. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . times she would have a supply of Marylandfried chicken sandwiches for her patrons. Someof our old timers will remember that they werethe real thing. John E. Spurrier, now special representativeof the federal manager, was the night telegraphoperator in this station during the year 1866,and Upton W. Howser, brother of the agent, wasthe station baggagemaster. If the Man Who Painted Sign atHarpers Ferry Is Alive, aFortune Awaits Him THE living worth of good work is alwaysrecognized, even in small things. Signpainters do not usually achieve wealtho
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . times she would have a supply of Marylandfried chicken sandwiches for her patrons. Someof our old timers will remember that they werethe real thing. John E. Spurrier, now special representativeof the federal manager, was the night telegraphoperator in this station during the year 1866,and Upton W. Howser, brother of the agent, wasthe station baggagemaster. If the Man Who Painted Sign atHarpers Ferry Is Alive, aFortune Awaits Him THE living worth of good work is alwaysrecognized, even in small things. Signpainters do not usually achieve wealthor fame, yet it is said that a fortuneawaits the man who painted a station sign atHarpers Ferry, on the Baltimore and OhioRailroad, shortly after the completion of theline at that point. The Western Society ofEngineers has the sign on exhibition at theirrooms. The engineers are trying to ascertain whomixed the paint and applied it to the sign, which for the traveling public are here shown posted was placed in position at the Harpers Ferry. The First Station at Relay of which we have seen Pictorial Record THE AND OHIO EMPLOYES ^lAGAZIXE 47 Ptation about thirty years ago. The summersheat and winters storms have in no way dimmedthe hister of the paint used to make the wordsHarpers Ferr\. They stand out as boldly asthe day they were formed by the artists brush. The wood aroimd the letters has been wornabout one-sixteenth of an inch by sand beatenagainst it by fierce winds, but the letters havewithstood the elements. It is asserted that no paint manufacturednowadays is equal in durability to that whichwas applied to the old sign, and if the personwho mixed it is living and will take advantageof the secret he possesses as to its compositionit is said he can, by engaging in the paint manu-facturing business, soon accumulate wealth.—White Plains (New York) Record. Fifty Years Service Gave WilliamArcher, Late Assistant Engineer,Remarkable Knowledge ofWestern Lines By F. J. P
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