Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-11-04
GE0RGE w. STEVENS DIES
WHITE SULPHUR HOME,
RESULT OF APOPlEXY
CONTINUED from First Pacc.O


i DO Summoned at that time. : Few
srninutes later Mr.. Miller called tvs:
doctors from the Grecnbrier, wn, q,
i once pronounced him suffering .
stroke OF aGoplexy.
9ta Thornton Lewis sent the naws OF
Mr.. Stevens stroke 20 the Richmond
tfhces of tho railroad. but before ne
{ could get to the Stevens cottage
5&gain after making the call the END
had come TO tho aged railway cSccu-
tive.
born in Utica. Ohio
Mr.. Stevens celebrated his sixty
ninth birthday in June with his Gus
& tcmnry annual party TO ali officials
OF the road ut Virginia Manor" He
was born In Utica, o., Juno 80, 1851.
and entered his railroad career with
tho Baltimore and Ohio as office mes
senBer In 1854. serving with that
company successfully as agents clerk
( and operator until 1870. From 1870
to 1873 he was dispatcher and dis
,ratchcr's agent on the Pittsburg. Gin
cinnati and 81. Louis Railway. lie
then went with the Wabash. ST. Louis
and Pacific and for eight years was
dispatcher on tho Ohio and Indiana
division.
From 1887 10 1880 he was assistant
: general superintendent and from 1890
20 1891 general superintendent. lie
became general manager of tho Ches-
apeake and Ohio in 1891 and February
l. 1900. was elected president. po-
hp1
twenty years. with the exception OF
the period OF government railroad adj
5ministration during the war. when
) hc was federal manager, resuminE the
presidency March l on the return
of the lines TO private ownership.
Established Y. VI. c. AS
IN Mr.. Stevens established 4 Railroad
Y. NJ. c. &. at every terminal on the
and took a personal interest in their
operation, always being deeply con-
.cerned with the welfare OF the conf
;pnny's employees. lie also founded
the Chesapeake and Ohio hospital.
lie was supporter Of all progress
fs1ve movements for the development
otathe community. Prior to the war
he served on numerous railroad
/ boards OF directors, including the
Richmond Fredericksburg and Poto-
mac, resigning these when he accept
ed the office OF federal manager
that he might devote all time TO the
proper and cfficicn, conduct OF the
road during the national emergency.
lie was 4 member OF the executive
committee of the American Railway
Association and one Of the most
prominent and beloved railroad
executives in the United States. Mr..
Stevens was president OF the We'd
ncsday Club OF Richmond and inter-
lcstcd In placing the ci;y's musical
plane in higher sphere. He was
member or III" W-cstmoroland and
Conn monwcalth Clubs and the Coun-
try Club OF Virginia.
Surviving Mr.. Stevens is one daueh-
ter. Miss Helen Stevens. and TWO Sons
crcil Stevens and George W. Stevens
Jr.. engaged in the railway supply
business here. Another son. J. raul
Stc"cns. former general manager OF
tho G. and o., died in December. 1915.
AIR. stevens married Miss Virginia
wilson. OF l.ogaaspor,. Ind. wno died
ia 1905.
Henry r. wlcfham. vice. president
md general counsel OF The &. and O.,
sad tina; MIR. Stevens death has come
a, profounS shock" lilo deplored
the irrcparahI loss to tho city and
the State. as well rs tho thousands
or employees OF the c. and O., 10
whom Mr.. Stevens WAS always most
kindly disposed.
: The flag over the headquarters Of.
sffccs OF tho chesapeake ard Ohio
Railway In the First National Bank
,Bu!iding was lowered az half-mast
!shuruy before noon and abe building