The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-05

Messengers Who Won Fortune Position, Title. #

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88tn II treat z HIM sevtth & great consideration
ss p 53Twenty# tears from now. or less, he 4
i5s I may be a| power III the world Of COM:
#inerce and you may hAve to deal vi tn him
n For be II known that the 1 eiegfap messcr-8.
ger boy, he who furnishes 50 much insplra-$s
4 ton for the fntnorists, The wits, and the {
comic It's, does on occasion come to be &
d power IN the CONNIE rcial world and that y
witt frequency which suggest I he messet,-&
gers bench ina telegraph ON &c as one Of the
favored places onSwhich3to plant the footlof
the,ladder. SsE 3S3 5 3 s S
The number OF men who have risen from
tile ranks ofg'''thc leaden heeldd Nfercuryof
the street to ma gnatess Of the fret power
i1Etheworld photography railroad and BUSH
ness leaves no quest tomas TOT he chance these
4 boys have. Also5 1T leaves no doubt that the
youngsters who answer me ssenger calls and
deliver messages are OF the kind that see their
& chances, accept them and thus risei gs IS n
s$ Go to the general office OF any large3rai-S
road 81 even into the presidents Office. and 4
8thereBwill be found the ex-nessengcr. h Any
y main office the large telegraph companies
$willsyield up a large nun Der OF officials. from
the president OF the compan y down through
II the yarious grades. who own that they once
wore "a uniform and bad &c and ran errands
n IN the sire stst s5
9t5s Here IS partial list Of the men who started
q as m Messenger boys and made good "a a
Andrew Carnegie, iron master and patron
sof libra lies. 5S 81 5S5ss 8 fgs
$ Sir liam an 1iorn. pre- sldenta Of The /
Canadian Pa 1c rail wa y. u h 4 ID liza
Marvin Hughltt, resident Of the Chicago
E and Northwestern rai lWay. b E
3,# w. a. Gardner, general manager Of the I
4 Chicago and Northwestern railway. lgfs
0 Col Robert G. "a clowry, president OF the 1
4 Western Union Telegraph company. II 81 5ss
Mi MAJ liam Brooks, general tsupe rint enden tof
the Western s Union = egraph compa ny New.
II York.
T.. p. Cook. general superintende Of fhe #
Western Union Telegraph company, CHICAGO
.:s3 Albert ]. Earring, president OF the Chicago,
Milwaukee and ST. aul 5ra II wa y. 5ss
5S Henry r. illian1s, general manager Chi
i cago, M ilwaukee and st. Paul railway
21 Benjamin u. Winchell, president Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacifcsrai lWay
w. c.. Brown vice president New York
Central and Lake Shore and Michigan Southi =
ernSrailWay. ss
a3{ his rs not "a bad record forth messenger
Al boy. He stands be fore the country amply
5,yindicated OF the slanderous charges unfsel-&
ling jokesmiths have hurled at him and his
\ alleged penchant FOR nov Ing slowly. He Is \
one III be $reckoned with; and apparentlyhe
h has better chances for success thanithe young
h men In many other lines OF occupation.
E sl S.s 8sS . $3s55 i Il
AndrewsCa rnesie Strikes j OBJ. ( s5
About Atty years ago a N puny. III spindle-.s
shanked Scotch lad stepped into the man
ayers ONCE In g Pittsburg telegraph Office
4 and asked for " ork.sS He was a little over IL
years OF age. and he was given employment
as $aS messenger. Within the last few years
this ex-messengeri1 has given way s55. 900. 900
Ito found libraries and 9th erwise Is trying his 4
best TO avoid the I" disgrace OF, dying rlch."ss
I liked the boy S looks, said the man who
gave Andrew Carnegie his frst Job a s. a \
telegraph boy. ~ 4 He was small and young,
hut he was full OF spirit. In a month he 3
asked me TO ach him teleg Apply. I adopted 4
him as a pupil and he mad pd progress
!; He always was practicing at his Morse when
! he was not actually at work. He displayed
remarkable skill as telegra pher within a
few months.'' 4! 84F s,i III sS
sg It was not long before Carnegie was holding
down a key In the Pittsburg offices of3the
y Pennsylvania railroad He rose from telegra.
spher to train dispatcher. then to chief dis
patcher. He saved his money. Invested 1t In
{ oil and coal lands and the rest Of his history l
GlSFlOO f16s
might have attained to the grea tswealth and 4
position he possesses today by starting In
|. some other wa than running messages, but
&thefact remains that 1t was through his posi-
4 tion as messenger that he became a telegra-&
8pher and from telegrapher that he began his h
climb to riches s. * n IS IA
Marvin Flu ghitt began work as q messenger
y boy In an office at auburn. N. y, about tho 4
same time Carnegie started In Plttsburg. /! I =
4 has not been told what salary Andy began
with. but IT. Is certain he did not earn less
than Hughitt. who was given q couple hours
f OF Instruction In the art OF sending Morse
as sole remuneratio on. III II was an operator
at is, went to Chicago, became sAperintend-
$ent Of a small telegraph company, and was q
made superintendent of telegraph Of the Chs
cago and Al ton. He Is now head Of an army
4 OF employes and with /. 1000 miles OF track
i to preside over. 4, & h
From $40 to S45.OOOaa Year. 5#
Albert J. Earling earned his first pay 40 q
messenger boy the Western Union office at