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Name

Griffin, James P.

Othernames

Jas P.; J. P.; James P.

Born

28 Jan 1881

Birthplace

Waxahachie, Ellis Co., TX

Places of residence

Waxahachie, TX
Dallas, TX

Titles & honors

Secretary, General Passenger Agent, Vice President Texas Electric Railway (1924) and by 1929, President (Texas Electric Railway).

Father

Elias H. Griffin

Mother

Emma Bell

Education

High School

Notes

An article entitled "Oldest Employe [sic] in Point of Serivce With Strickland Organization Gets Promotion." from The Waco News-Tribune (Waco, Texas), Wednesday, 20 Jun. 1923:
"James P. Griffin, general passenger agent of the Texas Electric Railway was named vice president and a member of the board of directors at a meeting of the board Tuesday afternoon, according to word reaching Waco.
Oldest Employee:
Mr. Griffin is the oldest of the original Strickland organization, in point of service. He come [sic] to Dallas with Colonel Strickland when prelinimary [sic] organization of the Dallas-Sherman railway was undertaken in 1903. At that time the engineers were surveying proposed routes. In 1906 when the road was incorporated, he was made secretary. When the work was completed in 1908 and operations begun, he was made general passenger agent and auditor. This road was known as the Texas Traction Company.
Becomes Secretary:
On April 1st, 1912. Mr. Griffin was made secretary of the Southern Traction company, which operated the lines from Dallas to Waco and Dallas to Corsicana. In October of that year he was appointed general passenger agent and auditor of that company. When the Texas Electric railway was organized in 1917 and took over the Texas Traction company, Mr. Griffin was the man chosen as general passenger agent and secretary.
Mr. Griffin is now in his eighteenth year of service with the interurban railways which the late Colonel Strickland organized. He is widely known over central and north Texas and is an active worker in the Dallas Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Griffin was president of the Dallas Electric club and during his administration, the club achieved much for the welfare of the industry.
Mr. Griffin was born and reared in Waxahachie and worked with Colonel Strickland long before the lamented leader of the electrical industry moved to Dallas."
(https://www.newspapers.com/image/43827116)

An article entitled "Waco Bus Leader, J. P. Griffin, Is Buried in Dallas," from The Waco Tribune-Herald (Waco, Texas), Saturday, 20 Sept. 1952:
"Funeral services were held in Dallas at 10 a. m. Friday for James Pierce Griffin, 71, a man who, although he never lived or officed in Waco, had much to do with an important phase of its development.
He was general passenger agent of the Southern Traction Co. when that company built the interurban line from Dallas to Waco, and was general manager of the Texas Electric Railway, successor to Southern Traction when it took over the street car lines in Waco. It was under his management that the street cars were removed and buses installed, and it was also under his management that the interurban railway changed to Dallas-Waco bus service. He retired when that company changed hands a few years ago."
(https://www.newspapers.com/image/48085948)

Mr. Griffin became President of Texas Electric Railway in 1929 after the death of his uncle James Andrew Beall who was serving as President at the time.

Mr. Griffin is buried in Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, TX.