Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 February 1903 — HIGH RAILROAD POSITION FOR JOHN SEBASTIAN. [ARTICLE]

HIGH RAILROAD POSITION FOR JOHN SEBASTIAN.

John Sebastian, one of the best known railroad men in the United States and who for a number of years has been connected with the Rock Island system’s various roads, has just received an appointment which greatly enlarges his powers and places him practically at the head of one of the great railway systems of the country. He has been made passenger traffic manager of the entire Rock Island system, comprising, In addition to those formerly under his management, the following roads: Choctaw, Gulf ft Oklahoma Railroad and the St Louis, Kansas City ft Colorado Railroad.

John Sebastian entered the railroad service thirty-four years ago as a ticket clerk on the Santa Fe—Chicago Examiner.