. Railway mechanical engineer . ters at -Mbany, N. Y., as noted in the August Raihcxiy Mechanical Engineer,served as superintendent-ent of shops previousto this promotion. was bornon August 5, 1866, atPottsville, Pa. He re-ceived a high schooleducation a n d beganrailroad work on Au-gust 1, 1884, with thePhiladelphia & Reading,as a machinist appren-tice. He was promotedlo machinist in 1888and served in that ca-pacity until 1896, whenhe was appointed gangforeman at Reading,Pa. He left the Phila-delphia & Reading in1900 to become a fore-man in the erectingshops of the New York Centr
. Railway mechanical engineer . ters at -Mbany, N. Y., as noted in the August Raihcxiy Mechanical Engineer,served as superintendent-ent of shops previousto this promotion. was bornon August 5, 1866, atPottsville, Pa. He re-ceived a high schooleducation a n d beganrailroad work on Au-gust 1, 1884, with thePhiladelphia & Reading,as a machinist appren-tice. He was promotedlo machinist in 1888and served in that ca-pacity until 1896, whenhe was appointed gangforeman at Reading,Pa. He left the Phila-delphia & Reading in1900 to become a fore-man in the erectingshops of the New York Central at West .Mbany, N. Y., wherehe remained until 1905. when he was transferred to Depew,N. Y., as general foreman. In December, 1911, he was ap-^pointed superintendent of shops, with the same headquarters,and was transferred to West Albany on May 20, 1912. G. E. DoKE, engineer of materials of the New York Central,with headquarters at Collinwood, Ohio, has been appointed engi-neer of tests, with headquarters in New H. Wanartiaker October, 1920 RAILWAY MECHANICAL ENGINEER 677 A. H. Eager, mechanical superintendent of the Canadian Na-tional, with headquarters at Winnipeg, Man., has been givenjurisdiction over the lines of the Grand Trunk Pacific, in addi-tion to his former duties. He will retain his former headquarters. F. S. Gall,\gher has been appointed engineer of rolling stockof the New York Central, with headquarters at New York. R. D. Hawkins, equipment engineer of the Great Northern,with headquarters at St. Paul, Minn., has been appointed generalsuperintendent of motive power of the Atlantic Coast Line, withheadi|narters at Wilmington, N. C. Willaru Kells has beenappointed superintendent of motive power, with the same head-quarters. Laird W. Hendricks has been appointed mechanical superin-tendent of the Bangor & Aroostook, with headquarters at Bangor,Me., succeeding H. Shoemaker. F. A. Lijcderman, district superintendent of motive power ofthe New York Central, with h
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