. American engineer and railroad journal . clerk inthe officps of the Grand Trunk; in 1871 he was private secre-tary to the general manager of the Great Western Railway; in1874 he was appointed superintendent of the Detroit & Mil-waukee Railway: in 1878 general superintendent of the De-troit. Saginaw & Ray City Railway; in 1881 general managerof the Chicago & Grand Trunk and president of the ChicajWestern Indiana; in 1SS4 he went to the Union Paeitie atond vice-president and general manager: in 1887 he was presi-dent of the Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City: in 1895 presidentof the Nickel Plate:


. American engineer and railroad journal . clerk inthe officps of the Grand Trunk; in 1871 he was private secre-tary to the general manager of the Great Western Railway; in1874 he was appointed superintendent of the Detroit & Mil-waukee Railway: in 1878 general superintendent of the De-troit. Saginaw & Ray City Railway; in 1881 general managerof the Chicago & Grand Trunk and president of the ChicajWestern Indiana; in 1SS4 he went to the Union Paeitie atond vice-president and general manager: in 1887 he was presi-dent of the Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City: in 1895 presidentof the Nickel Plate: in 1897 president of the Lake Shore &Michigan Southern, and April 27, 1898, he was appointed presi-dent of the New York Central & Hudson River R succeed-ing Chauncey M Depew. He was active in organizing theAmerican Locomotive Company and had been its presidentfrom its inception. He was well known as a railroad officer,strong as a financier, and had hosts of friends. 318 AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD


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