Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-03
MAdOO an
Old Railroad
Veteran
The public be pleased!

" .IILh -r.
That is William G.. McAdoo's rail-
road slogan.
McAdoo never had any use for the
damned" and he made this clear
when he first stepped into the railroad
world back in the early COS
Then he, a youthful lawyer. was
made counsel of the Central Railway
Of Georgia and the Richmond and
Danville Railroad. eLawyer McAdoo
put on overalls and studied railroad
ing first hand.
But that wasn't his first railroad
experience. f&
I always, did like railroads" he
explains. First T. ever. owned a
two cars and my dog. was the engine"
Having this liking for railroads in
him. McAdoo bought the old Knox
vile. (Tenn.) Street Railway, a time
worn mule and an old car.
McAdoo converted his mule rail-
road into an electric line. 1t was in
the. early days Of electric street cars.
and no n in Knoxville knew how
to make it go. BY the time that had
beer mastered McAdoo's line was in
the bankruptcy court.
And the McAdoo family-W.. g.
having married at % and being the
proud dad Of six children-moved on
in New York, he hunted up a lawyer
named William McAdoo, not a rela-
5tive-and went back to practicing
law. And he might be practicing that
to this day If he hadn't found a place
over in Jersey where the rent was
cheaper than in Gotham. =
Going back and forth owe the
ferry twice a day wasn't pleasing. In
winter it was cold. Every day he
had to fritter away a lot of time wait
ing for the ferry boat.
fought to have a tunnel" he OBJ
served n cold morning.
Yep" agreed another chilly COM
.muter; tried twice to bore q tunnel
through. but both were failures" Il
McAdoo took the afternoon off and
failure tunnel the "once over" He
went back to Gotham all enthused.
All he needed was 100000 900. He
hurried down to Wall street.
I Expert tunnel builders have failed
on that" cautious f%inanciers said,
carefully locking up their pocket
books in the Office safe.
But McAdoo kept on talking in
that smooth Southern drawls Of his.
Will Ills k4lui! UAue eyes PdI MILE
and he ,astonished3 the close-fisted
.moneybags by separating them from
millions.
Then he drove the tube through
from Jersey to Manhattan, building
two terminals in New York after
fighting down the bitterest opposition
the Metropolitan Street Railway COM
pany could put UP. He went through
the panic Of 1903. getting money for
his tunnel when other industries
couldn't get a cent. And he finished
It, one Of the biggest pieces OF CON
structive work ever. undertaken by
man,
McAdoo's tube railroad Is called
the passengers delight. or all trans
.portation Companies in America none
does more for the passengers com
fort, safety. and pleasure than NC
TAdoo's tunnel line. He insisted that
every employe be as courteous and
careful in his treatmentso of the public
to Increase rates he went to his pas
sengers and told them why It should
he done. In other words, McAdoo
took the public IN his confidence. He
never tried to put something over
on the people who ..1pattronized his
Spending II McAdoo the outlook
said
."Afr: McAdoo has succeeded ii in
stilling into the employees Of the com
pany the maxim. sTheS public be
tbleased;;'' and the conVenience.s COM
fort, and safety OF the passengers
have been studied and provided for
every point, with the result that
the publicahas beenS pleased. and
showr q rordjpi trterest In the wei
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