Show WILL ILL SHOW BRITISH american to tell england how to run railroad henry worth Th tharnton benton picked by english directors to take charge of great eastern road win demonstrate Demo nitrate U 0 methods new york tour best chance of S access ets said henry W thornton cornea comes when you are in your shirt sleeves tl eevea thornton to Is the young american railroad man aiho ho was recently picked out to take charge of the great eastern railroad in england the member of the board of 0 directors who did the picking tactfully added to his bis declaration that T thornton hornton Is the best young railroad man in america for such a position the cause being that english railroad men have run to seed they do not grow said the director sagging his head like a mechanical ch anical bear they do not expand their field ot of vision is limited however that may be and english railroads resolved themselves into a lodge of 0 sorrow when they read it and then began to gather bricks for thornton the american youngster has baa been growing and expanding ever since he got into railroading after he had graduated in football nud and engineering at the university of pennsylvania he applied tor for a job to henry worth thornton juba john C sims then secretary of the pennsylvania railroad company ile he had a letter of introduction from a man of influence hum said sims when he be read the letter this gets you a job but it dont hold the job tor for you young man ill carry you on the salary list for two years but it if by that time you been promoted salt sa ont save you I 1 have that fort bort of 0 a man on the right of way thornton was on his third promotion at the end of two years he has been moving upward ever since but he has never gained a step by flattery back bending or lying it if tho the opinion of the men who have been nearest to him Is to be taken at par on the ether hand he hesitated to fuss with his superior officers and nd fussing with the official family of the pennsylvania railroad is commonly reputed to be as dangerous an occupation cu as biting the tip of a stroke 01 0 light lightning n on one occasion a on his big division had climbed on to the tender where ill hi had no business to be just before the engine rolled into the ditch the was killed leaving a destitute family give me 1000 for the widow and kids thornton asked of headquarters not a nickel said gald headquarters coldly it was the bagga gemans lault fault that he was killed maybe said thornton Tb ornton with the big law jaw setting getting but meanwhile a young widow and three boys are lit in danger ot of starvation im going to put her on my payroll at 45 a month end when her name comes off mine comes with 10 it ashes still there so BO far as any one knows perhaps that incident helps explain why thornton was selected to take charge of the great eastern for or the position ot of general manager on an english railroad Is equivalent to that of president of 0 the united states the great eastern handles liand les a greater commuting traffic than any other road in england and its short haul business during the summer resort season Is perhaps the greatest in the haorld but according to the commuting public of england its directing heads assay heavily in pure bone ticket sales are never stopped no matter how badly the line may be blocked trains are held in smoke filled tunnels rather than permit a step aside from routine procedure any one can handle engines and cars and tunnels said a railroad man but thornton Is a wonder at handling men why england took him ile he must not only teach the railroad using public of england to love the great eastern which entails a com reversal of all the laws of hu man nature but must also win the loyal support of the great easterne Ea sterns employed emp loyes in a way american railroaders and their methods will go on trial with thornton in england this may inay not nol seem fair but it is th fact |