| Show BIG HONORS FOR RAILROAD MAN MANA A A Robinson May Accept M Position HEAD HEA D OF ALL ROADS REMARKABLE CAREER OF MAN MANOF MANOF OF ORIGIN One of the most known d men In the west t l A A for thi past ten 1 years h 1 ef time tile ie Central Contral railroad and nud at consider considering iU i ing m an offer from President ut Bias o of leo ico to become the heath heal of oC all the railroads now controlled d b by the thc Mexican govern lr r R bill on has h for rOl years lS b been en a po pow 4 lu In Ul the world From o O ot of the h humblest the work lies Ins to of offer offer fer hi progress upward has and amI rapid Und lies hos apparently not tt et reached its NuL For many years ho was WUl connected d with th the Atchison Fe railroad and It ft was as duvin this period that hl his wonderful achievements In Inthe the wu way 0 of 1 building brought lihn Into prominence among tie w wend over Robinsons Life Story The life stor story of this UY rail raU railroad road man r reads wore like notion fiction than truth lp ep to the time timo he reachEd his na ma majority he furrowed furrow d arid and tilled th time soil an lid chores just as thousands of other farm hands of Vermont his native state But he had bad ambition The life of n a farmer Carmer did not appeal to him He wanted to do something But it until that the tho opportunity came Surveys of the lakes were being made when this farm hand was engaged as an art an assistant This It was real lit la continued until 1800 when whon ho he bo be gsa gm his career It was in nn an humble capacity He com as axman in the engineerIng corps of the St Joseph Denver Cit City railroad and gradually rose from that position office engineer locating engineer until ill in 1871 he be became becam assistant engineer r Then he became engineer of the tho Atch itOn Topeka Santa Fe railroad in charge of location and and two years later was made malle chief engineer which position he held until 1290 Ho He also served sered as division superintendent on the road From 1851 to iSS he was superintendent of bridges and building Front Mardi 1 1884 to Feb 1 he was g oral eral manager and later Inter was second 1100 president Construction Record During Durin his lie ho hohas has had dIrect charge of the construction ot o over oyer miles of Including the building ot of the Pu Pueblo blo D line lie miles in da days s and also 1180 ilO miles of time the line from Kansas City to Chicago in days rs the latter embracing permanent bridges across the Missouri Mississippi and Des Moines ls In Mn May 1893 lie he was mn made 1 president of the Mexican C railroad This gave him the chance to meet President Dies and the latter soon came to realize the sterling worth of the man At the tho same gave him an opportunity to return to the scenes of his youth for the head headquarters headquarters quarters or of tills this road rond was iUS in Boston He Hens was ns in charge of time g general business and affairs of the road until about two months ago when hE be retired H He has made To Del a Ken his horn homp und and is widely Inter Interest Interested est ested G in real estate in that cIt city |
