Times-Picayune, New Orleans, Oct. 9, 1900, Page 7
"George R. Blanchard,
New York, Oct. 8 - George R. Blanchard, former commissioner of the Joint Traffic Association, died at his home here to-day, after an illness of several weeks, from a complication of diseases, including nervous prostration and cryslpelas(?).
Mr. Blanchard was 59 years old. He was a railway man all his life. He began as a clerk in 1858 in the employ of the Cincinnati and Chicago Road. He was subsequently connected with the Ohio and Mississippi, the Central Ohio, the Baltimore and Ohio and the Erie Roads, becoming vice president of the Erie in 1884. He became a commissioner of the Central Traffic Association, and then chairman in 1896, and was given charge of the Joint Traffic Association until it was dissolved. He was regarded as one of the highest authorities on railway rates in the country.
During the Spanish war Mr. Blanchard gave the government the benefit of his knowledge of transportation, but he declined a brigadier generalship, tendered him by the president. In addition to his extensive knowledge of railroad affairs, he was a forceful and entertaining writer."
"George R. Blanchard,
New York, Oct. 8 - George R. Blanchard, former commissioner of the Joint Traffic Association, died at his home here to-day, after an illness of several weeks, from a complication of diseases, including nervous prostration and cryslpelas(?).
Mr. Blanchard was 59 years old. He was a railway man all his life. He began as a clerk in 1858 in the employ of the Cincinnati and Chicago Road. He was subsequently connected with the Ohio and Mississippi, the Central Ohio, the Baltimore and Ohio and the Erie Roads, becoming vice president of the Erie in 1884. He became a commissioner of the Central Traffic Association, and then chairman in 1896, and was given charge of the Joint Traffic Association until it was dissolved. He was regarded as one of the highest authorities on railway rates in the country.
During the Spanish war Mr. Blanchard gave the government the benefit of his knowledge of transportation, but he declined a brigadier generalship, tendered him by the president. In addition to his extensive knowledge of railroad affairs, he was a forceful and entertaining writer."
Times-Picayune, New Orleans, Oct. 9, 1900, Page 7
"George R. Blanchard,
New York, Oct. 8 - George R. Blanchard, former commissioner of the Joint Traffic Association, died at his home here to-day, after an illness of several weeks, from a complication of diseases, including nervous prostration and cryslpelas(?).
Mr. Blanchard was 59 years old. He was a railway man all his life. He began as a clerk in 1858 in the employ of the Cincinnati and Chicago Road. He was subsequently connected with the Ohio and Mississippi, the Central Ohio, the Baltimore and Ohio and the Erie Roads, becoming vice president of the Erie in 1884. He became a commissioner of the Central Traffic Association, and then chairman in 1896, and was given charge of the Joint Traffic Association until it was dissolved. He was regarded as one of the highest authorities on railway rates in the country.
During the Spanish war Mr. Blanchard gave the government the benefit of his knowledge of transportation, but he declined a brigadier generalship, tendered him by the president. In addition to his extensive knowledge of railroad affairs, he was a forceful and entertaining writer."
"George R. Blanchard,
New York, Oct. 8 - George R. Blanchard, former commissioner of the Joint Traffic Association, died at his home here to-day, after an illness of several weeks, from a complication of diseases, including nervous prostration and cryslpelas(?).
Mr. Blanchard was 59 years old. He was a railway man all his life. He began as a clerk in 1858 in the employ of the Cincinnati and Chicago Road. He was subsequently connected with the Ohio and Mississippi, the Central Ohio, the Baltimore and Ohio and the Erie Roads, becoming vice president of the Erie in 1884. He became a commissioner of the Central Traffic Association, and then chairman in 1896, and was given charge of the Joint Traffic Association until it was dissolved. He was regarded as one of the highest authorities on railway rates in the country.
During the Spanish war Mr. Blanchard gave the government the benefit of his knowledge of transportation, but he declined a brigadier generalship, tendered him by the president. In addition to his extensive knowledge of railroad affairs, he was a forceful and entertaining writer."
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