The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-10

relate after rebatng became illegal lis ln-
4deniably the humorist OF the crowd,
Perhaps he meant his denlalst to be taken
by the public as humorous emanations.
forty fourth year. Cassatt lacks three
years OF being three score and ten: $50
i does Green. Pugh is sixty-hve Rea3
Sffty-one, s and Patton six years his
senior. IS ss II a e N
q Patton.s career has been bound up in
large measure with that Of Cassatt's,
thanks to- his 4 learning stenography in
odd moments. when he was an office boy.
While Mr. Cassatt was general superin-l
tendent he was his trusted clerk, and;
shortly after lCassatt was made general
mana ger OF the lines east. Of Pittsburg-
that #was in December of 1S7l-Patton be-.
came his, CHIEF clerk. From then on till,
Mr. Cassatt resigned az Widespread dent
Mr.. Patton was snt his elbow, and when
his S:old d chief once more entered active
railroad life. Mr.. Patton became his as
$sistant. il 5sfs ssIs5 55 r. 53S S5s5t
The impression that the boy Patton
made #on Cassatts ktind Il has never
dimmed AS q director he was largely
influential lin getting Patton transferred
to}Bthe, presidents office as o general
assistant In the samegy ear--iSSSf-Patt ton
was made Vice president OF the New.
York, philadelphia and Norfolk, the road
that Casaatt built with his own and an
associates money when he was supposed
to be resting Mr.. Patton is now presl-,,
dent Of the road. IA ssBl5
lz$ One OF Mr. Patton s multifarious duties
Is to look after the political interests OF
the Pennsylvania crowd. The confid-.
ing OF this delicate work to \ his hands
speaks volumes OF the confidence reposed
In him by his chief, who would resent
any suggestion that Patton is favorite,
and would undoubtedly reply that he
has .'got up because he has been able
to do things, Just as he was able t. take
dictation in an emergency q good many
the other IS vi marked, and those who
look to Mr.. Cassatt to GUST Mr.. Patton
without hearing. becau Sc Of the dis
closures before the Interstate Commerce
I Commission, would NJ do well to think
again. III
This! loyalty to his friends is a distin-.
gushing characteristic OF the Pennsyl-i
tvania's head. Another Is his habit OF,
Sconceiving and doing big things. In
deed u as deer Of big things in trans
to-day. gisii 555i Y q
ss4 Cassatt as president was not affrighted
sto3enter New York by way OF river tun-!
}nels and to leave 1t in tho same way.
! He should be given the lion's share of
the credit for the magnificent union sta
\ ton now being built In Washisgton. In
5four-tracklng the main line Of the Penn
5sylyania he has authorized the tearing
away OF whole mountains west u aar-s
srisburg. He has poured out money by
the tens Of millions to eradicate curves
and otherwise improve the roads under
his control ana for rolling stock. He
authorised the building Of the now union
station In Pittsburg, and OF roads In and
about that smoky Industrial centre. When
George Gould persisted IN his effort to
get into Pittsburg with his Wabash. A1r.
Cassatt chopped down the Western Union
telegraph poles along the Pennsylvania 8
right Of way, and the courts upheld his
act. He introduced the system OF retiring
every employe on pension after he had
reached his SEVENTEEN birthday And it
was Cassatt who conceived and put into
execution the community OF interests
z plan that led to the Baltimore and Ohio,
folk and Western rival soft coal roads,
coming under the domination OF 'the
Pennsylvania crowd,
Mr., Cassatt had his railroad buy large
blocks Of stock In these roads In order to
put a2stop to ruinous competition in
freight rates. When he came into
the presidency he found that the
i SOFT coal sst roaus ~ were taxing busl-
ness at loss. SO keen was the
rivalry and when others had given; up in
despair of finding legal. way to stop
the Sout-throat methods Mr., Cassatt said:
why, simply buy dominating interest
In them" SO an agreement was entered
into with the New York Central for that
road to dominate the hard coal roads.
the Pennsylvania to do the same with
the soft coal properties. Later, because
the Philadelphia and Reading Is "a rival
/ Of the Pennsylvania In a considerable
part Of Ats territory, the Pennsylvania
and not the Central, as first planned, be-
came dominant In It. and hecause the
Central Railroad Of New Jersey Is
Reading property, 1t also takes orders
from Broad Street Station.
Another OF Mr.. Cassatt's big achieve
M.ents since he became president was the
purchase Of a controlling interest In the
Long island Itatlroad System His object
was two-fold-rto use the system in corr
Junction with the scheme TO get into New
York and out Of It into New England