. American engineer . Chi-cago, a new Ayers was graduatedfrom Cornell Universityin 1900 as a mechanicalengineer, and began rail-way work with the LakeShore & Michigan South-ern as a special appren-tice in the same year,and he has been con-nected with the LakeShore ever since. Hewas special inspectorfrom 1903 to 1905, andin the latter year wasmade night engine houseforeman at Elkhart, next year he wasmade assistant general foreman of the CoUinwood shops, and in 1907 was promotedto superintendent of shops at Elkhart. From January 1, 1908,to November 1 of the same year he was
. American engineer . Chi-cago, a new Ayers was graduatedfrom Cornell Universityin 1900 as a mechanicalengineer, and began rail-way work with the LakeShore & Michigan South-ern as a special appren-tice in the same year,and he has been con-nected with the LakeShore ever since. Hewas special inspectorfrom 1903 to 1905, andin the latter year wasmade night engine houseforeman at Elkhart, next year he wasmade assistant general foreman of the CoUinwood shops, and in 1907 was promotedto superintendent of shops at Elkhart. From January 1, 1908,to November 1 of the same year he was assistant superintendentof shops at CoUinwood, and on the latter date was appointedassistant master mechanic, with office at Elkhart. He was ap-pointed mechanical engineer of the Lake Shore, the Chicago, In-diana & Southern and the Indiana Harbor Belt, with office atCleveland, Ohio, in 1910. W. H. DresseLj district foreman of the Northern division ofthe Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company, has. A. R. Ayers. been appointed assistant superintendent of the Oregon divisionin charge of mechanical matters, at Portland, Oregon, succeed-ing W. R. Ladd. W. J. Eddv has been appointed inspector of tools and machin-er\- of the Rock Island Lines, with office at Chicago. Mr. Eddywas born in England, and previous to September, 1903, he was amachinists apprentice and journeyman in the shops of the Choc-taw, Oklahoma & Gulf at Shawnee, Okla. He was graduatedfrom Purdue University with the degree of mechanical engineerin 1907, and in September of that year entered the service of theErie Railroad as tool room inspector. While be was in thatposition the small tools were standardized and a classificationand record of all shop equipment was made, as described in theShop Section of the Railway Age Gazette, November 4, 1910, page85. Mr. Eddy is also the originator of the shop standard practicesystem on that road, which was described in the Jannary, 1912,issue of the American Engineer, pag
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