. History of bringing the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railway to Galesburg [electronic resource] . ringing the know that Mr. E. P. Ripley, now the presidentof the Santa Fe, who has so ably developed thegreat system and the management generally, ap-preciate the eminent services of Mr. Strong,whose foresight, and energy, and enterprise madeit possible for the Santa Fe to become one of thegreatest railway systems of the world. spends much of his time at Pasadena,California. Since he was chief engineer of the Santa Fe,Mr. Robinson was for several years president ofthe great Mexican Centr
. History of bringing the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railway to Galesburg [electronic resource] . ringing the know that Mr. E. P. Ripley, now the presidentof the Santa Fe, who has so ably developed thegreat system and the management generally, ap-preciate the eminent services of Mr. Strong,whose foresight, and energy, and enterprise madeit possible for the Santa Fe to become one of thegreatest railway systems of the world. spends much of his time at Pasadena,California. Since he was chief engineer of the Santa Fe,Mr. Robinson was for several years president ofthe great Mexican Central Railway. His homeis at Topeka, Kansas. In the more than a quarter of a century thathas elapsed since 1886, when the great railwaywas located to run through Galesburg, many ofour citizens who took an honorable part in theenterprise, have passed away. It is gratifyingto the author that he recalls the events of thatimportant and memorable epoch in our history. In justice to the memory of those who bytheir efforts accomplished the grand result, therecord was carefully preserved by the author 78. (X) CI,AUK E. CAUU Santa Fe Railway to Galeshurg for those who come after, together with accountsof their dealings with, and their relations to thegreat railway company whose high commendationand unstinted praise were given to the peopleof Galeshurg. The benefits of the railway to the city inadding to her wealth and population which willcontinue as time goes on to be augmented, canhardly be overestimated. 79 History of Bringing the INDEX PAOC ARNOLD, B. F. Speaks in favor of signing Guarantee bond 43 AUTHOR Preserves the record of action relating to the bringingthe Santa Fe to Galesburg 78 ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY Directors meet in Boston 30 Wedded to short line _ 8 BROWN, GEORGE W. Declares himself ready to sign Guarantee bond 43 Robinson, Gale, Carr and Barr call upon Mr. Brown athis farm house, east of Galesburg 18 BARR, P. F. Consulting Engineer who accompanied Chief En
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