. Railway and Locomotive Engineering . the Brotherhood in the recentarbitration proceedings is a native , and entered railroad service asa fireman on the Central Montgomeryrailway, now the Bcaunumt Division ofthe Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe rail-way in 1879. He was some time en-kaged in the baggage department of theInternational and Great Northern rail-road, and in 1885 returned to locomo-tive service on the same road. Fromthat period until 1894 he was occupiedon various western railroads as firemanand locomotive engineer. Meanwhilehe had shown considerable aptitude asa forceful writer
. Railway and Locomotive Engineering . the Brotherhood in the recentarbitration proceedings is a native , and entered railroad service asa fireman on the Central Montgomeryrailway, now the Bcaunumt Division ofthe Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe rail-way in 1879. He was some time en-kaged in the baggage department of theInternational and Great Northern rail-road, and in 1885 returned to locomo-tive service on the same road. Fromthat period until 1894 he was occupiedon various western railroads as firemanand locomotive engineer. Meanwhilehe had shown considerable aptitude asa forceful writer on economic and othersubjects, and at the Hafrisburg con-vention in September, 1894, he waselected editor and manager of thelirotherhoods Magazine. He filled theposition with much approval for ten>cars, and in 1904 he became grandsecretary and treasurer of the Brother-hood. At the Columbus convention inlX)8 he was elected President of theBrotherhood, the duties of which he hasably filled up to the present time. Some Ml ■r-]. {I. ;\ Li-stant to General Manaj Europe and was received with niuihfavor among the railroad societies inGreat Britain. He is a forceful andeloquent speaker, a keen and close rea-soncr, a ready and resourceful debater,and his flashes of wit and humor givea charm to his personality that iseminently engaging. 190 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. May, 1913. Award of Arbitrators on Firemens Demands , . ^ .„ . ,..^ ;,|,,„oo out. Increases were also granted in over- The Board of .\rbitrators appointed to A engines ox ^ _^ ^^^ time in the various classes of service. consider the demands of the locomotive lbs. on drivers u i ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ reheves t^remen of firemen on their employers which was Mallet engines regard ess ^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^.^^^^ ^^^.^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^j ^,,^ composed of W. W. Atterbury, vice- of weight on dmcrs (.) ->.ou . ^^_^^^ ,^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ roundhouse em- president of the Pennsylvania Railroad; ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ a,,,.ow.
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