. American engineer . s, with office atCedar Rapids, Iowa, vice C. F. Kilgore, assigned to other Hopper will also cover the line between Vinton, Iowa, andEstherville. W. I. Rowland, master mechanic of the Baltimore & Ohioat Grafton, W. Va., has been appointed assistant road foremanof engines of the Baltimore division, in charge of the enginesof the Baltimore and Washington terminals, with headquartersat Baltimore, Md. M. C. M. Hatch, formerly engineer of tests of the NewYork, New Haven & Hartford and the Boston & Maine, hasbeen appointed superintendent of fuel service on the Delawar
. American engineer . s, with office atCedar Rapids, Iowa, vice C. F. Kilgore, assigned to other Hopper will also cover the line between Vinton, Iowa, andEstherville. W. I. Rowland, master mechanic of the Baltimore & Ohioat Grafton, W. Va., has been appointed assistant road foremanof engines of the Baltimore division, in charge of the enginesof the Baltimore and Washington terminals, with headquartersat Baltimore, Md. M. C. M. Hatch, formerly engineer of tests of the NewYork, New Haven & Hartford and the Boston & Maine, hasbeen appointed superintendent of fuel service on the & Western. with office at Scranton. Pa., and willhave jurisdiction over all matters pertaining to fuel and fueleconomies. E. A. Gilbert, formerly western representative of W. at Chicago, has been appointed general inspector of themotive power department of the Southern Pacific at San Fran-cisco, Cal. He will have charge of all matters pertaining to roll-ing stock and shop John Purcell. John llAHi, formerly superintendent of motive power of theBaltimore & Ohio Southwestern, at Cincinnati, Ohio, has beenappointed safety inspector, and a member of the General SafetyCommittee, representing the mechanical department of the Balti-more & Ohio, with headquarters at Baltimore, Md., succeedingW. L. Robinson, promoted. Nels Osgaki), whose appointment as master mechanic of theGreat Northern, with office at Superior, Wis., was noted in issue of the American /iiigi>tccr, was born May 26, 1869, inNorway. He received a conmion school education and began rail-way work with the St. Paul. Minneapolis & Manitoba, now theGreat Northern, in October, 1887, at Minneapolis, Minn. He firstworked in the engine house, taking care of ashpans and as enginewiper, and he was subsequently call boy, boiler washer, boiler-maker, machinist, blacksmith and fireman. He became an engi-neer in November, 1896; in April, 1906, was promoted to travelingengineer, and exc
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