. Men who made San Francisco. J. C. B. HEBBARD H. A. Jones PROMINENT among the army of rail-road men of San Francisco is H. , freight traffic manager of the SouthernPacific Company. Mr. Jones began his rail-road career when he was I 7 years old, startingwith the Missouri Pacific in the humble ca-pacity of a freight check clerk. After severalyears he moved to Sherman, Texas, where in1874 he became yard clerk for the Houston& Texas Central, later becoming chief clerkand cashier at the same station. In 1878 heentered the service of the Pennsylvania Com-pany as its commercial agent in Texas
. Men who made San Francisco. J. C. B. HEBBARD H. A. Jones PROMINENT among the army of rail-road men of San Francisco is H. , freight traffic manager of the SouthernPacific Company. Mr. Jones began his rail-road career when he was I 7 years old, startingwith the Missouri Pacific in the humble ca-pacity of a freight check clerk. After severalyears he moved to Sherman, Texas, where in1874 he became yard clerk for the Houston& Texas Central, later becoming chief clerkand cashier at the same station. In 1878 heentered the service of the Pennsylvania Com-pany as its commercial agent in Texas, resign-ing that position to return to Sherman asfreight agent. In 1885 he became travelingfreight agent for the same company, which senthim a year later to Dallas, Texas, as itsfreight and ticket agent. Later he became theroads assistant general freight agent, with of-fices at Houston. His next promotion was in1 892, when he was made general freight agentof the Southern Pacific Companys Texas 1901 he succeeded
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