When at headquarters he never missed being the first man in his office, 8.00 to 8.15 a.m., thus anticipating the regular office opening hour, 8.30 a.m. He invariably left his office at 5.00 p.m. daily, walking the three and a half mile journey to and from his residence when conditions were favorable. These unusually methodical habits were the occasion of considerable comment among other officers and business confreres. Mr. Charlton hated a lie, scorned misrepresentation of any kind and positively would not permit anyone to remain in his employ who let liquor secure the upper hand, and whose behaviour and home life threatened to bring the railway company into disrepute. Unlike the majority of employers and railroad officials, it is known that he recognized a good man by paying him well and also assisting him to grasp opportunities for his betterment with other railways and those who worked under him at one time are now holding official positions on several railroads throughout the west and in some of the eastern states. Loyal and fair himself, he deeply appreciated such qualities in others and rewarded with sympathetic interest and substantial assistance those long service colleagues who became embarrassed through injury, ill health or declining years. They were protected by assignment to easier positions: with the generous sanction of his executive chiefs--obtained by going “to the front” in person--Mr. Charlton secured additional funds of the Company to tide over periods of unusual expense incurred by several who, through service rendered and fidelity to the Company’s interests, he knew merited thoughtful consideration. I remember being informed of an instance respecting the case of an old friend, for twenty-five years with Mr. Charlton in the service of the Chicago & Alton and other railroads, who contracted an admittedly fatal disorder and who was carried on the pay roll until death, the Company defraying as well, the cost of medical attention and nurse constantly in attendance for a period of two years. The Chicago Observer declared in 1896 that the Chicago & Alton Railway was recognized as one of the most convenient and luxurious of American railroads, that it was the first to run sleeping cars, to have dining cars, inaugurating also the first free reclining chair cars and reminded the public to bear in mind that these paying innovations--quickly imitated--were largely due to the Company’s indefatigable chief of passenger traffic.