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Title: Historical review of Chicago and Cook county and selected biography. A.N. Waterman ... ed. and author of Historical review
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Waterman, Arba N. (Arba Nelson), 1836-1917
Subjects: Chicago (Ill.) -- History Chicago (Ill.) -- Biography Cook County (Ill.) -- History Cook County (Ill.) -- Biography
Publisher: Chicago, New York, The Lewis publishing company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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he Northwestern RailwaySystem, perhaps Mr. Hughitts most useful work—certainly that whichhas earned him the most gratitude-—is his institution of a pensionsystem for the benefit of employes who have been in the service of theroad for twenty years, have become physically disabled between theages of sixty-five and sixty-nine, or who wish to retire at the age ofseventy. The system went into effect January 1, 1901. The pensionallowed is based upon a fixed per cent of the wages received by theapplicant during the last ten years of his service. It is estimated thatthe innovation will eventually cost the company $200,000 per annum.Mr. Hughitts wife was formerly Belle Barrett Hough, of RockIsland, Illinois, and for many years the family residence has been atLake Forest. Mr. Hughitt is domestic and enjoys the companionshipof a few chosen friends. He does not enjoy general society, and theonly club with which he has been especially identified is the Commer- TWI ASTOR, LBNOJT1LDJRM *OU>UR
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CHICAGO AND COOK COUNTY 1001 cial, of which he has served as president. Mr. Hughitt was at one time a Democrat, but since the death of his political ideal, Stephen A. Douglas, has allied himself with the Republican party. Frederic Adrian Delano, for the past two years president of the Wabash Railroad Company, is one of the best known practical rail- road men in Chicago. For twenty years he was __ in the service of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Delano. _ ., , . , , • , * Railroad, with headquarters either at Aurora or Chicago, rising steadily, strictly on his merits, from the position of apprentice machinist to that of general manager of the great system. Both as an engineer and an executive officer there -is no one of his years who has a finer record for practical and valuable railroad work than Mr. Delano. A native of Hong Kong, China, where he was born on the iothof September, 1863, Mr. Delano is the son of Warren and CatherineRobbins (Lyman) Delano. He is of that diverse s

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