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APPENDIX A:
SELECTED LISTING OF OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
Listing of Presidents of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company from 1847 Until 1935
PRESIDENTS
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
| Name | From | To |
| Samuel Vaughan Merrick | March 31, 1847 | September 1, 1849 |
| W.C. Patterson | September 1, 1849 | February 2, 1852 |
| J. Edgar Thomson | February 3, 1852 | May 27, 1874 |
| Thomas A. Scott | June 3, 1874 | June 1, 1880 |
| George B. Roberts | June 1, 1880 | January 30, 1897 |
| Frank Thomson | February 3, 1897 | June 5, 1899 |
| A.J. Cassatt | June 9, 1899 | December 28, 1906 |
| James McCrea | January 2, 1907 | January 1, 1913 |
| Samuel Rea | January 1, 1913 | October 1, 1925 |
| W.W. Atterbury | October 1, 1925 | April 24, 1935 |
| M.W. Clement | April 24, 1935 | --- |
George H. Burgess and Miles C. Kennedy, Centennial History of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company 1846-1946 (Philadelphia: The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 1949), p. 793.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Pennsylvania Railroad from 1846 Until 1899
Ayres, William, 1852-1854
Bacon, Josiah, 1856-1881
*Barnes, William H., 1890-1898
*Biddle, Alexander, 1874-1898
Bodine, Samuel T., 1860-1874
Black, George, 1869-1873
Brenner, John G., 1857-1859
Bringhurst, John H., 1856-1857
Brown, David S., 1847-1852
Buther, Washington, 1849-1862 and 1866-1873
Carpenter, George W., 1847-1858
Cass, George W., 1859-1866
*Cassatt, A.J, 1874-1882 and 1883-1898
Coates, G. Morrison, 1867-1878
Colwell, Stephen, 1847-1851
*Comegys, B.B., 1887-1898
Cope, Thomas P., 1847-1848
Corbett, Henry, 1847 (March 30th to May 17th)
Craig, Hugh, 1863-1865
Cummins, D.B., 1878-1887
Curtis, Benjamin T., 1859 (Died December 4, 1859)
Davis, Edward M., 1849-1852,
Derbyshire, Alexander J., 1851-1855 and 1873-1878
Derbyshire, John, 1865-1866
**Du Barry, J.N., 1882-1892 (Died Dec. 17, 1892)
Elkin, Lewis, 1866-1869 and 1870-1871
*Elkins, William L., 1879-1898
Farnum, John, 1853-1858
Felton, Samuel M., 1873-1884
*Foster, William B., Jr., 1853-1860 (Died March 4, 1860)
*Fox, Alexander M., 1871-1898
Godely, Jesse, 1847-1848
* **Green, John P., 1882-1898
*Griscom, C.A., 1884-1898
Hallowell, Morris L., 1848-1849
Haupt, Herman, 1856-1857
Houston, H.H., 1881-1895 (Died June 21, 1895)
Howell, George, 1848-1857
Hume, John, 1858-1867
Jeanes, Samuel, 1852-1855
Kennedy, John M., 1860-1863 and 1864-1880
Knight, Edward C., 1861-1863 and 1864-1874
Lea, Thomas T., 1847-1852
*Little, Amos R., 1888-1898
**Lombaert, Herman J., 1864-1872
Lyon, William M., 1856-1858
Magee, James, 1847-1848
Martin, William, 1862-1863
Magargee, Samuel, 1857-1860
Magargee, Sylvester J., 1863-1865
Mellon, Thomas, 1856-1864
***Merrick, Sam'l Vaughan, 1847-1852
Myers, Joseph B., 1863-1873
Miller, J. Craig, 1862-1863
*Morris, Effingham B., 1897-1898
Morris, Wistar, 1858-1890
Mott, Edward T., 1852-1855
McManes, James, 1880-1881
McMichael, Morton, 1869-1870
Neal, William, 1854-1856
Nimick, Alexander, 1865-1869
*Patterson, C. Stuart, 1895-1898
***Patterson, William C., 1847-1852
Phillips, Henry M., 1874-1885
