The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-03

Max TQlz, Formerly superintendent
of Bridge Construction of Same
Road, Made General Mechanical
Engineer-The OfHce OF Superin-
tendent of Motive Power Abol-
fshed-J. o. Pattee Retires.
George H. Emerson, division master
mechanic of the Great Northern, at Larl-
more, has been relieved of his duties at
the division point, and, by an official cir
cular from the general superintendent
Office issued yesterday, appointed general
master mechanic Of the Great Northern
system. The change is an innovation
which has been decided upon by the Of
fcers Of the road for the betterment of
the service The office of general master
mechanic is one which is created for Mr..
Emerson, since there has never been an
official in charge of the mechanical de-
partmental duties before.
The official circular, announcing the APP
pointment, states that the new master
mechanic will have entire supervision Of
all matters pertaining to his Office for the
entire system In this way the services
of a number of men are rendered from
the one office, and the affairs of this
department are centralized. Mr.. Emerson
Is thoroughly conversant with the duties
laid out for him, and has been in the
employ of the road for some years. He
is considered one of the best master me-
chanics on the entire system.
Another change, announced yesterday,
produced considerable surprise. Max Tolz,
formerly superintendent of bridge con-
struction for the Great Northern, Is made
general mechanical engineer of the sys-
tenn. The appointment became effective
yesterday. Mr.. Tolz has been connected
with the road for years, and the excellent
record which he has made for himself
during the past year is said to have paved
the way for his new appointment. Under
Chief Engineer Stevens he has had charge
of an immense amount of construction
work OF various kinds at points on the
company's lines, and many of the bridges
put in under his supervision are recog-
nized standards in this class of engineer
ing.
As in the case of the new master me-
chanic, the position is one which has been
created for the purpose of dividing the
work Of the department and centrallzing
1t under different heads. Mr. Tolz will
perform such duties as may be assigned
to him by the general superintendent,
ana VIII nave the enllre SUPERVISION VI
the mechanical engineering work Of the
road The creation Of the position was
made necessary by the constantly increas-
ing burdens of the general engineering
department.
The Office of superintendent of motive
power on the Great Northern was abolish
ed yesterday, and J. o. Pattee, who has
filed the position for many years, retires
from the service Of the road. The duties
of the office will be covered by the new
general master mechanic, George II.
Emerson. Mr.. Pattee has given up the
duties Of the office, and all reports will
be handled hereafter by his chief clerk,
j. c. Morrison. The circulars announcing
this change were signed by Vice President
j. N Hill and General Superintendent f.
e Ward Mr.. Pattee entered the service
for the road as its superintendent Of
motive power. 1t Is understood that his
retirement was at his own request, and
that ne will leave railroad service per-
manently
Mr.. Pattee was born at Alexandria, N.
H, in 1889. He entered the Amoskeag
Locomotive works in 1857 and in 1860 Sc
cured employment with the Chicago, Mil
waukee Il st. Paul as fireman. From 1861
to 1871 he was engineer, machinist and
foreman with the same road and in the
latter year was appointed master me-
chanic, with headquarters at Minneapolis.
In 1888 he went with the Great Northern,
with which road he served continuously
until he retired.