Emery County Progress | 1905-03-04 | Page 4 | Conductor Forty Years

CONDUCTOR FORTY YEARS barney cavanaugh of milwaukee has worked for the northwestern ballway ahat giong barney cavanaugh Cavanau gb for 40 years a conductor on he chicago branch of the northwestern road and still in the service has more friends up and down the road than the president 0 that corporation ile 1 nov eiers man woman and child that trai els on his road more than twice ann gone moet at them though in themay of tree transportation barney 1 as a way ith people who tr to work him for passage on the core of their ac that discourages their attempt ng it again but he tabes a genuine interest in bis passengers and sees that they get every comfort be can give them barney Is 73 years old and still hale aad hearty and apparently good for man more years of sen ice his homo Is in milwaukee and he has a family forty alve years ago he was a green irish lad when he went to work for the railroad which was then building from chicago toward the northwest he was willing honest and capable and wis advanced from one position to another until he was given accod mod atlon tr in which took five bours tor the trip between chicago and his city and was considered fast he has re a conductor ever since and the northwestern B stem of 8 miles has only one conductor who has been longer in charge of a train than he a man in iowa who has credit of 45 years