The sun., 1916-12-03
HOWARD ELLIOTT'S RISE A REAL
ROMANCE OF THE RAILROADS

the employees who have Industry ana
initiative. When he shakes handc
with an engine driver or a brakeman
or a station agent II Is not from anv
desire to make a show of democracx
but because he il interested in evert
n connected with the system and de.
sires to see him make the best of nm
opportunities.
1t In said that since he left st. PAM
no employee Of the Northern Paciao
who came to New York ever omitted IA
call on Mr.. Elliott or failed to NEE, A
cordial reception from him. No mat,
ter how busy the president OF the New
Haven is he il never too much occnp,ad
In AFFAIRS to give a hearty greeting IA
those who worked with him In his d,y.
In the West.
His natural bent toward diplomacv
stood him In good stead as head o, thu
much belabored New Haven. Apr.
Elliott knows we'll how to talk and how
to write. He considered It important
for q railroad president situated as no
was to tell the public all abou, tho
problems Of the New Haven. His was
the faculty OF putting interest into ,hs
u ohV vi StutiStlts, anu Wnlle M
was bringing new pep" into the sys.
tenn by day he vas sitting up late
nights at public banquets. club meet.
ings and the like making speeches
The other day ] counted sixty pam.
phlets in one Of the New Haven Offices
containing speeches made by him he.
fore schools. colleges. clubs and ins,i.
%tutions. all ably stating the case OF the
New Haven from his point Of view.
When he speaks to the Lotos Cl,k
he calls up the shades Of James Russell
Lowell and Ralph Waldo Emerson.
when he talks to a school Of mechanics
he harks back to his days as a rodman.
and not long ago at a gathering in New
Bedford where It was appropriate hs
told Of what the French had done n
New England to the Franco-American
Chamber Of Commerce. speaking in IN.
language Of Ia belle France. He come,
very near to being all things to al
men. does Howard Elliott.
His problem Of the New Haven 4
not yet solved, for what with the ire.
mendous strain put upon the road
when much Of New England started in
to make munitions for the European
war he has had all he can attend 10
while waiting to see how the Cover.
ment Is going to treat his road. H.,
own ideas on this subject OF Federal
supervision were summed up not lons
g In n OF his speeches in which 10
used an illustration drawn from his
Western life.
bill Yokim.' said he. was an "a.
Gallant AlINw 49, --a
and set up as a horse expert. One day
Bill had a colt which he was going 10
break In and a number OF friends were
invited to witness the Performance.
The spectators sat on the fence while
Bill trained the colt. 1t ooh him
about an hour and a half and when he
got through the colt was dead. BU
iokim's experience. 7 fear. will he r.-
peated II We remain passive and perm
our politicians to keep on rcgulatin.
the railroads
Mr.. Elliott H. lighter in weight th4.
lie was in the West and the round CO...
tour OF his face has been displaced h.i.
and there by angles. yet he is tho san,
aggressive. active executive that
vas before he took up the New En-.
and burden. Those who know r.n
well realize how near he comes 10 ~
heau ideal Of being a regular pcrsw
There are many things which he Won.
like to do II he had the time. dau,u.
!or instance. He knows all the m
tcrles OF tho one step. the fox trol 20.
the tango n he goes to dances VIII
ever he can, which is not often mo-
Also he would like to play golf a gro.
deal more than he docs. for ho is
good at that as he is at tennis. whicn
very good.
This Is in strict confidence, but a.
student he was M OF the crack ha~
ball players of Harvard and to this 81
he is a consistent and Jealous fan, ouy
that Now Haven business keeps u.u
away from the sport even when h.
most interested.
AS a matter of fact. aside from ,
amusements just enumerated Mr.
Lott would like nothing better than =.
sit surrounded by suitable hooks n ,.d
levant bindings in a study in the Ei,t
Bay. Boston-for the lives I'm ITO
American Athens-and think thour 5
on economies and finance and philpso.
ply and the history of civilization ard
write them down precisely Wit a
quill g n. But it does not look as " no.
would devote himself to those sChol'r ;
pursuits for many a year, because o., =
continually heset by the puzzles tf't
brought him. a son OF the East, bacn .
the land which bore him.