. Railway and Locomotive Engineering. n improve-ments. Of the financial and other vicissitudesthrough which the road has passed weneed not speak further than to state thatthey have been great and at times almost 272 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. August, 1912. overmastering. The dawn of a betterday began with the present century, whenFrederick D. Underwood was electedpresident, and the fortunes of the greatroad have been on the ascendent eversince. He is a fine example of the besttype of railway man. As clerk, brake-man, conductor, foreman, superintendentand manager on various railroads h
. Railway and Locomotive Engineering. n improve-ments. Of the financial and other vicissitudesthrough which the road has passed weneed not speak further than to state thatthey have been great and at times almost 272 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. August, 1912. overmastering. The dawn of a betterday began with the present century, whenFrederick D. Underwood was electedpresident, and the fortunes of the greatroad have been on the ascendent eversince. He is a fine example of the besttype of railway man. As clerk, brake-man, conductor, foreman, superintendentand manager on various railroads he hasgathered all tlie details of railroad work ready stated, its record is not surpassedby any other road in the United fast freight traffic it is earning anenviable reputation, and while there maybe one or two passenger trains traversingthe distance at a little higher speed, inthe essential qualities of reliability andcomfort, as well as punctuality accordingto schedule, there are no records thatsurpass those of the we refer elsewhere in our columns, isalready having the effect of furnishingmechanics whose efficiency is of thehighest and best. In brief, in the essential features ofutility in its operation, in beneficence inits general effect, and in the gradual ex-pansion of its scope the results are suchas redound to the credit of the promotersof the great enterprise, and while, as wehave stated, the Erie has had its darkdays of trial, its future is full of success that has already come to ithas the glory of the rainbow — ithas gathered its iridescence from thestorm. ERIE \ILROAD CROSSING THE \ SUUI.\. \. and has not been afflicted either with aswelling of the head or a contraction ofthe heart, diseases that are so commonto men who rise in the world. The road lias been peculiarly fortu-nate in several ways, notably in freedomfrom accidents of a serious natureSafety has never been sacrificed to speed,and the fever of the madden
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