The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-05-29

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other happy remark thatson the other
hand Y runs from Chicago 70 eiarks.
burg He then spoke OF Fairmorit
and elar ksbarg as twin eitses, which,
with The B and e. 81 would $eadnts
while time exists.
He paid q touching and beautiful
tribute TO John K. coRen. me kins
among railroad men. He followed
this with words Of appreciation for
Oscar g. Murray, nov. president 81 tile
!: 3. al and 9. He said what railroad
company wants in. a man are ability,
loyalty and character. He said the
3. and g. had had many men with
such Qualities at the head Of 1t, and
that was one reason why 1t was VAS q
great railroad. The latter expression
was a tayorite onesiwlth the Judge.
He would frequently asktin a humor
Gus manner is there any reason why
the 3. and 9. sisinot a great railroad y
Judge Golf CLOSED his great speech
with beautiful reference to the
ladies and a salutation8 of :the Gag. Ii
Is no disbursement to the other
speakers to say that Judge GoG's
speech was the! real treat Of the even,
ing.
Following Judge Cor, Mr.. Tribby,
of Baltimore, spoke on .Why We Are
Here" Mr.. Tribby was one Of the
most active men in the carrying out
of the plans for the banquet, he ait,
our fellow-townsman, Mr.. A. L. Heff
ner, having done as much. as airy
other two men in rounding up the
great demonstration. Mr.. Trlbby paid
glowing tribute to Mr.. Fitzgerald,
whom he said the men had all learn,
ed TO love. He Pledged loyalty to the
general manager, as long as he {re..
mains their superior officer.
[ Rev. j. A. Barnes, Of Pittsburg, was
next TO speak. He told of."The Lad
We knew, the Lad That Isl He ask.
ed the boys" to turn back forty
years and listen TO the story Of
Toms school days. He said the Irish
lad he knew was too noble to 4 be
mean; that he could play a clean
game of ball; that he would never hit
a smaller boy harder than he ought
to be hit; that he was TOO kind to
be cruel and too much Of a gentle.
man to be rude, and that the girls all
liked him. The latter remark
brought out a round Of laughter. He
said Tom Fitzgerald started with two
things when he began as water.car.
Grier for the B. aud O., brains and
character. He said FaIrmont had
never done herself prouder than She
had in paying honor to Tom Fltz.
serald, man of genuine worth.
Governor Warfield was next intro.
duced, and spoke on maryland and
the B. and o." He began by saying
DO you realize that yon would hot
have been here tonight If It had not
been for Maryland" He spoke OF
Maryland's interest in the extension
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OF the B. and o. He said that 1t had
been flfty.three years since the first
engine pulled train over the ALE.
shenies. The day the first train went
through Fairmont to Wheeling, with
the governor Of Maryland on boanl,
january !, 1853, Tom Fitzgerald was
born That was a most interesting
bit OF news, and the audience fairly
rose in applause at the announcement.
He said Mr.. Fitzgerald had served tie
Baltimore and Ohio railroad for thir.
ty.nine years In that time promo.
tons had not come as rapidly as his
friends thought they ought to; at
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times strangers had been passed over
him; juniors had been preferred u
him, but genuine merit finally won
out, and Tom Fitzgerald reached the
top: He said that the B. and 0. had
but twenty-one passenger trains
when Tom Fitzgerald began work for
the company, and that it now had
three Thousand ;sthe company had at
that time 5000 freight cars, while at
the present 1t has "a 1000; its earn.
ings we're then 100000. while to-day
they reach s7O,OOO,OOO. Governor
iWarfield said Tom Fitzgerald ought
to be the happlest man in the Uni.
ted States. He said nothing like this
banquet had ever happened in the
history of railroads in this country:
thatit carries lesson of brotherhood.
Governor WarAeld paid beautiful
tribute TO Mrs. Fitzgerald, who, at
the time, occupied the front box in
the balcony. He said Mr.. Fitsgerall