Railway and Locomotive Engineering . ss., and fought in the CivilWar, and was mustered out at the ageof nineteen as a second lieutenant. Hegraduated from the Lawrence School ofHarvard University in 1868, and enteredrailroad service in the same year. Heoccupied many positions on the Burling-tim, beginning in the civil engineeringdepartment, and in a few years was trans-ferred to the executive department. In1883 he became secretary of the com-pany, and latterly, in addition, vice-1)resident and treasurer, his period ofservice with the Burlington extending over53 years. Henry C. Adams Professor H
Railway and Locomotive Engineering . ss., and fought in the CivilWar, and was mustered out at the ageof nineteen as a second lieutenant. Hegraduated from the Lawrence School ofHarvard University in 1868, and enteredrailroad service in the same year. Heoccupied many positions on the Burling-tim, beginning in the civil engineeringdepartment, and in a few years was trans-ferred to the executive department. In1883 he became secretary of the com-pany, and latterly, in addition, vice-1)resident and treasurer, his period ofservice with the Burlington extending over53 years. Henry C. Adams Professor Henry C. .-Xdams, L^niversityof Michigan, died at .Kim Arbor, Mich.,on .\ugust 11, Mr. Adams was born atDavenport, Iowa, in 1854, and graduatedfrom the Johns Hopkins and HeidelbergLhiiversities. In 1887 he was appointedstatistician of the Interstate CommerceCommission and served continuously un-til 1911. He also served as advisor tothe Chinese government as an expert on 258 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING September, 1921 Kgplacers. With aF e w i n g stype Re-placer rerail-ments are quicklyeffected and delaysrelieved. Strong enoughto carry the heavi-est locomotive, yetlight enough to behandled by oneman. Gradual andeasy climb ofwheels on to re-placer is in markedcontrast to the ab-rupt ascent ofother types ofcamel back frogs. The Q & C Co. 90 We»t St. New York Chicago St. Louis the standardization of railway accounts,and was the author of several treatisesand books on financial and railroad sub-jects. Epes Randolph. Epes Randolph, president of the South-ern Pacific of Mexico, and the ArizonaEastern, died at Tucson, Ariz., on August22. ]Mr. Randolph was bom in Lunenbery,W. Va., and entered railway service in theengineering departn^nt of some of theeastern railways, but his life work may besaid to have been accomplished in theSouthwest, where he was rapidly advancedto important positions on the developmentof the chief railroads in that region. Un-der Mr. Harriman, Mr. Huntingto
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