. Contemporary American biography . able ser-vices in that capacity. In February, 1862, he was appointed by the Pennsylvania RailroadCompany, Lessee, to the very responsible position of General Manager of the Philadelphiaand Erie Railroad, from which he resigned in 1865. From 1865 to 1877 he was President ofthe Empire Transportation Company, and on February 20, 1869, was elected President ofthe Erie and Western Transportation Company. During his presidency of the EmpireTransportation Company, that company became the most extended and efficient corporationengaged in the through freight-carrying
. Contemporary American biography . able ser-vices in that capacity. In February, 1862, he was appointed by the Pennsylvania RailroadCompany, Lessee, to the very responsible position of General Manager of the Philadelphiaand Erie Railroad, from which he resigned in 1865. From 1865 to 1877 he was President ofthe Empire Transportation Company, and on February 20, 1869, was elected President ofthe Erie and Western Transportation Company. During his presidency of the EmpireTransportation Company, that company became the most extended and efficient corporationengaged in the through freight-carrying business, its traffic agreements covering over 25,000miles of railroads. It owned and operated, through its auxiliary companies, over 500 miles ofpipe line, for gathering the crude petroleum for shipment to the refineries in its bulk tank cars,it being the originator of this method of transporting oil. It also operated, through the Erie andWestern Transportation Company, a large fleet of freight and passenger steamers on the Great.
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