. Between the ocean and the lakes; the story of Erie . trans-ferred to the passenger department as chief clerk. In 1 was appointed assistant general passengei agent. He heldthis place during the stormy times of the Gould and Fiskr/gime, and so sati 1 u tor) did his p it ppeal to the management of Erie which succeeded the Could control that,while most of those prominent in all branches of the Com-panys employ were replaced by new men. Mr. Abbott was 494 BETWEEN THE OCEAN AND THE LAKES by a unanimous vote of the new directory appointed generalpassenger agent, succeeding William R. Barr. M
. Between the ocean and the lakes; the story of Erie . trans-ferred to the passenger department as chief clerk. In 1 was appointed assistant general passengei agent. He heldthis place during the stormy times of the Gould and Fiskr/gime, and so sati 1 u tor) did his p it ppeal to the management of Erie which succeeded the Could control that,while most of those prominent in all branches of the Com-panys employ were replaced by new men. Mr. Abbott was 494 BETWEEN THE OCEAN AND THE LAKES by a unanimous vote of the new directory appointed generalpassenger agent, succeeding William R. Barr. Mr. Abbott soon took front rank among the passengermanagers of the country, and was, by common consent,acknowledged to be a master in the handling of that branchof railroad traffic. He was, in fact, the first actual passen-ger traffic manager in the United States. He served throughGen. Dixs administration, through the exciting years of theWatson management, continuing at the head of his depart-ment under the Jewett administration, and until 1886 under. JOHN N. ABBOTT. President John King, when he resigned to accept the chair-manship of the Western Passenger Association. He assumedthat responsible post at the unanimous request of the lead-ing railroad magnates of the West and Southwest, and held ituntil the association was abolished. Mr. Abbott then becameassistant to the president of the Great Northern Railwaysystem, which office he resigned in 1891 to engage in privatebusiness enterprises. The story of the passenger traffic of the Erie, during JohnN. Abbotts incumbency as head of the department, may trulybe said to be the story of the passenger traffic developmentof the country, so original and practical were his ideas, and so promptly were they applied to the advancement of the in-terests of that traffic. Mr. Abbott had for years advocatedthe importance of devoting more attention to the develop-ment of local traffic on the Erie than any management ofthe Company had ever given
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