The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-10
"A Crowd That Worked Hard.

@ They are hard workers. every one.
Mr.. Cassatt has his chief lieutenants TO
luncheon that they may pursue business
even while the 5daintes OF the season arc
being served in the presidents dinins
room by divers expert dusU attendants.
When he is not on on his yearly vaca-
ton. Mn. Oaasatt reaches the enice
promptly at 9so'clock OF morning.
within the hour. = said a man who IS
close to him, he gives his star more
work than It can clean up in q day"
Although the hour for closing the Broad
Street Offices 70 & business is O'Clock.
Mr.. Cassatt is frequently to be found
Sat Il his desk until 5fTnuch b later in the
day. Rea has broken down several
times from oyerwork: he has recently
returned from vacation made neces.
mark OF the friends OF the younger men
among the heads Ia: Yes. so-and-so
stands a good chance OF being president
some day, II he does not work himself
to deaf in the meantime. twas too
much work that killed George B. Roberts
and Frank Thomson, the immediate pre-
sdecessors OF Cassatt E
Society has little or no attraction for
the heads OF 'the crowds, !. Cassatt has
of Quaker City society. Members OF his
family, delight IN playing Nle lsoclali
game: he himself looks upon 1t only
as a mild diversion, to be INDUCED In
when there Is no better method OF rec
reaton at hand. Il He could doubtless
open the social gates to all his ASSOC
ciates. but apparently 1t has never oc-
Cured to him SO to do, or to them to
ask It. sis.s; 4 3 Isl pa
n Nor are these men seekers after pub
licity. How many persons who are ia
ltovs ucvylIp a ~
the existence o. Patton and Rea, for ex-
AMPLE before the coal disclosures? Dis
taste for publicity Is carried SO far that
the camera man Is carefully shunnei.
Mr.. Cassatt was once standing on the
| steps OF the Merton Cricket Club when
a society photographer innocently asked
him to pose for his picture. so, no. no ="
he exclaimed as he abruptly walked
away, to keep himself under cover while
When the road set out to get photographs
of Its executive officials big and little,
1t experienced much dtfrcultyt In getting
the majority OF them to appear at the
Official photographers. The only avail
able photograph Of Captain Green shows
him arrayed In, a coat, the edges bound
with silk. That coat was in style quite
q number OF years ago, In Justice 70 the
Captain It should be stated that he does
not wear It now, III Ell Il
Each OF these men has his work clearly
marked out Tor him. Green looks after
the financing OF the roads projects. Pugh
has all things pertaining to the operation
\ OF the road under his eye; Thayer is
the head traffic man. Rea Is chief OF all
G the engineers and their work; Patton
looks after the Presidents correspondence
and assists his chief in any way that he
may be ordered.
GREEN'S BIG WORK AS V,INANCIBR.
Ii Orders are issued and obeyed with
soldierlike precision. A man who viii
not take and execute orders In this
spirit ds not tolera ted, This distinguishing
gcharact eristicf Of THE Pennsylvania
crowd" Is aptly illustrated In the case Of
Captain Green, q
At the time Of the death Of President
Frank THOMSON, In 1889, Captain Creep
was, as he 10 now. first yics.president.
Other things being equal, direct promotion
has been the policy. OF the Pennsylvania
since Civil War, days.. and 1t was but
natural for Captain Green and his friends
to believe that he would be elevated to
the presidency by the board Of directors
What, therefore, was their as to- Ishment
when the posi- ton was offered to and fl
gnally accepted by Mr.. Cassatt may be
easily imagined, Captain GREEN'S close
friends say that the action Of the direc-
tors was q bitter disap appointment to him,
He, however, has never been heard to
say much. and he has marched loyalty
under Mr.. Cassatt's direction from that
day(to this.
General on the STAFF OF Gen. THOMAS L.
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