Reference to Mr. Tuxford's 'Thirty Years' Service Special comment on the 30 years' service of Mr. 1. Tuxford, Engineer-In-Chief of the Nanking-Shanghai and Shanghai-Hangchow-Ningpo Railways, was made by Dr. Shao-tseng Wu in his review of the two lines activity, given in his speech at the staff tifin held on Saturday.
'The tiffin took place in the dining hall of the China United Assurance Society, Ltd, and was the second of Lits kind, It was attended by a large number' of senior officials and staff members of the Railway Administration, and presided over by Dr. Wu, the associate managing director, who acting as managing _ditector during the absence, on a tour of inspection in America and Burope, of Mr, Huang Po-tsiau, Wu in his address to the gathering spoke as follows:
"Mr, Tuxiord, the engineer-in-chiot of our two railways, first joined the service of the NS.R. on September 1, 1904. "At that time, the construc-than of the first section of the N.S.R.
Cie, the and Hwangtu) was being \d Mr. Tuxford was placed Ju ghatge of the construction of this section, "The Vanguard'
"The work on this section was completed in December of the following year. On this account, Mr. Tuxtord may be rightly called "Kai Liu Sion Fung," ie, the vanguard who opened the way for our railway. In serving these two railways up the present, he passed through the latter part of the Ching Dynasty and the period. when the nation was ruled by militarists after the Revolution, and is now serving under the National Government. We may rightly call him the 'San Chiao Yuan Lao', Lo,, the elder of three dynasties, of our two Railway "From the time he first joined the services of the US. to September 1 this year, he has served exactly 30 years on our two railways. That has devoted himself to these two railways continuously for such a long period commands our admiration and Congratulations, Remembering his work as the vanguard of opening the way of these two railways on the one hand, and his loyalty to his work, his' contentment and consist fence'in carrying out his duties, we cannot but express our sincere' ad: miration of him and hope that he will continue to do even more for our two railways."
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