roads, and Mr. Baldwin was asked by the directors
of the several roads to formulate the terms just to
all parties upon which the consolidation could be
effected. This he did, and so eminently fair and just
to all parties were his valuations and allotments in
the consolidated Company that his findings were
accepted without criticism or amendment."

It was in this period that a great joy came to him
in his marriage ( Oct. 30, 1889) to Ruth Standish,
daughter of Samuel Bowles, founder and editor of
the "Springfield Daily Republican." ¹

These three years' experience in Michigan before
he goes to the practical management of the South-
ern Railroad is noted at much length because it
stands fairly for his spirit and his achievement in
every position he was called to fill. Yet side by side
with these knotty physical and commercial problems
were others which he did not neglect.

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