Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine (1912) (14574933919)

Identifier: baltimoreohioemp03balt (find matches)
Title: Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Subjects: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Publisher: (Baltimore, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad)
Contributing Library: University of Maryland, College Park
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation



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wheremany took a last look at their friend.There his staff and the men who workedunder him marched in columns of fours,954 men, and this number was lateraugmented by the honorary pallbearersand other railroad men. Ohr Lodge,No. 131, A. F. and A. M., with AntiochCommandery, No. 6, Knights Templar, THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO KAHLOVKS MA(;AZI.M- 37 as escort, almost 250 men, and the CentralY. M. C. A. directors, the members of theS, T. Little Jewelry Co., of which he wasa director, and the many citizens whofollowed the remains to the cemeteryaugmented the number of men to almost1500. At the grave there were atleast 2,500 persons—men and women,old and voun;—who stood with uncov- lived as a man, obedient to honor andduty. Among the many tributes of esteemsent in the way of flowers were beautifulfloral designs from president Willard,third vice-()resident Thompson and manyother officials of the road, from all therailroad orders, from the men in the dif-ferent departments of the raih-oad, and
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A PART OF THE PROCESSION OF EMPLOYES, FOUR ABREAST, WHO WALKEDTO THE CHURCH AND THE CEMETERY. ered or bowed heads while the beautifulMasonic funeral service was read and thelast rites of the Episcopal Church per-formed by the rector. Special trains from points on the Cum-berland Division, east and west, broughtmen to attend the funeral, and ))y orderof the management of the railroad, workin all departments was stopped for theafternoon, except such as had to be done,and at the hour of the funeral—fouroclock—all work was suspended for afew minutes. Never in the history ofCumberland has such a tribute beenpaid to one of its citizens. Although it is not customary to de-liver funeral sermons in the EpiscopalChurch, the ofl^iciating rector did theunusual and spoke on the life of Mr.French, using as his text Be thou faith-ful unto death, and I will give you acrown of life. He paid a beautifultribute to Mr. French and the life he had from the staff, operators and trainmen tothe trackmen a