Reminiscences of a Raconteur, Between the '40s and the '20sHam, George H. (George Henry)
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Reminiscences of a Raconteur, Between the '40s and the '20s
Ham, George H. (George Henry)
Canada; Ham, George H. (George Henry), 1847-1926; Journalists -- Canada -- Biography
Some of the Western Men.
In the west is P. L. Naismith, who in 1900 was manager of the A. R. & I.
Co., and is now manager of the important department devoted to the
expansion of the country’s natural resources. Allan Cameron, now general
superintendent of the Natural Resources branch, joined the company in
1883 as a clerk in the freight department at Winnipeg, and afterwards
was promoted to the office of assistant general freight agent at
Vancouver. After spending four years in the company’s service in China,
he was transferred to London, England, and moved to New York city,
holding in both places the position of general freight agent. From this
position in 1903 he was transferred to Calgary where he became general
superintendent of lands, department of Natural Resources. In this
department is also Norman Rankin, who has been with the company for
years and has high literary ability. W. H. D’Arcy has been general
claims agent at Winnipeg since the memory of man, and Chas. Temple has
recently been promoted to chief of motive power and rolling stock at
Montreal. Frank Peters joined the C.P.R. staff in 1881 in the cashier’s
office at Winnipeg. The next year he was agent at Brandon and afterwards
freight agent at Port Arthur and Winnipeg and after being stationed in
the Kootenay became assistant to Vice-president Whyte at Winnipeg, and
is now general superintendent of the B. C. division. Alfred Price was
operator and clerk in the general offices of the Credit Valley in 1879;
after being superintendent on various divisions he is now general
manager of eastern lines at Montreal—and a mighty good one too, for it
is said of him that there is no better railroader in North America.
Another expert, Charlie Murphy, fills a similar position on Western
lines. Then there are general superintendent John Scully of North Bay,
Horace Grout, of Toronto, Ken Savage of Montreal, H. P. Timmerman, now
Industrial Commissioner with Graham Curtis as his assistant, and Jack
McKay of Saskatoon.
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Tom Walklate has been buying lumber and ties for the C.P.R. since 1885,
and is still buying them but not at the old prices. Chris. Kyle, who was
locomotive foreman in ’89 and afterwards master mechanic, is now
supervisor of apprentices with headquarters at Montreal. Bob Miller
started railroading in 1873 and was station agent at Windsor street
station for ten years, and is now passenger train master there. No one
knows when Ed. Whelan, at the Windsor Street Station started selling
tickets, and his namesake Thomas at the gate has a voice like Caruso,
while John Cullin, who looks after the offices, is still to the fore.
Prominent Passenger Men.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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