. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . was 59 yearsold at the time of his death. He waseducated in the public schools of Cleve-land and entered railway service in1871 as machinist apprentice in the re-pair shops of the Cleveland, Columbus,Cincinnati & Indianapolis Railway. Hisfather, Thomas Walsh, was a locomo-tive engineer who rose to be enginedispatcher and was a celebrated manin his day, so it was natural for theson to follow in his fathers footsteps. From machinist apprentice Jameswent firing and in due course becameengineer,
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . was 59 yearsold at the time of his death. He waseducated in the public schools of Cleve-land and entered railway service in1871 as machinist apprentice in the re-pair shops of the Cleveland, Columbus,Cincinnati & Indianapolis Railway. Hisfather, Thomas Walsh, was a locomo-tive engineer who rose to be enginedispatcher and was a celebrated manin his day, so it was natural for theson to follow in his fathers footsteps. From machinist apprentice Jameswent firing and in due course becameengineer, then roundhouse left railway life for a time to be-come mechanical expert of the GalenaOil Company, but in 1902 returned tothe Chesapeake & Ohio Railway as su-perintendent of motive power. Thatposition he relinquished in 1912 and be-came mechanical engineer for the com-pany, the position he filled at the timeof his death. Mr. Walsh is survived by his wife,one daughter and three sons. F. Walsh. The numerous friends of James , for ten years superintendent of. J. r. WALSH. motive power of the Chesapeake & OhioRailway, will regret to learn that he James J. Hill. James J. Hill, the greatest railroadbuilder the world has ever seen, haspassed away as we go to press. Heclimbed from the bottom of the ladderand studied as he rose. He commandedpeace armies with which he conqueredthe wilderness. He saw clearly and gavethe people the benefit of his views. interviews became a feature of thenewspapers and all that he said com-manded attention. He was an optimistbut he occasionally pricked bubbles andput his linger on weak spots, as when hesaid that the United States was not suf-fering from the high cost of living butfrom the cost of high living. Mr. Hill built up the territory throughwhich the Great Northern Railroad runsby helping the farmers to select the rightgrain, live stock, and methods. When anyindustry needed help he held out his made
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