The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-03

Most OF ,henl arc lf-rnade men No
body has ever heard or a railroad presi-
dent who was ashamed or his start
They reached the top because they
mastered every detail or railroad
knowledge. and the record has long
given hope 20 thousand. ana thoux-
ands Of men who a:e now cleaning
locomotives and NEEDING tracks
Som- Of Their !:nrIy Work.
in the biographical sketch Of prcs;-
dent w ". Finley, printed last week:
ii was shown that he began his rail-
road career AZ stenoEraphcr in Mis-
sissippI.
Thomas 81. Emerson, president OF the
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad who died
the same day. drew his first railroad
wages clerk In freight office
John T.. Kenly. who has been mentioned
rs his successor. got into the rail
road service with an engineering
corps
Lucius =. Johnson. president Or the
Norfolk and Western. who RI Dks 20
one OF the real big railroad men Of
the South. was ambitious. He began
as a locomotive fireman ana went rap
idly from one branch TO another .ntil
he reached the top.
George W. Stevens. president ~ The
a.
ley. found tho railroad cali very ap-
pc2iing SO ne began a. an 0:i:a mes
Gcrrer. and aftcyward became a tele-
g"oih operator on The Eeitimore and
ohio
William } Harahan. OF the Seaboard
Air Line Railway. who is putting new
life into that road. which recently
wen: ON dividend paying basis, re-
calls that his n-st railroad lob was rs
messenger in a suprr!H'endent'T Office.
II all parts OF the country tie story
is tho SANE Charles 5 MelieH. who
has lust left the New York New Haven
and Hartford after many stormy
inouths. began as clerk in a rail
road cashiers office. Howard Elliott
vino succeeded him as president, is in
the FairfaX Harrison class, as lie is
= graduate OF Harvard University with
as a rodman with a railroad engineer
ing corps
F.; Trnck-Hand to President.
/ Daniel Willard. president OF tho Bal
,imore and Ohio, was track laborcr
in New England. being promoted TO
fireman. and later he "as a locomotive
4 engineer. ana a good one. James Me
crca. president Of the Pennsylvania
/ Railroad. started as rodman. Will
4 liam &. Brown, president OF tho New
! York Central lines. was section hand
You have seen hundreds OF them with
PICK or ShovGl on their shoulders when
YOU look out from the observation
platform OF a limited. J.. - Under :
wood. Of the Erie Railroad was first
/ employed as q clerk but he quit that
10 become a fireman. Pretty soon he
was a freight conductor. g. II. Mark
/ ham. president OF the Illinois Central.
like President Brown OF the New York
Central. vas . section hand. He re-
paired miles OF track over which lie
later Travelled in his privat, car Char
les ~. Iiix. president OF the Norfolk
Southern Railway, q Richmond boy.
who knows nearly everybody here, got
his first railroad job as a -odran. He
was later a telegraph operator at salt
vile. and lie kept climbing. his work
on the Seaboard having attracted wide
spread attention in railroad circles. 4.
l.. Mohlcr. president OF the Union IA :
cific. one Of the mig systems. was draw
ing small pay as a station agent be-
fore he thought Of the richer prize
ahead. Darius Miller. president Of the
stcnographer and the first work ever
the Central Eaiiroad OF New Jersey.
was in printing shop. wherc lac
smcarcd thick. black ink on his face
and was known as the printers devil.
Ia a year or two he owned the paper.
went out and got an education prac-
ticcd law and became counsel for the
/ Philadelphia and RraGinG. Milton II.
Smith. president Of the Louisville and
Nashville. broke in as = telegraph
operator.