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Title: New York State's prominent and progressive men : an encyclopaedia of contemporaneous biography
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Harrison, Mitchell Charles, 1870-
Subjects: Civic leaders
Publisher: (New York) : New York Tribune
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center

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cided to remain there. He accordingly gainedadmission to the bar, and opened an office at Little Rock. Therehe began the practice of his profession, and continued in it withgratifying success for ten years. In that time he acquired awide reputation as a shrewd and safe counselor and a success-ful corporation lawyer. He was not neglectful of the othercalling on which he first went to Arkansas, but established theLittle Rock Daily Herald, and also a newspaper printed inthe German language. With these he was identified as pro-prietor and editor for several years. Mr. Erb became, in 1881, a director of the Kansas City, Spring-field and Memphis Railroad Company, now known as the KansasCity, Fort Scott and Memphis, and was appointed its chief attor-ney for Arkansas and Tennessee, with headquarters at Memphis.In 1885 he was appointed receiver of the Memphis, Selma andBrunswick Railroad, and completed its line from Memphis toHolly Springs, Mississippi. It subsequently became a part of the 122
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NEWMAN EBB 123 main line of the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Rail-road, of which company he became a director and chief attorneyfor Tennessee and Mississippi. Mr. Erb was, in 1887, placed in charge of the construction ofthe Kansas City, Wyandotte and Northwestern Railroad, andwas made vice-president and general manager of the company.Under his direction the road was completed from Kansas City toBeatrice, Nebraska, with branches to Leavenworth and otherpoints. Later he was appointed sole receiver of this road andof the Kansas City and Beatrice Railroad. In 1894 he wasappointed receiver of the street-car lines of Leavenworth, Kan-sas, which lines he combined, rebuilt, and converted into a com-pact, modern electric-railway system. On reorganization of thecompany he became its president. Meantime, in 1892, Mr. Erb had become interested with Rus-sell Sage in the Chattanooga Southern Railway Company, andwas appointed temporary receiver thereof. He is now a directorof the reorganized

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