Canadian transportation & distribution management . , District FreightAgents office, , Toronto; Jan. 1,1898 to June 18, 1904, Division FreightAgent, and afterwards Assistant Gen-eral Freight Agent, Intercolonial Ry.,Montreal. On the formation of the Boardof Railway Commissioners he was ap-pointed Traffic Officer, his appointmentbeing dated June 22, 1904, and his dutiesbeing then defined as, to advise the com-missioners on all traffic matters as be-tween railways, and as between railwaysand the public, to examine, file and rec-ord all freight and passenger tariffs, and to advise the Board
Canadian transportation & distribution management . , District FreightAgents office, , Toronto; Jan. 1,1898 to June 18, 1904, Division FreightAgent, and afterwards Assistant Gen-eral Freight Agent, Intercolonial Ry.,Montreal. On the formation of the Boardof Railway Commissioners he was ap-pointed Traffic Officer, his appointmentbeing dated June 22, 1904, and his dutiesbeing then defined as, to advise the com-missioners on all traffic matters as be-tween railways, and as between railwaysand the public, to examine, file and rec-ord all freight and passenger tariffs, and to advise the Board as to the approvalor disapproval of the same. Later hewas appointed Chief Traffic Officer. Heleaves a widow and one son, Oswald R.,of East Orange, , a brother in To-ronto, and three unmarried sisters inEngland. By Mr. Hardwells death, Canada haslost a great public servant, an able offi-cial, an indefatigable worker, and a mostlovable personality. Probably few out-side of the Board of Railway Commis-sioners and its officialsj some of the rail-. James Hardwell, Chief Traffic Officer. Board of Railway Commis- sioners. way companies traffic officials, and thewriter of this article, have any idea ofthe vast amount of work he performedin examining tariffs, in analyzing evi-dence submitted at tariff hearings, andin many other ways. Endowed with ahigh sense of public duty, and a thor-oughly judicial mind, he performed hisduties with the utmost fidelity and im-partiality, and was held in high respect,by both the transportation officials andthe public with whom he had to deal. Hon. F. B. Carvell, , Chairmanof the Board of Railway Commissioners,in a letter of sympathy to Mrs. Hard-well, said:—I do not have to tell youhow much this Board will miss him, andhow much he will be missed by the wholerailway fraternity in Canada. It is someconsolation to have left a name such asMr. Hardwell has left among those withwhom he has worked all his lifetime. S. J. Maclean, , Assistaant C
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