The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-23
RAILROAD NEWS.
+. A. HeaIy Appointed an Officer
of Ohio Syndicate.
Formerly Lived in Topeka
Brother to Freight Auditor.
LOCATED AT ATLANTA.
Leaves West Point Route to
Take New Position.
Gossip and Matters Of Interest
in Railroad Circles.
LOCATED AT ATLANTA.

Atlanta. Ga. Nov. pa special as
patch from Cincinnati states that -
Heaiv. auditor of the West Point tSouee'
secretary and treasurer OF the ail9
portation club and one OF the
known railroad men in the SOUTH Has
accented the position of secretary anu
@,-s,s,5rer If he ohio syndicate of IN
terurban traction companies Inns spsll
ial dispatch further states that ne -
leave the West Point Route on Ja a4ias
airy l. and enter upon NJ nsM
with headquarters in Cincinnati
Mr.. Hcaly's New Position
Mr.. Healv. in his new position OF sec
rotary and treasurer. VIII pc IN 80 ~
charge of the finance and accouhtiHs
department of the ONO sylulcalS -
intsrurban traction companies. comp . =
ing the lines of the Cincinnatl SoItl.4i
erns Traction company, from Siilcll ll q
to Dayton O.. Indiana. CoiumDus &
Eastern Traction company, a 0iii - a
ton west TO Richmond, md anu -
branch to Union City, O., east lIonl
Dayton through Springfield, ColulhuuSS,
Newark and GAINESVILLE, o., ana 4oItn
from Springfield to Lima, o.; the Lima
& Toledo Traction company, from Lima
10 Toledo. o.. west to Fort Wayne mo /
and also the steam railroad from Ina lima
to Defiance, o., heretofore known q O4L0 +
Columbus q Lake Michigan railroad.
These lines now have over 0UU mics "
the best operated and equipped electI1e
suburban railway, traVerslng the most |
PROSPEROUS section OF the Cnlted STATES +
Dana Stevens, vice president OF the I
syndicate, is q native Of Georgia, anu
not being in the most robust health TOT +
come months past. has been Vlsltlhg nls s
old home in Newman, prominent point
on the West Point road While there
and visiting other points on the foau,
he heard a great deal of Auditor HeaIy
and his enviable record On his return
to Cincinnati a week ago. he attended
a meeting of the board of directors, and
the question arose as to who to elect
to the responsible position a the head
of the finance accounting of the Ohio
lines. Mr.. Stevens at once nominated
Mr.. Healy, and after President w. K.
Schoopf had sent personal represent 1
tative, the deal was consummated and
a fve-year contract at a large salary /
signed.
Mr. HeaIy's Record.
Mr.. Healy is one Of the best known |
railway accountants in the United
States. He was born in Moline Ill. in
June, 1861 moved to Kansas in 1870
with his parents and spent his boyhood !
on a farm. attending such schools and
colleges as the far west could afford (
in those days. at the age OF IS he was
teaching school in his home district and /
made success OF it as he has always /
done. He spent his vacation as j cow
boy on the plains Of the west, where {
he laid the foundation for the great 4
physical strength and strong constitu- (
ton which has enabled him to endure I
the severest OF labors physically and /
mentally
He entered railroad work in March.
1880, as office boy in the employ of the /
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad,
at Topeka, Kan, under his brother, w +
]. Healy, who was then chief freight /,
clerk, and is now freight auditor of the T
Santa Fe system. He remained in that !
office until 1888, working his way up
from office boy to chief clerk until call t
ed upon to go to Los Angeles. Cal as
n he, 49,
Fe lines in California. where he remain /
ed until 1888. when he was APPOINTED /
auditor, paynaster and general freight (
and passenger agent Of the Santa Fe +
Prescott & Phoenix railway, with head
quarters in Prescott and Phoenix. Ariz. 1
During the financial panic of 1s94-5 he /
displayed such financial ability to raise 7
money to carry on the construction /
work Of that road, as to attract the +
attention of Charles Parsons & Co Z
bankers and railroad owners of New (
York, who In December. 1895. secured /
his services as auditor and special ac- /
countant and in connection with the
law firm of HornblOWer Byrne Tavlor. /
& Miller of New York held the position /
of general auditor of the South Carolina I
& Georgia railway, auditor of the Og-
densburg & Lake Champlain railroad. t
auditor of the Augusta Southern rail /
road, auditor of the Cincinnati, Cum I
berland Gap & Charleston railway and I
had made expert examination of all OF
the several railroad properties in which I
the above firms were interested
On the sale Of the South Carolina &,
Georgia railway to the Southern rail-
way, Mr.. Parsons retired from active
business life and Mr.. Hez9y was made
assistant auditor. with headquarters in
Washington, with full charge Of ali
prior accounts Of all the old consondat-
ed and receivershin lines
He was appointed auditor OF the West
Point route IN December. 1899 and has
been the head OF its accounting deDsrf-
ment since that date. He has been prom
fnent for years past in affairs of the As
.sociation of the American Railway A.
counting Officers. serving on the D5ssen
ger committee two years. disbursement /
committee two wears; freight COMMITTEES
six years. and was last year elected n i
member of the executive committee fo-
two years. which puts him in direct linz
for the presidency. which is the highest /
position to be attained in that railroad
organization.
Mr.. HeaIy Active Socially
Mr.. Healy viii be greatly missed by the
young men of this city as he has a v-s1-s
taken an active interest in their afrsfrs I
He organized the Piedmont Athletic Gins f.
and was its president from its orgsriz (
alton He Is q prominent Mason belongs I