Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Transit Yearbook (Troy, NY)

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IIJLIFIIVI Iii. CIIIEIVI Presicient of the Ci7ZCi7'l7Z6llfi Soutloern Railway C071Z17dlZjl 1 8 79- I 8 8 I ILLIAM H. CLEMENT Was born July 30, 1815, at Saratoga Springs, N. Y. I-Ie graduated from the Institute in 183 5. In the succeeding years Mr. Clement held various positions as engineer and surveyor. I-Ie Was general superintendent of the Ohio 86 Mississippi Railroad for a period of two years. In May, 1879, Mr. Clement Was elected director and president of the Cincinnati Southern Railroad Company. I-Ie held this position until 1881, when he retired. I-Ie died in 1887. I gfi l MH' if mf W. . .ff 'li' --- fy wfwpll i I ' X 5-Tl?

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if-7 eees up .V ff lx lil!! ri n .Wea 'AMW if r fix in X D- HQ ll f f HAM J Ulf lyk fy! AlLlEiXl3iNDlEiFi ll. 'Cigitggfirlwli President of Hoe Pegfmsylvavzicz Rail1'0arf'C011zpa11y 1899-1906 LEXANDER J. cAssATT was born Dec. 8, 183 9, at Pittsburgh, Pa. He received his engineering education at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. After graduation he became connected with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. His natural abilities assured his rapid promotion and on June 8, 1899, he became president of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Under his immediate guidance this railroad expanded rapidly, con- solidated many independent lines into a huge unified system, and incor- porated the modern improvements of railroad transportation. Mr. Cassatt was a leading authority on railroad problems and possessed unusual executive ability. He died Dec. 28, 1906.

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1b..,,f-i .,,1.-: 'f 1 U. an-,, 2-x' fy E1 ,, V5in ,. ,1, ,.-, ,,..,r 1, is 1.5 '-VT ,X X, , Sje' u K , 1 x rf- ' . . 4 . X., ' ,- F ff. 4- . Q- HF' 11 H V' . 1 fl 21.5 'Q 'Ze' . , 1 ,t 1 .,., 1: ,l . ffEE1Pg-l el President of the Colorado E5 Wy0'77Zi7Zg Railroad 1904-1907 RANK J. HEARNE Was born in Cambridge, Md., Sept. 21, 1846. He entered the Institute in 186 5. After graduation he became assistant engineer on the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad. In I873 he was ap- pointed manager of the Blast Furnace Department of Riverside Iron Works. Later he became president of the National Tube Company. Mr. Hearne was president of the Colorado and Wyoming Fuel and Iron Company and its subsidiary, the Colorado and Wyoming Railroad, 1904-07. Died in 1907.