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Fort Wayne Daily News from Fort Wayne, Indiana • Page 5

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WTNSSOAY MAY mw9 f9mMmmi msfM We Tell TPo have notMsg MMewttLtfp tcf bidet ttovrmuUsasHtraaV duel You wffl fineness la AyvitAlaMMrfl for 1909 Mnutf pot hire a copy wo wW gladly send yoa one Then show lbs formulae jour doctor It he See not approve then do not buy if he approves then wry and keep thas staad lijll auM ill AMta Villa Arr sJSsr4MrtSssys4mk i 3 2 1 If a It I i if i ataatly Into tfea method1 of eompett tars and atemoe to hrreentraw ieraatlo to beadauarteta atrhlla dalpfcla INSPECTION WKMNE CAREER OF AJ CASSATT ACTIVE AND ABLE AFTER HE WAS 8ELF OSLERIZED SIXTEEN WHOLE YEARS WILL BOYCOTT THE PfNNSY Unique Inspection Engine Here This Morning Nsw Read Other Railroad Newt fe iTnTnTtitiTiTtnTiTTjitJTT ttTt TO TTnTTTTTTTTWTTTTV in a nutshell uorn nttsMirg I 4 Educated MCstly in Europe A Started Career As civil engi neer t4 Began with Pennsylvania In 4 1861 as a rodman 4 Promoted to An assistant en gineer division engineer super 4 iatendent motive tower and ma 4 chlnery general superintendent A general manager east of Pltts iJ burg third vice president first 41ee presldent director ores Indent iHl A fu a TSTtTTtt PHIIADELPHlA Pa May SOTo face a crisis la the affairs of the Perm sylvanla railroad brought on 2jr the disclosure eftf Unblushing graft among tmstednstIorea A Cassatt presl dent of the Toad has cut short a Eu irpaanjpion and is hurrying home on ajsqeamshlp This situation la said to he a coiaplete surprise to the man regarded la the premier railroad pros ldent of the United States and one who baa well earned hla position at the head of the biggest financial prop Position among railroads t8 Casaatts son Robert Kelso Cas aatt is with Casaatts son in Jaw Win Stewart and Cassatts brother irl Jir 13 SEVENTEEN YEARS OF EASE It was at the extremely youtn ful ago of forty two years for 4 a man or anairs max jar jbs satt resigned the third vice I presidency of the Pennsylvania 4 and devoted himself to the ra tonal life of a man Of wealth 4 and health In the first place 4 he traveled for several years in 4 Europe He conducted a model stock arm at Bcrwyn Pa that 4 produced prize sheep and noted 4 horsed like Den dOr He was promiafiit in the National Steepiccnase association ana with others built a track at Monmouth park To secure good roads for his home county he became democratic candidate for the previously unimportant position of road surveyor and was easily elected in spile of the county i being normally republican It got roads to be proud of Among the sports he favored were cricket and horseback rid lngt During this period Mr 4 Cassatt Was by no means idle remaining in touch with the road 4 as a director having been elect 4 ed one while abroad and created 4 sovefal noted improvements 4 1m TTAJT TT itit trnti if TrT it TTfTTTrT WW 7rV road the task of making imporrements that staggered the railroad world and tie DubllC as well It Is onlv neces sary to menlfonthat the pushing of the Pennsylvania lntathe heart of NewYiork city ajpj tject luyolvlng I50000poo wortii ot tunnels and term inals iahls xinDays of Old In CassatTs younger days his greatest achievement probably was the securing of the Philadelphia Wilmington Baltimore railroad after the rival Baltimore Ohio had believed itself in control of it Cassatt advanced in the Pennsylvania under tha partial eye of Thos A Bcot vice rsident which amounted Unique Contrivance Was In the City twiiT TliU AorWbig The unique and uodupllcated Inspection anglnejVff th Laka Shore railroad was in this city for a brief per lod this mcrnlngand attracted much attention at the north statiom Moon assistant general manager Of the Lairs Snore and A floomer as aistant general superintendent of the Is Si it occupied the Inspection cab of the