The Washington times., 1912-04-16

eral manager of the Wabash Western
railway. remaining In that position un-
til July ], 1889, when he was appointed
general manager Of the reorganized
Wabash railroad, of which company in
1893 he was also appointed vice presi-
dent -.
December 81, 1895, he resigned from
the service of the Wabash railroad to
accept the position Of general manager
OF the Grand Trunk Railway Company
of Canada, at Montreal. In 1897 he
completed the reorganization of the
Central Vermont Railway Company "a
subsidiary line of the Grand TrunD Of
which he was then elected president,
and in 1898 completed the building OF
the Victoria Jubilee open span double
track bridge crossing the st. Lawrence
river at Montreal, replacing the old
single track tubular bridge; and the
single span steel arch bridge over the
Niagara river at Niagara Falls, re-
placing the old suspension bridge at
that point. Also during his regime the
main line of the. Grand Trunk has been
double-tracked all the way from Ste.
Rosalie "a point thirty-eight miles east
of MontreaD to Chicago, a distance OF
S7S miles. making it the longest con-
tinuous double track railway under one
management in the world
Upon the death of the late Coils p
Huntington, the president and a large
owner in the Southern Pacific Company
and steamship lines, controlling upward
| of 10000 miles, Mr.. Hays was the first
| choice for his successor, which was the
highest honor ever conferred upon an
American railway manager, as a tribute
i = IL In IN
1901, Mr.. Hays assumed charge Of his
| duties as president Of the Southern
Pacific Company and It's allied lines at
San Francisco, which position he held
| when he resigned and was recalled by
| the English directors to take charge OF
the Grand Trunk Railway Company OF
| Canada, which duties he again assumed
| at Montreal as second vice president
| and general manager January /, 1902.
In 1909 Mr.. Hays conceived the
project of the Grand Trunk Pacific Rail
way, of which he is president, and Sir
made possible it's completion by the
passage Of the necessary legislation In
| the years 1908 and 1904 This line VIII pe
the only transcontinental railway wholly
within Canadian territory. January ],
1910, Mr.. Hays was elected a member
of the board of directors Of the Grand
Trunk Railway Company and on that
date was also made president OF the
OF the Grand Trunk and Grand Trunk
Pacific railways, Mr.. Hays was presi-
dent of all the subsidiary companies OF
those railways, including the. Central
Vermont, Grand Trunk Western, De.
troit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee, and
other proprietary lines in New Eng
land and the States of Michigan, In.
diana and Illinois, totaling some l,5OC
miles, also of the Grand Trunk Pacifc
Branch Lines Company. constructing
and operating some 1,5o0 to 1000 miles
Of branch lines In the Canadian North
west, and the Grand Trunk ,Pacihc
Coast Steamship Company, operating
steamers on the Pacific coast between
Seattle, Victoria, Vancouver, Prince
Rupert, Stewart, and the Queen Char
lotte Islands. The, Improvement of the
Grand Trunk railway under Mr.. Hays
administration had been remarkable un
til today II occupies front rank with the
railways of tire world. having a tota
mileage dncluding that under construc
ton by the Grand Trunk Pacific Rail
way and Branch Lines Company oi
some 1900 miles. AS president Of the
Grand Trunk Railway Company of Can
ada, Mr.. Hays was in full charge Of
the company's affairs in America-th,
directors of the company and It's share
holders, which number upward OF 81 900
being located in England.