. Information for employes and the public; being a series of leaflets issued ... by the Pennsylvania railroad system in the interest of improved service, increased efficiency, and a better understanding by employes and the public of railroad problems . i-vision ; 1870 to 1873, Assistant GeneralSuperintendent of the Philadelphia andErie Railroad Division; 1873 to 1874,Superintendent of Motive Power of thesame Division; 1874 to 1882, Superin-tendent of Motive Power of the Pennsyl-vania Railroad Division; 1882 to March,1893, General Superintendent of MotivePower of the Pennsylvania Railroad Lines
. Information for employes and the public; being a series of leaflets issued ... by the Pennsylvania railroad system in the interest of improved service, increased efficiency, and a better understanding by employes and the public of railroad problems . i-vision ; 1870 to 1873, Assistant GeneralSuperintendent of the Philadelphia andErie Railroad Division; 1873 to 1874,Superintendent of Motive Power of thesame Division; 1874 to 1882, Superin-tendent of Motive Power of the Pennsyl-vania Railroad Division; 1882 to March,1893, General Superintendent of MotivePower of the Pennsylvania Railroad LinesEast of Pittsburgh and Erie; March, 1893,to July 1, 1911, Chief of Motive Power, Pennsylvania Lines East and West. * * * * Mr. Ely was a member of the AmericanSociety of Civil Engineers, the Institutionof Civil Engineers(Great Britain), AmericanSociety of Mechanical Engineers, AmericanInstitute of Mining Engineers, the FranklinInstitute, American Philosophical Society,American Association for the Advancementof Science, and other technical and scientificinstitutions, and an honorary member ofthe American Institute of Architects. Hewas a member of the Permanent Commis-sion of the International Railway Congress,and President of the Eastern Railway. THEODORE NEWELL ELY Association; also a Trustee of the DrexelInstitute of Art, Science and Industry, andof the Philadelphia Commercial Museum. * * * * Mr. Ely had been for many years amember of the Board of Directors of thePennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, ofwhich he was one of the most generoussupporters. His artistic temperament ledhim to take the deepest interest in theaffairs of the Academy and in the instructionof the students. For a long period he wasa member of the Committee on was largely through his efforts that thepresent Summer School at Chester Springs,Chester County, Pa., was acquired by theAcademy. He was one of the Directors of theAmerican Academy, at Rome, and a mem-ber of the American Federation of Ar
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