engine which constitutes the interesting part of lbe locomotive The engine to which was attached the private ear of the two aforementioned officials came from the south ever the Italia Erie ic Western and proceeded north without much of a stop here This engine was built especially for track Inspection purposes and is fitted With a commodious cab which is built directly over the boiler and in front of the engineers cab so that that worthy is behind the Ofllcials in tne inspection cab The Jatter cab IsUtted with seats and will hold eighteen or twenty persons It occupies the place above the boiler taken up by tue bell and otllor parte en other engines This engine can attain a speed ct 70 miles an Vour nnd has been in exist ence three years It is almost con atantly in use Jt Is the only one ownnd by the Lake Shore and so far as is known the only one in the world JMOTORMAN WAS DRUNK And Gave Passengers a Wild Ride and Dangerous Throwing the motor open and mak ing poles look like a picket fence and curves like mere swerves of wind Mb toman Tully in charge of No 207 ex ra internrbaneara the Fort Wayne Wabash Valley traction line gave those who rode with him wild ride which thry do not care to repeat Aa a result Frank Hardy superintend ent of the interurban line met Tully at Boyd Park and gave him his tlme 8unday tra car service was maintained between Peru and Wabash because of the opening of Boyd Park Tully had one of these ears At 3 pclock Sunday afternoon Tully pulled out of Peru with a well filled car When he reached Bcd Park It is said he was too drunk to operate his car THROUGH SERVICE FROM HERE TO EVANSVittE As a rcsult of the deaf tloWWoii day whereby the avansville Prlncel ton traction line is to passunder tnn JWEi MfWm sWlnsaWW if i i A Vff WZS CSkjsTiaisffllV 187 foU rV ftSSE asaiWatsttMV laNBi III 4A I III lsaJsTl IsMtnaLasssssTl Mffil sa fill bf ITS OECORA nONOAYMTOO Gardner Cassatt and Loo John to this Cassatts ability was allowed 1S ALEX JOHNSTON CAS8ATT Isu JJoyd close friend of Cassatt la con I trol of the Keystone fc oai mo wiw company which has absorbed most of the small companies which have been furnishing the Pennsylvania with fuel and supplies Ybung Cassatt was mnno thnaa who admitted that be ac cepted atack without coat to him This I and tner tnings mac icsu fore the state railroad commissioners have ceased such a scandal In the reads affairs that there is already talk of the stockholders diaplaclng Cassatt as president Cassatts career often has been pointed to as a model one Born of a prominent family he iad the advantage of college training at home and abroad He entered the Tallroad bnsmess awayat the hotton androse gradually but quickly until in 1882 at a younger age than Dr Osier could find fault with he relinquished active railroad management and spent seventeen years In semi retirement deyot Ing himself to the pleasures ot a country gentleman and active ppprts man Better Than Eer The glittering feature of his Hie that at the age of sixty he reissued from this comparative privacy at tte call of the Pennsylvania when elected aim president and proved to DeatNMaTtndalt mor9 iim tkM aver bstfora aad ietta to counL It was at CoL Scotts death that Cassatt quit the vice presidency Among tactitura railroad men he stands out as a medalist He doesnt talkf muci He is a man of line physique and his hair la Inclined to be red Hebas dark blue eyes and ruddy skin WILL BOYCOTT PENNSYLVANIA Tattlers Club lneured Ire of Cpmpet Ing Railroads Iteport has It that as a result of the unusual activity of the Tattlers duo of the Pennsylvania a movement has been set on ft by other lines to boycott thit system and to keep away from It as much as possible the un routed business An eastern paper says that the club which Is made up of seme of the higher officers of the Pennsylvania ravav Information to the Interstate commerce commission iwhen