Indiana and Indianans : a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood . a mans work in full. His fatherwas old-fashioned in his views and appro-priated all the boy earned. It was for this reason that he left homeat the age of nineteen and a half, and go-ing to Northern Indiana, learned teleg-rapliy at Rose Lawn. Two years later helocated at Broad Ripple, Indiana, as agentof the ]\Ionon Railroad. He had his homeat Broad Ripple for thirteen years. Be-sides his duties as station agent he was anotary public, real estate agent, had a halfinterest in a store, operated
Indiana and Indianans : a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood . a mans work in full. His fatherwas old-fashioned in his views and appro-priated all the boy earned. It was for this reason that he left homeat the age of nineteen and a half, and go-ing to Northern Indiana, learned teleg-rapliy at Rose Lawn. Two years later helocated at Broad Ripple, Indiana, as agentof the ]\Ionon Railroad. He had his homeat Broad Ripple for thirteen years. Be-sides his duties as station agent he was anotary public, real estate agent, had a halfinterest in a store, operated a coal yard,sold all kinds of building material, and infact was a strenuous participant in almostevery phase of the commercial life of thatto-mi and working constantly to earn anhonest dollar. It was not long before herealized the impossibility of further ad-vancement as a railroader and that contin-uance on his ,iob would mean an uncertainand precarious existence to the end of hisdays. He therefore became representative ofthe Southern Products Company. Whentlie Indiana Trust Company was appointed. INDIANA AND INDIANANS 1351 receiver of the East Chicago Water andLight Plants Mr. Kirk was chosen as thereceivers special representative. He hadno previous knowledge of such a publicutility and was appointed because he wasgenerally recognized as an unusually capa-ble business man, thoroughly honest andreliable. He continued successfully incharge of the work until reorganization,then remained active in the managementof the plant until 1913. At that date returned to Indianapolis to becomevice president and general manager of theIndianapolis Water Company. He is one of the progi-essive, capablebusiness men of the state. With all hismany responsibilities he has found time tojoin the Masons, Odd Fellows, the Colum-bian and Marion clubs, the Highland GolfClub, the Maennerehor, the Chamber ofCommerce and seveial other civic and so-cial organizations. ]\Ir. Kirk is marriedand has a f
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