* **Prevost, S.M., 1897-1898
* **Pugh, Charles E., 1893-1898
Rice, John, 1865-1873
*** **Roberts, George Brooke, 1870-1897 (Died 1897)
Robinson, William, Jr., 1852-1856
Robbins, John, Jr., 1857-1859
Rosengarten, G.D., 1858-1865
Salomon, David, 1863-1864
Scott, John (Pittsburgh), 1873-1877
Scott, Thomas, 1855-1858
*** **Scott, Thomas A., 1860-1880 (Resigned June, 1880)
Shoenberger, John H., 1848-1851
*Shortridge, N. Parker, 1874-1898
**Smith, Edmund, 1870-1872 and 1874-1888 (Resigned June 30, 1888)
Smith, William H., 1860-1865
Spangler, Christian E., 1847-1858
Stockton, Robert F., 1848-1849
Thaw, William, 1881-1889 (Died Aug. 17, 1889)
Thomas, Joseph M., 1859-1860
* *** **Thomson, Frank, 1882-1898
***Thomson, John Edgar, 1852-1874 (Died May 27, 1874)
Thompson, William, R., 1852-1862
Toland, Robert, 1847-1848
Weigand, John, 1848-1849
Welsh, Henry D., 1878-1896
Wetherill, John Price, 1878-1888
Wilkins, William, 1848-1853
Wood, Horatio C., 1859-1860
*Wood, George, 1891-1898
Wood, Richard D., 1847-1848
Wright, John A., 1847-1848
Yarrow, John, 1849-1856
Those marked thus * still serving in 1895. Those marked thus *** Presidents. Those marked thus ** Vice Presidents.
The present Directors are:
Frank Thomson, elected October 1, 1882.Alexander M. Fox, elected March 8, 1871.
Alexander Biddle, elected March 24, 1874.
N. Parker Shortridge, elected March 24, 1874.
William L. Elkins, elected March 25, 1879.
Alexander J. Cassatt, elected June 29, 1874.
Clement A. Griscom, elected September 24, 1884.
Benjamin B. Comegys, elected November 9, 1887.
Amos R. Little, elected November 18, 1888.
William H. Barnes, elected November 11, 1889.
George Wood, elected March 24, 1891.
Christopher Stuart Patterson, elected July 2, 1895.
Effingham B. Morris, elected December 31, 1896.
John P. Green, elected October 1, 1882.
Charles E. Pugh, elected March 1, 1893.
Sutherland M. Prevost, elected February 10, 1897.
Mr. A.J. Cassatt served as Vice President 1874-1882, when he resigned.
William Bender Wilson, History of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company with Plan of Organization, Portraits of Officials and Biographical Sketches (2 vols.: Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates and Company, 1895), 1:9-11.
Test Department - Pennsylvania Railroad
8- -74 - Department Physical Tests placed in charge John W. Cloud.
11- -75 - Chemical Laboratory added under Dr. Charles B. Dudley.
5- -79 to 8- 1-86 - John W. Cloud, Engineer of Tests. (Succeeded to office Mechanical Engineer 8-1-86, retaining control of Test Department).
8- 1-86 to 7- 1-93 - Under Mechanical Engineer (#) in charge of W.O. Dunbar.
7- 1-93 to 9- 1-02 - Under Mechanical Engineer in charge of A.W. Gibbs, Assistant Mechanical Engineer.
9- 1-02 to 8- 1-03 - Under Mechanical Engineer in charge of W.F. Kiesel, Jr., Assistant Mechanical Engineer.
8- 1-03 to 9-16-11 - E.D. Nelson, Engineer of Tests.
10- 1-11 to 5- 9-17 - C.D. Young, Engineer of Tests.
6- 1-17 to 4-16-37 - F.M. Waring, Engineer of Tests.
4-16-37 to date** - L.B. Jones, Engineer of Tests.
Chemical Laboratory
1- 1-10 to 1- 1-21 - F. N. Pease, Chemist (Title Chief Chemist after 8-1-12).
1 - 1-21 to date** - M.E. McDonnell, Chief Chemist.
