. The Boston and Maine Railroad; a history of the main road, with its tributary lines . LOCOMOTIVE LAWRENCE, WEIGHT TWENTY-FIVE TONSBuilt by the Lawrence Machine Shop, I 853. WOOD-BURNING LOCOMOTIVE PACIFIC, BUILT IN 1857 BY FRANCIS B. C. BRADLEB 41 In 1855, Mr. Thomas L. Williams resigned as superin-tendent, and the directors elected in his place Mr. Wil-liam Merritt. Mr. Merritt belonged to the well-knownSalem family of that name. He began his railroad careerin 1842 as brakeman on the Boston and Maine, and wassoon after baggage master and conductor on the old EssexRailroad, operated by the E
. The Boston and Maine Railroad; a history of the main road, with its tributary lines . LOCOMOTIVE LAWRENCE, WEIGHT TWENTY-FIVE TONSBuilt by the Lawrence Machine Shop, I 853. WOOD-BURNING LOCOMOTIVE PACIFIC, BUILT IN 1857 BY FRANCIS B. C. BRADLEB 41 In 1855, Mr. Thomas L. Williams resigned as superin-tendent, and the directors elected in his place Mr. Wil-liam Merritt. Mr. Merritt belonged to the well-knownSalem family of that name. He began his railroad careerin 1842 as brakeman on the Boston and Maine, and wassoon after baggage master and conductor on the old EssexRailroad, operated by the Eastern Railroad, now knownas the Lawrence branch, between Salem and there he went to the Cocheco Railroad of NewHampshire as superintendent, later returning to the Bos-ton and Maine as general freight agent, which position hefilled until his election as superintendent. In those days the superintendent of a railroad practi-cally ran his particular road, and was not, as today, amere chief clerk, with no real authority. Mr. Merrittwas a man of great executive ability, and soon placedthe road, in regard to its practical operation, on a firmerfooting than eve
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