The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-07-21

you with a message treat MIN WIN
great consideration. Twenty years
in the world Of and you may
have to deal with him.
For be it known that the telegraph
messenger boy, he who furnishes so
much inspiration for the humorists. the
wits, and the comic artists, does on
occasion come to be a power in the
commercial world, and that with a
frequency which suggests the messen-
gers bench in a telegraph office as one
of the favored places on which to plant
the foo of the ladder.
The number of men who AVE risen
from the ranks Of the leadan heeled
Mercury of the street" to magnates of
the first power in the world Of teleg-
raphy, railroad, and business leaves no
question as to the chance these boys
have. Also it leaves no doubt that the
youngsters who answer messenger
calls and deliver messages are OF the
kline that see their chances, accept
them, and thus rise.
Places Held by Messengers.
Go to the general office of any large
railroad, even into the presidents Of
flee, and there will be found the eX-
messenger. Any main office of the
large telegraph companies will yield
up a large number of officials. from
the president Of the company down
through the various grades, who own
that they once wore a uniform land
badge and ran errands in the street.
Here is a partial list OF the men
who started as messenger boys and
made good:
Andrew Carnegie, iron master and
patron of libraries.
Sir William Van Horn, president of
the Canadian Pacific railway.
Marvin Hughitt, president Of the
Chicago n Northwestern railway.
w. A. Gardner, general manager of
the Chicago and Northwestern railway.
Col. Robert C. Cl&vry. president Of
the Western Union Telegraph COM
pany.
T. P. Cook. general superintendent
of the Western Union Telegraph COM
pany, Chicago.
r. H. Tubbs, superintendent Of the
Chicago office.
Albert J. Earring. president of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and ST. Paul rail-
way.
Henry R. Williams. general manager
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul rail-
way.
Benjamin L Winchell. president Chi
cage Rock Island and Pacific railway.
W. G. Drown, vice president New
York Central and Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern railway.
This is not a bad record for the mes
senger boy. He stands before the
country amply INDICATED Of the SLAM
derous charges unfeellng jokesmiths
have hurled at him and his alleged pen
chant for moving slowly. He is one to
be reckoned with, and apparently he
has better chance for success THAI the
young men in many other lines or oc-
cupatiOn.
About fifty years age a puny, splnd-
~leshanked Scotch lad stepped into the
managers office in a Pittsburg tele-
graph Office and asked for work.. He
was a little over IL years of age II
he was given employment as a mes
senger. Within the last few years this
ex-messenger has given away s55,o00.-
900 to found libraries and otherwise is
trying his hest to avoid the disgrace OF
dying rich
81 liked She boys looks" said the
mar who gave Andrew Carnegie his
first job as a telegraph boy. HE was
small and young, but he was full of
spirit. In a month he asked me to
teach him telegraphy. I adopted him
as a pupil and he mad rapid progress
He always vas practicing at his Morse
when hes was not actually at work
He displayed r. narkable skill as a tele-
grapher within a few months"
1t was not long before Carnegie was
holding down a key in the Pittsbure
offices of the Pennsylvania railroad. He
rose from telegrapher to train dis
patcher. then to chief dispatcher. He
saved his money, invested 1T In oil and
coal lands, and the rest Of his history
is too well known to need repetition
He might have attained to the great
wealth and position he possesses today
by ~startint in some other way thar
running messages, but the fact remains
that it was through his position as
messenger that he became a telegraph
err, and from a telegrapher that he be
pap his climb to riches.
Marvin Hughitt began work as {
messenger boy in an office at Auburn
N. Y. about the same time Carnegie
started in Pittsburg. 1t has not beer
told what salary Andy began with, blu
it is certain he did not, earn less thai
Hughitt, who was given a couple o
hours Of instruction in the art of send
ing Morse as a sole remuneration. HI
was an operator at is, went to Chi
cago. became superintendent OF
small telegraph company, and wa
made superintendent Of telegraph o
of an army of employees and with 800
miles of track to preside over.
From $3.50 to $4,000 a Year.
Albert J. Earring earned his first pa
as a messenger boy in the Wester'
Union office at WATERFOWL, Wis, at l
years Of age. He learned operating, a
did most Of the men who rose from tn
ranks IN THIS line. tie was ali eApei
at the key during the war time and a
81 years of age was a train dispatcher
He entered the employ of the st. Pal
road in 1867 and since that date ha
never been off the pay rolls Of the con
pany.
Benjamin l.. Winchell began life as
messenger in a little telegraph office a
Hannibal, Mo-, at $40 a month. NJ.
Winchell perhaps Is a better exampl
of what the messenger boy Of o
a do han any man hitherto mel
toned. He is only As years old II b.
gan his career about thirty years ag'
He went into the clerical department
the Hannibal and st. Joe railroad an
was chief clerk within a few year
From hen on his progress was gradu;
until recently, when he was made pre-
ident of the Dad at a salary variousl
placed at from $780, 900 to $40. 900.
Mr.. Winchell is enthusiastic over tt
chances of a messenger boy n give
this advice: Everything Isprth doir
Is important. Don't think you haven
a responsible position until you a
promoted. Do everything we'll. Th
is the only rule for the ambitious your
man to follow"
Undoubtedly Colonel Robert
Clowry Is the best representative of Il
messengers who have risen in tt
world. In 1852, the 1~3-year-old son of
poor widow, he entered the employing
OF. company he now heads, as me