Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1900 — GEORGE R. BLANCHARD DEAD. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GEORGE R. BLANCHARD DEAD.

WO* !>ne or rli* Higheat Authorities oil TT]lt»llw»jr sitn In the Country. i New York,; Oct. 0.-j-George R. Bloaihard, forinef comifiistdoner of tbe Joint Traffic association, 'died at his homo here, after an illness of several weekjs, from ja complication of diseases, Including nervous prostration

and erysipelas. Mr. Blanchard overtaxed himself during the summer. Ho, Was engaged for many days In an argument against the bill Introduced in congress providing for a reduction of the compensation to railways for transportation of malls. The funeral arrangements have not yet been made. Mr. Blanchard was 59 vears old. Ho was a railway man all his life. He began as a clerk in 1858 In the employ of the Cincinnati and Chicago road. He was subsequently connected with the Ohio nnd Mississippi, the Central Ohio, the Baltimore and Ohio and the Erie roods, becoming vice president of the ,Erie In 1884. He became a commissioner of the Central Traffic association and then chairman In 1890, and was given charge of the Joint Trnfflc association until it was dissolved. He was regarded as one of the highest authorities on railway rates in the country. During the Spanish war Mr. Blanchard gave the government the l>enefit of his knowledge of transportation, but he declined a bylgadtier generalship tendeml him .by the president. He was x'alled on by railroads‘all over the country for expert advice and to act as arbiter iu cases of difference. In addition to his extensive knowledge of railroad affairs, lie was a forceful and entertaining writer even on the most technical subjects, and in leisure moments he occasionally,wrote verse for recreation.

GEORGE R. BLANCH ARD.