The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-24
CALLED HIGHER UP
Vermont Railroad Man to Take Re
sponsible Position ia Porto Rico.

Vermont Railroad Man to Take Re
sponsible Position Ia Porto Rico.
A Bruueboro dispatch 20 rhe Boss
ton Globe says. About goo Dom iue5s
men and friends of the former popular
Central Vermont station agent James
il. Burke. gathered at Che Brooks
house Tuesday might for % banquet
with Jim as the guest of honor The
occasion was farewell 10 AIR. Burke
who starts today for Port LimOn, Cen
ral America, where boz win bee chief
train dispatcher for the Northern rail-
way company of Costa R.ca.
The banquet was followed Boy short
speeches by Charles w. Durham, Geo.
h. Fox. and Michael y Moran, Robert
C. Bacon acting as POSTMASTER In
behalf of Mr. Burke's friends DIT y.
II. O'Couuor presented Mr. Burke
with a handsome travelling bag and
the recipient made a brief response.
There was orchestral music through.
out the evening,
From November 1900 10 March.
1870. Mr. Burke was station agent here
and the facility with which he hand
led the business and the accommodate
ing disposition which he maintained
greatly pleased the business men OF
the town. He has also been promi-
nent In social way
There are several men in the train
office at Port Limon Of
which Mr.. Burke will be at the head.
The road is 300 miles long, running be-
tween Port Limon and San Jose and
there are 90 scheduled trains daily.
10 is one of several feeders for the
United fruit company Mr. Burke rs
a personal friend OF h. ID. Nash, for
mor superintendent of the New Lon
don Northern railroad who recently
went TO Bocas Del T0ro Panama, as
general superintendent of The Chang.
uinoia railway. which is operated for
the benefit of the United fruit com.
pany.
Mr. Burke was born in Richmond.
Nov. H. 1870 When he was Eve
years old the family moved TO Bolton
where his fathers health failing. Mr..
Burke. as a boy. helped his mother Ia
caring for the farm aud stock and at'
tended school In the spring OF 1856
he became messenger boy and took up
the study of telegraphy To- the office
of station agent. James r. Nhalen at
Bolton. on the Central Vermont road
a year later he became the regular
operator at Bolton with salary of
SIS a month. After another year no
was put upon the rounds and worked
no North nuNbury and Milton and ON
Aug 9. 1889 he became night operator
at Essex Junction On the resima
ton OF c. G. Williams ne was appoint
ed agent at Essex Junction in Fchru
ary 1900 and held that position until
he came to Brattleboro. From March
1907 to- August 1905 he was proprietor
of restaurant on Main street
Mr.. Burke Is serving his second
term as grand knight of Leo council
Knights of Columbus He has been
state advocate and is now state war
den. lie has been chief ranger of the
Essex court Catholic order of Forcs
tiers. and deputy high chief ranger for
the Burlington district He Us mem
Der OF the Vermont wheel club aud dit
ector and chairman Of the transporia
ton committee of the Bratueborc
board of trade.
In 1895 Mr.. Burke married Mary b
Teachout of Essex Junction. The,
have three children. aged 40. 9 and
years. Mrs. Burke and children viii
20 to Essex Junction to live Tor the
present.