Through the great campaign : with Hastings and his spellbinders . forthe payment of the men in the shops was deposited,and young Huff was called in from the shop andassigned to this task. The manner of the youngman attracted Mr. Scotts attention, and he re-commended him to the banking firm of W. Sl Co. , as a desirable person for the posi-tion of clerk in their employ. To Mr. Huff wasassigned the work of looking after the pay-cashof the Pennsjdvania Railroad. The 3oung me-chanic was equal to the emergency. He did hiswork to such complete satisfaction of his emplo3ers 58. Hon. George F
Through the great campaign : with Hastings and his spellbinders . forthe payment of the men in the shops was deposited,and young Huff was called in from the shop andassigned to this task. The manner of the youngman attracted Mr. Scotts attention, and he re-commended him to the banking firm of W. Sl Co. , as a desirable person for the posi-tion of clerk in their employ. To Mr. Huff wasassigned the work of looking after the pay-cashof the Pennsjdvania Railroad. The 3oung me-chanic was equal to the emergency. He did hiswork to such complete satisfaction of his emplo3ers 58. Hon. George F. Huff,Congressman-at-Large. that ill a few N-ears he was taken into the firmand sent to Greensburg to estabHsh a branchbank and take complete control of it. During the early years of his connection withW. M. Lloyd & Co., it was part of Mr. Huffsdut\ to carry the Pennsylvania Railroad pay-money from Philadelphia to Altoona. Thisfrequently amounted to $60,000 in cash. Yet henever lost a dollar. He remained with Lloyd & Co. foryears, until their financial stringencyin the seventies compelled a sever-ance of business relations. Since thenhe has been in business for himself asbanker, coal operator and has a beautiful home in Greens-burg, w^here he has entertained main^distinguished men, among them Presi-dent Harrison, and where during thelate campaign, on two memorableoccasions, he entertained GeneralHastings and the members of his party, togetherwnth Robert Pitcairn, C. L. Magee, Judge JohnGripp, George M. Von Bon-horst and others,with a hospitality tha
Size: 1399px × 1786px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectpennsyl, bookyear1895