the officers ot anycther Una wars canght violating any section of the interstate law Trafflo offloera claim to have discovered that tha Pennsylvania has been running something approaching a detective bureau for the discovery of Jaxness In method ea the part of say oompetwffliae Ta rapresen tsrtlwas aa last ssVfw ssakrasl MsV control of CharlesMurdbck aud TlfenirV Marshall oftafayelW1iMc1tholl era of the Fort Wayne Wabash Val ley traction line a new traction ln with through service from Fort Wayne to Evansville Is a possibility The Indiana Union traction companys tracks Ur Indianapolis win be used The purchase of the Evansville Princeton line is a part ot the syndl rntn nian to build a line from Ev ansville to Indianapolis The company which is to take over the property a capitalized at 600000 kwiLL BID FAREWELt TO ROBERT PITCA1RN Tomorrow Robert Pltcatrn resident assistant to President Cassstt of the Pennsylvania railroad will become dead as tar as active engagement In that companys affairs is concerned Mr Pltcairn was seventy years old the sixth of this month and he will be compelled to retire tomorrow Em ployes with whom he has been asso ciated aro preparing to bid farewell to him in a suitable manner The Vet eran Employes association of which Mr Pltcairn was long a member will give a reception In his honor PENNSY8 REPLY HARIUSBUIia Pa May 30 The Pennsylvania railroad company filed its answer today to the equity suit brought to Attorney General Carson to abolish tha practice of collecting a 10 rebate on every 20 mileage book sold The company admits that it formerly issued a mileage book at 20 straight but there was much scalping pf these and the present form was necessary to prevent this The company admits that If the ticket is lost It will nctbe replaced or value refunded The answer saya the man ner of obtaining the refund money la easy ana economical me company denies that the ticket 4a contrary to the constitution and its restriction of use of one person unreasonable or annoy ing Answer has not yet been made by the otbercompames against wmen the suit has also been brought ROAD WILL BE BUILT Dr Sol Dickey of Winona is authority for the statement that the Winona Fort Wayne electric road wll be built and that If Columbia City people refuse to rota a subsidy to have the road run through the county seat It will be carried soutn or mat city and run through South Whitley instead A meeting of the Columbia township citizens will doubtless be called at an early date to meet with Dr Dickey to consider his additional subsidy proposition 8TILL IN SESSION MEMPHIS Tenn May 80 The Brotherhood ct Locomotive Engineers today took up the matter of an as sessment for the benefit of widows and orphans of deceased members is believed that flaal adjournment will be Teached by next Saturday flHOr AND FACTORY PERSONALS James Meriwether of th Grand Rapid A Indiana Is spending tha day with his family at Rome City Engineer and Mrs Teagarden have returned from Beaumont where I they visited MrTeagardena sister Theodore A Townsend who tne first of Jueet wlll take tKisttion as drausfefevma at tha BBectrlo works is tathftftttr Jcsm aamttk aad wife isCt Msf for Detroit to iati friends for a week Mr Smith la a Jsapeter in the em ploy of the Penyvnia rleorge Stoll aWfanUly returned to dayfrcm St MBrfalSDhlo where lie wehton a fishlMdaM pleasure Hrlp He is gang loravsvmt tne renneyi vania erecting a Fred Roebke ssffNaer at the Penn sylvania erecting shop painfully pinched tttree flngws of pi left band IktByeAtardar afternoon while at work He will be off duty several days General Palmer of the United Btates army WIT1 pais through the city at 4 oclock this afternoon with his party over the Pennsylvania He will occupy a special oar on No 9 can be made at Waterloo oo the Fort Wayne branch 1 Yesterday work wad begitn poltttinff atsw WfcbKSh sttbiion btitldlnKa bright yed