The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-25

hhI - m"t'h anu the hI"Teahiu p'' Iu'7'e'
IT was about this time. thus cnr'y in my
career. that | first came 10 be known AZ Pre4!-
road, In taking 70 ne one iIY, shld "A a
tan,ering way: Well. / suppose YOU thin
your fortune ia made. now you have Hnrpule A
happen You win be- a bIlksman about four
o. FIVE years. AMI then they will make Won /,
conductor, az about one nunirrt dollars a
II you dom get di,charEod' responded.
rather ~angrily. DO you suppose ! Am going e
DO sat-, led with rem aiming u, con, letorf !
laughed tha man. lie told the story around.
and maly a time therel, ter the t3y- siyiy
placed the. word President before my
name on Official instructions AMI packages
"A tonIuctor On ono o. the, resu'ar trains
quarrulled one morning with the superint"Id,
to d TO take out that train. THIS was jumulng
Ine over he heads OF many OF the older brake
,nel,, and a. q cons"lNencr. al ne yIh,pmrn
on that train qu'' O'hers w're secured, now
ever. AMI ] ran the train regularly for a good
may months.
Then cam. an accident one day. for which
We admitted our responsibility anu were Dis.
ch trgcd. went again 70 IN. superintendent:
However and. UPON a strong ! ca ~ DC retained
tg The service. he sent me, lo'x 70 th' rank.
among the b%rakenpn. | hal no compjaint to
make, but accepredth the con se1u-nce OF my mis-
take.
NpI ION, hlI'E lllS sAItl NFl4E's wv iDu@
l. and Railroad changed hands, ann Oh" day
young Nreelan was detailed - 0ct ~ brake
nan on a special train which a, t. take the
new officers over the road, Y nat cine there
! wasn't much about tho Long Island Enilroa
thnt MIR yrnr'and didn't KNOW, and during lh'
tr y he Was c.iisd uuon 10 answer many lu-a,
tiru,. Toe day after. tnr President O' tn roai
man an.Ne rod the When h. MAS
a. united u the Presidents ohica asurpris,
was 10 store .or him, here Is the story an I
Mr. NrrpIhDI flll IL IN thu urtlC Z Ia Success
above referred to.
In due time | was shown into the presence
Ofthe great man, who eyed meclosely fora uln-
ute or two. and yhen gsk"f e%brlpt'y NAnt |
waSdO'rg. to-, him ! was brakink No. Il.
Then he said: Take this l- ter.'p yapr SUPER
inIenient. It contains Il request that he l3lleva
:ou from dnty aud ~, some one risa IL your
place. After he has done 20 come l1ck here
did as directed aud on myreturn to the tresi-
dent he sail Take this letter nj once 10 AL
uIral PeyrOn of the French ileet then lying IN
the iarbor on a visit Of courtesy 10 thi- cOuh-
try and this to Gen. Harcock on toyernors
Island. hey contain !nv,tations to, each -
Cine with me Tomorrow light a. my homo IN
uarlva cry with thvlr stalGs- Get Their an
swers an ifthey are in, the Affirmative. return
for them Tomorrow afternoon. land them nj
] ong Island CIT, arran9s Tor a special from
from Long IsIanl tIty to uar4.n CITY take
i4cm tnsts and return nth them t.r ne So sanGa'I
Il suppose this might be considered te'her
a large Job for a common hrhkemaL, but
managed 10 get tnrOusn IL NillpuI Il~s II.lHs
my-sIf and apparently ONE ABSTRACTION % an
concerned for some lime thereafter wgSthe
Pre- siieuts special emissaTy on several mot
tiers connected with the general conduct Of thH
50 very much about railToiling proper. | WAS
put la positions whore | learned 10 take re-
spCnslbi ity and came to have confidence IN
myself"
T. was not long after this hat the LonS Isl
AMI road agaln changed hands and Mr., Nr"e-
land was one Of those who, ns he puts i. was
''. RIM 1 : \ IL IN UAT ont ma aQAl.y NM nulpkIv AZ
vos-ib.e." He hat accom- plished 10y this NE.
however, a part NJ his purpo'e In lie, namely.
