. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ntensive studyof the designs and the broadening of the service capacities ofthe chilled wheel. The railroad world will doubtless, therefore, welcome gladlythis selection. Obitiiarv S. D. Hutchins, representative of the Westinghouse .\irBrake Company at Columbus, Ohio, died on January 5 in the Mt. CarmelHospital, followingan abdominal oper-ation. He had beenc n j o y in g goodhealth until threemonths ago, whentaken sick duringthe .\. E, R. A. con-\cntion last Octo-ler at Atlantic Hutc
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ntensive studyof the designs and the broadening of the service capacities ofthe chilled wheel. The railroad world will doubtless, therefore, welcome gladlythis selection. Obitiiarv S. D. Hutchins, representative of the Westinghouse .\irBrake Company at Columbus, Ohio, died on January 5 in the Mt. CarmelHospital, followingan abdominal oper-ation. He had beenc n j o y in g goodhealth until threemonths ago, whentaken sick duringthe .\. E, R. A. con-\cntion last Octo-ler at Atlantic Hutchins wasborn at Clevelandon May 25, began railroad-ing when a mereboy, entering theservice of theSpringfield, Mt. Vernon & Pitts-burgh Railroad(now a part of theBig Four) in 1871as a fireman, andwas promoted toengineer in 187,?before he was 20years of age. Whenhe left the employS. D. Hutchins of the railroad in 1896 he was thethird oldest passenger engineer on the road and was runningthe highest class train, the Southwest Limited. He was an active member of the Brotherhood of Loconio-. 64 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING February, 1925 tive Engineers and retained his membership even after leavmgthe railroad. On May IS, 1896, Mr. Hutchins entered the service ot tlieWestinghouse Air Brake Company as assistant on their airbrake instruction car, and in 1905 was advanced to the positionof representative, with headquarters at CoUimbus, which posi-tion he held until his death. He was a member of the Air Brake .Association and theTravelling Engineers Association, being president of thoformer in 1896. His dignified and commanding appearance won lor him thename of Judge, by which he was familiarly known amonghis friends. In view of his broad practical experience and fair minded-ness, he has time and again been unanimously selected by rail-road officials and employees to act as arbitrator in matters ofdispute and invariably brought about a mutually satisfactorysettlement. direc
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