The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-02-15

the man as he pursued the course ne had
mapped from the very beginning
The position which first opened to MIR.
Hawley was that OF IN errRnd boy on the
Erie railroad He applied for the position
ana got H. with salary of SIG per month.
The amount was small, but that did not
check his ambition, and three months later
he had more than doubled his wages. His
next position was hill Of ladmg clerk on
the Rock Island railroad at Sl4 week.
Taking advantage Of his opportunities, he
thoroughly acquainted himself with this
Important branch Of the railroad service,
and II was not very long before he was
made contracting agent with salary OF
$500 per year.
This was practically the beginning OF Mr.
IiGwleys success. He had learned that ina.
dustry brought its own reward and that
the requisite TO success was hard work. a
cheerful disposition and determination not
to be downcd. Carefully saving his earn.
lrgS, he began investing In n small way
His experience became daily moro valuable
ana close contact with the world gave him
! experience His little Investments nearly
| always turned out well ard he gradually ac-
cumulnted tidy sum, which year by year
was added 20 with tho fruits OF his thrift
and industry.
70 use his expression: II never worked
| harder In my life than ! did during that
| period. | worked with added vigor when /
! was not being looked at and | took delight
IN doing work which | might have shirked
when no one would have been the wiser"
| IL was possibly due to this popularity
| that his after success became so marked and
| prominent. When the Chicago and Rock
| Island, the Northwestern and the Chicago
! Burlington and Quincy formed the ri.
| partite arrangement under the name OF the
california Fast Freight line, Edwin Hawley
! was made contracting agent of the combine
| with salary Of 5000 n year. This posi-.
] - hal for tan
| period found splendid opportunity to invest
! his earnings aud lay the foundation for his
| fortune. He had made up his mind 10 de-
vote hts energies to a railroad occupation
| ana, while he had several fine offers outside
| Of the railroad world, he refused them an
and when J. {, Stubbs. then general freight
/ agent Of the southern Pacific now trafic
director OF the Hartman affiliated line
came from San Francisco 20 establish Hunt
| lngton's "Sunset Route he offered MIR.
| Hawley the position OF general eastern
agent NJ SsOo year, which he accented
anu rev years later was made assistant
| general trahlc manager, j. G.. Stuhbs hav.
ing heen made third vice president In charge
4 or traulc, The position then held by Mir
snawtey he continued 70 hold untr yestel-
expected for the past six months. was made
public.
~
During the years which followed his an.
continent he manifested remarkable skin
IN the handling OF the freight and passenger
business out Of seaboard territory. He be.
came well known figure In commercial
! circles In New York and with thorough
knowledge OF tra..lc requirements as applied
TO mis- territory and the interests he served
ne was enabled to practically control the
I ooiR OF the freight business moving to Tex.
] as Louisiana Mexico Arizona ana call.
fornla. The splendid facilities az his com.
mand aud distinct personality. materially
assisted him in this work His promises
We're always kept aud II there was any bust.
| i ivSs IN sisnt ne got it and always In a
/ legitimate way. The line business canecitv
! OF the man enabled him to quickly CRASH II
| proposition and his sound common sense on
uedleu MN to {, T. Huntington. DURING
! the past ten years the fortunes OF Mr. IIsNS
| leg. grew very rapidly, Careful investn,etts
/ added TO his wealth aud Il was only a fo,y
! ytAs asa ihAs hs surprtSad the raIlroaa