10 ac1u'-o a comprehenslye sno%Irist %,
out OF h job. He EFF the Long Island road In ISL
and IL was on "a short time attcrWdGd before hs
Got o., 2 ion "a as Zen eSa,Iur,s o ~ fr ,ns S ss Mr. aqrS Tt s@t
Wa practically running the road in . very
hort TIM s,sr h, " mt Win VIA ,b II we r~,s ,2 nai
gagged in operating i, There was li,tl- travel
because |, ran through a sp1T.ely se',,.4 ser,
veen VITA tho Ioat a comp ratively ,short tine
whsL he found out It's con1'tt 20, IN Ia mass
NJ his m,nd To- d. whit he ooGlf ali honGh b.
tia a raj road must, in a wey, 1--we oT tho
country through which 1t runs. There V ren,t
anSS re"DI' ,s 10 wSo v o. IN ,b Sns' t GGr t"!'ai
LITTLE. g. he concluded there was no u-s
trying to, mae the roaI Jay lro'n pn-ssnGe:
- IIlg. HAVING C0naf 70 'nlS core * ~ NJ NeL
abon, finding out whpt the peop,e ~ that par
tiGu. ar section ~ Iutnam grew that the" had
20 ut rid o.; About tue .u.{ EtoIuct vas n q.
lie found hat. most OF me farmers kert "a
IN one way or Another cot their milk n New
York W.. Vreelsni didn't know ayy reason
yhy that milk shoult 81 % -h,pPei over th1
that one reason why the farmers woui ~ shin
It over Ma ire was 'hev Were not wtil'n- 20
liul II any great ~listanre TO get TO the trains,
Don't Won bother about gotting your milk
to thu. cars" said Nh Nreelnnd 10 one OF the
large Putnam county .dairymen on" DAY. ~
attend to that" And 30. without consulting
ANYBODY Ia particular, he made. arrangements
tha dairiss to the line OF his road, This IN
along for awhil' until II suddenly Gawnet
some miraculous leRerdenain, tho rolt,
Shlch hal paid mex TO nothing, was paving ira
running EXPENSES an ~ tNei charges. They
made Inquiries. an l the only, answer they 20.
knows about H." They went 70 see Ereelarl.
thu conductor. and asked him how M I'd II,
"Carrying milk was the Iaconlc r'p'r.
"Wherr 10 you get the milk" ask ed one o.
""aishi ,lIrg the line OF the road an-wered
Why didn't wo get this business lons ago."
was the next question.
"Give L up.' sail vreelant. Dues they've
always been CROWN: cows up here, AMI cove
that are good cows give milk, and Their aren't
enough people IN all Putnam county 70 drink
all the milk the rows give M here in nineteen
years, I'ound the farmers wore selling ,hrir
bu .iness. That's III th"re i 10 IL"
The fact that the New York an Northern
RAJ, Dad was beginning to nay attr tc,sd tho
attention Of CAPITALISTS. among WIN were
oTtR'er",. one 'dav Nj Whi,nsy nnd a party OF
friends went over the roal to Inspect it,; Nj,
Vraeland accom- panied the party. Mr. Whit
MY and his friends asked n great many 4urs-
could not answer. Besides ha volunteered a
lot Of vallab c in'ormatinn. A n, party was
returnin.. 10 l55th street, NJ. Whitley. who
la never heard OF Mr.. VreeIand before.
asked:
roa | that you don't Know
Mr.. VrNaland smiled and showed bis white
tat IN. a habit which still sticks 70 him, anisaii
som thing to the effect that h. guessed he
knew a. much as anFho!y about u. The
went another. and hs did not see or hear any
thing more ~ them for som months. One Gay
ne received a telegram from. Mr. Nhi'n"y
aaklnI him 10 meet him on the afternoon "
that day at the Broalwar AID Sevanth avenue
vi 'n o. tns Metropolitan Traction Company.
"a the Netrorolitan street h,il way Contrary
vas then known. Mr.. Vrrslnnd did not know
W.. vas o.. hut he sept he anp" I'''Et. Nr.
Nhi,u.y AS not there, hut a note, addressed
10 ,ir. Nr.cland was. The note read;
'Nr. n. H. rr,s,1nd,
DEAR Srr- Il y meating ~ tho etoc''holaor'
oftL,e Houston street. West street and tay0nlH
lerIy Railroad COMPANY, heid thls day.. you
we've unanimously rI'n'el a dire .0r OF the
COMPANY. ~ n subsequent meeting Or the
directors, you were unanimously elected p~aSi-
d.lt anG GrntIa. Dau9Eer. your. duties 10
commence Imme !iat. Yours truly.
I. + WAIEET, secretary
Nv yir'ua ~ that note Mr. Srrsand was
inmrrd ron Il steam rlU-oad man to surface