Milford chronicle., 1906-05-18
SUPT. R. |. HOLIDAY
DIES FROM AP0PLEXY.

The death of General Robert L. Hol-
Iiday occurred at Dover last Saturday
afternoon at 2 o'clock.
The celebrated railroad man, beloved
superintendent and esteemed citizen,
whose administration as the head of
the Peninsula railroad system had
made new epoch in railreading, and
had contributed much to the develop
meut Of pow erful arm of the great
Pennsylvania system, arose at 5. 80 Sat
urday morning as was his custom, and
iourneyed to his principal offices in
Wilmington
He had suffered from no uncomfort-
able feeling, although for months Sup
erintendent Holiday had been losing
his hold on health and strength. About
II o'clock that morning he became i'll
and asked at once to be sent to his home
in Dover He was assisted to the Phila-
delphia and Norfolk expressthen stand.
ing in the Wilmington station, and was
brought on it to Dover.
When General Holiday reached his
home, accompanied by Chief Engineer
III. Stadelman of the Delaware divi.
sion, he was met by DR.. L. A. H.
Bishop, his friend and physician, and
a hasty examination of his patient re.
vealed symptoms ofapoplexy. The suf-
ferer grew worse until o'clock when
his heavy sleep suddenly dissolved into
that sleep which knows no awakening
Mrs. Holiday, who had been in Sea- 7
ford as delegate to the State Fedora S
4iOn of Women's Clubs, reached her t
nome before the terrible blow fell. Mrs. o
Holidays mother, Mrs. Rupp, was Ii
with heSin the ordeal, as were several G
frieads who he'd heard the news of the 81
sudden attack. Il
The two sons, Percy and Fleming, "
graduated from college and "
now in prominent positions, were not p
at home, but were Immediately sent for.
The remains of General Holiday were re
taken to Bellwood, Blair county, Pa, c.
the native town of the deceased, Mon m
day afternoon, andintermentw was made th
Dn Tuesday. G,
Robert Lowry Holiday, one Of the Co
most widely known railroad superin- G,
endents in the country, was born May sill
th, 1s48, at Bellwood, Blair county,
pennsylvania. at
After completing a common school Fc
he entered the Polytechnic te,
institute, Troy, New York, from which tn
le graduated four years later, with GER gi1
ificstes and honors. m,
He Immediately entered the railway Go
ervice and in August, 1863, began Co
service as rodman, then 20
surveyor, on the Bell Cap Go Go
now the Pennsylvania and Co
part of the Pennsylva- Co
ia system. From. 1870 until 1873 he was 20
ssistant engineer Of that railroad.
From March, 1915, to the present
me he has been in the regular engineer 4
'rvice Of the Pennsylvania Railroad, De
rving as follows: pal
One month in the office of principal ma
lgineer, Altoona, Pa; three and half me
aars in the office of supervisor Of the be
edford division four months assistant tho
Iperyisor Division No. 10, Pittsburg Del
le year assistant engineer Division at
o. Philadelphia, (AIiddletown) one par
ar assistant engineer Pittsburg divi- getl
N one year engineer Of maintenance new
ay, Pennsylvania system, with head and
arters at Altoona August, 1885, sup R.
ntendent Of Central Division Of P. Der
{. & B and finally superintendent Of LyI
e Delaware Division with residence the
Dover and offices in Clayton and edit
ilmington. date
10 private life he was highly es- By
med and valuable citizen Of Dover new
d had served as a general on the staff abol
Governor Ebe W. Tunnell, and in The
Ter high positions of honor in the its 81
tie. He was a member Of the Kent
ID Of Dover
General Holiday leaves a wife, who II,
Miss Cornelia Rupp Of Pennsylva- day
/, and two sons, Percy and Fleming. INN
neral Holiday had contemplated the mia
loval Of bis home to Wilmington smy
it is sgid that only week ago he bids
CHASED a residence IN that city. Flag
Husband 49, w5T.,- "a is to
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