The Portland daily press., 1896-03-26


now occupies. Many Of the fine bridges
on the line of the Maine Central have
been erected under Mr.. Booker's personal
supervision, and the ease with which
they We're constructed without interrupt
Ing tralnc speaks volumes for Mr.. Book
er's ability and watchful care
GEORGE NEvENS
Roadmaster, First Division, Brunswick,
Maine, was born in New Gloucester, Me-,
April 10, 1884, where he lived with his
parents OH a farm until IS years of age.
he received common school education,
ana IN 1854 entered the employ of the
henneb eo & Portland railroad, on the
brunswick and Topsham section, where
ne worked for eighteen months He was
then sent to the Bowdoinham section,
where he remained for eleven years. In
1866 he was appointed Assistant Road
master, which position he held until 1869,
the Portland & Kennebeo railroad, from
Portland to Skowhegan. Upon the CON-
solldation of the Portland & Kennebeo
and Maine Central railroads, Mr.. Nevens
was appointed Roadmaster OF the First
Division of the Maine Central, which
now includes what was formerly the
Knox & Lincoln railroad. and, since
May LIST, 1891, that part of the line pre-
ylously known as the Second Division.
The First Division, at the present time,
includes the entire mileage Of the Maine
Central system between Portland, Far
mington, Rockland and Waterville.
W. A. TARR,
Assistant Roadmaster, First Division,
Lewiston, Maine, WAS born in Bruus-
wick, Sept. 81, 1S49, and began work on
the Portland & Kennbec Railroad as SEQ
uion man in August, 1866. Ho remained
with that company about one year after
which he began work in the same oapac-
ity for the Androsooggin Railroad. AT
ter two years service for that company he
was promoted to be foreman Of the Sec
tion at Leeds Centre. From that time
until 1883 Mr.. Tarr had charge of crew
during the summers doing yard work,
in the winters be attended to the duties
of foreman of section. In October, 1888,
Of the first division of the Maine Central
railroad.
Il. A. TOWARD,
Roadmaster, Second Division, Wateryille,
Maine, was born in Dexter. May 2Sth
1852, began work at the age of 16 on thu
Dexter & Newport Railroad then in pro-
on the Belfast & Moosehead Railroad,
and the Portland & Ogdensburg Rail-
road. and entered the employ of the
Maine Central Railroad as section hand
at Dexter in July, 1871. He was ap-
pointed section foreman and placed in
charge of the Skowhegan section in Feb
ruary, 1878; was appointed foreman Of ex-
ira track work on the third division in
April, 1881. He was appointed conductor
of construction train 1883, and in July,
1856, was appointed assistant roadmaster
under the late George W. Wagg. On the
retirement of Mr.. Wagg in May, 1891, he
was appointed roadnaster of the second
division with headquarters at Waterville,
an Office he now holds, the second d.
vision embracing that portion Of the
Maine Central between Waterville and
Skowhegan. and Bangor, Newport and
Dover and Foxcroft and Burnham and
Belfast.
VOLNEY h. FOSS,
Roadmaster Third Division, Bangor,
Maine, was born at Leeds on the 18th
employ of the Androsooggin Railroad
in September, 1855, as brakeman and bag
gage master. At the time of the lease
of that road by the Maine Central he was
made conductor of construction train,
afterwards conductor of freight and pas
until October, 1882 at which time tbs
Maine Central leased the r. & N. A.
Railway, and he was appointed Road
master of that part of the road east of
Bangor, and since 1884, of the Mt. Desert
and Buoksport Branches. He has beon
in continual service since September,
1865.
SAMUEL ". ROYAL,
Assistant Roadmaster, Third Division,
Penobscot Junction, Maine, was born
in Danville, Me-, now Auburn, Aug.
16, 1885. He entered the employ of the
Maine Central Railroad Company in 1868,
hos c1r
been employed several years on the
Grand Trunk Railroad in different capac-
tiles but principally on track work. In
1879 he was given charge Of the Bucks
port Road, as Roadmaster. After the
completion of the Mt. Desert Branch he
was appointed Assistant Roadmaster in
charge of the Buoksport and Mt. Desert
branches, the former having been leased
by the Maine Central. These branches
were then annexed to the second di-
vision, till the decsase of George W.
Wagg, in 1891, who was then Roadmas-
ter Of that Division. They were then
transferred to. and became part of the
third division, which covers the line be-
tween Bangor and Vanceboro. This
position Mr.. Royal still retains at the
present time.
W. D. SAWYER,
Roadmaster Fourth Division, North
Conway, N. f., was horn at Baldwin,
Maine, on 18th April, 1852. He was edu-
Gated in the public schools and began his
railroad career in the autumn of 1870.
laying track on the Portland & Ogdens-
burg Railroad. In the spring of 1873
Mr.. Sawyer was made foreman of the
section crew at North Conway, and in
the spring of 1856 was given charge of
the construction train on the Portland &
Ogdens burg Railroad. In 1883 he was
appointed Superintendent of the Bartlett
& Albany Railroad, position which
he retained until 1899, when he returned
to the employ of the Maine Central as
Conductor of Construction train. In
May, 1894, Mr.. Sawyer was promoted to
be Roadmaster Of the Fourth Division of
the Maine Central, which covers that
company's line between Portland and
Lunenburg.
q. E. BICKFORD,
Roadmaster Fifth Division, Lancaster,
N. H.. was born at Drummer, N. H.,
on August 18th, 1S4l, and began his rail
road career on November LIST, 1868, as SEQ
tion man on the Grand Trunk Railroad.
In April 1861, he was made section fore
man, a position which he retained until
Oct 1897 when he enterad the aInn1ov of