The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-07

later becoming assistant general pas
senger agent of the same road. In
1879 he was appointed assistant gen
eral passenger agent of the ST. Louis,
Iron Mountain & Southern railroad,
under o. w. Ruggles, now of the
Michigan Central, but then general
passenger agent of the Iron Mountain.
The year 1881 brought another
change-a promotion to the position
of general passenger agent of the
Toledo, Cincinnati & ST. Louis ran
road, now the Glover Leaf" While
occupying that position Mr.. Lomax
had his headquarters at Toledo. The
Glover Leaf was comparatively
small road then, and after a few
months, Mr.. -1omax again accepted
service with the Burlington, taking the
position as chief clerk to Percival Lo
well in Chicago, where in 1884 he was
appointed assistant general passenger
agent, which place he filled until Aug
ust, 1887, when he was appointed first
assistant to j. S. Tebbets. then gen
eral passenger and ticket agent of the
Union Pacific. On March 1, 1889, he
received his appointment as general
passenger agent of the Union Pacific
with headquarters in Omaha and in
that position he has remained up to
the present time.
Twenty-one years general pas
senger agent, same road, same head
quarters city, same Office building
that is a record in railway service.
AS rule. passenger officials make
frequent changes. A general passen-
ger agents sense of distance is multi
fed by the fact that his work gives
him free access to the rail at all times.
He becomes cosmopolitan. He is
equally as much at home in San Fran.
cisco as in Boston, and whether
swinging through Nicolet avenue,
Minneapolis, or Alamo Plaza, San
Antonio. it makes no difference which,
the worlds area is minimized from
his focus point. for inside his pocket
is a book of ANNALS and as elimi-
nants of distance there is nothing
quite so effective as unlimited pass
port over railways of the United
States. Thus trained as to getting
about over the map, and with the
wide acquaintance in railway circles
that comes as natural sequence, 1t is
easily understood how the passenger
agent is inclined to shift from road to
road, place to place. Ten years In
one Office is perhaps about the aver.
age tenure Of passenger man, but
this does not mean that he quits the
IAbusiness. He may engage with some
other-road at higher salary, or he may
he moved to another headquarters OF
his own road, or he may become a
traffic manager. Many different rea
sons NAV enter into the changes
Thus E. l.. Lomax with his twenty-one
wears Of continuous service, same or
fee. same road, same headquarters
building. has established record
which catalogues him along with an
older generation of traffic masters
such as H. G. Townsenu, late genera
messenger agent of the Missouri Pa
cific; George H. Daniels, late OF the
New York Central; 0. W. Ruggles
Of the Michigan Central, and Maj. $
X. Hooper of the Denver & Rio
| Grande.
The long service of Mr.. Lomax IN
Omaha caused him to be looked upor
as lifetime fixture in Union Pacific
circles, and his decision to change te
| the western Pacific, with headquar
tiers in San Francisco, therefore
came as a general surprise.
Mildred, young woman, and e. L
Jr., are children of the Lomax family
Miss Mildred, with her mother, is a
present on a European tour. e. l.. Jr.
who bids fair to be chip off OF th'
old block, has not yet completed thu
collegiate course his father has mark
ed out for him. The Lomax famil,