. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . the service of the SchenectadyLocomotive Works. His experience whileon this work was very broad embracinglocomotive design and shop testing. Hewas associated with Mr. F. W. Cole, in tlie early development of the superheater forlocomotives by that company. In 1910 uponthe fomiaticn of the Locomotive Super-heater Company he accepted the position ofMechanical Engineer and in 1916 was ap-pointed Chief Engineer for this com-pany, which position he held at thetime of his election above .\p
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . the service of the SchenectadyLocomotive Works. His experience whileon this work was very broad embracinglocomotive design and shop testing. Hewas associated with Mr. F. W. Cole, in tlie early development of the superheater forlocomotives by that company. In 1910 uponthe fomiaticn of the Locomotive Super-heater Company he accepted the position ofMechanical Engineer and in 1916 was ap-pointed Chief Engineer for this com-pany, which position he held at thetime of his election above .\pril, 1917, he was granted alea\e of absence and served as anofficer in the U. S. Navy on the battleshipsOhio and Indiana. He entered serv-ice with the First N. Y. Naval Militiawhich was the first body of armed troopsto move after the declaration of war withGermany. Mr. Oatley is a recognized au-thority on superheating, and has been anactive factor in its development. He is ina large measure responsible for putting Su-perheater design upon a practical operatingand manufacturing basis in .\i HXAXiiKU A.\L) marine and stationary practice and, with-out sacrifice of efficiency, has developeduniformity of sizes and design. Gilbert E. Ryder has been elected VicePresident of the Superheater Comi)any iicharge of sales department, with office inNew York. Mr. Ryder studied engineer-ing at the University of Wisconsin and alsoat the Universitv of Illinois. His rail-road experience began with apprenticeshipon the Chicago. Milwaukee & Saint PaulRailway anrl included service as a journey-man in the mechanical department of thatroad at Dubuque, Iowa, Ottumwa. Iowa,and West Milwaukee, covering five experience followed in the fueltesting bureau of the Technologic Branchof the LTnited States Geological Survey,lie later served the City of Chicago asdeputy Smoke Inspector in charge of Loco-motives which placed him again in inti-mate contact with the locomotive fu
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