New-York tribune., 1899-11-12

ton a lawyer and formerly judge Of the Su-
perior Court of Connecticut Speaker Of the
lower house and chairman of the Judiciary Com
mittee OF the State Legislature still he adapted
himself to practical railroad work with great
success, and a brilliant administration on his
Part is predicted. Mr.. Halls election was unani-
nous.
Charles p. Clark. the retiring president will
remain as director and give the new president
whatever help he by advice and co-opera-
ton. William d. Bishop. Of Bridgeport at one
time president of the road, was elected vice.
president to succeed Mr.. Hall. The bylaws OF
the company made it necessary to elect a vice.
president and complete the organization at yes
terdays meeting. which the first since the
annual meeting of the stockholders. 1t was
said that Mr.. Bishop might later retire and some
one else be elected vice president William l..
Squire, Of New-Haven. was reelected treasurer,
and William d. Bishop jr., was elected secre-
tary to the Board.
committee was appointed to draft resolu-
tions expressing the Boards appreciation Of Mr..
Clark's services. The selection Of the new Off
GERS does not mean. so it has been said. any
change in the policy Of the road
John Manning Hall passed his fifty eighth
birthday last October He was born in Will
mantle. Conn. on october 16. 1871. coming from
a family Of English Halls who came to this
country in the early part OF the seventeenth
century and settled in Rhode Island. Among
his ancestors was George Hall, who was Judge
of the General Court of Rhode Island for twenty
years and who representative khode
Islander of his time. His son, Dixon han, re-
moved to Sterling. Conn. and the next in the line
was Horace Hall. Il State Representative ana
man Of influence in his county. judge han was
the next in succession and was one or three
children Of whom he alone is now living.
Judge Hall obtained his early education IN
Willimantic in the public schools ana at Prl-
vate school in South Wndham, and then spent
three years in his fathers business In WIN
mantle. 1t was while watching tne Justice oi
the peace trials over which his father presided
that Judge Hall got his love for the law, ana
he became a student at winston Acauein$,
Easthampton, Mass to prepare for coese i1s
entered Yale in 1SG2. and made signal success
Of his college life. He received the TOWNSEND
prize and was elected member or the Skuli
and Bones Society. After graduation, at the
ape If tyentv-fve he entered the Columbia
Law School being graduated in lS6S. and prac-
tised law in New-York City for time. In a
short while Judge Hall returned to Wlillrnanuc
and entered at once on his career in state law
circles and politics.
In 1870 when twenty nine years old, Judge
Hall was sent to the Legislature as Repre-,
sentative from Willimantic, and was Reelected
the following two years. He was active IN the
fraud investigation Of 49,, and was chairman
of several committees He was chairman OF tne
Judiciary Committee later ana OF the lIaii-
road Committee In 1881 he went again TO
the capital and served on the judiciary Com
mittee. and in 1889 was chosen Speaker OF the
House. -.
A vacancy occurring on the superior court
bench in 1889. Judge Hall was CHOSEN ior the
place and In the came year Was eIecteu ~ n~tate
Senator and President Of the Senate pro tenn
In to this time Judge Hall had had no expert
ence in railroads outside Of his relations with
tho Railroad Committee OF which he had been
chairman. and his future seemed TO be tending
ra ther toward high political honors than toward
a corporation -,
In 1893 the New-Haven road needing vice
president Of legal education and with wide
acouaintance in the state and at Hartford. ne
was elected yice-presdent Of the New-Haven
road. holding similar place with Lucius Iuttle'
now president Of the Boston and Maine. fresl-
dent Tuttle had worked his way up 10 the top
from the ranks and Judge Hall had had no eX-
nerIence in the new line Of work. but he soon
showed that the directors had not misplaced
their confidence and he became on the retire
ment Of Mr. Tuttle second only TO President
Clark. He has worked with MN IN cIose .aI
ronv and with great success ever since then,
and has been the latter's choice as successor