. History of the Pennsylvania Railroad Department of the Young Men's Christian Association of Philadelphia . nt of theYoung Mens Christian Association I thank you for the confidenceyou have placed in us, and I can assure you that our loyalty in theuse of the building which these keys represent shall bring honor tothe work we represent. Addresses then followed by B. B. Comegys, Director of thePennsylvania Railroad Company; J. O. A. Herring, SuperintendentAdams Express Company; Rev, Charles Wood, Rev. Dr. H. C. McCook,and the following concluding address by George B. Roberts, Presi-dent of the P
. History of the Pennsylvania Railroad Department of the Young Men's Christian Association of Philadelphia . nt of theYoung Mens Christian Association I thank you for the confidenceyou have placed in us, and I can assure you that our loyalty in theuse of the building which these keys represent shall bring honor tothe work we represent. Addresses then followed by B. B. Comegys, Director of thePennsylvania Railroad Company; J. O. A. Herring, SuperintendentAdams Express Company; Rev, Charles Wood, Rev. Dr. H. C. McCook,and the following concluding address by George B. Roberts, Presi-dent of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company: Mr. Chairman and Fellow-Employes of the Pennsylvania RailroadCompany: When I received the invitation to attend the dedication ofthis beautiful building I exacted from your Chairman the promisethat I should not be called on to make a speech; but when I see somany here who are my co-laborers in our great corporation I cannotresist saying a few words, It seems only a few weeks ago that we met to lay the corner-stone of this building. What we all then hoped for has been more 63. GEORGE B. ROBERTS,President Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 1880-1897. than realized; and the rest is in your hands. You can make whatseems good to you of the opportunities now offered to you, and inutilizing and making them of value you will have, I can assureyou, the hearty co-operation of the officers and directors of theCompany. Whenever men are needed for positions of responsibility, theeyes of the ofhcers are turned toward institutions such as this, andnot to men who spend their evenings in saloons, or other placesthat unfit them for their work. No methods for the moral and in-tellectual improvement of the employes of the Company have beenmore productive of good results than the institutions of this kindwhich have been established along the line of the railroad. Thegentlemanly, faithful, efficient service of the employes is the bestevidence of this, and particularly so alo
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