. American engineer . ssociation. J. F. She.\han, master mechanic of the Georgia & Florida, atDouglas, Ga., who, as stated in the January issue of the Ameri-can Engineer, was nppcinted assistant superintendent, began rail-way Work in 1880, atthe Renova shops of thePennsylvania Railroad,and was later trans-ferred to Camden, N. to May, 1888,he held various posi-tions, and was then ap-pointed master mechanicof the Orange Belt Rail-way, now a part of theAtlantic Coast Line, andin July, 189S, becamemaster mechanic of theFlorida Southern at Pa-latka, Fla. He was thenfor eight months maste
. American engineer . ssociation. J. F. She.\han, master mechanic of the Georgia & Florida, atDouglas, Ga., who, as stated in the January issue of the Ameri-can Engineer, was nppcinted assistant superintendent, began rail-way Work in 1880, atthe Renova shops of thePennsylvania Railroad,and was later trans-ferred to Camden, N. to May, 1888,he held various posi-tions, and was then ap-pointed master mechanicof the Orange Belt Rail-way, now a part of theAtlantic Coast Line, andin July, 189S, becamemaster mechanic of theFlorida Southern at Pa-latka, Fla. He was thenfor eight months mastermechanic on the PlantSystem. In June, 1897,he was made nightroundhouse foreman ofthe Southern following Augusthe was appointed erecting shop foreman, and one month laterbecame general foreman at Alexander, Va. He was promotedto master mechanic of the Southern Railway in January, 1900,at Selma, Ala., and then served in the same capacity consecu-tively at Columbia, S. C, Spencer, N. C, Atlanta, Ga., and. Sheahan. 102 AMERICAN ENGINEER. Vol. 86. No. 2. Knoxville, Tenn. Mr. Slieahnn left tlie service of the SouthernRailway in January, 1910, and went to tlie International & GreatNorthern as master mechanic at Palestine, Tex. In December,1911, he was appointed master mechanic of the Georgia &Florida, with office at Douglas, Ga., and on January 1, 1912,when the Hine system of organization w-as established by theGeorgia & Florida, he became assistant superintendent, withoffice at Douglas. R. J. TuRNBULL, assistant superintendent of machinery of theMissouri Pacific at St. Louis, Mo., has been appointed actingsuperintendent of machinery, with office at St. Louis, succeedingJ. W. Small, resigned to accept service with another company. D. M. PerinEj whose appointment as superintendent of motivepower of the New Jersey division of the Pennsylvania Railroad,with office at Jersey City, N. J., was announced in the Januaryissue of the AmericanEngineer^ was born inBaltimore, Md., Feb
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