Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-16
Pennsylvania Road
Official Due SUNDAY
General Atterbury,
Stafford to Visit
Valley Section

General W. w. Atterbury, presiden
of the Pennsylvania Railroad sys
TEN, one Of the best known men Il
the transportation industry, accom-
panied by several other officials o
that line, will reach Brownsville a
S:35 a. m. Sunday, according to in
formation given out here Saturda,
by George Crank and r. NJ. Harvey
traffic representatives with head
quarters in San Antonio. who wer
here completing advance arrange
ments for the trip. They will re
main in the Lower Rio Grande Val
ley over Sunday. going from here b,
automobile to points in the Uppe
Valley, and leaving ut night for SaI
Antonio.
General Atterbury will be accom-
panied by Elizha Lee. vice president
J. L. Eysmans, vice president IL
charge Of traffic, Philadelphia; J. Z
Weller, traffic manager, Chicago;
and Ivy L. Lee, advisor in public re
lations OF New York. II. r. Stafford
executive vice president Of the Mis-
souri, Pacific Lines, also will accom-
pany the party.
First Trip Here
This is General Atterbury's first
trip to Brownsville and the rest OF
the Lower Rio Grande Valley, and
arrangements have been made to take
him over this section of the state
SO that he may fully observe busi-
ness and industrial, as well as gen.
eral conditions. While here he also
will be presented with a collection
of citrus products grown in the
Lower Rio rande Valley, and will be
furnished with all necessary infor-
nation relative to the growth and
development Of this part of Texas
subject in which he has many
times manifested keen interest, due
his representatives said to the re-
markable advancement of this partic-
ular section.
The trip upon which General After
bury and his party are now engaged
is being made for the purpose OF
obtaining first hand information on
the various sections Of the South
and Southwest, and will take them
over several states, during which
time they will visit Atlanta. New
Orleans, Houston. the Lower Rio
Grande Valley, San Antonio, Dallas
and Tulsa. At these points the
general and his party will confer
with business and industrial heads
with reference to local conditions
50 that they may gather important
data for use. IL was said, in the de-
velopment Of plans directly relating
TO the general advancement Of the
transportation industry.
Lowly Beginning
General Atterbury has had an out
standing career as a railroad man,
having become known as one of the
best versed men in transportation
in the United States. He was born
January 81, 1866 at New Albany
Ind, and was reared in Detroit. He
IL a grandson Of Lewis Atterbury, his
grandmother having been Catherine
Boudinot, niece Of Elias Boudinot
at one time president of the Con.
tinental congress.
After receiving a liberal prepara.
tory education General Atterbury
graduated from Yale in 1886 with {
degree Of Bachelor Of Philosophy
Later he entered the service Of the
Pennsylvania system, beginning as
m apprentice in the shops of that
railroad Mt Altoona, Pa, on October
IL. Of the same year. In 1889 he was
made assistant road foreman OF en-.
gines, remaining in that position
until 1892. when he was graduated
to the office OF assistant engineer OF
motive power on the Pennsylvania's
northwest properties, and in 1898 he
became master mechanic at TT
Wayne. Indiana.
In 1896 Mr.. Atterbury was ap-
pointed superintendent of motive
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