| Show Prom Prominent Western Railroad M Men nent n Tho The boy bor who thinks that there is not plenty plenty plenty-of of opportunity for him to rise rist riso in the tho world would do well weIl to have havo vo a little chat with S. S V. V ant general freight I t fur the tiro Denver Den Don vcr vor Rio Grande Grando and for the West era eru Pacific If ho could get et Mr 11 to to tell a little about hi his own life lifo an and tho way ho has risen in ut the tho world it would do tho the discouraged disc fellow a lot of f whole good For or Mr 1 Derrah is another example o of tho tho- best class oC ot railroad men in the tho to world today the tho men mOll who har ha havo o 0 oComo c Como como mo up fro from n tho the ranks who refused to stay down no matter how often the they were knocked The high position which Mr Denah holds to today ay is duo duoc c entirely to his bis own energy and 1 push 1311 Like every ever successful railroad man of or toda today in in n t this is country ho has made good goodin goodill in iu whatever position ho he has bas been placed and for that reason alone alono has J bo been n advanced cd time timo and nd time again From pushing a It tru truck k in a railway station at a little town Ito assistant general geu gen eral freight a agent for two big rail road systems is a lon long way WilY but it has bas been successfully tra traveled by Mr Born in Rockport Pa of parents pa pa- rents who had none hone too much of this worlds world's 8 goods tho the boy received but little c education Ills His His His' father fath r was a justice of the tho peace but tho the office brought but little in tho the way of cash an and at the tho ago of 11 years hunted up and got hot his fir first t jo It was that of dovil on tho the Troy Gazette Gazette Ga Ga- zette to which town the tho family had moved Three years yeara later lator he secured a L job in a sash and door factory The change in in jobs was made mado because be bo i causo cause tho the latter offered a little better belter wages In this factory the tho boy showed that trait that has made mado him hint a a success success suc sue cess cessin in life Ho applied all of his attention at at- to the business with the result result re re- sult that it was war but a comparatively short time timo before ho had mastered tho the trade Hemi ht have been boen in that business today had not tho the call of tho the newspaper news paper game amo proven too strong for him and he be ac accepted a job as reporter on the Williamsport Gazette and Bulletin Later ho ht was on several Beveral other papers and finally with J. J W. W Dietrich es es- established a Sunday upper known knon as H The The Sunday Breakfast Table This was one o of the tho first Sunday papers published in tho United States Slates and met with strong trong- opposition from those who did not think that a paper should be issued on Sunday The two I young men meR met mot tho the opposition by pro proving v- v ing Yng that t the e real work on the paper as not done dono on Sunday that the news was as gathered g and the paper printed before before be be- fore the commencement ement of tho the first day of or tho week From Front the start the tho paper tras as a a. success and it later lator became a daily Next the tho call of the west came canio to Mr Dorrah and in March 1880 h he I Went Trent to Colorado as associate editor of the Trinidad News While he made mad good in that position tho the paper did not fast ast long and he found himself far from with home little money in fact not enough to purchase a ticket bac back to the old home Ri Right ht thou then and thero there the kind of metal that t is in in inthe the tho man was shown If Ho Ec went to 10 the agent of tho the Santa Fe whom whom ho he had lad known in the east ast and told him bUll that ho wanted ajob a ajob a alO job lO didn't care what kind of a job it WIlS was Wis but with sufficient pay for h hint him 1 to live until he could get something bet bet- ter He was offered d a job of pushing trucks and and accepted it It was but a short time before he was made bill of lading Jading agin clerk and a little later 1 i ill iU 11 clerk dark Within a year he ho bad had been promoted to the position of clerk to the trainmaster of the tho Santa Fe with headquarters in La Ja Junta Colo CoJo Within another year he ho had bad been appointed ap ap- pointed clerk to the division superintendent and in August 1883 came camo came to Salt Lake City as traveling and and- passenger agent for that road In In 1881 1884 f n t o r i iF F h t c J Jo o S S. S V. V DERRAH he be was transferred to Cincinnati in inthe inthe the tho same 1110 position and aud a year later was sent to Denver l' l as commercial agent for forthe tho the Santa Fe Fc A time later lator ho he resigned resign d this position to become commercial com coni- mercia mercial agent for the tho Missouri Pacific with headquarters In Salt Lal Lake e City Ho was the first agent that that ro d ever er had in ill this city In It July lSD 1895 ho WItS transferred to io Kansas City as us agent for the Missouri l Pa Pa- In 1899 another promotion came when whon he was appointed assistant general gene gen oral eral freight agent ent for the Toad road ro d. d Oa January 1 1 1901 ho he was appointed assistant general genera freight agent for the Rio Grando Grande Western and a few months later ater when that road became a part of the Denver Rio Grande he was made assistant general freight agent for forthe forthe for forthe the entire system In November 1907 1967 ho he was app as gen general ral freight and 1 passenger a agent ent for the eastern division i of tho Western Pacific Upon the tho completion com coin of that road to be exact on July 1 1910 he he was appointed assistant assistant as as- 1 general freight agent about of tho the entire entire en en- tire Western Pacific system and and he now holds this important position for both the Denver or tv Rio Grando Grande and the Western Pacific v i S. S V. V Derrah is a modest t man very ry much retired in his his disposition one one never sees secs him playing playing- t to tho galleries or 01 trying to tell of the tho b big bip g- g things that he has bas done or can do Not given to much talk what he ho does docs say is to the tho point Go into his office and ask for far information if of f it is legitimate you will get it and you will wiIl not need to study over tho the answer to find out find out what was meant As a railroad man Mr 11 Derrah num num- numbers bers pers his bis friends by hundreds As a resident resident resident res res- ident of this city for many years he does the same While his many friends will rejoice in any promo promotion which may come como to him they will hate to learn of oi it it-if it if it means his lt Lake City |
