Show J. J Murdock Veteran Railroad Man To ToRe Be Retired May 31 st Almost half a century of a color colorful colorful colorful ful railroad career will be ended May 31 when James W. W Murdo Murdock k city passenger agent for Southern Pacific railroad company retires to become a miniature farmer fanner fanneron on his half acre farm in Bountiful ful uI and to do a little fishing Mr Murdock who has been city passenger agent since July 1922 began his railroad career as a pas pas- passenger passenger passenger and transfer clerk July 7 1898 in Southern Pacific's west Oakland yard Although he served as apprenticeship apprenticeship apprenticeship as a brakeman in 1901 he never worked a day at it be be- because because because cause he became a helper in the yard office and in 1902 opened the first city ticket office in uptown Oakland From there he was transferred to the Los Angeles division in 1906 and then to the Tucson division in 1907 as chief dispatchers dispatcher's clerk In 1909 he became chief manifest clerk in Ogden was transferred back to the toe Los Angeles division in ill 1914 and served during World War I in the Tucson division He was transferred back to Ogden in 1920 and from there became Salt SaltS SaltI S Lake City's passenger agent in I 1922 Mr Murdock has seen railroad railroad- railroading railroading railroading ing grow from the days of o link and pin coupling of cars to the present modern method and has observed that the typical railroad man has changed from the old boomer to a better educated and more reliable type Mr Murdock who was to retire when the war started helped out during the war emergency and has hasto hasto hasto to his credit approximately miles of troop train riding be be- between between between tween Ogden and Pacific coast military camps His retirement t will be spent in raising fruit ber ber- berries berries berries ries and vegetables on his Bountiful ful property and on fishing trips to his cabin on Red lied Feather lake lakein lakein lakein in the Colorado He was feted at a banquet in honor hOllor at Hotel Utah May 17 by officers and staff of the company S. S. S L. L I. I Telegram |