The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-26
B. [. WincheIl, 1.-The Young )ld''
Railroad Director of St. Louis,
Whose PaStime is Work.

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC
In st. Louis there is man whose fad is
work.
Friends legion everywhere speak OF hin
as "the young old man."
He is As. but he looks the same to-day a.
yesterday.
This man of smiles and even temper is ]
battery OF ability. He has control OF the
guns and his hazel eye is true with the
sight.
His energy, always full-stored. is a
smokeless. noiseless powder. You know he
IS firing. but you only know It by the re-
suit. You see him enter his office in the
morning-he is smiling. You stand outside
his door when he enters his automobile in
the evenins-you see that he is smiling!
A smile Just like 1t you haven't seen be-
fore.
You know OF other men who are genial
but you don't know Of another genial man
Of such composure
Tho auto. like the driver. starts nearly
imperceptibly. moves smoothly forward,
crosses the tracks from. the Commercial,
building gracefully gaining speed gradual
ly, quietly. and passes Wy the street into
the distance
Two men stand on the Sixth street walk
before the building
well" says one. ~ didn't know Ben was
. chsuffeur."
Yes" .ftirms the other. There he
Eoesr'
Hes = skillful driver. isn't her com
Eeuts the first
IA t1rrns the second 49,.
Steady hand. Winchetrs. Clear brain.
strong. ex3setenced mind. and knack for
the niceties. and tbs ,ntness OF things Ben
jamin L Wincheli Is nrs, vice president
and general manager of The Frisco system.
MANAGES FIvE-THousAND
MILE SYSTEM
While Benjamin B. Yoakum, president. is
railroad extension and development. Ben
1amin L. winchell IL managing the 5,oVI
miles Of route.
Once . week this task In piled before
him in letter form ten letter baskets high
Which means that card goes upi
CLOSED AFTER P. NJ.
At or 8 o'clock. on this day. tho card
goes down from the door, and Mr.. Winchel
takes the elevator to his red DEVIL a
the sidewalk
Pretty tired, but still calm. in possession
OF himself. and with his own-the Winch.
ellesque-smile for his friends. he whirs
his machine out Jhs boulevard of West
Pine to his handsome residence at No. 1854
II Ebert Hubbard were acquainted with
Mr.. winchell. Hubbard would doubles.
say Of him:
Hes Of the electl"
Mr.. Winchell is clever in conversation
his English is always ready. He is convin
cling and persuades, In transposed phrases
He doesn't seem to use the magnets DOW.
er, but II takes hold Of you. not too warm
ly. but surely.
Mr.. wlnchell went bareheaded IN hi.
youth, took on freckles and soaked UP fresh
sunbeams amazingly.
eunbeams In childhood are Eead for tn,
health, and Il the little heart grows full
OF them. II has an early insight Of gym
pathy. That gives understanding.
Then, II ono grows up and becomes q pas
senger agent. and nnds success as easily a,
the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. dollar man" o.
tho "old line" insurance tradition, It is no
TO b wondered At
Mr.. winchell 1. not Smooth
It Il not that-ho knowa
He would have made equally as successful
q politician as . railroad man
He would havo won q reputation in an!
mercantile business
without bis ability to do somsthins NOR,
useful, other men OF like composition would
be very prominent In society.
Th,. diplomatic executive OF moving af
fairs on tho Frisco is a product of Yankee
and Virginia union There was no blu
ard the gray" when he was born-it wa.
all 1.-The blue" wincheil Is not man O
strife. He is, az the biographers say
"of poor but Yankee"
But not altogether-his mother was La
foe. Of tbs Virginia family.
BENJAMIN L. Winchell was born in Marion
County, Missouri He won distinction q
the age of 1s that Is the record OF but few
He graduated at the Hannibal High School
That was in 18Th
On the Fourth of July. that year. he wa
a more than usually patriotic youth. He hat
be en- offered Job
The next day he was to go to works.
EEGAN AS TIMEKEEPER
IN RAILROAD SHOPS
Mr.. winchell does not surprise you whel
he tells you how easy that position wash,
was timekeeper In the Hannibal and st
Joseph shopA
In three years young wlnoheil went to tn
Atchison snd Nebraska. his headquarters a
Columbus, Neo.. In the freight department
Of the general efncs building.