. Railway organization and management . nner of reporting vary. On the comparatively small Nashville, Chattanooga& St. Louis Eailway System the chief engineer reportsto the general manager and the department engineers tohim. On the construction side, the resident engineersreport through the division engineers (of construction)to the engineer of construction, who reports to the chiefengineer. The signalmen report through the signal engi-neer to the chief engineer and also to the division engi-neer (of maintenance) on current operation. The timberand tie agent reports to the general roadmaster,
. Railway organization and management . nner of reporting vary. On the comparatively small Nashville, Chattanooga& St. Louis Eailway System the chief engineer reportsto the general manager and the department engineers tohim. On the construction side, the resident engineersreport through the division engineers (of construction)to the engineer of construction, who reports to the chiefengineer. The signalmen report through the signal engi-neer to the chief engineer and also to the division engi-neer (of maintenance) on current operation. The timberand tie agent reports to the general roadmaster, who inturn reports both to the engineer and to the divisionsuperintendent. Figure 5 summarizes this organization: General Manager Chief Engineer EngineerConstruction DivisionEngineer ResidentEngineer DepartmentEngineers SignalEngineer Signalmen GeneralRoadmaster Timberand TieAgent DivisionSuperintendent DivisionEngineer Signalmen Fio. 5.—Engineering Organization of the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louia Railway ENGINEERING 61. 62 RAILWAY ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT The engineering organization of the Louisville & Nash-ville Eailroad is shown in Figure 6. It will be noted that the chief and consulting engineerreport to the general manager, and that the chief engi-neer of construction and the principal assistant engineerreport to the chief engineer. This principal assistantengineer is in charge of maintenance of way and hasnine officers reporting to him, six of whom are engineers;viz., signal, bridge, maintenance-of-way (track and road-bed), miscellaneous work, designing, water supply. Thearchitect, general roadmaster (track), and superintend-ent of timber-treating plants having direct responsibilityfor the execution of work report to him directly supervisors of bridges and buildings and the assist-ant engineers (division engineers) report directly to thedivision superintendent on current operation, and to theassistant engineer of maintenance of way and bridgeengineers
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