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Show II : i . Railroad Career oi Cap! . L A. Benton Vw V : v; ' . CAPT. t. A. BENTON", ' ; Ijra .Capt. T. A. Benton, general agent filF , passenger department Denver & Rio (Ir Grande system, has at sovcr.il periods ST dcjorted the railroad service to accept V ' federal positions, but notwithstanding IM- those desertions Capt. Benton has spei.' LM I urty years of his lifo in the railroad II j business, and is still aetivolv engaged ill " ,0k,nR after passenger biisinosB lor KlV ih'e Gould system at Zion. nm J Mr. Benton was born in -.New Haven, ; Conn., m 1S52. Eighteen .years Inter 15 jfv; tic came west, locating first in Chicago 1 and in 1S70 ho removed to Fremont. ix cb.. where he entered the service, of the Union Pacific, then the possession J ?c-;7a. G"ld- .TI,is was in August. 7 Jis'l, tho beginning ot his railroad ca-1 recr. Thero he remained for ton ye.-us V when, he was transferred to Ogdcri and U en,A?n ' 3SS5 llG sent forward to r . n,t L'-ike to represent. Union Pacific in- r 1 crests, ion ha vine become tho rail road center In 1SS6 he was appointed joint agent for city and depot office:, i oi the Union Pacific and, .Rio Grande western. In April, 1S90, Mr. Benton severed his railroad connection for a time. h. ! heintr appointed poslmasler at Salt i 4tenft,iy b-v Pr3cnt Harrison. July i. ife0, he took charge of postal affairs-ancl affairs-ancl remained head of tho department till December 1, 1S02. when he was a cam rccocnizcd bv President Harrison bv benm appointed United States marshal. mar-shal. Ho served in this office till .Tulv 1, lSf3. when President Cleveland named his successor. ... And one mouth later found Mr. Benton Ben-ton back in tho railroad service. This was August 13, 1S93, when ho neccptc' tin- position of city ticket and passon-cer passon-cer acent for the Rio Grando Western at this point. For nine vears Mr. Benton Ben-ton worked in this capacity and Mnv i. 1902. he was appointed ceneral ugen't passencer department of Hip Denver & Rio Orande system, when tho Goulds absorbed the Western. Whatever position Capt. Benton has been called upon lo fill his service has always been of the highest, efficiency. His long association with western pass-enger pass-enger business has given him a wide acquaintance among the traveling public, pub-lic, with whom he is deservedly popular, popu-lar, and he is one of the best' known passenger men west of the river. |