. Electric railway gazette . lled both positions. Hiswife died in 1880; and abouta year later his youngest son,then nine years of age, Holmes has two sons liv-ing, now iS and 16 years ofage respectively. He wasmarried in 1883 to Miss KateK. Raworth of Chicago, andhas since lived on PrairieAve. at 30th street. One can know but com-paratively little of the real Mr. Holmes from the foregoingrecord. In the last Gazette, and in previous issues, refer-ences have been made to the splendid harmony that existsbetween President Holmes and the very numerous staff ofconductors, gripmen, drivers,
. Electric railway gazette . lled both positions. Hiswife died in 1880; and abouta year later his youngest son,then nine years of age, Holmes has two sons liv-ing, now iS and 16 years ofage respectively. He wasmarried in 1883 to Miss KateK. Raworth of Chicago, andhas since lived on PrairieAve. at 30th street. One can know but com-paratively little of the real Mr. Holmes from the foregoingrecord. In the last Gazette, and in previous issues, refer-ences have been made to the splendid harmony that existsbetween President Holmes and the very numerous staff ofconductors, gripmen, drivers, as well as officials of theChicago City Railway Co. But to find out the whole had to turn our faces from the South Side, and wind ourway to Clybourn Avenue, in the northern part of the in a fine building, 100 ft. by 99 ft, one recent Sundayafternoon, we found between two and three thousand child-ren, arranged in appropriate groups, receiving instructionunder the superintendence of Mr. Holmes, It was a grand. 2l8 THE STREET RAILWAY GAZETTE. November, 1887 sight. The total number of scholars on the roll is over fivethousand ! Harpers Young People (May 10, 1887) declaresthat it is the largest Sunday school in the world, and tothat paper we refer those who desire more may observe that the same tact and talent which hassucceeded in building up and operating the extensive Chi-cago City Railway, is readily traceable in the managementof the great Sunday school. The paper to which we havereferred says: The exercises move along like a well-regu-lated express train, and the reading and singing alternatewithout the loss of a moments time. No books are used inthis Sunday school, for the songs are painted in big letters,that may be read a block distant, on great sheets of heavypaper as large as a door—one verse to a page—and hung ona big easel. As fast as a verse is sung the sheet is turnedover. And such singing ! it is an inspiration in itself. The Sixth
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