed to her to move to the
Morse as = general brings his brlgades into
action. Then he swept his hand muslcian-
wise through his hair, regarded the ceiling.
and set to work. while Hlss Kinzey 8 white
dng efh called up the Continent Of America
''X NJ. Wade, Los Aneeles-(The Con-
stance : at Los Angelica Isn't she. Mss
st .Ysp.s Miss Kinssy nodded between
otolEh ~ the secret9ty looked at hio watch.
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