11- 1-81 to 1- 1-10 - F.N. Pease, Asst. Chemist.
1- 1-16 to 1- 1-21 - M.E. McDonnell, Asst. Chief Chemist.
Mechanical Engineers
8- 1-86 to 2-14-87 - John W. Cloud
3- 1-87 to 2- 1-19 - A.S. Vogt
2- 1-19 to 10- 1-36 - W.F. Kiesel, Jr.
10- 1-36 to date** - W.R. Elsey
1849 - 1850 Under the organization established in 1849 - 1850 the Departments of 1852 "Motive Power" and "Maintenance of Cars" were placed under the general superintendence of Herman Haupt, Superintendent of Transportation.
Annual Report for 1850 states that "the Motive Power Department was principally in charge of the Foreman of the Harrisburg Shop."
1852 Organization adopted December 1, 1852, placed the Motive Power Department, including Maintenance of Cars, in charge of Enoch Lewis, Second Assistant Superintendent (to Superintendent of Transportation).
| From | To | ||
| 10- 1-57 | Enoch Lewis left service. | ||
| 1857 | Alexander McCausland | Master of Machinery (M.P. and Car Departments) | |
| 1858 | 12-31-61 | George W. Greer | Master of Machinery (M.P. Dept.) |
| 1858 | 1862 | Ambrose Ward | General Foreman, Car Department |
| 6-15-62 | John P. Laird | (Master of Machinery (M.P. and Car Departments) | |
| 63 | 7-15-66 | John P. Laird | Supt. Motive Power and Machinery (M.P. and Car Departments) |
| 7-15-66 | 10-15-67 | R.E. Ricker | Supt. Motive Power and Machinery |
| 11 -16-67 | 4- 1-70 | A.J. Cassatt | Supt. Motive Power and Machinery |
| 4- 1-70 | 3- 1-72 | Isaac Dripps | Supt. Motive Power and Machinery |
| 3- 1-72 | 3- 1-73 | Geo. Clinton Gardner | Supt. Motive Power and Machinery |
| 3- 1-73 | 7- 1-74 | Frank Thomson | Supt. Motive Power and Machinery |
| 7- 1-74 | Theo. N. Ely | Supt. Motive Power (P. R. R. and U.R.R. of N.J.) | |
| 82 | 3- 1-93 | Theo. N. Ely | Gen. Supt. Motive Power, Lines East |
| 3- 1-93 | 7- 1-11) | Theo. N. Ely | Chief of Motive Power, Lines East and West |
| 3- 1 -93 | 10- 1-01 | F.D. Casanave | Gen. Supt. Motive Power, Lines East |
| 10- 1 -01 | 1- 1-03 | W.W. Atterbury | Genl. Supt. Motive Power, Lines East |
| 1- 1-03 | 7- 1-11) | Alfred W. Gibbs | Gen. Supt. Motive Power, Lines East |
| 7- 1-11 | 5-19-22) | Alfred W. Gibbs | Chief Mechanical Engineer |
| 7- 1-11 | 12- 9-11 | R.N. Durborow | Gen. Supt. Motive Power, Lines East |
| 1- 1-11 | 3- 1-20) | J.T. Wallis | Gen. Supt. Motive Power, Lines East |
| 3- 1-20 | 3- 1-27 | J.T. Wallis | Chief of Motive Power, System |
| 3- 1-27 | ** | F.W. Hankins | Chief of Motive Power (*) |
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| 7- -66 | 3-20-86 | John B. Coin | |
| 8- 1-86 | 2-14-87 | John W. Cloud | |
| 3- 1-87 | 2- 1-19 | Axe S. Vogt | |
| 2- 1-19 | 10- 1-36 | William F. Kiesel, Jr. | |
| 10- 1-36 | ** | W.R. Elsey | |
(*) Asst. Vice-President - Chief of Motive Power 6-1-36
(**) 1939
"Test Department and Motive Power Department Organization from 1849 until June 13, 1939," June 13, 1939, Box 3, Acc. No. 1810, Pennsylvania Railroad Collection, Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, Delaware.
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