Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-22
T. w. HILL, FOR TWENTY.six
YEARS AGENT At TAMA, DIES
SUDDENLY,
WORKED FOR c. & N. w.
FOR FoRTY-sIx YEARS
Pensioned May I, 1911, Without
Single Scratch Against His Record
Of servie-Has Worked Only at
Four Places on Line, Including Four.
teen Years Here.

six years in the employ of the Chi |
cage G. Northwestern railway. Talbert
w. Hill, aged SO, agent at Tama for
twenty-six years, and for fourteen
years an employee of the company IN
this city, died Sunday night al about
] O'Clock at his home in Tama MI
Hills death was due to heart disease,
with which he had been suffering for
about two years. He was stricken with
the acute attack, which ended in his
death SUNDAY morning.
/ Mr. Hills career on the Chicago q
+: Northwestern was a remarkable one.
and in several ways distinctive. During
the almost half century of service he
had worked in but four places ana
against his record Of service there vas
not even so much as the scratch OF
oen. He was pensioned by the com
pany on May l. 1911. For over forty
rears-fron, Seutember, 1870. until the
tiav ne was pensioned-Mr. Hill never
lost single day. and the company's
pay check stubs show him to have been
paid for a full days work in all these
forty years,
Ashton Praises Him.
Vice President r. H. Ashton. 1or
several years general manager OF the
company. and well known here, paid
commitment to Mr.. Hill when his case
came before the company's pension
board. by saying: The company mas
never had a more faithful agent than
Mr.. Hill" Mir. Hill had hoped to round
ont A complete half century OF en-
nIovmen.. but the hard work of a small
station. where many different kinds OF
duties devoived upon him, had told on
his physical strength. and 1t was
deemed unwise for him to attempt to
continue in service longer
Was Here Fourteen Years.
The four places Mr.. Hill was en-
ployed BY the Northwestern were Bert
ram. Cedar Rapids, Marshalltown. and
Tama He entered the company's en-
ploy April 90. 1865. at Bertram. as
section hand He was there only five
DAYS when he was sent to Cedar Rap
ids TO do station work, and remained
there three years and eleven months
| On Sept. IA. 1870. Mr.. Hill was assigned
. to duty a Marshalltown. anc renamed
here fourteen years and one month,
working first as station laporer, ana
later as clerk and finally cashier
for H W. Eastman. then agent for the
company.
. On NOV. 49, 1884, Mr.. Hill was made
agent at Tama, and remained there
continuously until the time he was re-
tired. May / of last year. For the first
fourteen years of his life as agent at
this sta ton he did virtually two mems
. work. During the last twelve years OF
his service he did not have to work so
hard. vet carried all the responsibility
. of the station on his shoulders. AS
he said, one time. when talking Of his
. long service for the company: ut has
always been my ambition as agent OF
big corporation TO please the public and
protect their interests as well as those
Of the railroad company: never to mis-
, lead a patron of the company. and to
: do my business as directed By my SUI
perior officers and in conformity With
the laws OF the land. BY doing so
have always been able to avoid trou-
BILE"
This motto. which the veteran rail-
road agent lived up to. was the secret
of his success. 1t explains the absence
of any marks against his record. and
shows why r. H. Ashton said: I'VE
nave never had more faithful agent
eieara phieal Sketch of Career.
TaIhert w Hill was native OF
= New York state, having been born at
Chateaugay July 81, 1916. He was
reared on farm, and as a youngster
was considered a weaklinE, having
been handicapped. perhaps. BY the fact
that he only weighed four pounds a;
birth.
At the age of IA. when the civil wal
, broke out, the lad tried to enlist in 7
regiment of his native state. He was
SO small however, that the recruiting
officer admonished him with: Get out
= of here you young grasshopper.' Hill
n got bat was not discouraged, ant
tried to enlist at two or three otnel
times. In March, 1865, he made hi:
- last and successful attempt. and Attic
= only Is was accepted His mother
q however. refused to give her consent
r which was necessary, and the boy:
q am bition to become soldier wa
q never realized. Mr.. Hill then cam
Il west. and the same year went to worl
y for the Northwestern.
Il Father Of Large Family.
"a Mr. Eill had been twice married an
was the father of thirteen children
nine of whom are living. Mr.. Hill
frs. marriage was with Miss Elizabetl
Mott. who bore him five children. Tw
of these died in infancy, and another
i Bessie Maude, died Feb. s, 1895 Tn
two living are Lester e. f. Hill, agen
of the Chicago & Northwestern a
Chadron. Neb.. and Mrs. Clark John
son, of Honcut, Cal Mrs. Hill died i
this city Dec 90. 1877, and her bod
was taken to Cedar Rapids for buris
beside her two children who died j
"a infancy
On New Years day, 1879, Mr.. Hi
Il took as his second wife Miss Margare
Josephine Swick, Of this city. the wed
Il ding being celebrated here. Mrs. Hi
is a sister Of H. O. Swick, Of this city
P. D. Swick, editor Of the Boone In
dependent; Mrs. H. NJ Hillman. Of S
Paul. Mrs W. E. Kent, Of Charte
Oak, Cal; and Mrs. Thomas Swick, {
Claremont, Cal. The late c. D. Swic
and the late Mrs. J. A. Rails. of thi
city, were another brother and siste
Eight children were horn tn this mar
- rage, and seven Of them are livini
- The Oldest child. Sarah, who becam
4 the wife CT Ward Meeker, died seve
N years ago. The children living al
~ ben i III!!l .switchman for II
Northwestern at Tama; Frank +. HI