New Haven Line Celebrates 70 Long-Serving Employees
Seventy New Haven Line workers have fifty years or more of active service, led by Richard Baldwin Cogswell at 77 years, who joined in 1865. The list includes Riley Ellsworth Phillips, James Gardner, George Henry Saunders, James William Gillerin, Hugh Augustus Gellerin, and Lester M. Phillips, with total active service surpassing 3,600 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Baldwin Cogswell
Bridgeport
Housatonic
Lee
Mass
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New York, New Haven
Hartford
Cogswell
E. G. Buckland
Walter B. Lashar
C. L. Bardo
Riley Ellsworth Phillips
New Haven
Libby
Pelham
N. Y
Phillips
Company
James ¥. Gardner
Taunton
Taunton Locomotive Works
Old Colony Railroad
Fall River
New York
George Henry Saunders
South Braintree
Boston
James William Gillerin
New London
Hugh Augustus Gellerin
Lester M. Phillips
Long-serving railroad workers chronicled in 50 year spans
A World article profiles veteran staff on the New England line, tracing careers from water boy days in 1869 to fifty plus years of service. It highlights figures like engineer William Mornhinweg and executives Augustus May and E B Buckland, noting shifts from steam to electric and the enduring bond between engine crews and their trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Edward Eilroy
Knickerbocker
Road
Crack Limiteds
Shore Line
Connecticut
Thames
William Stephen Lucey
New Haven
Killroy
Stephen S. Thayer
New York
Lucey
William Henry Nash
Clarence A. Simmons
Lorenzo B. Nickerson
Bridgeport
Naugatuck
T. W. Hoogs
Old Colony
Boston
General Grant
United States
Wood's Hole
Cape Cod
Martha's Vineyard
Nantucket
The
World
Grand Central Station
William Frederick Mornhinweg
Boston Express
Mornhinweg
Augustus
May
E. B. Buckland
A. P. Russell
A. E. Clark
C. H. Hempstead
James Somers
Lorenzo Warren Bates
Duncan J. McPherson
Charles O. Marchant
Charles Waldo Ralph
Septimus C. Fleetwood
Nelson Peloquin
Asa Herbert Porter
Walter Spratt
Theodore E. Robinson
Timothy J. Maloney
Franklin Sherman
Hugh Augustus Gillerin
James F. Tierney
William F. Fox
Charles Henry McLean
Francis Leroy Ashley
Albert Erwin Spencer
Mary McCarty
Hartford Station
Frederick Harvey Gregory
Thomas Burns
Charles Leonard
Charles Ruggles Sawyer
James L. Baily
John W. Wilmot
John Fitzgerald
Michael J. Cunningham
Eugene Byron Chase
Maurice August Colbert
H. H. Foster
James Edward McLean
Lucius Franklin Slocum
William Henry Cone
Albert Westcott Brickley
Z. B. Smith
George BE
Henry Stantie
Record of long-serving staff across New York firms
The World article dated May 10 highlighted New York Life Insurance Company employees with fifty years on payroll. A follow-up shows New York New Haven Hartford Railroad now employing seventy such veterans.
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New York
the World
New York Life Insurance Company
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Long List of Railroad Workers Aged Fifty-One and Fifty-Two
A roster lists numerous railroad personnel including passenger conductors agents operators enginemen and yard workers all aged fifty one or fifty two years. Notable names include William Michael Crowley A F Currier Bradford Durfee Bosworth Frank Hawley John Reilly and Charles Densmore among others. The document records roles and ages in a consolidated employee list from a rail company.
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William Michael Crowley
A. F. Currier
Henry Percival Goddard
John Henry Barton
George Louis Duckworth
Charles Edgar Wilbur
Fréd Balcom
Bradford Durfee Bosworth
Albert Austin Burnham
Frank Pierce Hawley
John T. Reilly
Charles Asa Grant
Thomas F. Mulcahy
Charles R. Densmore
Frank Kaeppel
John H. Snagg
Ebert A. Cowles
George E. Godfrey
Gold honor rings replace decorations in Germany
Berlin May 23 The German republic forbids awards of decorations or titles. Bavarian officials at the Deutsches Museum opening in Munich chose gold honor rings to recognize distinguished service, setting a new precedent for display of appreciation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Munich
Moulay Hafid Strolling in Paris A Dethroned Moroccan Sultan
In Paris on May 23 the dethroned Moulay Hafid, famed figure from A Thousand and One Nights, walks with regal bearing. The former Moroccan emperor, suspected of German pay, was exiled after Fez and now seeks formal recognition of French rule while residents marvel at his contrasts and remembered exploits.
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Paris
Moulay Hafid
Morocco
Fez
Moulay
Europe
Abdul
Tangiers
Grandell Bus Company Expands Cincinnati Indianapolis Service
The Grandell Bus Company of Indianapolis increased service yesterday by adding six large parlor type buses to its Cincinnati Indianapolis route. After months of operating passenger cars with success, the company launched excursions between Indianapolis and Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Grandell Bus Company of
Indiana City
Building Association Urges Savings for Community Benefit
A Building Association urges residents to save with the organization to support local housing initiatives and financial stability for families. The message highlights affordable options and community-focused programs designed to help members build wealth.
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New Haven Line
New York World News Service
New York World
New Haven Road
S.S.S
Play of
Wstence
Universal Pictures Corp
Carl Lae
Jack Daugherty
Eileen Sedgwick
AL Wilson
Jay Marchant
Fighting Ranger
France
Spain
More Homes Campaign
Meredith Yeatman
Metropolitan Theatre
I. Schwartz
Mer
Cincinnati, C
Amercus Theatre
Lyric Theatre
Weems
Mgr
Norton, Va
GEM Theatre
Liberty Theatre
H. E. Cooper
Middleport
Pastime Theatre
Chas. E. Triebel
Maysville, Ky
IT Theatre
B. N. Johnson
Mgr. Huntington
W. Va
W. K. Murphy
Shard, Mgr. Reading
Reel Theatre
C. N. York
Mgr. Catlettsburg
Co. A L
Blue Diamond, Ky
Grand Theatre
Haselden Bros
Mers
Lancaster, Ky
Wilmar Theatre
C. G. Ward
Mer. Columbus
U. S. Coal and Coke Co
G. Mace
Gary
Elbert
Filbert
Thorpe
Anawalt
West Virginia
LA Max Theatre
D. F. McCoy
Mer. Wilmington
Lower Elk, Woodman, Ky
Fifth Avenue Theatre
A. M. Merz
Mgr. Columbus
Victory Theatre
H. O. Hinton
Mgr. Lynch
Empress Theatre
W. C. Chesborough
Mer. Columbus, O
Edisonia Theatre
S. L. Martin, Mer
Ashland
Opera House
E. A. Dodge
New Richmond, Co
Colonial Theatre
M. G. Weiseger
Danville, Ky
Waspl Eon Theatre
Camashington
Rialto Theatre
Geo. Brown
Mer. Bluefield
W. Waak
Virginia Theatre
L. O. Davis
Mer. Hazard
Esne Theatre
Chesborough, Mer
Madison Theatre
Chas
Rohs
R. and
S. Stern
Ironton
Alace Theatre
B. Devore
Mer. Sabina
ADA Meade Theatre
F. K. Sutton, Mer
Lexington, Ky
Eagle Theatre
L. Snitzer
Mgr. Hamilton
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