The Newtown bee., 1905-02-10

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 SLY \ e 4oo Pearl Street, New York c<A soc. and $i. All Druggists how he had been able to display such presence of mind.
 1 Ut wasn't presence of mind at all, '' he replied. "I simply saw the lamp chimney lying on the floor and put it back where it belonged. That was all there was to it."
 TOOK UP BRANCH AFTER BRANCH.
 The next important step forward in MT Mellens progress was his appoint ment as assistant general manager, and then general traffic manager of the Union Pacific. Having mastered the accounting and operating branches of the railway business he thus took up the third branch, that of traffic. Suc- cessful traffic managers are always in demand. MT Mellen'S work in this capacity attracted the attention of the men of might in the railway world and caused him to be recognized as con- ing man.
 After four years with the Union Pacific MT Mellen was brought back to New England as general manager of the the New York and New England, line that had experienced many vicissitudes. What he might have done with this road belongs chiefly to the realm of thrilled prophecy, for after only six months in the new po- sition he resigned it to become Second ce-President of the New York, New Haven and Hartford.
 Back of the offer which first brought MT Mellen to the New Haven system, of which he is now the head, is an in- teresting story which Mir Mellen him. self may not know, but which was told me by man in the confidence of the New Haven administration at that time.
 Charles P. Clark was then President of the New York, New Haven and Hartford. MT Clark and his associat- ed officials had had their eyes on the New York and New England for some time as desirable addition to their own system. Soon after MT Mellen had started on the work of building up the New England roads business MT Clark remarked to fellow-direc- tor:
 "That man Mellen is dangerous. We'll have to take him in or he'll make his road too big for us to swal- low if he doesn't end by swallowing us."
 MT Clark proceeded to take in the manager of the competing line, and shortly afterward took in the New York and New England road as well.
 One of the prominent directors of the New York, New Haven and Hart. ford is J. Pierpont Morgan. One day in 1897, when MT Mellen was sitting at his desk in New Haven the telephone bell rang. When he took up the re- ceiver voice at the other end of the line inquired if he was prepared to gc immediately to St Paul to take the presidency of the Northern Pacific.
 "Who controls the road?" asked MI Mellen.
 "J. P. Morgan & Co.,, at present, ,
 came the answer.
 "Yes," said MT Mellen. That was all. The question of sal ary, which one would imagine to be ar important one, was not touched upon at all. am told that MT Mellen dit not know how much his salary was t. be until he received his first checl after entering on his new duties, bu that then he had no cause to complain about it. The summons to new fiel, !. came without warning, but MT Mellel required no time to think it over. H knew that there was work to be done s and he was ready.
 s The Northern Pacific was aptly de
 scribed by railroad man at that tim | as 1.-two streaks of grease across tn prairie." It is said to be true tha t the line of the road in the prairie re d zion could be followed by the discolol j. ation of the grass growing betwee e the ties where it had rubbed agains o the greasy car axles. The roads ha e been out of the hands of receiver fo p less than year. It never had paid e dividend on it's common stock, wbic d was selling below twenty. It had a e i'll reputation among investors, a- whom it was known as the road whic l, had bankrupted the great house ( n Jay Cooke & Company, and which hs