Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-08-23

every man on the the laugh when he
tried to send the figure 6. which is
supposed to have six dots in it.
In the days when these three were
beginning their careers promotion
was more rapid than now. Compe-
tent men, especially in tire operating
department., were scarce. So il was
that Charles Dyer, then superintcnd-
ient at Las Vegas. put Nudge ahead
when he learned his capabilities. He
became roadmaster of the division he
tween Las Vegas and Albuquerque.
Hurley was working nights ONO
where; l was day operator at Wal
lace and Fox was night operator. In
other words, | was ahead Of Fox
then. Now look at him. And consider
the cause; leaving out of the question
Fred's undoubtedly superior qualities
as "A student of everything railroad
Wallace was a division point then
it's "A siding now--and a few things
happened. one day a little circus
came along and !, being impression
able, abandoned the office to see the
animals, without getting the Dispatch
cffs permission. When | returned
found Fox in charge and myself out of
q Job temporarily. Perhaps that was
Freds' first jump; and perhaps II was
Nude who started the trio moving
upward, or it may have been the circus
and my foolishness. Anyway, Fox Was
a dispatcher in two or three years.
Nudge became trainmaster and then
suDerintendent: Fox became chief aud
then trainmaster. and It this point
Hurley was heard from. He became
a dis patche-. chief. trainmaster' SUI
p~erintendent. The three were sepa-
rated, sent to other divisions and they
kept on going upward and one day
remember how | smiled when |
ii. and regretted my own lost
chances-I read that Hurley's salary
az general superintendent had been
advanced to $t5.00 a year. More
money in Il week hat we used to get
in n MONTH And still, when ! met
him he was the same transformations
Jim Hurley that he was in the SOS
when $40 a month was thought to be
independence. | asked him one day
in Topeka how he managed to get
along so famously. Jus worked,
he replied, and if you'd stayed in the
office and not gone to the circus that
afternoon YOU might've been general
superintendent Yourself
Idle dreams FOR some. Nudge is
at the head Of the Rock Island Fox
is general superintendent of the santa
Fee in Topeka, and Hurley"
Hurley and | were enemies once.
He insisted upon calling me Kidd
,at that time in life when | used to
gaze eagerly into the mirror, every
morning for signs Of a mustache, ana
the name worried me Fox TOOK up
the name, too, in the Wallace DAYS
and Nudge in his quiet way, would
drop it in my hearing. l remember
one night when | was still young
enough to be called kid, Nudge
came i'm on Il late train and entering
the depot quickly handed me Il mes
sage with the admoniti0n TO get a
move on. now. Kid He was bigger
than /. but / flung a chair at him and
had to be held by the night car re-
rordcr. old Jim Morris, to keep from
icing injured. / met Mr.. Nudge years
afterward, in his private car at Kan
sas CITY. Went in and handed him
my card ana prepared to ask a few
questions. why. hello, Kid{ he said
smiling, have a scat. What YOU do
ing nov 80
A few years ago when 'Scdtty.' the
Death Valley wonder, had n private
train on the Santa Fe | went out to
meet him. Hurley sent me a letter of
authority 10 ride. met him on the
platform at Topeka the next day,
having missed the special. His first
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