He is as big and strong and blunt and direct as his name Bill would indicate. He was Bill when. as a boy 14 years old. he left school in his birthplace at North Platte.. Nebr.. and went to work as. office. boy and janitor for the Union Pacific Railroad. for which road his father had. started to work as an Irish immigrant laborer and continued to work throughout his lifetime. Neither Bill nor his father ever worked for anyone but the Union Pacific. He was Bilfall. the way up the ladder. step by step. as telegrapher. clerk. train dispatcher. trainmaster. assistant superintendent. superintendent of division after division. general manager. vice president. executive vice president. and president.
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