. The Locomotive. nceCompany, upon recommendation of the execu-tive officers, authorized the preparation of asuitable gold medal, to be presented to thoseemployees who had been connected with thecompany for 25 years or more, as a recogni-tion of faithful service performed. After con-sidering several designs submitted, a gold medalwas adopted of which a facsimile of the faceside is shown in the halftone herewith. One of these service medalswas forwarded to each such employee with an appropriate letter byPresident Blake on or about July 1st. The total number of employees who had been continuousl
. The Locomotive. nceCompany, upon recommendation of the execu-tive officers, authorized the preparation of asuitable gold medal, to be presented to thoseemployees who had been connected with thecompany for 25 years or more, as a recogni-tion of faithful service performed. After con-sidering several designs submitted, a gold medalwas adopted of which a facsimile of the faceside is shown in the halftone herewith. One of these service medalswas forwarded to each such employee with an appropriate letter byPresident Blake on or about July 1st. The total number of employees who had been continuously withthe company for twenty-five years or over was sixty-six, of whom 26had been connected with the company for twenty-five to thirty years:23 for thirty to thirty-five years; 11 for thirty-five to forty years; 2 fora period of forty to forty-five years and 2 for forty-five to fifty veterans of over 50 years service are Joseph McMurray of theNew York Office who came with the company January 6. 1872. and. Hg THE LOCOMOTIVE. [October, William J. Farran of the Philadelphia Office whose connection datesfrom December 31, 1869. Three ladies who are numbered among those eligible for theservice badge are Miss S. Jean Kerr and Miss Mary Thompson of theChicago Office and Miss Cora E. Clark of the Boston Office. Among those eligible to receive this medal was Mr. James G. VanKeuren, a special agent of the company in New York who was seri-ously ill at the time the medals were being distributed and who diedon July 8, 1922. Fortunately the gold medal was received by Keuren several days before his death and the friendship andappreciation that it represented came as a comfort to him in hishour of trouble. The medals came as a surprise to their recipients and that theywere greatly appreciated is shown by the letters of acknowledgmentreceived by President Blake. Interest in the medal led some of thestaff connected with the company in more recent years to express ahope that time
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