Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1913 — Who Jests at Cars. [ARTICLE]

Who Jests at Cars.

E. A. Ball, vice-president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive , Firemen and Englnemen, tells a story about Edson J. Chamberlin, president of the Grand Trunk railway, who n«tw shares with Charles S. Mellon a certain Jeopardy of the law. Some years ago Chamberlin was a division superintendent on a smaller New England railroad and sometimes used a special car. A general superintendent, in inspecting the road, spied Chamberlin's car attached to a train. "The division superintendent's," he was told. "Cut it off. Cut it off!" was the order In a gruff voice. Later Chamberlin became president of the road on which his former superior was general manager. One day Chamberlin came upon a special car. “Whose caP is that?" he asked. ‘The general manager's.” "Cut it off. Cut it off," he said- with a grin. Not long afterward the resignation of the general manager was received.