Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-19

/ AL Ino extension W0Ik HttOMiIiAaAlNN
has taken place under Mr.. Harahens
personal supervision. He knows every
| foot of the roadway, and there ts no
| detail OF it's condition with which he Is
| not perfectly familiar from personal
observation, Not only is he familiar
/ with the physical condition of the
property, but he is equally well ac-
! quainted with the earning capacity and
| possibilities of each section OF the
| system.
MIR. Harahan has not been satisfied
with keeping himself Informed on the
| details Of his own department. He has
taken keen interest also in the affairs
Of the traffic department, and has
| spared no pains In working out plans
| for the increase of the tonnage to be
hauled over the lines he has been
! operating. At a moments notice he
! can tell where the bulk of the tonnage
| comes from, of what the tonnage OF
every section consists, and the possl-
bllities of its future increase and ex-
pansion.
II is a matter of congratulation to
the officials and employees of the Illl-
nois Central that Mr.. Harahan has
been elected president. since a change
was to be made. Most of them have
been associated with him since the be-
ginning of his O. nnection with the
| road. His election assures them of the
| continuance of their own connection
with the road, for It is understood
| there are to be no important changes
in the official staff
Having been in the ranks himself,
MIR. Harahan knows how to deal with
| employes. and on no system I'm the
country has there been more satisfac-
tory relations between employers and
| employees than on the Illinois Central.
Mr.. Tarahan Is democratic and has
often told switchmen, brakemen and
others In theeheld to come to him when
in trouble, that his office was always
open to hear a complaint or rectify an
| injustice.
In an article written for the press
last winter Mr.. Harahan told young
men Il never harmed anybody to rub
elbows with a greasy suit.
His Capital Mcmery
Mr.. Harahan has one of the best of
memories. While touring his road in
his private car once he stopped at
lonely station south of the Ohio to
send telegram. Taking 1t into the
office himself, he was surprised to find
one of his former co-laborers In the
ranks at the key.
why. hello, Bill" was the remark
Of the vice president, and the two shook
hands and sat down and talked for an
hour or two over old times.
MI. f1dTdHdIl HAS UCCll III lliO hAil Ohu
business practically his entire life. He
has been second vice president of the
Illinois Central since November l, 1880.
He was born in Lowell, Mass, In 1843,
and entered the railroad business in
Alexandria, Va, in the employ of the
Alexandria & Orange road in 1854.
For two years he was with the Nash
vile & Decatur road going from there
to the Louisville & Nashville. From
1872 to 1879 he was road master of the
Decatur & Nashville.
Mr.. Harahan then accepted the office
of superintendent of the Memphis line
of the Louisville & Nashville road,
serving until 1881, when he was ad-
vanced to superintendent of the New
Orleans division of the same road. Dur
ing 1883 and 1884 he was general SUI
perintendent of the lines south of De-
catur, when he was advanced to gen.
eral superintendent of the road.
From the Louisville & Nashville Mr..
Harahan went to the Baltimore q
Ohio later becoming assistant general
manager of the Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern and of the Chesapeake &
Ohio He went to the Illinois Central
as second vice president after a term
as general manager of the Louisville,
New Orleans & Texas railroad.
When he first went to Chicago in
that position Mr.. Harahan was placed
in charge Of the operation of the sys-
tenn, but it was not long before he
was given charge of all the depart
ments of the company, being respon-
sible only to President Fish. The re-
markable physical condition of the
Illinois Central system is a monument
to Mr.. Harahan's ability as an operat-
ing official.
Mr.. Harahan is the father of several
children by his first wife, One of his
sons, w. j. Harahan, a graduate of
Harvard, Is fourth vice president of
the Illinois Central. Mr. Harahan was
married a second time about ten years
ago to Miss Mallory, daughter of Capt.
o. M. B. Mallory of Memphis, Tenn.
The Mallory family was originally
from Virginia and the best blood Of
the Old South is in it's veins.
Mr.. Harahan is golfer and a mem
Der of the Homewood Country club.
He belongs to the Chicago club, the
MONDAY club of st. Louis, the Pen
dennis club of Louisville, the Tennessee
club of Memphis and the Boston and
Pickwick clubs of New Orleans.