Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1906-03-18 | Page 10 | His Signature Good

HIS SIGNATURE GOOD GOODA A story Is told of how the late ex cx Governor Joseph A Gilmore of New Hampshire when he was superintendent bf the Concord Claremont railroad once wrote a letter to One one of his section bosses who had done somethIng to dis displease displease please him AU All the man could make out was the date and Superintendent GIl mores Dlores signature Some time after afterward ard being In Con Concord Concord cord the man went to call on the super Int at his office Hello John how do you do doT said Mr Gilmore Well what are arc you ou doing now Why lm Fm up here at the same place on the section Mr Gilmore GUmore replied John What saId Mr Gilmore you get a letter from me 1 naming the date Thy yes es certainly answered John JohnWell Well Vell you know that was a let letter tar ter of dismissal HL Letter of dismissal crIed the aston astonIshed astonished John No I make it out except that it was from headquarters and signed by yoU sir But after atter some study I concluded It was a pass As none of the conductors on the road could read it they all lJ accepted m my statement that it was a pass from Mr Gilmore and I have been riding on It ever since John kept hs his place on the section