. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . r, master of Mainte-nance of Way Department, with headquartersat Newark, Ohio, until 1887, when David Leewas made superintendent of maintenance of wayon lines west of the Ohio River, and the head-quarters were moved to Zanesville, Ohio. In 1889 the Midland Division was taken overby the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bridges, buildings and water stations wereplaced in his charge by David Lee. He super-vised the rebuilding of all the trestles, twenty-four span of steel bridges and several buildings. In 1890 the Zanesville shops were started forr
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . r, master of Mainte-nance of Way Department, with headquartersat Newark, Ohio, until 1887, when David Leewas made superintendent of maintenance of wayon lines west of the Ohio River, and the head-quarters were moved to Zanesville, Ohio. In 1889 the Midland Division was taken overby the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bridges, buildings and water stations wereplaced in his charge by David Lee. He super-vised the rebuilding of all the trestles, twenty-four span of steel bridges and several buildings. In 1890 the Zanesville shops were started forrepairs of frogs and switches, and on completionof the Akron Division the machinery used forthe manufacturing of frogs, crossings andswitches was moved to Zanesville shops. set up the machinery and opened upthe manufacture of frogs, crossings, switchesand the steam pump repairs for lines west ofthe Ohio River, under Mr. Lee, in addition tohis other duties as superintendent of bridges,buildings and water stations. He filled this. position until 1901, when he suffered anervous break-down. He was off duty until 1903, when he returnedas foreman on the C. & N. Division, but couldnot stand the work. He was absent againfrom nervous trouble until 1905, when he wasmade inspector of new buildings under contractby H. B. Dick, division engineer of the NewarkDivision. In 1909 he was appointed bridge inspector,Wheeling System, but owing to an injury re-ceived in 1882 in raising trestles at a wash-outnear Bellaire, Ohio, could not stand the walkingand climbing. He was returned to the Colum-bus and Newark Division as carpenter foreman. During his services he supervised the erec-tion of 105 span of iron and steel bridges. Hehas been a. member of the Baltimore and OhioRelief Department since March, 1880, and is amember of the Veteran Employes Associationof the Newark Division. Incidentally, Mr. Blowers has patentedseveral designs of pile drivers, the last of whichwas made by the McMyle
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