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Sew Orleans, 3*a*	Barela. 25th*	1951
Mr* 0* .P* Crawford* 6* I* Hew Orleans, La*
Dear Sirs
In reply t» attached* the following is my reeord of*; service oiS~ flur* a"® "&• *E*t ■■•
1 started to work July 1888, as Dffiee fcoy ia the Read Master*s offi.ee under Mr,, M. 3** Ana ley, I worked quite a while as this 4«fc, when Mr* Aasley, pat me en as a paper at lay 3t«L«uia and Oeean Spring#* Hiss*, under lie# 0ea« Huggins„ predecessor of ISr® Mack Clements• Mr* J* G* Clifford, ms the Master Mechanic at Mobile, Ala*
I*ter on I wnm transferred as pt®©er at Aasley Sand Fit, 1 stayed ther# until the pit closed dmm and then ms given a jdli as Hoad Master’s clerk under Mr* Thos» ilaney* 1 worked at this job until 1895* As I always mated to go firing soft as Mr* Mat®, would not give jm a jsb as long as I was working for the Bead Master, I left that jell and worked #ith Mr« A* J# Lambs Asst® Civil Engineer, as rodzaan on the K«w Orleans Division and a short while at Pen*ae#lat KLa*, and I also worked with his successor Mr# S. ¥♦ latest, Asst*Civll Engii*e«r as rodraan*
When this 4°** ran out Mr® C» Marshal!, then Supt« gave ne mst covetsft jo'fe as locomotive fireman in 1895, and have worked coatinously in the Mechanical Department up to now*
Yours truly,
M#B*/r	I*©«©* Engineer
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