Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1902 — COURTEOUS CONDUCTOR REWARDED WITH $1,000 LEGACY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

COURTEOUS CONDUCTOR REWARDED WITH $1,000 LEGACY

. Llewellyn Mason of Chicago, to whom was bequeathed SI,OOO in the will of the late W. A. Tyler of Binghamton, N. Y.,

as a reward for courteous treatment while the testator was traveling on the Chicago and Alton road, is one of the oldest conductors in the company’s service. He is about 55 years old; and has been serving the Alton ever since he became a brakeman for the Company in IStifi. Mr. Mason

comes from a railroad family, his father having been superintendent of machinery for the Illinois Central. Mr. Tyler made frequent visits through the West, and in 1882 met 'Mr. Mason, who showed him the sights from the car windows on that trip. The two men became well acquainted, and for years Mr,* Tyler used to ride with Conductor Mason, but the latter declares thatjlp never did any more for him tlftin he does every day for passengers. The Alton road proposes to use Mr. Mason’s good fortune as a convincing proof of the courtesy accorded the passengers on its lines.

LLCWELLYN MASON.