Sutter-Yuba County Biographies


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PHILIP M. BYERS
 
            Important interests have been intrusted [sic] to the care of Philip 
M. Byers, an aggressive young business man, who is ably discharging the duties 
of general freight and passenger agent at Marysville for the Sacramento Northern 
Railroad Company, with which he has been connected for several years.  He was 
born at Mechanicsburg, Pa., September 3, 1890, and is a son of Solomon and 
Barbara (Shatto) Byers, the former of whom successfully engaged in business as a 
contractor in cement, brick and stone work and is now living retired.
            Philip M. Byers attended the public schools to the age of fifteen 
years, when he left home and went to Lincoln, Nebr., where he remained for a 
year, working for his uncle, a business man of that city.  He then became 
homesick and returned to Pennsylvania, but two years later again yielded to the 
lure of the West, deciding to seek his fortune in California.  Entering the 
service of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, he was employed on 
construction work for sixteen months and then acted as warehouse man at Woodland 
for a half year.  For a similar period he was connected with the drayage 
business, and then accepted a position with the Sacramento Northern, with which 
he has since been identified, advancing steadily in their service.  He was first 
stationed at Woodland and went from there to Oroville, where he remained for 
fourteen months, and was then sent back to Woodland.  Four months later he was 
sent to Chico, where he spent seven months, and was then transferred to East 
Gridley.  He was agent at the latter place for two years, and for three years 
acted as agent at Woodland.  In November, 1920, he was promoted to his present 
office, for which his experience and ability well qualify him.  Through his 
well-directed efforts the road has secured a large increase in the volume of 
business transacted in this section of the State.
            Mr. Byers was made a Mason in Woodland Lodge, No. 156, F.&A.M., and 
is a member of Marysville Pyramid, No. 23, A.E.O., Sciots, the Loyal Order of 
Moose, and the Marysville Rotary Club.  He gives his political support to the 
Republican party.  His hours of recreation are spent in the open, for he is a 
lover of outdoor life.  With a nature that cannot be content with mediocrity, he 
has put forth every effort toward the attainment of his objective; and business 
men respect him for those qualities which have made possible his rise to 
success.  His interest in the welfare of his community is deep and sincere, and 
during the period of his residence in Marysville he has gained many stanch 
friends.
 
History of Yuba and Sutter Counties, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, 1924
p. 763-764