The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-26


Hit Made by James Gardner San
derson at the Dinner for Judge
Kelly-Balentine the Wit.
Deputy city Treasurer =. j., Ruane
Is being discussed as the likely cashier
of the proposed North Scranton bank.
1t Is understood he has been invited
to take the place but hesitates to leave
the position in which he has served
SO long and successfully. 1t is to be
hoped for the city's good that Mr..
Ruane will continue in the treasurer's
office. He has the city's financial
affairs at his fingers ends and when
1t comes to a question of nice tinancier-
ing in emergencies which often arise.
his suggestions invariably prove OF
great value.
No legislation bearing OH municipal
or school district finances Is projected
without Mr.. Ruane's advice first being
sought. and it is quite safe to say that
practically all such legislation now on
the city's books would find him it's
father il it went to trace it's actual
parentage.
Mr. l[llalc is also aCcEculleu NllIl
being one of the most expert account-
ants in the city. He can read column
of figures quite as readily as another
could read a paragraph in q news
paper and he has the bookkeeping
of the office so systematized that with
in five minutes after the office closes
the books are balanced and every
thing ready to be locked up for the
night.
During the temporary absence from
the Lackawanna hospital during elec-
tion week of two of the resident house
surgeons. a new face was seen at the
institution. 1t was that of one of the
younger physicians of the city, DR..
Claude Walker. During his short
period of service, he made himself a
thorough favorite with all connected
with the hospital, and proved valu-
able substitute for the absent sur
geons.
DR.. Walker is a stepson of the we'll
known local practitioner, DR.. c. l..
Frey, and during the last six years
has been absent practically all the
time from the city. being busted with
his studies at the University of Penn
sylvania. His return has reintroduced
him to his numerous friends. who
unite in wishing him success in the
career for which he has fitted himself.
He has been well prepared for that
profession at the University, which
Pennsylvania can proudly regard as
one of the finest medical institutions
in the world. Prior to beginning his
regular course, he took a two years
course in biology, beginning work in
September. 1894. in the fall of 1896.
he entered the medical school, and
graduated last spring in the same
class with DR.. John w. Hunter Junior
house surgeon at the Lackawanna.
During the summer he spent his time
in pursuing a post graduate course at
the Polytechnic at Philadelphia. At the
varsity Or. Walker was one of the
most popular men in his class. He
was Il prominent member of the Hus-
ton club, and leading spirit around
the dormitoreS.
OF the many men brought to the city
by what has been termed the new
regime of the Delaware. Lackawanna
and Western. there is no one who has
won for himself a warmer place in the
regard of the persons who have busi-
ness dealings with that company than
NJ. b. Casey, the chief clerk to Super
intendent of Transportation j. NJ. Daily.
He is ii walking encyclopedia of infor-
nation of all kinds pertaining to the
transportation business and this infor-
nation is always at the disposal Of
those to whom it is useful Without
hesitatng Il moment, he can tell YOU
all about the roads a car will have to
travel over in going from Scranton to
the remotest part of the United States.
Mr.. Casey is a native of the Blue
Grass region and possesses dome Of
thought that resembles Tom Reeds.
He has been in the railroad business
for the greater part of his life and has
made study of 1t as he would of
science. He not only knows railroads
and railroad methods. but he has an
extensive acquaintance with prominent
railroad men all over the country.
Like every real railroad man, he en-
joys a good story and knows how to
tell one
Not many of the members of the bar
who attended the complimentary ban
quet to Judge Kelly at the Jermyn,
Thursday night, were aware of the real
treat in the way of high-class enter
tainment that was in Store for them,
as the concluding number of the pro-
gramme. Like the hosts of old, the
banquet committee reserved for the
last what they very likely thought was
the best. and there are those among
the guests who will say, with all due
Difference to the other entertainers,
that the committee was not much aglee
in it's reckoning If it did fashion its
programme after the manner of the
hosts of old.
James Gardner Sanderson made the
biggest kind of hit, and whenever
the banquet was discussed during the