Three Times His Former 

 Salary 



J. C. WHITTEN, 72 Danforth St., Providence, 

 R. I., was employed as a locomotive fireman on 

 the Worcester Division of the N. Y., N. H. & 

 Hartford Railroad at the time of his enrolment 

 for the Locomotive Running Course. Because 

 of poverty in his youth, he had no chance to 

 obtain an education, knowing little of arith- 

 metic and being obliged to use the dictionary 

 continually to make sure he understood the 

 meaning of every word in his Course. Mr. 

 Whitten praises the Schools, because, in spite 

 of his handicap, he was able to pass a very satis- 

 factory examination, and to become first-class 

 engineer on the Providence Division of the Rail- 

 way company above named. He is now receiv- 

 ing about three times what he was paid at the 

 time of enrolment. 



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