Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-03-04
INTERESTING SKETCH
the STORY or THE RISE or
PRESIDENT W. y. NEWMAN, or
THE VANDERBILT SYSTEM.
tFrom Mondays Daily CltlEen.l

NENNW MUMMY = AfHiAN ANhtNNWtf
In the life story Of W. ". Newman
there n that which should be n pow
orful inspiration to every young man
IN ihia great country. says Rev
Thomas y. Gregory
Thlrty.hVo years ago young New
man was n brakeman on a southern
railroad at a waeo Of " a day today
b. 10 pfrddenf az the great Wander.
bili system. with a salary Of ti20000
q year. palafial residence IN New
York ana q private car 80 sumptu.
ously appointed that hng might
envy a.
like a tale from the Arabian lights
reads the story Of this mans success.
watch him mounting she steps Lead.
ing up 10 bis splendid triumph.
Brakeman on Texas a Pacific rail
way
station agent
Local freight agent
General freight agent
Traffic manager OF the Missouri
system
Third vice president uf tho Chicago
4 Northwestern railway
Second vico president
President Of the Lake shire \
Michigan Southern
President OF the whole Vanderbilt
syatem with iis 100000 employees and
iis 10000 miles 81 trackago. lie get3
n salary uf af20.OnO yearly
II o. hy al odds the moa hiillianf
career On the entire annals 81 Amer
lean railoadiug. It r. wece OF snc-
cess 20 ie proud Of. aud u Mr.. New.
man Is today a thorough happy man
no ono should wonder a. The fact or
bcErudgc him an ioia OF his sPiendid
satisfaction.
nut lei ua see about the magnificent
prize that has come 20 this man.
nut no. that ~ nof the word ! In
tended 20 use. a prize iH something
that one draws in a lottery, something
thai faile tn one hy chance. hgt Mt.
New ,aans victory dld not come 90
him by chance lie worked Tor u,
From the beginning 10 che end OF
this marvellous story not IN element
OF chance h 90 be seen. With toe man
who has won this grand success %
was. from the start, a simple prob
lem In maihOmatics-so much indus.
try. duty. devotion. palnstaking care
and uHcOnquerahle VII power, for 10
much success.
Tho young brakeman handled the
brRkca conacicni lousy. He awOre %
himself that he would, II possible, do
the best braking of any man on the
road-iust a. EpaminOndas, when
elected street commissioner OF THIEVES.
sworc that he would attend to his joh
better than any 0ther man had ever
attended 20 Il.
And when the brakeman became
the station agent. and, later on, the
traffic mRnagcr. and the third vice
prosldent, and the second Vice presl'
dent. Il was the same spirit that domi'
mated them-ibe spirit 81 a conscion'
tioua. conaecratcd energy, OF manly
devotion 10 duty. OF tlreiess, indefatig
able perseverance and hOpefulneas In
tha work that was given him TO do
You may mark Y down ~ beinp
absolutely certain that this man has
always been temperate, honest, strict
IN attentive "a the duty THAI he owed
his employers. true gentleman. IN
varlahly civil and courteous to all
and. above everything else, . lover OF
his work. and On mnfaitering believer
Ia the proposition that what be ought
20 do. and earnestly desired 20 do, h
would be enabled 20 do.
The young brakeman didpt whine
he worked. Ito didn't get the blues.
and say to himself. What's the user
He had faith in himself, and loolse<
ON she bright side as he struggled on
IN his battle with the world
Now. Il Is perfectly true that Their,
are not railroad preaidencics enough
20 give one 10 evory young man Ia th'
and. but this muth may be stated
ogmatically--that every young mar
who succeeds In any direction mus
do 10 BY catching the spirt and pur
pose OF this successful railroad man
10 well today the task that todal
brings, work c0nscleutiousiy, man
fully, lovingly AZ that task, and 10
morrow viii bring a larger task viii
larger hOnors and emoiumnia.
Above all else be cheerful. be hope
ful, bcioys Ina your star, keep you
face toward that star and all will b
wea