aHUtrlttlltitlipnon of ha wajns coaUssXiind six feet wide at the lMMtotaywtNTfrwn The Interior ofliiyyrdBllificms the baggage TCrriwWmKrJtfer apartments will It would seem that contemplate building in the sJSBasasaaMsaslsiliWMrji Dot Wstlssjssi jssaMicn ffljey fnttife GENERAL INDUSTRIAL NEWS I The steam pipe In the Pennsylvania blacksmith shop was undergoing repairs today The running of the local freight trains was dispensed with today on account of Memorial day The Uerman Lutheran Orphans Home at Indianapolis will give its annual picnic there the 10th of June and the Lake Erie win have a low rate excursion on that da from here The Lake Shore will have a special train front Chicago to Boston on June 7th the occasion being the conven tion there of the National Medical association Connection with this train AfJ upto date housekeepers us Red Crow Ball Blue It makes clothes clean nd sweet when new All srocert BASE BALL TOMORROW Iliat vs Fort Wayae rjthaifiekel Plate Road 106 Miles and Return 100 for each person when traveling Id parties ot five or more eOt full de talU of agent or address AMHn TffqrtWaynelnd I7 i I Wanted Girls at Craig Biscuit Co Beaton Mass and Return Lew Rates Via Nlekel Plate Road May 3 1st to June th Inclusive Full information of local agent or address A Melln A Fort Wayne lad 8S 1 i Iiy6u want a cab call np Frank PnroeU Cab Xiao Bod line Qffloe 1001 Nieht calls Buffalo Ni and Return One Far Plus Twenty Five Cents Via Nickel Plate Read Tickets on sale June 9th 10th and 11th Good returning June 25th Call on agent or address A Melln A Fort Wayne Ind 852 1 NEWS WANT ADS BRING RESULTS wiaea mm jaasa 5 to lOO There are many points ot ad vantage In our plana ttjfIoasdng 1 moneywhlch it wul pay yen to lnTesUgate Cart en us when you want a loan or almost any amount can be borrowed oo your furnimra riano horses and wagons bug gles stock etc and we leava 1 money and property We charge for ifor Interest Only SS0 for six months jfl 39 far six wionths for sIk months SlJiO 100 for sIk months SUM Ton can pay off your loan la small weekly or monthly Installments as you may And It most convenient A liberal dls i due All business strictly con 1 fidentiaL ulJAsVI ai a I Room 3 Arcade Second Floar Established 1895 Heme Phone SM MISS EMM A BR ADEN of Toronto Qmnmtta Removes Superfluous hilr moles red veins by the electric needle Hour 1 to 7 Will call at ladles homes la morning by appointment 1J4 WEST BERRY ST Phone JKtt HttttttvH New8 WANT ADS BRING RESULTS KIWI WANT ADS SHINQ RESULTS NEWS WANT ADS BRING RESULTS NEWS WANT ADS BRING RESULTS 1 I 1 1 1 I ll I 1 I I The familirs of Jacob Miller and Louis Quaint of Madison township have been quarantined because of small pox Outbursts of Everett True evexerr wsj voo PUTl7ttJI3CRSet1S Tft Mrs AM cowArq jsry THE MtLUOHS nuns msftr BorfR MMUSTS er ot kktably serrD AVD wHuem jn rru Dte or good sstoxs AaAwrnesrAo ATCiJ ftxe A MAf 70 3XJ JT AV g2jsR iarW A aassaW NEW DAYLIGHT TRAIN DE LUXE BEGINNING NEXT SUNDAY JUNE 3 CHICAGO to ST PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS Over the Burlingtons Cool and Picturesque 300 Mile Mississippi River Scenic Line Leaving Chicago Union Station 920 a daily Arriving SkPaul Union Station 1000 daily PUaie auk for itttipUrt folJn yea will Bad tl Intrillnt jmncis General Passesgsr Aceot CaicafS jl SALAltt LOANS Ayrwwonable amount 1 ployed by a railroad or shop asked your employer Its do business wlUua Paym on furnttura plaaoa etc ForlWkyneEn HemanonasSS1 jmi isMAMHttfi4 1000 2000 Any reasonabie amount avlvaneedlttTarartittiarly ployed hy a railrpadforahon No note mortgafe or B4atloa asked yottr employer Its cohnrtential pleasant and cheaper 40 do business wlUvua Payments ttoVfuR yoersahV Moaey lnmtAc ittnniltur1piaoatC 45 SSKS Fort Wkyne Employe Cr44t Co riemiVnVnasSS1 JKootaHiitHtoirmtM AMvHJv.

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