Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-08-27
SUPT. SANBORN OUT.
Will Retire from q. 4 M. Sent. +
Other Changes in Office.


important changes will be made IN tho
management of the Boston g. Maine
Railroad. These changes have heen
already decided upon, and will not taLa
effect until September 1.
| On that day, d. w. Sanborn ,.,or.,
superintendent OF the road, will retire
from its service. Mr.. Sanborn is well
known among business men here who
VIII regret to hear that he has severed
his connection with the road
| Charles f. Lee. assistant genera,
manager. to passenger traffic manager.
general superintendent and the Office IF
assistant general manager will no ahol-
iished "
| Otner changes in the official STAFF NJ
the railroad to go into effect on the
same day include the promotion 81
Dana j. Flanders, general passenpcr
agent. to passenger traffic manager
and Mr.. Flanders. who Is not in Tho
best of health. is granted leave Of ah-
sence that he may recover fully befo,
taking up his new duties
Z. NJ. Burt. formerly assistant gener-
al passenger agent. is to resume his
connection with the Boston g. Maine
railroad as general passenger agent
Messrs. Lee and Burt will have thei,
offices In the North Union station.
While the office of assistant genera,
manager is abolished, a sentence in tho
order of President Lucius Tuttle makes
It appear that it is abolished for the
time being only.
Daniel w. Sanborn's retirement at hi>
own request after nearly half a century
| or continuous railroad service with the
| Boston 4 Maine, removes from active
service one of the last. if not the last
OF the old-time New England rajlroa 4
officials.
| during has career with the railroad
he has served under the followjn-
| presidents of the Boston & Maine rail-
| ROAD. all but three of whom have long
since made the great terminal; Icabod
| Goodwin, George NJ Brown, Thornton
X. Lothrop, John Woodbridge. Gen.
samuel {. Lawrence. A. p. Rockwell.
r. y. jackson. Arthur Sewall, George
Z. Lord, Frank Jones. A. A. Mcleod.
| under whose regime the North station
| was planned, and Lucius Tuttle, the
| present head of the road. Thornton
n. lOthrop. Gen. Lawrence and Lucius
futile are the three living men of the.
list
Daniel w. Sanborn was born ir
Wakefield. N. H., 73 years ago, and on
May Q, 1859, he entered the employ of
the old Portland. SacQ & Portsmouth
Railroad. working as assistant station
master and before long he was promo
ted to full-fiedged station master.
That road has long since become a part
of the Boston & Maine system.
Between Anpnqt 1860 opl An.;,
1864. ne was passenger train brake
man and from the latter date to Nov.
Is. 1879. his genial face became well
known to the travellers on the road as
he gathered up tickets in his capic;ty
OF passenger train conductor
AS conductor his first regular r,1n
was between Portsmouth and Great
Fails. now Somersworth, and his train
was known by the other railroad men
of the day as the "tin kettle train"
because one OF its greatest uses was
in carrying the workmen to and from
the kittery navy yard. This was dur
ing the Civil War. and at that time
tnere were so many men employed at
the navy yard that the boarding houses
at kfttery and at Portsmouth were
badly overtaxed. Il fact which made it
necessary for many of the men to seek
other locations. Because Of this fact a
train was chartered to take them to
and from their work.
Mr.. SanbOrn'S next run was between
Portland and Portsmouth. and he was
on that train until 1871. when the East
erh Railroad leased the old Portland.
Saco & Portsmouth Line. His run was
then extended through to Boston. In
1873, when the Eastern Railroad ac-
Quired the controlling interest in the
Maine Central system, his run was ex-
tended the other way through to Ban
gor. and for about five years he ran
on the trip through from Boston to
Bangor.
During this time there was a very
strong competition going on between
the Eastern Railroad and the Boston
Il Maine Railroad Co. and in 1877 a
compromise was made which resulted
In these through runs being discontin-
ued. Through cars except on the night
trains were also taken Oft. From then
until 1873 Mr.. Sanborn made the run
between Boston and Portland.
From Nov. Is, 1879. to Dec. 10, 1884.
he was master of transportation with |
the Eastern Railroad which has since
been merged with the Boston & Maine
system.
On Dec. 10, 1884. he was promoted to |
superintendent of the Eastern division |
Of the Boston & Maine. position for |
which his ample experience with the |
lines and the country well fitted him. |
July |, 1891. another promotion. due to |
his untiring zeal and SPLENDID abilities |
made him superintendent of the South
ern division, and on Feb 16 of the fol- |
loving year he was again promoted. |
this time to the office of general super
intendent of the Boston & Maine SER
vice.
The ripe experience he brought with
him to this Office and his sunny nature
and easy method of controlling men.
made him almost invaluable in this
position and to the regret of the other
officials of the railroad he retires now.
but at his own request.
He owns handsome home in Somer-
vile. where he lives with Mrs. San
born. His son, Frederick E. Sanborn. is
division superintendent of the Maine
Central Railroad. and he has daugh-