. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . xperience, named Mr. Alexan-der because of bis special and technicalknowledge. Mr. Alexander preparedhimself for college while working as amachinist. He was for five years in-structor in engineering at the Univer-sity of Wisconsin, before returning to railroad work. The appointment iswelcomed and approved by all con-cerned in railroad welfare. A largemajority of the railroad commissionersshould consist of men trained in thepractical conduct of railroad affairs, asno other kind of men are qual
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . xperience, named Mr. Alexan-der because of bis special and technicalknowledge. Mr. Alexander preparedhimself for college while working as amachinist. He was for five years in-structor in engineering at the Univer-sity of Wisconsin, before returning to railroad work. The appointment iswelcomed and approved by all con-cerned in railroad welfare. A largemajority of the railroad commissionersshould consist of men trained in thepractical conduct of railroad affairs, asno other kind of men are qualified ton pr. sent the people in promoting, en-couraging and regulating the develop-ment of the countrys transportationagencies. OBITUARY. William regret to announce the death ofMr. William Mcintosh, formerly super-intendent of motive power of the CentralRailroad of New Jersey. The sad eventoccurred at his home at Plainfield, N. J.,on March IS, in the sixty-sixth year ofhis age. He was a native of Franklin,Quebec, and entered railway service inthe employ of the Chicago, Milwaukee &. WILLIAM MclNTOSII. St Paul, and served a regular apprentice-ship as machinist, and latterly was en-gaged as fireman and locomotive engi-neer. Latterly he served several years aslocomotive engineer on the Chicago &Northwestern and was foreman of loco-motive repairs on the same road atWareco, Minn., and was appointed mas-ter mechanic on the same road at Wi-nona, Minn., in 1887, remaining in thatposition until 1899, wdien he resigned toaccept the position of superintendent ofmotive power on the Jersey Central. Heretired on account of failing health in1909. He perfected many improvementsin locomotives and car construction, andwas a very accomplished mechanical rail-way man. He was prominently identifiedwith several leading engineering societiesand was elected president of the Ameri-can Railway Master Mechanics Associa-tion in 1908. Of a genial ami gentlemanlydisposition, he was much esteemed
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