april president began working railroad business clerk age quickly rose ranks management general manager vice president company remained general manager canada left short time serve president returned year vice president general manager credited keeping company bankruptcy president consolidated lines subsidiary railroads steamship companies known philanthropy received order rising sun class emperor japan credited formation dream create second railroad borders canada blamed died dream complete perished sea sinking ship collided statement disaster body recovered buried montreal survived wife daughters biography early years born illinois family moved missouri child career age began career railroad business working atlantic pacific railroad secretary general manager beginning held position company general manager vice president remained general manager canada left serve president returned company january vice president general manager october appointed president gave control subsidiary railroad steamship companies included central vermont railway milwaukee railway detroit railway addition sought help manage governor montreal received order rising sun class emperor japan assistance gave general manager near bankruptcy performing rival advice american board selected general manager bring aggressive american business practices company reorganized management company successfully negotiated running rights brought efficiency handling accounts built new track ordered powerful locomotives changes produced era greater success railroad railway time canadian history western rapidly settled wanted capitalize trend constructing railroad borders canada run miles new_brunswick prince british_columbia introduced proposal extend lines american subsidiary chicago pacific turned railroad directors london later year left work change ownership lead resignation returned find president sir convinced pursue railway government sir decided project plans construct line announced november plan involved creation subsidiary line government building line new_brunswick cabinet weary demands subsidies negotiations government aided railroad president national railway act passed enabled incorporation government portion line called problems policies firstly planned buy company resisted instead provided competition secondly lacked support london wanted link board plan proceeded authority making commitments ultimately ruin faced opposition choice western terminal traffic preferred location believed provide shorter route destinations asia construction mainline priority failing develop lines joined forces gain control prairie traffic competition railroads led canada ending railways instead result traffic arguably best ultimately failed attract freight profitable construction began started order purchase thousands acres land established town sites route railway including named vision went building railway plans fleet ocean liners string resort hotels rocky_mountains hired famed architect design grand hotel westernmost stop railway people lived prince anticipation railroad caused grow rapidly despite rapidly rising cost property muddy city incorporated retired railroad president appointed fill position union workers demanding wages par railroad workers united_states strike stop construction finally gave workers demands failed hire previously fired despite promising denied workers causing member parliament describe cruel cost constructing railway increasing rising wages price increases materials government refused allow rate increase reason mounting costs insistence building highest standards traffic west addition government responsible paying construction cost line began fear april london financial support anxious canada opening ottawa ontario named prime minister gala opening hotel set april received news daughter having difficulty pregnancy additionally business chairman case invited join wife daughter source note son law secretary maid miss shared deluxe suite cabin deck april struck helped women party ship son law secretary remained perished ship sank passengers crew reported remark evening disaster way steamship lines competing win passengers faster vessels said commented time come soon trend checked disaster death body recovered waters north_atlantic buried mount royal cemetery montreal held montreal london death died completion greatest canada work stopped minutes april memory period led saw prosperous era policies led collapse company placed government seized stock later alleged company london directors committing conditions railway agreements canadian government building agree scheme blamed company collapse railroad car body transported montreal preserved near quebec statue prince city named village british_columbia personal life survived wife née married missouri october daughters source note source names daughter margaret daughter traveling husband source mention passenger ship year old woman named staying different compartment party group people escaped lady women boarded early newspaper reports said disembarked rescue ship new_york_city boarded train montreal sources lived new_york took care young child survivors immediately following disaster margaret wedding announcement says father walked aisle finally death notice lists sister
Charles Melville Hays