The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-10
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 Mobile, Dec. 9.-tSpeciaL) )-Colonel James c. Clarke died at 1 o'clock this morning at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. F. T. Jeffery in Chicago after a long illnesa The news was received in Mobile al an early hour and when it be- came generally known. there was much genuine expression of regret. There was just cause for this regret in that Colonel Clarke. during the years of his active life from January, 1888. until. through illness, he returned to private life, he was ever champion of his adopted home, seeking always to advance the interests of her commerce both by rail and sea, and aside from this. being most charitable and kind. From an employe in a railway shop he
  tence, to the presidency of several of the leading roads of the South and East and 1t can truthfully he said that every one, from the highest to the lowest in his em- ply, knew him only to love and respect him for his genuine worth.
 Mir. Clarke, at the time of his demise, was 76 years of age and enjoyed strong vitality. succumbing only after a desper- ate struggle with the grim reaper He 1f DaI& land. Something over a year ago Mir. Clarke was taken very i'll and for a long time he hovered on the brink of the grave. In the middle of the past summer he so far recovered as to be enabled to go to Chicago with the hope of regaining all of his strength. At times encouraging news | would come, but his advanced age. every one knew. was against him and while his death was really not unexpected it was, | nevertheless received here with such suddenness as to be almost painful. MT. Clarke leaves three sons, Charles | S. Clarke, General Manager of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad: Howard w. Clarke | Superintendent of Transportation. of the | same road, and Wendell B. Clarke of this | city, also two daughters, Mesdames E. T. Jeffery and H. O. Stone of Chicago. The remains will be brought to Mobile and l laid away beside those of his beloved wife.
 The following is a brief sketch of Mir. Clarke's career in the railway business:
 President Mobile and Ohio Rail- road, entered the railway service in 1S4o' since which he was consecutively to Sep | tember 1854, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad: eighteen months on repairs of track and in machine shops. two and | half years fireman. five years engineer, | two years station agent and conductor | three years train master. 1854 to 1853 Su- perintendent of the Central Ohio Rail- road, 1856 to 1859 General Superintendent of the Illinois Central Railroad 1859 to 1882 Superintendent Northern Gen. tral Railroad 1882 to 1870 engaged in iron business. 1870 to 1872 President of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. 1872 to 1874 Vice President and General Manager Erie Road, September. 1874 to 1876 Superintendent Northern Division H. lirois Central Railroad; 1876 to 1879 Gen eral Superintendent same road. 1873 to August 1883. Vice President and General Manager Illinois Central and Chicago, St
 Louis and New Orleans Railroad. August, 1883 to May. 1888. President Illinois Cen itraI Railroad. January. 1888 to April lSSs
 Vice. President and General Manager Mo- bile and Ohio Railroad. April, 1889, to March 25. 1895. President and General Manager and March 9. 1895 to March l. 1898. President same road"
 When the news of Colonel Clarke 2 death was heard. at the municipal build ing. Hon. w. F. Walsh, Mayor, instruct ed City Clerk R. B Owen. Jr.. to have the city's flag half-masted in Duncan l Place. as a token of recognition Of Mo
 bile's great loss in the death of the mar
 who in life was always her stauncf
 friend.
 Telegrams of condolence were sent to-
 day to MT. Clarkes family in Chicagc
 by the heads of departments of The Mo bile and Ohio Railroad, and many proml'
 nent citizens.
 Col. E. l., Russell, discussing the gen | eral characteristics of Col J. C. Clarke
 said:
 My business has been of such char acter and nature as to afford me an op , portunity of being brought into persona , contact with most of the prominent mel F of this country, engaged in operatlnl . railroads and large manufa cturtng estao | lishments, and 1t is no dispara cement t
 any of them to say that for native fore
 and native ability, energy and industry
 Col. J. c. Clarke has been, for the pas , fifty years almost without a rlvai. Ill mind was never idle; he always activel
 employed it in attempting to unravel som e complicated business problem. He wa I as quick to seize upon lHe Nltai punt r any subject that was under discussion any man I ever knew. He always wen ., right to the heart of the subject matter ' His energy was almost without paralle T He scarcely knew what fatigue mean - He was never contented unless engaged | a some important practical work. Ills lhtel . 7 lectual faculties were of the highest or
 der. He lived long time and one c
 great usefulness to his country, to hi | friends and to his family. To some he ap 7. peared to be brusque; this, however. wa
 more assumed than real. Beneath thls ap h parent brusqueness he possessed an ex
 tremely kind tender and sympatheti
 heart I make these statements becaus n know from personal knowledge tha what I say is true. I was closely an intimately associated with him In busi ness and social way for fifteen years During all of this time l never appeale to him to aid some poor unfortunate tha he did not promptly and cheerfuliy re | spond.
 MT. Clarke, with all of his intellect ual force and occupying high positions and while a man of great influence. wa
 always very modest and unassuming an a most agreeable companion. He was man of great variety. He could throH aside business affairs and business care
 and enter into the discussion with spiri
 and zest of social and commercial prob ' lens disassociated from railroads. He was a great student ot the Consti
 tuition of the United States and our sys A tenn of State and Federal government.
 have never known layman who had T clearer and more accurate conception c | ho nYe