. The Street railway journal . of their proposed retirement their employees lost no time in expressing theirhigh appreciation of the many kindnesses that the managementof the road had shown during the many years that the Holmesbrothers have been connected with the property. On the evening ofthe day preceding his retirement President Holmes held an openreception in his office, and hundreds of his men, some of whomhad been with him twenty years, came in to bid him Holmes says that although he has frequently been a host, on nooccasion had he received a more heartily sincere rece
. The Street railway journal . of their proposed retirement their employees lost no time in expressing theirhigh appreciation of the many kindnesses that the managementof the road had shown during the many years that the Holmesbrothers have been connected with the property. On the evening ofthe day preceding his retirement President Holmes held an openreception in his office, and hundreds of his men, some of whomhad been with him twenty years, came in to bid him Holmes says that although he has frequently been a host, on nooccasion had he received a more heartily sincere reception than hegot from his employees on this evening. With many expressions ofregret and the recounting of personal kindnesses of the retiringpresident and general manager, the men showed their great goodwill to the two men who have not only been most influential factorsin the development of the rapid transit facilities of the two Kansascities, but have also been prominently associated with nearly alltheir commercial W. H. HOLMES
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