The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-26
RAILROAD NEWS.
James A. Stewart, New General
Passenger Agent in Topeka.
Began Railway Career With q.
p. at Abilene, Kan.
MADE STEADY CITMR.
MADE STEADY CLIMB.
Has Been Given Premier Posi-
ton With Rock Island.
Other Items of General Inter.
est in Traffic World,

Kansas people always have great
deal of respect for the man who
makes good"-and especially for the
man who is native of the sunf1ower
state.
In the appointment of James A. Stew
art as general passenger agent of the
Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific in To-
peka the people of Kansas have a little
claim to make to the success of Mr..
Stewart They base their claims on
the fact that his first railroad position
in this country was as freight clerk for
the Union Pacific at Abilene.
And his second position in the United
States was as chief freight clerk of the
Union Pacific at Salina.
General Passenger Agent Stewart is
of Canadian birth and his first railroad
experience was in that country. He
was born at London, Ont, in Septem-
Der, 1867, and first entered the railway
service as freight messenger for the
Great Western railway at st. Thomas,
Ont After a year and half there he
was appointed ticket clerk at that
point.
Then Mr.. Stewart came to the Uni
ted States and to Kansas. Since his
railroad work began in Kansas Mr..
Stewart has made rapid strides in the
service and in his new position in To-
peka is general passenger agent over
part Ol Tie TICHcSI IGTI1lOIy vi O1lS vi
the best roads under operation in this
country.
Mr.. Stewards jurisdiction extends
over the entire second district or all
the lines of the Rock Island between
ST. Louis and Topeka, Omaha and
Topeka, Denver and Topeka, Caldwell
Kan, and Topeka and Tecumcari and
Topeka. This is the largest district
on the new Rock Island organization
and the jurisdiction is of the most iri-
portance.
1t was in December, 1885, when Jas.
A. Stewart took the position of freight
clerk with the Union Pacific at Abb
lene. About Is months after that he
accepted the position of chief clerk in
Salina on the Union Pacific. In June,
1883, Clerk Stewart resigned from the
railwork work on the Union Pacific and
accepted the position of ticket clerk in
the Union avenue ticket Office of TIE
Rock Island in Kansas City. Mo.
This was but a short time after the
Rock Island was built from Chicago to
the west. Mr.. Stewart remained at this
office until April, 1892, when he ac-
cepted the position of travelling pas
senger agent of the road at Chicago.
He was appointed next as travelling
passenger agent of the Rock Island at
Pittsburg In February 1898. trans
ferred to Kansas City as travelling pas
senger agent. In August, 1898, he was
promoted to the district passenger
agentship at Des Moines, Ia, and in
1894 was transferred to Kansas City as
general agent.
Afterwards Mr. Stewart was made as
sistant general passenger agent at Kan
sas City and December 1, 1909, was
given the position of first assistant
general passenger agent in Chicago.
General Passenger Agent Stewart is
expected in Topeka the first of Febru--
airy. Although ne has not announced
his staff and 1t will not be made public
until he establishes his headquarters
here, it is known that he will use prac-
tically all of the old passenger force
of George S. Pentecost, assistant gen
eral passenger agent of Kansas City,
who has been given the general pas
senger agency in Fort Worth, Texas.
The welcome to our city" sign is
out for James A. Stewart in Topeka.