Capt. Robert McCulloch, who was elected president of the United
Railways Company at the age of sixty-seven, was asked recently
why he does not retire and live comfortably on his income.
As general manager of the $90,000,000 corporation, Captain
McCulloch is frequently at his office at 5 A.M. and
remains until late in the evening.
“I had a friend once,” said Captain McCulloch, answering the
inquiry, “who started in life in a very modest way. He sold
railway supplies, and to help him along I bought some of his
goods. Eventually he branched out, became the general manager of
a railway-supply house, and in time got rich.
“I met him two weeks before his fiftieth birthday. He told me
he had acquired a competency, having several hundred thousand
dollars invested in gilt-edged securities, besides his
magnificent home in Chicago, and that on his fiftieth birthday
he was going to retire and enjoy life.
“Just a year later I received his funeral notice. If he had
kept on working like I have, he would be living yet. Work is
necessary to enjoyment, good health, and length of days. That’s
why I don’t quit. I prefer to live a while longer, and know I
would die if I quit.”--St. Louis _Post-Dispatch_.
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