It would be interesting to hear what Bob Downing would have to say about
this. I think he was on the CB&Q Board when Menk was hired. Interestingly
enough, Julius Alms was heir apparent to Harry Murphy when he was elevated
from PTM to Exec VP. We will never know for sure with Alm's untimely
passing.
BRAD
----- Original Message -----
From: "Norman Andersen" <Norm_Andersen@msn.com>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 7:08 AM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] The Loss Of Passengers, Herb Wallace, and Louis Menk
> Ed,
>
> Re - "If orders are given to end a segment of the business because no
> growth and only losses are predicted, they act, regardless of personal
> feelings or wishes."
>
> You are, of course, correct. The objection to Menks' tactics in cases
of
> passenger train discontinuances is HOW HE DID IT. He was totally
> dispassionate and obviously thought the end justified the means. There
were
> "nicer" ways he could have achieved the same goals. Look at the Santa Fe,
> Great Northern and Northern Pacific examples. The financial gains he
> effected (and which could have been achieved by other methods) were at the
> loss of human and corporate dignity. The man simply had no scruples as far
> as I'm concerned and I'd go out Burlington Boulevard too.
>
> Norm Andersen
>
> P.S. The legal VP at the time was Eldon Martin. Is he the one the finger
is
> pointed at in the case of the highline train-off in the middle of the
night?
>
>
>
> om: "Ed DeRouin" <Ed@pixelspublishing.com>
> >Reply-To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
> >To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: [BRHSlist] The Loss Of Passengers, Herb Wallace, and Louis Menk
> >Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2003 21:03:38 -0000
> >
>
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