New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 7, 1928, Page 3

EDWARD J. PEARSON SUCCUMBS TODAY (Continued from First Page) point where Howard Elliott, suc- cessor to Charles 8. Mellen had laid it down, his work had been almost entirely on engineering. construction and maintenance, To the traveling public Mr. Pearson was less known than to the rallroadmen and execu- tives, by whom he was regarded as | & master builder. Every step in his career from his graduatien at Cormell in 1883 as a civil engineer until he became the New Haven's president his work was on the physical side. - A great many projects of .magnitude were carried through by him. His study of docks and wharves along the southern New England coast formed the ground work for his construction of similar facilities at Duluth and Puget Sound for the Northern Pacific. Lived At Hotel Mr. Pearson had lived at a hotel ! here during his presidency of the | New Haven road. His local club was the Quinnipiac, next door to the hotel, and it was usually from the hotel or the club that he walked to his office in the administration building in Meadow street, He took very little other physical exercise but did a great deal of automobiling | about the state, and it was his de- light to have his chauffeur turn up & road which he had never traversed before just to find out where it went and where it came out either in a ! field or upon a highway. Some of those who knew his liking for these by-way rides said that Mr. Pearson probably knew more by actual use about the backroads of Connecticut than any other man in the state. As a railroad president, Edward J. Pearson thought more of blue prints and maps than he did of Fecreation. There were associates who were willing to wager that more maps were in Pearson's office at New Haven than in the offices of all rallroad presidents in the country combined. ‘Was Eungineer Pearson’s career prior to his presidency of the®New York, New Haven & Hurtford railroad in 1917 had to do with construction of ter- minals and freight yards. A familiar office picture of him was that of a man at a window watching the yards opposite and rematking: “I'd hate to walk the track tonight.”” As an engincer he had walked the New Haven roadbed from New York to Springfield, Mass., and the wharves and docks of the company from New York to Boston, surveying tracklayirg, switching facllities and maintenance. ‘When he was less than ten years old he used to ride on the wood Qurning engines and stand in the | gangway when wood was being | the | Haven he was president. During the | president with the task of physical throwa on, racking it in tiers. Born in Ilinels Pearson was a mid-westerner by birth but New Englander by heri- tage. His mother was a native of Corinth, Maine. His father was bora in Byfield, Mam. He was born in Rockville, L, October ¢, 1863. He married Gertrude 8. Simmons at Evanston, 1iL, June 7, 1899, Although Pearson once wrote as his vacation hobby “being out in the wilderness,” his friends regard- ed it as a pleasantry. He -occasion- ally went into the woods with rod, canoe and companions, but he soon ‘was back at his desk. Liked Autos He liked automobiling and in- variably went on a motor trip with road map in hand. Usually he wound up with a call &t a freight yard or terminal. He saw @& freight yard at a new angle with each visit and gave subordinates suggestions based on conditions he had noted. Known among western raflroad executives as “Terminal” Pearson he built the first “hump” freight yard on the Pacific coast and de- | veloped the immense yards and, “hump” on miles of salt meadows at New Haven and on the border of the Connecticut river at East Hartford. Cornell Graduate He left Cornell university in 1853 as a civil engineer for the Northern Pacific raflroad. In 1916 he went to New Haven system as vice president to handle operations and construction, having . been called from the.Texas & Pacific railroad, of which he was vice president. During the interim he had been en- gaged in railroad operation and the construction of the Puget Sound extension which required five years. He had been vice president of the Missouri Pacific system, helping re- build it and developing operating methods. He had constructed ter- minals at St. Louis, Kansas City, New Orleans and Chicago. President in Year A year after being called to New war he was federal manager of the road and in 1920 was re-elected reconstruction to repair the inroads | of war time traffic. Quit Recently ! New York, Dec. 7 —Death of E. J. Pearson, one of the old school railroaders in Baltimore today, came less than two weeks after he had completed hig outstanding achieve-’ ment, the financial resurrection of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, on Nov. 27. The directors were able to place the common stock on a permanent divi- | dend basis for the first time in 15 | years, Mr. Pearson became president of the New Haven in 1926, when it was threatened with financial ruin and powerful banking interests were en- deavoring to force it into receiver- ship. Mr, Pearson fought the re- ceivership tooth and nail, and by his MILLINERY CO. 177 MAIN STREE? | quests practical ralroading skill was able to bring the road to what ia regard- ed as one of America’s models of railroading éffieiency. Sold Low The road's common stock, having s0ld as iow as $9.62% on the New York stock exchange in 1923, has recently sold as high as $80.25. A ; dividend of $1 was paid on the stock in April, another of $1 in October and a few days ago it was placed on a $4 annual basis. The road’s financial difficulties be- gan with an over ambitious policy of acquiring trolley and steamship lines and connecting railroads. These dif- ficulties caused suspension of divi- dends in 1913, and complications growing out ef the-war and labor difficulties had brought the road to the lowest possible point of ifs earn- ing power when Mr. Pearson took its helm. His tireless efforts to revive what | has long been known as “New Eng- land's Baby” ruined his health. and on Nov. 27, when the directors placed the stock on a regular divi- dend hasis, they were forced to ac- cept his resignation. His successor has not been chosen. City Will Raise $25,000 For Sewer Extensions Within a few days, the city will | 'attempt to negotiate a $25.000 loan, | offering a bond issue of $150,000 as secprity, the banks having declined to aceept approximately that amount | of uncollected sewer assessments as | security, and when the money is made available sewer construction work will be re-opened. Mayor Paonessa will confer with Chairman Edward F. Hall of the board of finance and taxation, and City Treasurer Curtis L. Sheldon before the loan is requested. It is his desire to have the work started as soon as possible to meet the re- of outlying districts for sewers and to relieve the unemploy- ed who have besought him in great numbers for aid. READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS Jon Join our 1929 Christmas Club! “Save to spend” next Christmas! Classes: 50c, $1, $2, $5, $10 weekly. Easy! Fun! Plainville Trust Co. + * Plainville, Conn. 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