. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . e before , he took the trouble to write that he had noticed the work of the young man inquestion (although he had never seen him) and took pleasure in showing his appreciationin that manner. He has forgotten the incident, but it has been a constant stimulus to therecipient. The organ will be a help, encouragement and inspiration to many Baltimoreand Ohio employes, who join in thanking Mr. Murray for his gift. 2 BALTIMORE AND OHIO A CHIEFTAIN OF THE RAIL O. E. Henderson Division Correspondent, Seymour, Indiana THESE incidents from the parly his
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . e before , he took the trouble to write that he had noticed the work of the young man inquestion (although he had never seen him) and took pleasure in showing his appreciationin that manner. He has forgotten the incident, but it has been a constant stimulus to therecipient. The organ will be a help, encouragement and inspiration to many Baltimoreand Ohio employes, who join in thanking Mr. Murray for his gift. 2 BALTIMORE AND OHIO A CHIEFTAIN OF THE RAIL O. E. Henderson Division Correspondent, Seymour, Indiana THESE incidents from the parly history of the oldOhio and Mississippi Railroad, now a part of oursystem, were told by an engineer who has beenin the service of the Ohio & Mississippi and Baltimore& Ohio Southwestern railways continuously for the pastfifty-nine years. Today we find him with a clear mindand a walk as spry as that of a man of forty. He is heldin high esteem by the men he has worked with and by thecompany he has so faithfully served these many PATRICK J. SHERON Patrick J. Sheron, born in Ireland, in 1840, was broughtto America by his parents in 1842. They went directto Cincinnati. In 1853 Patrick became waterboy forone of the contractors then making grade for the old0. & M. When he was seventeen years old, he beganhelping to wood up engines at North Vernon, Ind.,which was at that time a wood station. In 1863, hetook a position as freight brakeman, resigning in 1867to become freight fireman. He was made engineer inOctober, 1870, and was continuously in that service untillast winter, when he was injured in a street car accident inCincinnati. Mr. Sheron is a very interesting talker,and like the rest of his countrymen, enjoys relatingpleasant stories, as well as many sad ones that are yetfresh in his mind. In 1861 he was sent out with the wrecking crew toclear up the wreck of a train that went through a bridge—over a stream that has since been filled in—just westof Willow Valley. The engine
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