Charles Melville Hays was the president of the Grand Trunk Railway. He began working in the railroad business as a clerk at the age of 17 and quickly rose through the ranks of management to become the
Charles Melville Hays
C.M. Hays's tombstone in Montreal
The Grand Trunk Railway; French: Grand Tronc was a railway system that operated in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario and in the American states of Connecticut, Maine, Michigan, Massachusett
Charles Melville Hays
…Charles Melville Hays (May 16, 1856 – April 15, 1912) was the president of the Grand Trunk Railway. He began working in the railroad business as a clerk at the age of 17 and quickly rose through the ranks of management to become the General Manager…
The Canadian headquarters in Montreal, built in 1900
Grand Trunk's Bonaventure Station, Montreal, 1900s
The Grand Trunk station at Portland, Maine, in 1906.
Grand Trunk Locomotive Trevithick utilized on the Victoria Bridge, Montreal, 1859.