. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . pondent, J. P. Harris, Chief Clerk, Pittsburgh On January 17th, at his home in Versailles, P. W. Kane,the oldest engineer on the Pittsburgh system, died, afteran illness of one year. Mr. Kane started railroadingat the outbreak of the Civil War. Being anxious toenlist, but being only fifteen years old, he left home andbegan braking on the Old Orange Railroad. Mr. Kaneentered the service of our road as engineer, July 16th,1865, and was in active service until December 28th,1909, when he was pensioned. During his forty-fouryears of service he never was di
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . pondent, J. P. Harris, Chief Clerk, Pittsburgh On January 17th, at his home in Versailles, P. W. Kane,the oldest engineer on the Pittsburgh system, died, afteran illness of one year. Mr. Kane started railroadingat the outbreak of the Civil War. Being anxious toenlist, but being only fifteen years old, he left home andbegan braking on the Old Orange Railroad. Mr. Kaneentered the service of our road as engineer, July 16th,1865, and was in active service until December 28th,1909, when he was pensioned. During his forty-fouryears of service he never was disciplined, a record whichcannot be excelled. Mr. Kane had the honor of being the engineer on thefirst train to operate over the B. & 0. to Cumberland,and of hauling the first train into the present B. & at Pittsburgh, Pa. He was also in charge of thetrain which hauled President Grant from Pittsburghto Cumberland. Mr. Kane is survived by several daughters and twosons, one of whom is an engineer on the P. W. KANE Mr. Kane was a member ofthe S. S. Brown Division 370, B. of L. E. He was a memberof St. Peters Roman CatholicChurch, McKeesport, Pa. In-terment was made at CalvaryCemetery, Hazelwood Park. Pittsburgh was honored thisweek with the presence of thefollowing officers: George , first vice-president; C. S. Wight, general freighttraffic manager, NorthwestSystem; C. L. Thomas, freighttraffic manager, SouthwestSystem; S. T. McLaughlin,general freight agent B. & ; T. H. Noonan,general manager, Continental Line and C. S. D. Theywere attending the annual dinner of the Traffic Clubof Pittsburgh. Archibald Fries, who for many years was assistantgeneral freight agent of the B. & 0. S. W. at Cincinnati,has been made general freight agent at Pittsburgh, suc-ceeding D. G. Gray, resigned. Mr. Fries will have underhis jurisdiction the Northwest System east of Chicago,up to, but not including, Cumberland. Mr. Fries is nostranger in Pitts
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