| Show j I OLDEST EMPLOYEE IN SERVICE LEAVES THE STREET RUM RAILWAY CO Orson riOn I P. P Arnold Arnol Tr Jr dean n of the local Joc 2 street c car r men tendered his rs r's resignation tion 1 to tho tha th officers of tho Utah h Light and aud Railway company compan- last ni night bt This announcement will Ill be bc received cd I wi with h genuine Jenuine re regret h by practically every ory man in the tho employ of the tho company com com- company pan pany as well as with the hundreds com I of men who in the past st have been employees employees em em- of the tho street ear car system of this city II Orson as 35 all an o of his friends know kno him biro was tho the oldest may man in point of service ser 0 of 01 the tho company He ha grown gron un up with tho the system and h has hag been beena a part of it so lon long that to n m many old timers of Salt Lake Oil City it will sound strange to know that thit Mr Arnold is no longer in the employ of tho the com company pan It H was August 1873 83 that he entered en eu- entered tho the employ of the company compa then called the Salt Lake Street J Railway company as 38 a water bo boy boy- His job w was s sto to to card carry water t to the tho men employed inthe in iu tho the construction of nc new tracks or the repairing of the tho old tracks It was I not a n very strenuous job for at that timo time there were wore but few feio extensions and few repairs to bo be made for there thero wore I I I I I I X 1 Ch p a f W. W ORSON P P. ARNOLD JR but a few blocks of track in the entire cit city After about two years as a water bo boy young oun Arnold was promoted to the im imp job job of driving mules the tho then motor power to and from the cars for forthe forthe forthe the chan change e shift A year ear later Orson was s again ain eel ed this time to tho the position n of oi driver a on a car and and- forte for the next two years drove o tho the old ohl mules to and from the Oregon Short Lino depot and the first ward end of the line In 1883 Mr Arnold was app asI as- as superintendent of the system I wh which h a afew few lew ears later absorbed the tho lines Jines of M th the o old R Rapid Tr Transit n it company He lie held the tho position of assistant superintendent superintendent super super- until the Harriman interests took hold of the tIle system when hen he lie was made chief inspector inspect r which position he hc held until he tendered his resignation last night on account of ill health Very Important Tor more than twenty years 1 Mr Arnold Ar nold has been one oue of tho the most loved men in the employ of the tho street street- streetcar car compan com corn pany pan He was as one ono man whom horn the employees em em- plo of the company knew that the they co could ld go JO to with their hell grievances ric grievances au aube and aud be sure of a hearin hearing 1 0 STO No how bow I unjust the kick mi might ht be Orson would listen to it and try to remedy any any wrong if one existed If not he be would tell teU the man of the fault ault in himself himself himself him him- self in such a nice wa way that the man noses never failed to leave lea o t the hc office in a hood good humor Tact is a fittin fitting word to apply to Mr Arnolds Arnold's 5 methods of dealing with th men More Moro than once in iri the past pass Air Mr Arnold ids has stood alone the compan company com corn pan pany and its employees Always faithful faith faith- fat ful to the company compan of which he was as an officer h he be never forgot that the men were his brother workmen and arid as such were worthy of consideration It was this more than thing anything else t that at endeared en endeared n en- Orson to the hundreds of employees employees employees em em- past and present of the street streetcar car company I I At the conclusion of the strike of nearl nearly two years a ago o Thomas Gray seventh vice president of tho the A. A A A. A of r S. S and E. E r R Jt R 1 E E. E of A. A A turned the men back to Mr Ir Arnold rn 1 with tho the wor words s I I r return these men to you and I promise you that they arc are just as loyal to th the tho company n as the they ever eYer were Turning to a a. friend who was present Mr 11 Gray said That is is the tho one man n I that I J have c ever met in my life to ato which it is a pl pleasure to como como come back after the tho trouble trou trots ble such as wo we have ha had the last few days davs In these few fe words Mr Gray Gr expressed expressed ex ex- ples pressed rl tho the sentiment of every employee towards toward Mr Arnold It was an and is ismore ismore more moro than a mere friend friendship which the past and present rs of tho the local street car entertain tow toward rd Mr r. r Arnold 1 Despite the power which was in his hands bands as assistant superintendent he ho never seemed to feel that he was 36 ono whit better th than n the humblest employee of the company Praise From Manager Tho The res resignation of Mr Ir Arnold is io to take effect Fe February 1 In speaking of tho resignation of Mr Arnold General Manager Manager Wens Wells of oi the n e company made mado tho the following statement this morning It was with ith deep re regret et that I received re the resignation of Mr r. Arnold Arnol Arnoldas as an employee of tho Ut Utah h Li Light ht and R Railway com company pan last lut night Orson is is not only the oldest employee of the company by several years years but h he is one ono of th the tiro most efficient and faithful employees em- em ees that any company ever had bad During tho the many years year car that I have e been connected with t the street car system of this city cit I J have never no heard of an officer om- om of the tho COt company who ever c had hail to worry about where hero Orson Orlon was We Wo al always always al I ways toas knew that ho be w wat s Attending to th the work which h he had bad to take care of Mr r. r Arnolds Arnold's health has been bad barl for some SOIne sometime sometime time but wo we had hoped that h he would he be became able anle to continue wi with h us us W Vc We are llO losin losing one of our most moat faithful men It is understood that Mr Arnold will ill illo go o into business at Hooper Weber i count county county- as soon floon as his bis health will ill per per- mit |
