. American engineer and railroad journal . ce on the Grand Trunk 40 yearsaifii. He was afterward Master Mechanic of the Portland& Rochester road iu Maine. Later he occupied a similarposition on the New York Elevated Railroad, and in 1^9went to the New Jersey & New York as Master 1S80 he was appointed Superinlendent aho, and forsome years has given all hts lime to tbe latter office. Mr. Robert Miller. General Supeiinlendcpt of the Michi-gan Central, is hereafter to be Superintendent fMotive Poweraod E«|uipment, Mr. R. H. LHommedieu,former Assistant General Superintendent, liecomcs M
. American engineer and railroad journal . ce on the Grand Trunk 40 yearsaifii. He was afterward Master Mechanic of the Portland& Rochester road iu Maine. Later he occupied a similarposition on the New York Elevated Railroad, and in 1^9went to the New Jersey & New York as Master 1S80 he was appointed Superinlendent aho, and forsome years has given all hts lime to tbe latter office. Mr. Robert Miller. General Supeiinlendcpt of the Michi-gan Central, is hereafter to be Superintendent fMotive Poweraod E«|uipment, Mr. R. H. LHommedieu,former Assistant General Superintendent, liecomcs successor as General Superintendent. Mr, Millersfirst position oo the Michigan Central road was as MasterCar Builder, with charge also of buildings and water-works, which positioQ he occupied for eight years. In18b4 he was transferred to tbe transportation department,twi^oming in that year Assistant General Superintendent,and holding the olHce six yeatB.^ In taking this AMERICAN ENGINEER. CAR BUILDER May, iSgi. Locomotive With Mason-Work I- Hod lie therefore roturnB to a lino of work id wan ciiKagtd for years. Mr. Herbert Waliia has roaigned from the position atMt--11 finical Suporiiitundent ut tlie (iraiiJ Truck, after aniTvionof ■JlyeQMln that caiiacily. Mr. Wallis ret^eivedliifl early mpchunical trainlnt; ut the Derby shops of theMiilliiini Railway. In IHO Iip hecatno foreman in its Brad-(ord khojis. and in 1871 aweplwl the poaition of AiwistantMpi>eu Mwhttniinl Superintendent, it iit slated that the roadsImii iiotive ei|ui|iment huit grown from 8S3 to 808 engiueH,i\s jinMieuger um* from 3(13 toUlO, and lie freight car eijuiii-inent from 6,078 van to 23,888 cars. Because of tariffr(«tricilou», the road has manufactured many uf its sup-plies that under other conditions would have been pur-chas
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