"Davy" and I became firm friends at once, one great bond being that he was Scotch; for, although "Davy" was born in America, his father was quite as much a Scotsman, even in speech, as my own father.
A short time after "Davy's" appointment a third boy was required, and this time I was asked if I could find a suitable one.

This I had no difficulty in doing in my chum, Robert Pitcairn, later on my successor as superintendent and general agent at Pittsburgh of the Pennsylvania Railroad.

Robert, like myself, was not only Scotch, but Scotch-born, so that "Davy," "Bob," and "Andy" became the three Scotch boys who delivered all the messages of the Eastern Telegraph Line in Pittsburgh, for the then magnificent salary of two and a half dollars per week.

It was the duty of the boys to sweep the office each morning, and this we did in turn, so it will be seen that we all began at the bottom.Hon.

H.W.