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Title: Railway master mechanic (microform)
Year: 1895 (1890s)
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Subjects: Railroads Railroads
Publisher: New York : (Simmons-Boardman Pub. Corp.)
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PereMarquette R. R. at Saginaw. D. H. Deeter has been promoted to general master mechanicof the Philadelphia & Reading Ry., with office at Reading, Pa. of motive power, effective at once, to succeed W. E. Symons, whois assigned to special service. Mr. Neuffer was until recently su-perintendent of machinery of the Illinois Central R. R. A shorthistory of his life with his photograph was published in theAugust issue of the Railway Master Mechanic. The Buying Side Carr H. Butcher, purchasing agent for the Interstate R. R., wasborn in Maynardville, Tenn., August 1, 1882. In 1903 he en-tered Lincoln Memorial University from the commercial depart-ment of which institution he graduated in 1905. Until 1908 hewas rapidly advanced in the employ of C. M. McClurg & Co.,Knoxville, Tenn. He resigned his connection with this concernfor his present position. To Die No More Ben Catley, one of the best known traveling men and ex-perts in steel and iron, died after a surgical operation September
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H. Deeter John G. Neuffer Wm. Boughton W. M. Wilson, recently general foreman boilermaker for theEl Paso & Southwestern system, has accepted a similar positionat the Silvis shops of the Rock Island. Ira G. Rawn, vice president of the Illinois Central R. R., hasbeen appointed president of the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louis-ville Ry., taking effect November 1st. Mr. Rawn has been con-nected with the Illinois Central since 1903, having been madeassistant to J. T. Harahan at that time. He was advanced rapidlythrough the offices of general superintendent of transportation,assistant general manager and general manager. Before goingto the Illinois Central Mr. Rawn was general superintendent ofthe Baltimore & Ohio. He started his railroad service as a tele-graph operator on the Baltimore & Ohio at Cincinnati twenty-nine years ago. He is 51 years old. W. T. Dorman has been appointed a road foreman of enginesof the St. Louis & San Francisco, with office at De Qumcey, La. W. C

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