Railway and Locomotive Engineering . remarkable graspof essential facts won quick the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul,where he worked for eighteen years, heeventually became division find him in ISPfi the manager ofthe Minneapolis and Pacific Railway,from which he went to become the gen-eral nianagcr of the Minneapolis. St. Pauland Sautt Stc Marie Railway, the oldWashburn *v«icm. better and more popu-larly known to many as the Soo Line. .in that new field he came in contactV. ith a mighty man, a Titan, of the West,the late .lames J. Hill, of the St. Paul,Minnea
Railway and Locomotive Engineering . remarkable graspof essential facts won quick the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul,where he worked for eighteen years, heeventually became division find him in ISPfi the manager ofthe Minneapolis and Pacific Railway,from which he went to become the gen-eral nianagcr of the Minneapolis. St. Pauland Sautt Stc Marie Railway, the oldWashburn *v«icm. better and more popu-larly known to many as the Soo Line. .in that new field he came in contactV. ith a mighty man, a Titan, of the West,the late .lames J. Hill, of the St. Paul,Minneapolis and Manitoba. Wlien men meet for the first time thereis likely to be a fight. The forces of rival roads, pushingahead on the prairies of Dakota, eachclaiming in one section practically thesame right of way, came into armed col-lision. Mr. Underwood supported liiscause with rifles in the hands of his hardycrews. He would not yield, and it goeswithout saying that neither would was a war of the long lines car-. rUtUEKlCK I). LNDICKWODU. ried on for weeks, and finally when atruce was signed it came to pass thatFrederick D. Underwood had not madean enemy but a friend who was to powerful influence on his destiny. JamesJ. Hill, the builder of the Empire of theWest, knew a real man when he saw liim,for he was one who had reared a mightyfabric on that gift. Fifteen years ago the late J. PierpontMorgan and James J. Hill had a confer-ence in an ofticc not far from Broad andWall streets with regard to the affairsof the Erie Railroad. The Titan of theWest told the financier what he thoughtabout Underwood. Wc will send for him. said The general manager of the Baltimoreand Ohio made a two weeks inspection of the property of the much abused Ericand then told what ought to be done, how-many millions ought to be spent in doing11. and when pressed for further detailssaid that he was willing to begin the workof his life—for $50,000 a year. His termswe
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