Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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FRANK A. FOSTER W AS first with A. M. Powell Co., of Worcester, but the following November was taken ill and had to take a rest for several months. In the spring I went West and joined Cowan and Moore in Manitoba. We went to Winnipeg where I joined a survey party of the C. P. R. R. I spent the summer working hard, sleeping on the ground, but regaining my health. In the fall I returned to the States. The fol¬ lowing year was spent at Springfield, Ill., in charge of the pattern and foundry work of the Wabash, R. R. The next winter, in Aurora, Ill., I organized an evening school of drawing. In the spring I returned Last, and worked in several cities of New England. In 1891 was head draftsman in a large shop in Watertown, N. Y., but later I returned to Providence, R. I., where I carried on a small business as Mechanical Engineer. In 1893 I went to Ottawa, Canada, as teach er of drawing. In 1894 I went to Montreal with James Cooper Mfg. Co. In 1899 was with the Locomobile Co. In 1903 returned to Providence for a rest. Taught for two years in the School of Design. Am now living in North Attleboro, Mass., but working for the Taft-Pierce Co., of Woonsocket, where I have charge of a department. Was married in 1889 and have one daughter.