. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . e system. He was recalled to theKingston Locomotive Works as mechan-ical engineer. Later he entered the ser-vice of the Pressed Steel Car Company .\M> (JTl\ ii ENGINEERING February, 1919 ■ as general inspector of the output ofthat extensive plant, and was also forsome lime inspector for the RichmondLocomotive Works. During these earlier years he had con-triliuted to a number of railroad and sci-eiititic publications. In 1900 he entered thefield of practical journalism as e
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . e system. He was recalled to theKingston Locomotive Works as mechan-ical engineer. Later he entered the ser-vice of the Pressed Steel Car Company .\M> (JTl\ ii ENGINEERING February, 1919 ■ as general inspector of the output ofthat extensive plant, and was also forsome lime inspector for the RichmondLocomotive Works. During these earlier years he had con-triliuted to a number of railroad and sci-eiititic publications. In 1900 he entered thefield of practical journalism as editor of77ii- Kmlroad Digest. In 1902 he joinedthe staff of Railway and as associate editor, and in1908 became managing editor, which po-sition he held till 1911, when he wascalled by the Canadian Government tomake a comprehensive report on theshops, appliances, tools and equipmentnecessary for the Trans-Continental rail-way. t)n the completion of that work in1915, Mr. Hodgins joined the staff of theRailway Periodicals Company as manag-ing editor of the Raikvav Master Mc-. S. I10L)(;i.\S. chaiiic. The Railivay Engineering andMaintenance of,Way. In 1916 he returnedto Raii-w.\y and Locomotive Engineer-ing and remained on the stalT as editoruntil his death, besides contributing topopular science magazines. Mr. Hodgins was the third son of Hodgins, M. A., I. S. Minister of Education for On-tario. Me married Sarah Patterson, adaughter of the Hon. C. S. Patterson, ajustice of the Supreme Court of Canada,who survives him. His three brothers,Major General William E. Hodgins. G., Hon. Frank E. Hodgins Justiceof the Supreme Court of Ontario, and theRev. Frederic B. Hodgins, of New York,all survive him. .\s a writer on engineering and techni-cal subjects, Mr. Hodgins style wasmarked by an exact and comprehensivelucidity. He had a mastery of detail, to-gether with a clearness that was particu-larly appreciated by the young and
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