Mr. Dillon was much interested throughout his lifetime in
charitable work and among other institutions with which he was
actively associated was the Old Brewery Mission. He was an active
member of the Dominion Square Methodist church, which he joined
as a charter member upon its organization.
The Montreal Star in announcing his death on the 15th of May,
1908, said, “In the death of Mr. John Dillon which took place
this morning very suddenly at his residence, 19 McGregor Street,
Montreal loses one of its oldest and most respected citizens. Mr.
Dillon, who had been in good health, was speaking to a relative
about 11:30 today, when he was overcome by heart failure, his
death taking place almost immediately. Thus passed onward one who
always strove to do his duty by his fellowmen.”
CARLOS A. HAYES.
Carlos A. Hayes, who for a number of years was connected with
the Grand Trunk Railway, lastly as freight traffic manager,
was on July 1, 1913, appointed general traffic manager of the
Canadian Government Railways, with headquarters at Moncton, New
Brunswick. Mr. Hayes has long been prominently connected with
Canadian railway service and has in that way contributed toward
the opening up of vast natural resources in the Dominion.
He was born in West Springfield, Massachusetts, March 10, 1865,
and when a boy of seventeen entered the railway service in 1882,
continuing along that line with various roads in the United
States until the year 1892, when he was made New England agent
and, in 1896, manager of the National Despatch-Great Eastern
Line. He held this position until 1903, when he became connected
with the Grand Trunk Railway as assistant general freight agent
in Chicago. Readily grasping railroad problems and possessed of
the true generalship of a railway executive, he was chosen in
1908 to succeed J. E. Dalrymple as general freight agent of the
Grand Trunk, with headquarters at Montreal, and there remained,
first as general freight agent and later as freight traffic
manager, until his recent appointment. Mr. Hayes is a well
known figure in Dominion railway circles and stands high in the
estimation of business men.
JOHN EDWARD MARTIN.
John Edward Martin, K. C., a well known member of the Montreal
bar, was born in September, 1859, at Shefford, in the province of
Quebec. He received his early education in the public school at
Waterloo, P. Q., and at McGill Normal School, and later entered
McGill University, where he graduated with the Degree of Bachelor
of Civil Law in 1883, being the medallist of that year.
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