H. G. THORLEY, Ontario Passenger Agent, White Star Line, Toronto; C. R. MORGAN, Ticket Clerk, C.T.A., G.T.R., Hamilton, Overseas; F. W. CHURCHILL, City Passenger Agent, C.P.R., Collingwood; A. PHILIPS, City Passenger Agent, G.T.R., Huntington, P.Q., now M.L.A.; T. L. THOMSON, C.T.A., C. & P.E.I.R., Charlottetown, P.E.I.; DR. J. W. SHAW, Honorary Physician, Clinton, now overseas; WILL LAHEY, C.P.A., C.P.R., Brantford; W. WARD, C.T.A., G.T.R., Dresden, Ont.; H. J. MOOREHOUSE, C.P.A., C.P.R., Sault Ste. Marie; H. M. BOHREER, D.P.A., “M. & O.,” Chicago; ARTHUR HARE, C.P.A. “Wabash,” Tillsonburg; M. MCNAMARA, C.T.A., G.T.R., Walkerton, Collector Customs; W. MCILROY, C.P.A., C.P.R., Peterborough; E. DE LA HOOKE, C.P.A., G.T.R., London, Ont., Secretary-Treasurer; J. P. HANLEY, C.P.A., G.T.R., Kingston, Vice-President; R. J. CRAIG, C.P.A., C.P.R., Cobourg, President; W. JACKSON, C.P.A., C.P.R., Clinton; W. BUNTON, C.P.A., G.T.R., Peterborough; C. E. MORGAN, C.P.A., G.T.R., Hamilton; R. L. MORTIMER, C.P.A., G.T.R., Shelburne; GEO. B. WYLLIE, T.P.A., Illinois Central Railway, Buffalo, N.Y. ] There are quite a number of agents, active in transportation matters at the present time, who took part in and recall the friendly but whirlwind competition “American” lines indulged in to obtain the lion’s share of business moving beyond the border. Forty years rest lightly indeed, on them all and a baker’s dozen chosen at random might well include Edward de la Hooke, London, dean of the faculty, erect, vigorous and immaculate, who began railroading in Hamilton in 1864, W. G. Webster, a colt yet and an inveterate wag, who resides in Chicago, J. A. McKenzie, Woodstock, Will Jackson, Clinton W. Somerville, Seaforth, James Dore, Mitchell, R. Lauder, Goderich, C. L. King, Kincardine, John Towner, Stratford, P. Robertson and R. E. Waugh, Hamilton, Dick Shea, Palmerston, W. E. Rispin, Chatham, Dan. Hayes, London, Geo. McCallum, Galt, a storehouse of ancient history; C. E. Horning, Toronto, Tom Evans, London, John Paul, Dave Dover and Alex. Calder, Winnipeg, W. H. King, St. Thomas, J. Quinlan, Montreal, W. H. Clancy, now living in Toronto, (a wit with an “Emerald” flavor), A. E. Lalande, Montreal, J. B. Lambkin, Halifax, D. Carruthers, Quebec, John Lyons, Moncton, and J. M. Riddell, Portland. The names U. E. Thompson, Belleville, John Foy, Toronto, A. H. Taylor, Ottawa, C. E. Morgan, Hamilton, J. Tierney, Arnprior, W. Bunton, Peterborough, W. H. Harper, Chatham, Alex. Notman, Toronto, Joseph Heffernan, Guelph, Louis Drago, Niagara Falls and John Gray live in the memory although they have ceased their labors.