The trail of the swinging lanterns : $b a racy, railroading review of transportation matters, methods and menCopeland, John Morison
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The trail of the swinging lanterns : $b a racy, railroading review of transportation matters, methods and men
Copeland, John Morison
Railroads -- Canada
SOME OF THE PLAYERS WERE:--H. C. BOURLIER, G.A.P.D., C.N.R.,
Toronto; H. A. CARSON, C.F.A., G.T.R., Montreal; A. CRAIG,
C.P.A., C.P.R., Hamilton; GEO. DONALDSON, C.F.A., G.T.R.,
Toronto (Overseas); T. HAGARTY, L.F.O., G.T.R., Toronto; R.
M. HAMILTON, Superintendent, Hendrie Co., Hamilton; W. M.
HOOD, D.F. & P.A., C.N.R., Sudbury; W. J. HOTRUM, C.C.L.A.,
G.T.R., Toronto; H. J. LECLAIR, T.P.A., C.N.R., Quebec; TOM
LOCKWOOD, T.A., Allan Line; C. MCHARG, M.C.P.A., T.H. &
B.R., Hamilton; A. J. MITCHELL, L.O., G.T.R., Toronto; J. A.
MORICE, Import Department, C.P.R., Toronto; H. PETERS, Fruit
Merchant, Toronto; I. G. REECE, C.P.A., C.N.R., Ottawa; H.
J. ROBERTS, C.C., D.T.A., C.P.R., Toronto; R. M. SEDGEWICK,
Traffic Manager, Standard Chemical Co.; S. S. STACKPOLE,
G.C.F.A., P.R.R.; J. THOMSON, Superintendent, Canadian
Transfer Co., Toronto; E. R. THORPE, City Freight Agent,
G.T.R., Toronto; C.L. WORTH, C.C., M. D., G.T.R., Toronto.
“Ho! Ho! merry men and molasses is it? We’ll feed them the syrup to
sweeten their tempers after the Redskins scalp their cow-licks and
curly-me-Q’s,” the Ottawas’ chief exclaimed.
“Your bunch of pretenders would grade about Tenth in the Western
Classification and that’s the tariff rating the railways give sand,
bricks and other heavy, commodities” answered the director of the Green
Sox.
“Believe me, President you have a raft of flotsom and jetsom as
variegated as a hedge of Sweet William; a flock of tortoises I call
them,” responded the ladylike O’Toole, appropriating the last word.
However, “Opinion is private property which the law cannot seize,” the
old saw says.
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