The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-10
Rea Begun as Rodman, Green al
Private Secretary, Tfiayer as
Clerk and Pugh as Agent.
PATTON c 0MPANY's FAvoRlTEl
Owes His Rise to Learning ss ss.s:;S
biography and 3 Being Able t,ss,l6s
Take Cassatt's Dictation. ' s'ss;s

Take Cassatt's Dictatiotf. , n ss'sis 81
ments, ii, construction, maintenance op33
Grafton, and finance. S5st:
And now, Wild 4 IS this man Glasgow d
who has put Cassatt, his head men. he III
practically every Tom, Dick, and Harry &.
Of 'the Pennsylvania crowd, & on the ~
public griddle? sS4 &. 9t5ss
He Is young chap. Al years OF age #
He Is rather sloW-voiced but despite a q:
musical Southern accent, he can ash, ssSAa
some pretty b.tihg s, V ions
hsys 'spna eo sRt ;sf has''
Philadelphia his home pn NJ since 1851
and in this connection It is interesting ii
to note that Mr.. Giasgowss irunnig grant
ancestors. from the North OF Ireland. set:
tied in the Quaker city before the SRevo-sssss
lttion, from there removing to the Valleyss,
OF Virginia. As ,ssss
After taking an academic and then - Y:
law course in washington and Lee. hare
he was graduated sin 1856, Y Mr.. Glasgowal
began seeking a country pract ice In htAssed
native mountain county. Then 1T WeeS
that he experienced the ensations MI
riding the circuit Here he rematnet
for four years, when he RENE owed to- Roak d
.noke. and there he was located, when N
to move NJ to S Philade lphi6
firm OF Di ckson, Couch A q Glasgow
$GLASGOW's FIRST BIG COAL Can 4 ls
Z Thus, until he came North NJ GIe1 ri!
COWS single was swung to the @breeeegsMs
in the heart Of the 4 Virginia soft ooal II
region. For about ten years he was cosltlgsssss
sci for the Norfolk e. Western; II d0t6sssfs
less some OF as""the Pennsyl nias cr0N d:aIsI
connected with !. that road. After thu B8
! he began to & be IA tanned a by clientg fss
&terested in the mining and shipping IN
coal in the West ga irginia-P ocahont sH
region. Then, the first thing he's knew
he was going before the III Interssit y
Commerce Commits ion. That bod resoGsss
;nized his insig in to coal tiers md
finally It happened that he repressntsdss
the commission, brought suit, and 8 carss14
Its coal case against the Chesapeake 1Ias
Ohio and the New York. N ew. Haven MI
Hartford. The recent imp rant Il decisiol II
of thel Supreme Court in this case Lls
doubtless be 8ensily ecalted. s$S After
commission ntered Its order againSt the
reads. 1t retained Mr.. Glasgow as sps.aSss
scials United E States Attorney to Ii enforceaS
the order. n asSs
"A He hos had la numbe r4s 81 rather Inn @:
5portant cases before the comlnissio * ~
&cepting the present inquiry s, the II latest III
was that OF the Red Rock Fuel Connpanys9
againstSt1e Baltimore and Ohio.GST he coal S
Il company wan ed Y a. spur; Il railroadass
would not grant 4 tas The Interstate Con-
mercc Comm sion was appealed 70, SaIh
decided, after q Il hen ring, that! the Stconl1
company must be given q spur. lie iis
road still refusing to give the siding M
Mr.. Glasgow brough Z suit 81 the JJnttcAsS
States Circuit Court OF the NorthernD lssssss
strct of Virginia. Il "A d lay and "a nal tsIatergs
the road, seeing that the lawyer 8hnea4Ek
business, decided to put In the siding ~
But the matter did not end here,sss ThSAs
owner Of the Red Rock Fuel CompanySJss
Logan Bullitt,,@ OF PHILADELPHIA u q son 6fN
the late John c. Bull tt. Who HdreWaHhpis9
Philadelphia present charter I1e# lSysayyNa
big mine owner In the \; West 81 YlrStnIaM
fields: and Determined to lave
trouble with the railroads IL such IN thtnR
lis possible, he laid his case before
4gress, and the present inquiry swAst1
Sthorlzed. At the hearings, Mr. BuI1ify q
ssits ut Mr. Glasgow's elbow ana Il IL 4
two have so far proved themselves smoEeS'
than q ma tch fors every occupant Sot the
witness chair. 81 Is
Since severlng connections with mo
Norfolk and Western Mr.. G,lasg ow has "
transacted q Lot Of busine ss for Philadel-
gphinns Interested ii the West EVirRaniGss
coal fields. Because n So many sssss of a & hiSs
clients lived in the Quaker City, haa de-
$termined 4 to move there. and because
he had taken / 50 good care OF Mr.. Bull
lifts legal interests he was invited tai
become a member Of one Of Fhiladelphia,sss
most famous law firms. which tnchdeds
John c, Bullltt until his death and whose
senior member Is Samuel c. Dickson. b rs
When questioning a witness Mr.. Glsassss
gov is the acme Of no bitterness. ss He asks n
his questions limo ently enough. appar-s
entity. He says It Is his aim to be fair
and 1t Is the general opinion that he Isl.
He Is easy OF approach and anable, 90
5Southerners are apt to i be, Despite his N
sensational success no does mot seem to-
Z be oyerawed with his own inaportanoassg3s
Mr.. Glasgow says OF the present me
CURRY:
This fight Is Just as much In behalf sof S1 s
decent railroad managers. and manage-S
ment, as anybody. or anything, else. rs ss
He seems to have the en- thusasms ana s
the resource ulness Of the born investt-
gator, The public should be prepared to-
hear through him some pretty entertain-a5a
Ing tales about several other railroad IA
crowds" than "the Pennsylvania crQy "a az
before the coal ina Jury 10 ended. b sss