The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-11
PROMINENT CITIZEN DEAD.
General Superintendent \. c. Hippey, of
the y. and W., Passes Away.

the y. ana W., Passes Away.
A. c. Hippey, general superintendent
of the Norfolk and Western Railroad
Company, died yesterday morning ut 4
o'clock at the family residence, No %
Ninth avenue $. W., after a long illness.
Mr.. .Hippey's health failed him about
two years ago and his death was no sur
prise to his friends His last serious
illness he knew would prove fatal more
than a month before his death.
Mr.. Hippey was born in Columbia, Pa,
on September 90 1916, and received his
early education in the public schools of
his native town At the age OF 16 he en-
tered the civil war and served in the
l3oth and 1S6th regiments, Pennsylvania
Volunteers, his term of service having
covered period of two and one-half
years.
Shortly after the close of the war Mr..
Hippey entered the service of the Phila-
deiphia and Reading .Railroad Company
III lts maintenance of way department. rs
chairman of an engineering corps, in
winch position he remained for three
years.
In 1865 he entered the service of the
pennsylvania Railroad Company, in the
maintenance of way department, where
he remained for Il period of six years.
when he accepted service with the Balti
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which he remained for two years.
In 1870 he re-cntered the service of the
pennsylvania Railroad Company as
| supervisor at Baltimore This position
| he held until 1881, when he was promoted
to the position of assistant engineer of
| the Northern Central and Baltimore and
| Potomac railways, with headquarters at
| Baltimore. J e. ssS
After remaining in this position for
! year he was transferred to the Philadel.
| phia, Wilmington and Baltimore railroad
as assistant engineer, in which position
| he served one year. He was then pro-
| NOTED to the position of engineer of
maintenance of way of the. Philadelphia
and Erie and the Northern Central rail
ways of the Pennsylvania system, and
was located at Williamsport, Pa, where
| he remained for six years.rS , I'd
| On January I, 1890 he was appointed
superintendent of the Altoona division
of the Pennsylvania railroad, and after
six months service in that position he re-
signed to accept the position of assistant
general manager of the Norfolk and
| Western Railroad Company, which he
held until January l, 1891, since which
. time he has been general Superintendent
! of the same system. lai
Mr.. Hippey was railroad man of great
{ ability, which is shown by his successive
! promotions from chairman on an engi-
neering corps to the Office of general
superintendent of great system like the
Norfolk and Western. He took high
rank with all the roads which he served
, and was considered as being among the
best of the railroad men on the system
which he last served He was held in
the highest esteem 10y all the officials of
the company. He filled the Office of gen
eral superintendent with great deal of
satisfaction, and was always kind and
considerable of the feelings of all with
whom he came III contact He died be.
loved and respected 10y all who knew him,
Deceased leaves a wife, three sons and
two daughters as follows: Edwin 5.
IJippey, supervisor PENNSYLVANIA railroad,
at Wilkcsbarre, Pa; William T., Fred.
c., Miss Christine 5. and Miss Jessie NJ
of this city. Is Ei-sy lsisis " ~
The funeral services will he hcld-at his
late residence Wednesday afternoon at j
o'clock. after which the remains will be
inferred in the City Cemetery.
The pall-bearers ut the funeral will he
Messrs. Joseph II. Sands, W. w. Coe,
Col Frank Huger, DR.. Joseph y. Gale
5. o. Malin, p. l.. Terry, ID. w. Flick
wir, Jno. &. Osborne. 60.