Show m Prominent Western Railroad Men C. C Peck Who ihas ec o oas as Come Up From Frome K X he e Ranks an s in in Railroad Railroad Rail Rail- an- an road World a 1 a slight acquaintance with tho of the men who are prominent l' l railroad affairs of the great we west how bow that almost w wJ w ti out creep creep- esc pley p- p Loy ley have come up from the ranks l' l has b been H by years or of or careful mistaking devotion to tho the minor I ins which they bave have hold held that l lave cave e reached their present I railroad man mau one of the flown wn in tho the world recently said I Ih h hat t the railroads of this country I king king- for to today ay to tako take were not Dot the sons of the or tho the sons of the heavy elders but men who had grown to tho business and knew railroad- railroad om om i the tho ground up and ho bo pre pro t this condition would grow v lf railroad bus business ness grow hei her big railroad man recently me he be feature of any young man manis is lII entirely on himself and his histo Ito to grasp gras tho the work in hand and it a little better than any other such a young man need have bave no f his js rise in tho the railroad world Jone on one road does not recognize his Another another wi will subject of this sketch Thomas k s one of the prominent west west- d men who has como comp up from aks Whether or not he dreamed I forty years ago that ho he would y IDe be the general passenger a agent ent great railroad system the tho writer Io know but from his railroad it itis is evident that he started in ine e good in every job that ho he held beld j Uke he is s making good as general g germs agent agent Of the Salt Lake route gas in fn 1874 that Mr Peck so- so hiS hil first railroad job that of a an ifon 1 on n the Indianapolis Peru Ho He Hoi i years old Now firing an en- en not an easy job for any man less Jess for a boV boy 18 vears years old the tho knows something a about out the work co fired an engine for sixteen and ind at the end of the trip felt k i WV u a aV aa a V V r. r r l 4 THOMAS C. C PECK as though h he bad had done a weeks week's work without food or water Young Peck U held held down his first railroad job for nine months when he took up tho the study of engineering and architecture and in a short time secured a position with the tho Pennsylvania with which road 30 ho remained until 1879 when he left lefto to o go into tho freight department of the Bee Bce Line at Indianapolis Ho He remained in the tho freight department of thi this road until 1883 when he was appointed appointed appointed ap ap- ap- ap pointed pointed joint city ticket agent for the tc Bee Line Line Lino and tho the Iowa St. St Louis In n 1884 ho was appointed city ticket agent and a short time timo later district passenger agent for the two roads a position which he held until 1887 when ho IG o accepted tho the position of traveling passenger agent for the Ft Wayne Cincinnati Louisville later ho was appointed general passenger agent for that road In 1890 ho he accepted tho the position of assistant to the general passenger passenger pas pas- agent of tho the Hocking Valley with headquarters at Columbus O. O X In 1896 ho he was appointed and accepted the position of general passenger agent for or the Los Angeles Terminal railroad which position he lie held until 1899 when he ae became assistant to the general manager of that road In 1901 Mr 1 Peck eck was named as the assistant general general general gen gen- eral passenger agent for the Salt Lake route and six years later was named as general passenger agent of that road the position which he a now holds hoMs Quiet modest unassuming small o of f stature almost to frailness T. T C. C Peck Peek has jas won his present high position b by Y force foree orce of character and strict attention ratio n to o the details of tho the business which h he hemd e had md in hand He lie is popular alike wit with h the public and the employees of th the e company for tho the reason that he be is approach ap ap- ap- ap ble The man with the complaint complaint com- com plaint can reach roach him as easily as can the tho ho man with the boost more so should 1 Mr Peck suspect that the tho latter wishes to o praise him for something that he helas h e has las done |