Re: Monson clipping-one man does it all
| February 08, 2015 05:36AM |
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Thank you, Bruce! That's such a treat to read, though I'm surprised to see the piece appeared in a Minneapolis paper.
W. L. Estabrook's death in 1904 had such an effect on the operations of the railroad that the Annual Report of the Railroad Commissioners of the State of Maine for that year even included a paragraph mourning his passing. Not only did he hold the railroad together for its first 20 years of existence, but he appears to have been widely admired and respected.
Estabrook's successor in later years as "Poo-Bah" of the Monson RR was H.E. Morrill, who hired on as a fireman in 1883 and spent his entire 60-year career there. I have a copy of the 1932 edition of the "Official Guide of Railways" that lists his title as "Superintendent and Ticket Agent"!
-Philip Marshall
W. L. Estabrook's death in 1904 had such an effect on the operations of the railroad that the Annual Report of the Railroad Commissioners of the State of Maine for that year even included a paragraph mourning his passing. Not only did he hold the railroad together for its first 20 years of existence, but he appears to have been widely admired and respected.
Estabrook's successor in later years as "Poo-Bah" of the Monson RR was H.E. Morrill, who hired on as a fireman in 1883 and spent his entire 60-year career there. I have a copy of the 1932 edition of the "Official Guide of Railways" that lists his title as "Superintendent and Ticket Agent"!
-Philip Marshall
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