. Railways and other ways: being reminiscences of canal and railway life during a period of sixty-seven years; with characteristic sketches of canal and railway men, early tram roads and railways, steamboats and ocean steamships, the electric telegraph and Atlantic cable, Canada and its railways, trade and commerce . s of railway office freight work, he waspromoted to the Great Western Railway office at Chicago, as anassistant to A. Wallingford, an old, trustworthy, and muchesteemed agent of the Company in that progressive city. AtChicago Mr. Mackay soon made his mark and pushed his way tohigh
. Railways and other ways: being reminiscences of canal and railway life during a period of sixty-seven years; with characteristic sketches of canal and railway men, early tram roads and railways, steamboats and ocean steamships, the electric telegraph and Atlantic cable, Canada and its railways, trade and commerce . s of railway office freight work, he waspromoted to the Great Western Railway office at Chicago, as anassistant to A. Wallingford, an old, trustworthy, and muchesteemed agent of the Company in that progressive city. AtChicago Mr. Mackay soon made his mark and pushed his way tohigher positions until he reached that of general freight agent ofthe Michigan Central Railway, which office he has held with highhonour for many years, and long may he continue in it. M. 0. DICKSON, DISTEICT PASSENGER AGENT. I have much pleasure in referring to another old officer ofthe Great Western, viz., Mr. M. C. Dickson, whom I rememberas the active station agent at Bothwell many years ago. Sincethen he has held different important positions on Canadian rail-ways. For some years he was general freight agent on theNorthern Railway, and when that road merged into the GrandTrunk, Mr. Dickson was appointed district passenger agent forthe , Avith office at the Union Station, which position hestill GEORGE BURDETT SPRIGGS. Other Officers, hicidents and Anecdotes, 195 CHAPTER XVII. OTHER OFFICERS, INCIDENTS AND BURDETT SPRIGGS. OF this gentleman, the Station Agent, a monthly magazine,thus speaks in its issue of August, 1893 : We are pleased to present to our readers this month, oneof the prominent Cleveland traffic officials, one of the best kno^ynin railway circles and one who has a national reputation, Mr. Spriggs, general freight agent of the New York, Chicago &St. Louis Eailroad (Nickel Plate). The outline of his career is an interesting one, showing asteady rise from the lowest to the highest position in the freightdepartment. Mr. G. B. Sprigg
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