The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-15

udu C6uRHI nTG WdM UtliB eXLluKulSneQ. It is supposed that excitement brought about the heart failure which caused his death.
 Train No 37 is the Westerns link in the fast New York New Orleans ves- tibuied Limited due in Montgomery at 1141 D. m. The Western gets the connection in Atlanta from the South srn and delivers 1t to the Louisville and Nashville here, which road hustles it out for Mobile and New Orleans at once
 Sunday night the Southern was late with Its chain of this connection and the Western was late getting out ot Atlanta, No. 37 being in charge of Conductor Zach Martin and Engineer Hub Connors. When they finally got clear of the yards In Atlanta the gait was a pretty swift one, for the pala- tiai train had to be delivered in New Orleans as near the schedule time as possible.
 One of the cars used in the equip ment of No. 37 is an extra baggage This baggage car was filled with the heavy mail for Texas and California. Just before the flying train got to Moreland. Ga. 1t was discovered that this car had caught fire and was burn ing fiercely.
 Conductor Expires.
 A stop was made at Moreland in order to put out the Ire in this car. Just as the flames had about been con- quered Conductor Martin called out to General Passenger Agent Billups, and several others standing in the group: "Catch me. I am going to faint Be- fore anyone could get to him he sank to the floor, and before physician could be summoned nc was dead, 1t is supposed from heart failure, superin- duced from the excitement of the fire. Conductor Martin was in his usual good health when the train left At ianta and neither then, nor on the trip to Moreland had he complained of feel ing badly.
 Ths pody was carried to a private residence in Moreland where it was prepared for shipment to Atlanta, his home, the train with the body arriv- ing in that city at 1880 o'clock yester- day morning. The damaged baggage car was cut out of the train at More land, a good deal of the mail having been damaged and some of 1t totally destroyed. All of the first class and registered mail however, was In the regular postal car and none of 1t was hurt.
 when the train Started out of the Moreland station for Montgomery Con- ductor Lyndon, who was in the side track with his freight train, was put In charge of No. 37 in place of Captain Martin, the former registering on the train sheet at the Union Station at 4:30 o'clock yesterday morning in place of the famiiiar signature. Zach Martin.
 His Last Train order.
 Zach Martin had signed his last train order just before he gave Engi- ileer Copnor the signal to go ahead when he started train No. 37 out of the Atlanta shed Sunday night. He was one Jf the oldest railroad men in the south. He was personally known to and loved by every man. woman ana child along the i75 miles of road be- tween Montgomery and Atlanta. To them the loss will be parucuIarIy keen one, fer during the past forty years his kindiinsss, courtesy and hu- manity to man has smoothed over anu made pleasant many a rough place. With his fellow employees and railroad men generally he was universally pop ular as he was with every one of the officials of the Western who trusted him implicitly.
 Captain Martin was unusually duiet and reserved but man of strong cons victions. He did not say much but whenever he made up his mind that certain course on any question was right he never hesitated about taking that position. If he was convinced Tn his own mind that he was right It was virtually an impossibiiity to shake ms convictions.
 Nearly sixty-six years ago Zach Martin was born at a little town Washington, on what is now the Geor- gia Railroad, between Augusta ana hA entered the service of the Atlanta ana West Point Railroad, which then ran from Atlanta to West Point, Ga, the line from Montgomery to West Point not having been completed. Young Martin started in with the West Point people under the father of George Green, whose son is now living on Columbus Street in this city, and who, until a few months ago, was an engi- neer on the Western Railroad. MT. Green, senior, at that time had charge of all the coaches on the West Point Road. and young Martin started as one of the car repairers. From then on his promotion was gradual and rapid and very soon h ewas made brakeman on the road.
 In 1878 he was promoted toe the posi- tion of conductor of one of the freight trains, At that time the passenger were Captain Howard, Cap tain Bell, Captain Dunlap and Captain McCool. When the latter left the West Point Road to go to some road in South Carolina, young Martin was appoint ed as his successor and given a pas senger train. From that day until the night of his death he has run as con- ductor on one of the passenger trains between Montgomery and Atlanta.
 Some years ago the Western began using the stripe custom, then in use by the Pullman Company. of sewing gold stripe on the coat sleeve of every conductor who had been five years in the service of the company Capt. Zach Martin had eight of these stripes on his uniform, showing that he had had forty years of honorable service in the service of the Western.
 Captain Martin was one of the most active members of Division No. 180, of the Order of Railway Conductors in At lanta. being one of the Trustees of the Division. and one of the past chiefs Division No. 9s. of the order of Railway Conductors. at meeting of the Division yesterday passed resolutions of regret and sorrow. At the meeting a hand some floral design representinE brok~ en wheel. was ordered from one or the local florists and sent to Atlanta on the xvestern train No. S6 at 6l40 o'clock last night. ~
 seorre Green, who was a lifelong friend of Captain Martins, left for Al Ianta last night to he present at the funeral. The hour of the funeral has moi been fixed. as Mrs. Martin, who is thought to be in Jamestown at the Ex- position, has not been heard from yet.
 Besides his wife. Captain Martin leaves one son. who. with numerous --11 1t.,.. And frfanda in Mont a0marv