The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-06-23
Mention OF Some
Men OF the Hour

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less be heard from one of these days
is Henry HI. Sivelly, confidential secre-
| tary of u. l.. Fuller. Mr.. Sivelly be-
gan life as a stenographer, but he
was not content to be simply an aman-
uensis and by taking advantage Of
every opportunity which presented it.
self for exercising the abilities he
possessed, he gradually but surely
climbed from one position to another
| until today the stenosrapher of few
years ago makes use Of two stenog-
| rapher's in economizfng time that Is
| too valuable to spend in the mechanical
end of correspondence.
| Mr.. Sivelly is the right-hand man Of
| y. l.. Fuller, and is entrusted with full
| power over all the details of Mr.. Full
! lers vast and varied business inter-
| csts, when Mr.. Fuller is absent from
| the city, which is the rule rather than
the exception.
| He has been made secretary and
| treasurer of number of enterprises Of
which Mr.. Fuller is the head, and as
Fuller enterprises generally make out
pretty well. Mr.. Sivelly has been put
| in the way of acquiring very comfort
able competency outside of his salary,
which is said to be the largest paid
any secretary in these parts. In can
vassing Scranton for young men who
can be relied upon to keep UP the good
work of the fathers, it will be well to
reckon not without Henry H. Sivelly.
"The new general superintendent of
the New Jersey Central, c. w. Hunt
ington, is one of the most thoroughly
competent operating officials in the
railroad service, and in selecting him
for this important position, General
Manager Besler's knowledge of the
qualifications which go to make up
thoroughly successful manager stood
him well in hand,' says the Railroad
Employe.
"Mr. Huntington, although a native
of Newark, N. j., in which city his.
father was for many years engaged in
business, derived his railroad education
in the west and it was not that edu-
cation which is learned from books, but
rather from hard knocks in the service
from the ranks of which he arose to
the general superintendency of the
Iowa Central railroad, which position
he resigned to join the New Jersey
Central's forces. When Mr.. Hunting
ton left the Iowa Central to come east,
writes conductor of that company to
a brother conductor on the New Jersey
Central, I'VE all felt that we had lost
our best friend and most confidential
adviser. The men loved c. w. ii. as
brother and a wave of grief swept
from one end of the line to the other
when it was announced that he was to
leave us
Just previous to Mr. Huntington's
departure to assume his new position
with the New Jersey Central over one
hundred of his old employees gathered
at his home at Oskaloosa, Ia, and pre-
sented him with $3.50 Jurgerson watch
with chain and charm complete EN-
ployes from every point on the system
We're present. Engineers laid off their
trips and trainmen let wages go to the
winds that they might be there"
When the present management of the
Lackawanna railroad assumed charge
of affairs, one of the first things that
engaged their attention was the need
of new bridges and better roadbed
all along the various divisions. TO
carry out the many improvements con-
templated it was necessary to have a
man at the head of the bridges and
buildings department who was thor
oughly capable of handling this line OF
work.
In w. r, Hixson they found the man
wanted, and how well he has superin-
tended the work can be inferred from
careful inspection OF the work
Nearly all the old bridges have been
replaced with new ones. and the road
bed is now second to none in the coun-
try. Many new buildings have also
been erected under his supervision,
notable among them being the new
round d-house in the Scranton yard. The
expense of his department alone Is over
$4,000 a day.