Connecticut western news., 1910-12-22
VETERAN CONDUCTORS
Clark P. Lane, After 45 Years Service
 is SprY as Any of Them.

Oiark Fs Lane, ATter 40 TearS SerVCe
 is SprY as Any of Them.
 Clark P. Lane is probably the best known man along the whole length of the old Housatonic railroad-now known as the Berkshire division of the Consol- idated-and one of the most popular railroad men on any division of the big system. He has friends innumerable in every town from Pittsf1eld to Bridge port, and travellers from other latitudes, who have ever had occasion to ride on his train hold him in the highest esteem, for his never failing geniality and his sterling personal qualities. ..
 Clark Lane was born at Bulls Bridge, near Kent, Dec. 21, 1842, and celebrated his 68th birthday yesterday, yet except ing for the fact that his hair. is white, he shows not a sign of age. He is as spry as man of 35, his intellent is as keen and alert as ever, and best of all his spirits are as exuburant and cheerful as if he had never known care. # ...
 He attended the public schools of Ken until he was 12 years old when he went l to live with couple of elderly maiden sisters named Beach, who owned farm in Kent, where he did farm work, took care of the livestock, etc. Here he re- mained until he was nearly 21. going to school four months in the year, and at tending church regularly every Sunday rather through compulsion than from choice. IT,. -.s.#.-e
 His first railroad experience was in the capacity of section worker, under his brother, Martin Lane, who was a section boss. This was i'll 1866, or about 45 years ago. Subsequently he became section boss himself, and could lay rails, ballast road-bed or put in switches as well as the best of them. Later he became brakeman ant" "broke" on passenger train and the freight trains of Conductors Charles Emmons and s'Pat" Norton, both of whom lived in Canaan, the latter, who made his home on Railroad Street here 40 years ago, having died in Springfield couple of years since.
 For over thirty years MT. Lane has been a passenger conductor, and has per sistently declined to consider proposi- tions to take something better. - In I 1886, Superintendent H. A. Bishop in- ducsd him to go to Bridgeport and as snme the duties of train master of the road. He held down the job just 8 week. when he sickened of it, and longed for the routine of his daily run" It was more desirable position than the conductorship, but Clark cared nothing for the easier work and greater emolut ment, and one day he said to the superintendent :.
 ''Give this genteel job to somebody else and put me back onto my old train, where can feel at home." And he went back to his run. At present. he runs out of Bridgeport early in the morning. going to Pittsfeld and back.
 On the anniversary of his birthday forty years ago yesterday, in 1870 he was married to Miss Sarah Goodsell,r of Skiff Mountain, and four sturdy sons have been born to the couple. two of whom are railroaders-one an engineer and one conductor. A daughter born some years ago, died in infancy.
 MT. Lane has always enjoyed the best of health, having been endowed with a strong constitution and always taken good care of himself, being temperate in all things. and from his present appear ance there is no reason to doubt that he will be shouting ''all aboard' at all the stations on the hEe, on his Tooth birth day. He has had many thrilling exper- fences and narrow escapes during his 45 years on the rail. E..z ...-