. Scannell's New Jersey first citizens : biographies and portraits of the notable living men and women of New Jersey with informing glimpses into the state's history and affairs. our and one half years took him from Cairo to the Great Lakesand from the Red Sea to the western frontier of Darfour. His first yearwas m Cairo (Chief of the Bureau of Military Engineering), in the Deltaand on the Syrian frontier. He commanded an expedition of reconnoissancein Kordofan and Darfour (Egyptian Soudan) for a year and a half, andthen, at the request of General Gordon (Chmese Gordon), he succeededGordon as
. Scannell's New Jersey first citizens : biographies and portraits of the notable living men and women of New Jersey with informing glimpses into the state's history and affairs. our and one half years took him from Cairo to the Great Lakesand from the Red Sea to the western frontier of Darfour. His first yearwas m Cairo (Chief of the Bureau of Military Engineering), in the Deltaand on the Syrian frontier. He commanded an expedition of reconnoissancein Kordofan and Darfour (Egyptian Soudan) for a year and a half, andthen, at the request of General Gordon (Chmese Gordon), he succeededGordon as Governor General of the Provinces of the Equator—Gordon go-ing to Khartoum as Governor General of the Soudan. Thus, Prout be-came Gordons subordinate. The Provinces of the Equator covered the Nilecountry from the 10th degree of latitude to the Lakes at the head of the included the Albert Nyanza but the Khedives conquests never reachedthe Yictoria Nyanza. In 1879 Col. Prout came to live at Nutley which has been his home eversince. For 16 years he was editor of the Railroad Gazette (now theRailway Age Gazette) an authoritative weekly journal of railway engineer-. Pyne 41T SSrrs^ ^^ ^^^^^^-^^^- -- ^^« --^^ ^^-- that wo. For nearly t^yelve years Col. Prout was First Vice President and (Vneral Ma.^ger of the Union Switch and Signal Co. (Geor^ W t! Iho^.TeP esKlen ) engaged in the manufacture and installation of block signals andother apparatus for railroads. On the death of Mr. WesHnghou ehe succeeded to the Presidency and shortly after retired from business HeIS now Chan-man of the Xutley Chapter of the American Red Cross tv of^T T. ? • ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^t^^ °f the American Socie-ty of Civil Engmeers, a Corresponding Member of the American Geograph- York the University Club of Pittsburgh, the Chicago Club of Chica4 andthe Yountakah Country Club of Passaic. -^iica^o, and M TAILOR , Trustee. Born inAew lork City, on December 21st, 1855; son o
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