. Railway mechanical engineer . branch. The business soon outgrew the machine interestand the latter was given up entirely some years later. JohnCooke died in l-ebruary, 1882, and was succeeded by his brother,James Cooki;, formerly superintendent. The latter died on .Au-gust 2, 1883. slKirtly after which date the stock control passedinto the hands of the Cookes and the corporate name was changedto the Cooke locomotive & Machine Company with John , president, and Irederirk W. Cooke, vice-president andgeneral manager. The business increased and work was startedin 1888 on new works on the
. Railway mechanical engineer . branch. The business soon outgrew the machine interestand the latter was given up entirely some years later. JohnCooke died in l-ebruary, 1882, and was succeeded by his brother,James Cooki;, formerly superintendent. The latter died on .Au-gust 2, 1883. slKirtly after which date the stock control passedinto the hands of the Cookes and the corporate name was changedto the Cooke locomotive & Machine Company with John , president, and Irederirk W. Cooke, vice-president andgeneral manager. The business increased and work was startedin 1888 on new works on the site. In 1901 the workswere sold to the American Locomotive Company and became theCooke Works of that company. Mr. Cooke continued as generalmanager initil his retirement in l12. During (he late war lred-crick W. Cooke took an active part in the raising of funds forthe various war reliefs. John n. Ilaglcr, who organized the National Ilihe (oin|panyand serv<-d as its president until it was mergi d with tin United. Frederick W. 610 RAILWAY MECHANICAL ENGINEER Vol. 96, No. 10 States Steel Corporation, died on September 8 at his countryhome in Greenwich, Conn. H. A. Matthews, formerly sales manager of the railway divisionof the U. S. Light & Heat Corporation, Niagara Falls, N. Y.,has been elected a vice-president, sales railway division. Mr. Mat-thews entered the railway supply business in 1912 with the U. & Heat Corporation at Chicago. Prior to that time he hadbeen employed by the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern as clerkto the general superintendent at Cleveland, and later entered theservices of the Pullman Company. For seven years he was sec-retary to the presid-nt of the Pullman Company, which positionhe held up to the time he joined the U. S. L. forces at 1917 he was transferred to the factory at Niagara Falls andplaced in charge of the railway sales department. The American Flexible Bolt Company announces a completereorganization with general offi
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