. Railway mechanical engineer . toNormal School. He en-tered railway service in1868 as a machinist onthe Chicago North West-ern. A year later hebecame a draughtsmanfor the Kansas Pacific(now a part of theUnion Pacific), whichposition he resigned in1871 to become chiefdraughtsman for theNorthern Pacific. In1873 he went to Texasto become a generalforeman on the In-ternational & GreatNorthern, which posi-tion he held until 1877,when he became mastermechanic for the Gal-veston, Houston & Henderson. He left this position in 1879 tobecome master mechanic on the Texas & Pacific. In 1881 hewas appoint
. Railway mechanical engineer . toNormal School. He en-tered railway service in1868 as a machinist onthe Chicago North West-ern. A year later hebecame a draughtsmanfor the Kansas Pacific(now a part of theUnion Pacific), whichposition he resigned in1871 to become chiefdraughtsman for theNorthern Pacific. In1873 he went to Texasto become a generalforeman on the In-ternational & GreatNorthern, which posi-tion he held until 1877,when he became mastermechanic for the Gal-veston, Houston & Henderson. He left this position in 1879 tobecome master mechanic on the Texas & Pacific. In 1881 hewas appointed superintendent of machinery of the Northern Pa-cific, and in 1887, assistant superintendent of motive power ofthe Philadelphia & Reading. Mr. Small became superintendentof motive power and machinery of the Southern Pacific in 1888,and, in 1902, was appointed general superintendent of motivepower and machinery. He remained in this position until 1915,when he retired on account of ill-health. SUPPLY TRADE NOTES. H. J. Small Railway Accidents in the United Kingdom During 1919 The Ministry of Transport recently issued a report on theaccidents which occurred on the railways of the United King-dom in 1919. There was a total of 932 people killed, asagainst 870 in 1918, while the number of persons injured lastyear totaled 23,983. Of accidents in which the movement oftrains and railway vehicles was not concerned, only the fatalcases were required to be reported in 1918, so that a com-parison under that head is not possible. The number ofkilled in 1919 included 361 trespassers—comprising suicides—and 318 servants of companies or contractors met their deathsby accidents in which the movement of trains was were 827 persons killed and 5,897 injured during theyear in accidents caused by the movement of trains and rail-way vehicles (exclusive of train accidents). Twenty-sevenpassengers were killed and 810 injured by falling betweentrains and platforms or on to platforms
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