Arizona republican., 1901-07-30
OLD RAILROAD MAN RETIREs
Hezakiah Earl Has Been in Service
 for sixty-0 Years.

Hezektah Earl of 30 Grove street Au- burniale. and during the past sixty-one years empcoyed in the freight office, oi the Boston and Albany railroai, sent his resignation to the ma nagement of the company four days ago, and. win the good wishes of Agent Bliss and a host of other officials. closed up hls ac- counts and brought his long career in the realm of commerce to, an end.
 When sean by the writer the C.her da,y he was sitting alone beneath the green drapeiies of his porVh, enjoying a quiet smoke and appearing to be not more than stN,y-flve. Ills full white beard was after the VGndyke style a black silk skull cap rested upon his head and he wore an up to- date negli- gee shirt. He greeted his caller cordial iy. and while at fiis, he was disincllned to talk about himself, he finally con- cluded if anything was to be said about his past life 9t would be better To have it correct.
 He began by saying that he was born in Boston August 15. 1877, in Earl's cof- fee house. at 36 Hanover street. This was an old fashioned inn, of which his father was proprietor from 1910 to 1885. The elder EaN wus also the owner of a stage coach line which ran between Boston and lWoTeel:er and points be- yond.
 When the war of 1912 broke cut the father of Hezekiah left his family of eight children and enlisted in the army, where he remained until peace with great Britain was restored
 The father of Hezeklaih's wife was al- 90 Bostonian, and at one time con- trad Led to carry the mails In Massachu- setts and New Hampshire. He after ward settled in Concord. where he opened a hotel and became well known throughout That section.
 "I wasn't cult out for the railroad bus mess" continued MT. Earl, ';as at a very early age I became infatuated with the calling of a sailor. I urged my father 10 let me go 70 sea, and he fi- nally consented. I shipped on a vessel bound for the East Indies. but owing 10 some disturbance abcut that time In the mercantile woisd We stopped at Canton. and after taking on a cargo of kea and coffee we set sail for Boston, where We arrived in just nine months from the da.e of our departure.
 This ended my career as a sailor, and I began looking about for less hazardous occupation. An intimate fiiend of my father. learning of a va cancy in the Suffolk bank. made appli- d-lion in my behalf and1 was appoint- ed to clerkship. l remained in the bank three years, doing Lrtie more than counting money and keeping record of the funds. At the end of the period mentioned business grew dun and an order was issyed to discharge three of the clerks, and I happened to be one of those selected to go.
 "Aibou. the time took my first lesson in finance the Boston and Worcester railroad was opened with great acclaim. When found myself out of work I ad- dressed a ldter to Superintendent William Parker to the effect that de- sired employment and that wished he would consider me a candidate for the vatancy that occurred. The next morn ing received a summons to report to him, and he gave me a cl,r'kship in the freight department. The building where this branch of the business was carried