. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . t Engineer, 621 SloanBuilding, Cleveland, Ohio The following interesting article fiiom theAkron, Ohio, Sunday Times was sent to us byB. F. Thompson, telephone engineer. In for-warding it ^Ir. Thompson said Henry Basoreis as solid as a rock and for that reason andthe fact that he is so well kno\Mi to the employesof this division, we are glad to publish thislittle tribute to him, though he is not, strictlyspeaking, an emploj-e of the Baltimore andOhio: Forty years on the line and still goingstrong, is the record of Henry Basore, 251Balch Street, lineman
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . t Engineer, 621 SloanBuilding, Cleveland, Ohio The following interesting article fiiom theAkron, Ohio, Sunday Times was sent to us byB. F. Thompson, telephone engineer. In for-warding it ^Ir. Thompson said Henry Basoreis as solid as a rock and for that reason andthe fact that he is so well kno\Mi to the employesof this division, we are glad to publish thislittle tribute to him, though he is not, strictlyspeaking, an emploj-e of the Baltimore andOhio: Forty years on the line and still goingstrong, is the record of Henry Basore, 251Balch Street, lineman for the Western Union. At an age when many men are hobblingaroimd the house, dozing in the easy chair andreading the newspaper through a double pairof spectacles, Mr. Basore is out in the winterweather, climbing the slippery poles, mendingthe icy wires, exposed to the snow or rain orchill wind all day long. No, I never wear an overcoat, he just use the same clothes I wear in the never cold. Dont mind the weather Henry Basore THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO EMPLOYES MAGAZINE 97 A ruddier picture of health it would be harderto find than Mr. Basore at the age of as a soldier he stands, his eyes arebright and twinkling, his cheeks are red withthe outdoor glow. Dangerous? he repeated the questionhazarded by the reporter. Well, yes, itsdangerous business, I guess. But 1 never thinkof it. Im used to it. I just skin up a pole andwork away at the top without a thought of done it so long I never think about Im not as agile as I once was, but Imstill good for a number of years yet. Mr, Basore has worked on the same linelonger than any other man in the same employ. Tom Delane3% who started in to work thesame day I did forty years ago, was pensionedoff two years ago. We were the two oldest em-ployes, said Mr. Basore. He began work as a lineman when the Bal-timore and Ohio Railroad had telegraph the-Baltimore and Ohio teleg
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