Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-01
CHAIRMAN OF MINNEAPOLIS 4
sT.sLoUIs AND OTHER RAIL
ROADS SUDDENLY EXPIRES.
HEART FAILURE FOLLOWS
ATTACK OF INDIGESTION
Had Been Confined to Home Several
Weeks hut Was Thought to Be Re-
eoverins-Hawisy One Of Leading
J Railroad Masnates Of Country and
Interested in Large Corporations.

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New York, Feb. Edwin Hawley
chairman Of the Minneapolis & St
Louis railroad and one Of the leading
railroad magnates in this country. died
at his home here today after an illness
Of several weeks.
Mr. Hawley had been sufferer from
nervous indigestion for some time and
for the last few weeks had been con-
fined to his house at 10 East Sixtieth
street. Frequent reports that his con-
dition was serious were denied and
only yesterday Mr.. Hawley said he
hoped to be down town within week
or So His death came at o'clock this
morning.
@ Had Many interests.
Among the companies Of which Mr..
Hawley was director were the Col
orado q Southern railway, Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company. the Evans
vile 4 Terre Haute railway, the Min
.neapolis & St. Louis. the Iowa Central
and the Hooking Valley railroad.
Early in the winter Mr.. Hawley had
an attack Of grip and returned to work
before he had sufficiently recovered.
AS result he suffered relapse and
his physicians told him that he would
have TO take a long rest. Since then
Mr.. Hawley has been confined to the
house and recently he began to suffer
from indigestion. Early this morning
Mr. Hawley was seized with heart fail
ure and death soon followed.
No arrangements have as yet been
made for the funeral
Was second Hartman.
Notwithstanding his illness Mr..
Hawley kept in constant touch with
his business affairs: and occasionally
received visitors at his home to dis
ciass matters OF suf1icient importance.
The constructive work OF Mr.. Haw-
ley IN the railroad field has been COM
pared to that. OF the late Edward H.
Harriman. With his associates Mr..
Hawley controlled the Chesapeake &
Ohio, the Iowa Central, Missouri and
Kansas, Toledo. st. Louis & Western,
Minneapolis & st. Louis, and other
lines. Recently he was asked to
undertake the feadjustment Of the Wa
bash road.
The stock market was not affected
by the news of Mr.. HaWley's death.
Chesapeake & Ohio went off two
points.
Formerly Huntington Aide.
Mr.. Hawley was 81 years Of age and
his earliest railroad service began IN
1867 as q clerk on the Erie railroad.
His important work was done between
1890 and 1902 in the service Of the
Southern Pacific, where he was the
right hand man Of the late Coils p.
Huntington. The so-called Hawley sys-
TEN Of railroads has been built up
within the last fifteen years.
Mr.. Hawley was bachelor and the
only relative with him when he died
was his nephew. Walter 8. Crandell,
member Of the Hawley firm.
Mr.. Hawley had just finished pre-
parations for a trip to Palm Beach,
where he expected to spend the rest OF
the winter
From Bill Clerk to President.
Edwin Hawley. head Of the Hawley
iines- Of railroad, and until recently,
when he was succeeded by Newman
Erb president Of the Minneapolis & st.
Louis and Iowa Central railroads, was
born at Chatham, Columbia county,
New York in 1853.
He entered railroad service in June,
1867. as clerk on the Erie railroad.
and. has been in railroad work continu-
ously ever since.
From 1858 until 1870 Mr. Hawley was
employed az bill OF lading clerk on the
Onto q mississippi railway and was
ticket agent for the same road. In
1870 he became connected with the Chi
aaeo. Rock Island & Pacific, in a cler-
icei capacity, and some time later was
made contracting agent for that line.
In 1874 he was appointed contracting
. ,ant ~ the California Fast Freight
Iine ana from 1875 until 1883 was gen.
aral eastern agent Cor the same line.
n fasa5 he was appointed general east
ern :. agent Of the Galveston. Harrisburg
. go sa,,, 10 r,e,. and two wears later
Ia,."ay .srerni eastern agent also
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