The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-05-08
HUNTINGTON LEAVES.
Superintendent of Iowa Central
Goes to New Jersey.

that of general SUPPLEMENTARY OF
the Central Railroad of New Jersey.
The resignation is accepted and the
change is to take place Immediately.
Mr.. Huntington will leave the city
for his new field OF labor some time
during the next week, going to New
York and thence to Jersey City where
his office will be located. A success
sor to Mr.. Huntington will be an
nounced within a few days.
The position to which Mr.. Hunting
ton is called is a splendid promotion
and the many friends of the gentle
man along the entire length OF the
line will be pleased at this unquali-
fed recognition of his abilities. The
position sought Mr.. Huntington and
coming as it does from the east, the
land of big roads with perfect equip
ment, it becomes a compliment of no
mean proportions. The gentleman
is certainly deserving of the recogni.
ton thus given, and he accepts the
new position at a handsome increase
in salary over his present posi-
ton.
The gentleman has scored a re-
markable success with the Iowa Gen.
trail and it's operated lines since he
came into the management of the
property. He has done much toward
the upbuilding and the lettering OF
the property and the present place
occupied by the road is due very
greatly to the results of his efforts.
The labor has been a great one, more
difficult than those who have not
been associated with the gentleman
can know or understand and the call
to better things is the reward.
Mr.. Huntington came to the Iowa
Central about eight years ago, from
the superintendency Of the Des
Moines Northern & Western, a line
running between Des Moines and
Fonda, with a branch to Boone, and
which has since been absorbed into the
st. Paul System. He was called to
the road under the general manage
ment of L. NJ. Martin. He under
took the duties of his new position
when the operating of the road was
a matter of difficulty. The old COM
pany was demanding a showing made
for the money invested. Equipment
was hardly what could be regarded
as standard and there was not enough
of it. Mr.. Huntington succeeded in
better equipment for the road
from the old company and made an
excellent showing in earnings with
the material at hand. With the
merging of the interests of the Iowa
Central and the Minneapolis & st.
Louis under the general management
of Vice-President L. F. Day, a new
order of things has been brought
about and the road is to be made a
different property. Some time after
the coming together of the two roads
Mr.. NJ. Sweeney was made general
superintendent of both properties
but Mr.. Huntington still continued
at the head of the Iowa Central pro-
perty as superintendent of the oper-
ing department. With the increased
facilities that the road has been CIV
en- within the past two years, Mr..
Huntington has continued to show
results OF the most gratifying char
acter and his management has been
in evidence in all departments OF the
road. Extended improvements are
now in progress upon the line Of the
road and much money has been
spent in the work already accom-
plished, and more money will be
used before the road is again placed
upon a paying basis. During the in
stitution of the improvements now
progressing, Mr.. Huntington brought
the road into prominence by proving
its earniug capacity. He gave a
place to the roads of the middle west
that is occupied by no other line
and it may be said that it was large
ly due to the accomplishments of Mr..
Huntington that the present existing
conditions were brought about.
Mr.. Huntington is a self made man
in all respects. He has come up
fro m the ranks" through the results
of his own efforts, He has been ad-
vanced step by step in the railway
service because good men were
wanted and because his ability was
and recognized as being of a
superior character. He entered the
railway service as a brakeman upon
the Rock Island route, running as a
freight brakeman between Des Moines
and Brooklyn in 1876. His interest
and careful attention to his duties
received the favorable attention OF
his superiors. He was made passenger
brakeman for a time and evidenced
the same devotion to detail here that
had characterized his former work
He was next advanced to a place re.
curing special duties under the
direction Of superintendent Royce.
His work was performed with faith
fulness, no matter what the details
might be and his evident interest In
what he did caused him to be ad'
vanced from time to time In the