Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 209, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1914 — LAFAYETTE PAPER PRAISES H. R. KURRIE [ARTICLE]

LAFAYETTE PAPER PRAISES H. R. KURRIE

Morning Journal Says He Has Mar j velous Advancement in the Railroad World.

Commenting on the selection of H. R. Kurrie as president of the Monon railroad, the Lafayette Morning Journal says: Mr. Kurrie, the Monon’s new president, is quite well known in Lafayette, as he has appeared in court here several times to defend his road against damage suits and in other litigations. When he came to Lafayette, he was associated with the late John F. McHugh, who was attorney for the road at this point for twenty years.’ Mr. Kurrie is an exceptionally bright attorney and possesses many of the characteristics that gave Mr. McHugh such prominence as a lawyer. When they were associated on one side of a legal battle, they made a very formidable team and won numerous victoriest

While Mr. Kurrie has been associated with the legaj department of the road for tlie past twelve years, he has found the time and inclination to observe the working of other departments and has made the business a study in detail and as a whole. He has acquired much valuable information and is regarded as one of the best informed railroad men in the country. Mr. Kurrie had charge of all of the legal matters pertaining to the purchase of the Gifford line, and was instrumental in placing a loan of $4,000,000 for the Monon railroad. It was this financial feat that brought him conspicuously to the attention of the directors of the road and had something to do with elevating him to the presidency of the Monon system. Frederic A. Delano, who is succeeded by Mr. Kurrie as president, was. favorable to the advancement of Mr. Kurrie, and Fairfax Harrison, who was president before Mr. Delano, regards Mr. Kurrie as a thorough and very capable railroad man. Mr. Kurrie has made marvelous advancement in the milroad world. A man less than 40 years old, he has stepped from a modest law practice in a small city to the position of chief executive of one of the most substantial railroad systems in the country. He has absorbed the ideas of his predecessors and Is familiar with their plans. He knows by what means the Monon railroad has been placed in its present prosperous condition and knows what the plane are for the future. No man could have been selected who is better fitted to give an intelligent administration, to guard the interests andpromote the welfare of the Monon system. He is keen and shrewd and is a man of great executive ability. He has a pleasing personality, personal magnetism, and is so much a self-made man that he can govern kindly but firmly and prove an ideal executive.