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From: "Jim Guthrie" jguthrie AT pipeline DOT com
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 07:22:25 -0500
Subject: Re: (erielack) W H Trusedale Elected President of DL&W
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> I thought E. R. Holden was in charge of the DL&W coal business. See the
> attached news clipping from the New York Times, dated 2-11-1900. He too
> was
> replaced by Truesdale. The article went out of its way to say Holden was
> sick, that he was too old (65 years old), that his duties were too arduous
> and that he agreed with everything Truesdale is doing! I don't think so.
>
> Holden then went back into the coal business in Syracuse (which he and his
> family ran since the 1860's) and he lived to 1914!

Ron and all,

Storrs was General Coal Agent for the DL&W.

It would appear that there was certainly a very infectious disease going
around after Samuel Sloan was [ahem] retired. Benjamin Hughes was soon out
as well.

Cheers,
Jim Guthrie



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