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Columbia River Valley HISTORY of the Columbia River Valley 5'rom he 2a lies to the $ea \/olim' 11 Iflustrated CHICAGO THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1928 BIOGRAPHICAL HENRY WALTON GOODE The record of no business man of Portland has stood in larger measure as a synonym for honor and fairness than that of Henry Walton Goode.A spirit of marked enterprise ever characterized him in his business career and carried him into a prominent connection with large and important undertakings, and yet through all he maintained a spirit of fairness that won him the respect, admiration and enduring loyalty of employes and contemporaries alike.Long acquaintance with him meant stronger friendship, for his life in all of its various phases stood the test of intimate knowledge and of close association.His name is indelibly engraven upon the pages of Portland's history through his connection with the Portland Rail- road Company and through his service as president of the Lewis and Clark Expo- sition. A native of Indiana, Mr. Goode was born in Newcastle, September 26, 1862, a son of Walton and Lucy (Beck) Goode.The father was of English descent and the lineage could be traced back in direct line for over nine hundred years, the family in America being the Goodes of Virginia, one of the leading aristocratic families of that state.Walton Goode died when his son Henry was but seven years of age, but the mother is still living and is yet a resident of Indianapolis. Educated in the public schools, Henry W. Goode entered the high school when twelve or thirteen years of age, and the record which he therein made was the highest in his class.At the age of fifteen years he left school to accept a position in the business world.Without the advantage of a college course he was largely a self- educated and self-made man, learning many valuable lessons in the school of experi- ence and becoming in time a man of wide and comprehensive knowledge. He made rapid progress in the business world, his ability winning him promotion from time to time until at the age of nineteen years he was occupying the position of head bookkeeper with one of the largest wholesale grocery firms in Minneapolis. He later turned his attention to the electrical machinery business, at which he became an expert.The broad field that opened before him gave him ample scope for his enrgy and ambitionhis dominant qualities.He displayed great thoroughness in every- thing which he undertook and laid thorough the foundation for the success which he achieved in later life.The period between 1885 and 1892 was devoted to service with the Westinghouse Electrical Manufacturing Company of Pittsburgh and the General Electric Company of New York. On the 20th of November, 1890, Mr. Goode was united in marriage to Miss Edith Fairclough, a daughter of Henry W. and Minerva J.(Calkins)Fairclough, the wedding being celebrated in Chicago, Illinois. The following year they came to Portland, and Mr. Goode accepted the position of vice president and general manager of the Portland General Electric Company. He was then but twenty-seven years of age.At that time the common stock was selling for only twenty cents on the dollar, but his splendid management, however, brought it up to par.For seven years he remained manager of the Portland General Electric Company.Owing to a matter of sentiment he hesitated to accept the presi- dency, which showed the greatness of the man.In his position as vice president and general manager, however, his initiative spirit and his recognition of possibilities were brought into play.He saw the opportunities for a combination of forces and later consolidated all of the different electrical interests under the name of the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company, a thirty million dollar corporation, of 5 6 COLUMBIA RIVER VALLEY which he became the active head and president.This included the Portland General Electric Company, the Portland Railway Company, and the Oregon Water Power & Railway Company, of all of which organizations Mr. Goode was made president at the time the merger was completed.The amalgamation of these interests occurred about 1906, and he continued at the head of the consolidated company until his death. His labors were instrumental in making the Portland Railway, Light & Power Com- pany the great corporation which it is today, being one of the most important of this character in the country.He bent his energies to administrative direction and executive control, and regarded no detail of the business as too unimportant to engage his attention.In fact his thorough understanding of every phase of it, his previous practical training along electrical lines and his recognition of future possibilities were strong and dominant elements in the success which attended the mammoth corporation. After the death of Mr. Goode, Frederick Strauss, the well known banker and financier of New York, asked Mrs. Goode if she had ever heard the true story of how the New York interests had taken over the several properties which consti- tute the consolidation.Upon her replying "No," he said it was the distinct under- standing that Henry W. Goode be made president and manager of the company. While Mr. and Mrs. Goode were visiting the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis in 1904 he received a telegram requesting him to accept the presidency of the Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland. He had no desire to do so, but his wife was anxious that he should.From St. Louis she went to Chicago and after her departure Mr. Goode received a telegram insisting upon his acceptance of the presi- dency.He wired Mrs. Goode that he would not take the place and she answered by telegram that she would be greatly disappointed if he did not.Acceding to her wishes, upon his return to the city he accepted and had charge of the fair for two years before it opened.At the time he remarked to Mrs. Goode that when the fair was over he would show the people that he was honest. He took full charge and gave the greater part of his time to the development of its interests.One of the notable features in connection with his work in behalf of the exposition was that after a delegation of Portland men failed to secure consent in Washington for the erection of the government building on the peninsula he went to the capital city, where he spent twelve or thirteen days, during which time he met Secretary Shaw and others, with whom the matter of location was discussed. The objection to the erection of the government building on the peninsula was that at times the land is overflowed by a rise of the river.Before going east, Mr. Goode studied the question thoroughly, looked up all the history and information which he could get on the subject and proved almost absolutely that 1905 was not the year in which an overflow might be anticipated.As a result of his labors consent of President Roosevelt and others in authority was secured and no one who visited the exposition will ever forget the beautiful effect produced by the location of the government building with the bridge of all nations connecting the peninsula with the main land. On that occasion Presi- dent Roosevelt, impressed by the remarkable personality and ability of Mr. Goode, escorted him clear to the outer door and said:"Any man ought to be proud to shake hands with you." The exposition was not financed at as high a figure as some other fairs, yet he made of it a splendid success.His powers of management, his keen, clear discernment of needs and opportunities enabled him to so direct interests that the fair opened just at the moment planned, with everything finished and in good shape, notwithstanding that a big strike occurred among the laborers just two weeks before the exposition was to be inaugurated.During this strike Mr. Goode was advised by the city officials and his friends to be very careful in going around alone, as they were fearful that he might meet with personal injury or violence.He paid no heed to these injunctions but went out among the men and soon had them again at work.Kind words and just measures were employed and they recognized that Mr. Goode might be depended upon to further their interests.Not only in the busi- ness management of the fair did Mr. Goode gain wide recognition but also as the social head of the city during the summer of 1905.With the assistance of Mrs. Goode he entertained all of the leading citizens of the United States who attended the fair, held receptions and gave elaborate dinners.One of the most notable of the latter was held in honor of J. J. Hill, the railway magnate, on which occasion Caruso's full orchestra furnished the music. On "Portland Day" there was the largest attend- ance ever seen at a fair in proportion to the size of the city, there being over ninety thousand admissions to the grounds.Mr. Goode received a salary of twelve thousand COLUMBIA RIVER VALLEY 7 dollars as president of the fair but spent all of this and more in entertaining those who officially visited the exposition, together with distinguished European and Ameri- can citizens who visited it in an unofficial capacity.He also gave a dinner to five hundred working girls on the grounds and during this made one of the famous speeches which gained him prominence as an orator.Another large dinner was given in the New York building, on which occasion the entire Mormon choir surrounded the building and rendered a number of vocal selections.Mr.
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