. Railway age gazette . x., succeeding F. , resigned. Aftergraduating from the pub-lic schools in West Vir-ginia. Mr. Prcndergasttook up the study ofspecial technical entered the service ofthe Baltimore & Ohio inthe mechanical depart-ment in 1893 as an ap-prentice, and after com-pleting his apprentice-ship he served as a ma-chinist, and subsequentlywas made foreman. Hewas then promoted tomaster mechanic at Graf-ton, W. Va., and laterwas transferred in thesame capacity to theRiverside shops at Balti-more, becoming master mechanic at the Mt. Clare shops,Baltimore, on Ja
. Railway age gazette . x., succeeding F. , resigned. Aftergraduating from the pub-lic schools in West Vir-ginia. Mr. Prcndergasttook up the study ofspecial technical entered the service ofthe Baltimore & Ohio inthe mechanical depart-ment in 1893 as an ap-prentice, and after com-pleting his apprentice-ship he served as a ma-chinist, and subsequentlywas made foreman. Hewas then promoted tomaster mechanic at Graf-ton, W. Va., and laterwas transferred in thesame capacity to theRiverside shops at Balti-more, becoming master mechanic at the Mt. Clare shops,Baltimore, on January 1, 1910. The following November hewas made superintendent of motive power of the Baltnnore& Ohio Southwestern at Cincinnati. Ohio, and in May, 1912,his authority was extended over the Cincinnati, Hamilton &Dayton. In January, 1913, he was appointed superintendent ofmotive power of the Baltimore & Ohio proper, with head-quarters at Baltimore. from which position he resignedon December 31, A. P. Prendergast T. W. Heixtzelman, superintendent of motive power of theSouthern Pacific at Sacramento, Cal., has been appointed gen-eral superintendent of motive power, with headquarters at SanFrancisco. Cal., succeeding H. J. Small, retired. I). J. MfLLEN has been appointed assistant to the superintend-ent of motive power of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & , witli headquarters at Indianapolis, Ind. H. Osborne has been appointed assistant mechanical super-intendent of the Canadian Pacific, with headquarters at Mont-real, Que. FI. J. Small has retired as general superintendent of motivepower and machinery of the Southern Pacific. Mr. Small hastieen in railway service since 1868. when he commenced as amachinist for the Chicago & North Western at Chicago. He wasfrom 1869 to 1874 successively draftsman for the Kansas Pacific,the Northern Pacific and the Toledo, Wabash & Western. Thesucceeding three years he was general foreman of the Interna-tional & Great
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