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Sir Thomas ShaughnessyDied 10 Dec 1923 at age 70 (born 6 Oct 1853).Thomas George Shaughnessy, 1st Baron Shaughnessy (of Montreal and Ashford) was an American-Canadian railway magnate was a Canadian railway magnate. With some education in business, at age 16, he joined the Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad as a clerk. In Nov 1882, he moved to the Canadian Pacific Railway as its purchasing agent, and initiated rigid accounting and aggressive cost control. By 1885, he became assistant general manager, and assistant president in 1889. As a shrewd administrator, he was elected the railroad company's president in 1899. He extended its track from 7,000 miles to 12,993 miles by the time he resigned in 1918, with failing eyesight. Shaughnessy had also developed steamship service, tugs, barges, and ferries on the Great Lakes, Pacific coast, inland, and Atlantic steamship service. He initiated irrigation and land development for settlers, and built hotels. He was made a baron on 1 Jan 1916.« |
Little Johnny watched, fascina...
Little Johnny watched, fascinated, as his mother was putting cold cream on her face.
"Why are you rubbing that cream on you face, mommy?" he asked.
"To stay pretty for daddy," said his mother.
A few minutes later, she began removing the cream with a tissue.
"What's the matter mommy?" asked Little Johnny. "Giving up?"
"Why are you rubbing that cream on you face, mommy?" he asked.
"To stay pretty for daddy," said his mother.
A few minutes later, she began removing the cream with a tissue.
"What's the matter mommy?" asked Little Johnny. "Giving up?"