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

tEF men sit down to luncheon with
him-a gray. full-bearded, slight,
why man, IN every act plainly
~ nervous almost to the point OF
petulenee; man s,rlhngly like Senator
Foraker. OF Ohio, in facial lineaments,
& and apparently about his years; brlst-
ling man, the hair OF his head on end,
mustache and eyebrows pretty much SO;
round-faced man, from high fore
! head 70 broad chin Enthusiastically the
youngest OF the little group. and man
with large nose and staring eyes, hair
4 plastered down on both sides OF a tnedlan
part, and thin Side burns i
BY name these men are John P, Green.
Charles F. Pugh, Samuel Rea. John B.
Thayer. Jr. and William A. Patton. BY
position they are first vice-presidene
second vice-president, thi:d vice-presl-
dent, fourth yice-presidcnt, ard assistant
to the president respectively. Of the
Pennsylvania Railroad. Together with
their chief, they are the head men 81
che Pennsylvanla crowd now being
done TO turn on the public griddle by
young lawyer with a duizzical face
and only few years removed from q
country practice and circuit riding. lac
+ Is William A. Glasgo ", Jr.
Ys In all major respects the half dozen
ne1, who are at the head OF 1t are repre-
sentatives OF s''thc Pennsylvania crowd -
q very famous railroad crowd the world
over. and now somewhat notorious on
two hcmispheres. Sc #iss
Every one OF these six men has been
compelled to work his way up from the
" ranks. 5s;5s .iiH 5
The president himself now confronted
h with perhaps the most battling problem
\ in his forty-fivc years OF connection with
the Pennsylvania. began, jhumbly enough
as! q rodman. That was IN the Spring Of
lbs Es,,t,o,
came third yice-president, he had gained
a thorough iumacy3 with tho road-its
tracks. motive power and A machinery,
4 operation and traffc-by reason OF having
4 filled this, that and the other post, from
assistant engineer OF construction TO gem
eral manager, the latter 81 Office being
created for him.
Mr.. Green went to school as private
s secretary to Coll thomas "A. Scott, when
y the latter was first vice-president, AMI
later as his assistant, when the famous
wac transportation man was made the
Il roads president. Mr.. Green was private
& secretary six years, assistant eight, then
fourth vice. president
Mr.. Pughs first salary from the cor
poranon was a. station agent at the little
2 town OF Newport. Penn. Before he went
up anc .hsr notch in transportation de-
partment he was conductor on a passers.
4 ger train. and In 1864 train dispatcher
for the Philadelphia division. 4. Johnny
Thayerf started out as q forty-dollar-a-
! month clerk in the general freight de-
partment.E Sam Rea, throwing UP his
clerkship in his fathers store. carried
the rod ON an obscure branch for a
II could see anything In him. Patton. fa-
nous as the man who reoeived free
+ gratis more than 500. 900 worth OF stock
in divers coal companies was the most
B humble beginner OF the group-ofilce boy
4 10 rhS general superlntendent- That
& was Just before the close OF the Civil
War. n!
How Patton Gained Cassatt's
f5s5 Favor.
Mr.. cassatt was then general superin-
; tendent He was one OF the first rail-
road officials in this country to employ
q private stenographer. The only fault
to be found with this man, a Briton, was
s; that at times he showed y too great q
loneliness for the bottle. On one occasion,
when the photographer failed TO respond
& TO the summons OF his chief, Office
n Boy William Patton volunteered to take
down Mr.. Cassatt's dictation.
Why. you can't do that: ut requires
special knowledge said Mr.. Cassatt.
but I can. Persisted the boy. g"I'ye
learned how during my spare time, =
Mr.. cassatt took the boy into his
Office and dictated He was soon plain
Il " surprised at the youngsters prof.
cheney. a short tine after that the Eng
lishman found himself out OF employ,
ment and young Patton clerkship. "a
# Mr., Patton owes his rise to the cir
cumstance that he proved himself OF
value to the railroad at the psychological
time. This Is Illustrative OF the secret
OF success OF the other head men.
Mr.. Cassatt attracted the attention OF
his superiors by his work as assistant
engineer with the corps constructing the
connecting railway, linking the Pennsyl-
vania with the Philadelphia and Tren-
ton. That was In 1863 anG 1854. When
he was made q claim agent In tho
General Freight Department Thayer be-
gan to display the knack Of making the
other fellow como around to the roads
4 way OF thinking and sending him away
pleased with the idea that he had thought
out the whole matter himself SO
Thayer began going up.
Twelve years after he had entered the
service OF the road, Rea was transferred
to the main home Of "the crowd'-B Broad
Street station-as principal assistant en-
gineer, In the mean time he had roughed
It here and there over the system, as
assistant engineer, helping to build
I bridges and railroads, to revise and res
puld the main lne, ana as engineer IN
charge making extensive surveys in mid
! ale Pennsylvania, Until he went to
Philadelphia his career is strinkingly like
the careers Of two men In the engineer.
ing departments both Of whom are well
known to the writer.
One entered the service as rodman on
leaving college In the early ninet,es. "A
short time ago he was transferred. 10
philadelphia ana placed In a position
close TO the chiet engineer. The other
also began as rodman. but a year or
; two earlier. He, too. after varied en-
gineerlng experience along the main line
ana some OF It's branches, was recently
given position OF extensive authority.
Neither has had "pull'' like Rea; they
made their hit by being hard workers.
resourceful and economical engineers,
( builders, and handlers Of men.
Cassatt and his cabinet have given
practically all their working years to the
railroad. Barring his antebellum en-
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