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who started lta as ss section saand, %.
day assumed the 2reside d thsl
New Yort Central and HUDSON River,
Railroad Compan J, succeeding NJ ~
Newman. AFR Browns rise frcns sths|
humblest station to the highest j!ss spna3
OF the greatest railway ystena otJ
the world forms q remarkable com
mentary on thcJ opportunitles 5dpea asto3
ambitious Ameriaus. ~
Many q king rules over Ices an
empire than that which noW pssses
under Mr.. Browns control. l,Ses New
York Central has yas pea ) fals iaHa.ll
army Of 10000 5employe s. xleas
dlturcs annually are mot 4 is.sS than
sl5o,ooo. 900, Of {; which s75, 100000
comes from the parent railroad d lone.
compare IN dignity and power with
the heaaship otfaS great railrt tad dssys77
ten. (, ,. Y; q \, III;
The New York Central system com
prises ten roads-tie sNewfY orl;E Gems
trail and Hudson River !.e Lake
Shore and Michigan A Southern mo
Michigan Central. the cleyelea eaa, Gu
cinnati, Chicago and ST. Z tals, the
plttsbnrg ant Lake Erie, the Lake
Erie and Western, the Chicago. Ildt
ana and Southern, the Lake Ere. ". "
lance and Wheeling, the RUTLAND and
tho Indiana Harbor Railroad "; NE
nois. It also operates the; Il Rcsto g tols u and = n
Albany Railroad under. lease, ss
The tunsn who now rules gnyt this
railroad empire not only began 90 the
bottom, but climbed spract!e s,retE9.
,ung of the ladders Before 40 AassEl o.
sixteen years soldr-heSS i SSiss Il sfitty:flys snuT
he mad become "a. section haEd soa3$i
the Chicago. Milwaukee and s 3 Paul:
The rings $of egladder from S.hat
starting point are labeled tsIF Fsraph
operator. train dispatcher, chl hlefs stsain
dispatcher. tralnmaste ass, ant SUI
perintenicnt, superintendent SepcraIs
manager vice presldent. 4: 4 Y n
Although Mr. Brown Il was boln sins
Horkimcr county he started lhis sraIlss
road life In the west, and there Siss ~
little frame house at Waterloo Iowa
where ne and bis, bride began shurnbty
their career together. He was the sort
Of section hand who does no. Ecats stos
stay In that job.fand so he t31ok tos3
practIclns on the; telegap ph ;Dsttu
ment In his odd moment. Sass
only nine months after ais sea' 'tanees
into the employment Of the Ctlcago;s
and ST. Paul that ile$ $aad3
become y telegrarsa operator. end III
two year. more he had gone to2 2taesI
Illinois Central as a train SdlslHteher.s
He vert from the Illinois Central
TO the Chicago Rock island AM; Pas
eihc, and then to the Chica 90, lurllng
ton and Quincy eaca time as ,ain
dlspatcher It wasSin; ;theslat. place
that he first attracted tasS SEsLi iceS Sofa
the powers in the road. ssS sSsS 59ss
1t WIS in january, 1880 .hat Brown
became ;phief train dispatches Sons the
Burlington, and one year iatef was
promoted to tra!nmaster. Three syeafsS
more and he was assistant shperin.
tendent. From that time on promo
tlons came with even greater .apldity,
until in 1901 he found himse!f vice
president and general mans ge::s Sof sthss,
Lake Shore and Michigan sostadrn.
and six n,ontns, later was Vice presi
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