Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-06-20
ROUS|NG FAREWELL
FOR RETIRING
OFFICIAL
HIGH TRIBUTES TO THE
W0R k0F 7. E. PURDY
Business Men and Railroad
Men Unite in Banquet at Az
yarado in Honor Of Success
fuI Santa Fe Agent

qnefque. wholesale. retail, profess
sionai, untie,l with bis fellow en-
ployes Of the Santa Fe railroad In a
bouquet at the Alvarado hotel last
night IN honor Of Thomas T.. Purdy,
The retiring Albuquerque agent OF the
railroad, It IN doubtful " the de-
paftnra ~ any other mar from Alhu.
uuefq1e has eyer called forth more
genuine expressions 81 regret, more
enthusiastic commentator for work
well done or more cordial good wishes
for his future IN new fields thnn were
accorded 10 Mr. purdy by tho men
with whom he has come into almost
daily contact during his three years
ia charge Of the Albuquerque station
and who during that time. without q
single exception. have become his
personal friends
Tho dinner. which was entirely In
formal. was thoroughly enjoyable.
Covers were laid for seventy guests
ana every chair was filed. big ship.
peers nud little ones. retail men md
wholesale men, travelling men ana
professional men and representatives
from every department ~ the railroad
from the law offices 70 the locomotive.
were present and from every class
represented came the WArmrst cx-
prcssions Of approval for what Is uni-
v~craallv conceded "a have been the
best administration the Albuquerque
business OF the santa Fo has ever
had.
col. Ralph r. Twitchell. Of the legal
department of the nilroad. was toast
master Mr., Pnrdy occupied the
place Of honor nj his right, while Mr..
William Halfour, the new agent. oc-
cnpiod the chair M his left. The
toast list, an iinnromptu, was q long
one, but every response was brief,
straight from The shoulder ana inter-
.siing, and every speaker found some
thing "a add from his personal eX-
perienee To b record for courtesy,
efficiency and success which Mr.. Iur-
dy leaves behind him.
In opening and closing the list OF
ioasts, Col. Twitelell paid tribute TO
Mr.. Purdy. He began by saying that
no other agent herr had held more OF
public confidence ,han had been ace
corded TO the retiring agent, and
closed With the significant statement
that were All employees OF corporations
as careful for the public interests nh
MIR. Purdy has been there would have
been no such forming Of public sem
tilnrnt against great corporations ana
particularly against the railroads such
as has resulted IN the disturbed bus
iness conditions of the past few years.
He called first On Judge -. r.
Adams. who IN behalf OF the business
men OF Albuquerque ana his fellow
railroad employees. presented Mr. pur-
dy with a beautiful diamond ring
In making the presentation Judge
Adams called attention TO the signin-
cant fact that the Santa FEES business
ia Albuquerque has almost doubled
during Mr.. Purdy's term as agent.
'Albuancrque.R Judge Adams said,
rs the center Of the universe. The
sky meets tho earth an around az.
We have room "a grow rs big AS
Chicago II Snn don't believe II, go
cat on the mesa aud look around
Mr.. Purdy ls one OF the men who has
helped Albuquerque grow. lie ~ the
kind of man We want here and we are
sorry TO see him go"
Mr. purdy's response was brief but
fully expressive Of his appreciation of
the kindly feeling shown for him
He said he WAS not prepared 10 make
"A speech although he might talk to
some Of the shippers gathered around
about an u~nderchnrge; which state-
mvut started the banquet with "a laugh
that cropped out ~ intervals through
out ihe list.
In introducing pr James II. Wroth
tho toastmastcr told ~ "a recent con-
vention Of underwriters IN the Alva-
rado. Or. Wroth WIS called TO the
hotel on professional business ana
turning a corner Of the stairway ran
sgnafelv into a Well known Alhuquer-
que undertaken. "Aftor you. doe
tor said the undertaken, stepping
coufteousiy aside Or Wroth evoned
the score with the brief remark II
bury my mistakes -rWitchcli don't
His tribute Ia AIR purdy was one of
the most pleasing OF many that fol
lowed Harry ". Kelly ~ Las Vegas,
who by the way said he liked TO be
an Albuquerque man as Wen re-
sponded Go the toast. "a Johbor's
Troubles. and referred feelingly to "a
timr Nhen Mr.. Purdy had called up
an u~nderehafge on q thousand pounds
Of wheat merely because the shipper
bad scni IN ten thousand pounds
~. O.. short Of tho accounting de-
partmeni told of twenty-five years of
work with MI PurdN. B g Lynch
nm .rnHn..r a4.Aa for fh. trnIUa.