Show BIG IG DEMAND DEM ON YOUNG YOUG MAN HAN MANA HANA M A Railway way Division Divion Superintendent at tt t Saturday Sa Evening Post Mi Mr 11 Ashbel AhbEl B Newell ewel Is a a college collegeman collegeman man in the th broadest q t sense of ef the term Mention Yale and the class of ot 1900 and you command the tle instant attention te ton of f the superintendent dent of of the Ule western wester di dl division dIvision vision of t Shore Michigan I Southern Southen railway r way t tf f There may be b division superintend superintendents ent younger than Mr Newell New n if they are under 32 His appointment to this post came to him when he ne was only 24 I That was t the beginning of the te tei i Worlds fair fall year ear when big problems connected with wih the traffic of the expo exposition i came up almost daily daiy i The situation which he faced was a ai it i formidable one The division placed j i under his control is rated among rall ri road men as a a very important the t e road was entering upon Its year ear of heaviest i traffic and he was wa a youth in years i I lOne One factor that tat strongly helped to fit him for his important duties was an i i available clement element of physical strength I and an important feature of MS hl hi prep preparation preparation I araton was a year spent in a close I first hand study of how things arc I done at the top thing I Among railroad men Mr lIr John JQhn New Newell ell eli el was often ofen spoken of as the president dent who lives on the road noad The ma I jor br part of his work was done in his private car er and he reduced the toe work I ings of a traveling office to a science As soon as QS young New Newell ell left college his father Cather Invited him to spend one ons I year as his guest gest on the road The i father and son spent four days a week i together in the presidents car flitting from one end of the line Une to the other and making visiting trips tIps over other roads roads To a young man just out of college this kind l of occupation could not appear arduous On the te other i hand han it was far removed from idle idleness nest ness nesi and there was wa every opportunity to gain Insight into the methods m t hOds of the te management management In that at Pesi I U dent Newell Newel and his son covered more than miles mies In the presidents private private private vate car and the young man was wa tak taken taken taken en into his fathers confidence to an ap a extent w which enabled him to get a comprehensive idea of how a great geat railway system is managed His EIs experience at his fathers elbow had done more moie than afford aford him a means of analyzing orders and arriving at their whys and wherefores it i had also given him an invaluable acquaintance with a wide circle of prominent railroad men Although his first position placed in his hands bands the general movement of traffic ov over r an entire division his preparation had been so excellent that the te task was wa an easy eay one Soon he was given larger responsibilities and In 1892 1893 took barge harge of or the Jamestown and Franklin division of the te line Une So well wel did he meet the test that in February of 1893 he was appointed su superintendent superIntendent superintendent of the western division which extends from Chicago to Elk hart hart Ind md Then came the severe and exacting period when railway traffic into Chicago reached its it highest highet point Next came the great railway strike and It i brought to the young y ung a phase of railroading ading which had in n it an element of excitement peril peri and activity With Wih picked crews he went repeatedly into yards which were in the hands of the strikers and personally assisted In making up and moving trains Here his athletic sta ture and training stood him in in good st stead but the quality of or greatest ice in critical situations was cool co l clear cler headed Mr Newell takes his work easily and gives an observer the Impression that I it i is of an interesting sting recreation than a a burdensome task His popular popularity ity I among his associates in the service Is largely due to his directness and sim simplicity simplicity of manner He is accessible to I all aU comers corners and his subordinates no I matter how humble their position in inthe the th ervice know that they the will wi never be of their denied superintendent a fair hearing at the office |