New-York tribune., 1904-10-27
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v.,eu, since Jaaunry 1. 1908. Mr.. PED.
60 hesn superintendent OF the Intezboroush
.-.nv. and IN charge cf the elevated, as we'll
ne subway system. Improvements have
=. r,a6s under his regime which have sur
- railroad men Net Only has the ,a~r,--
- ,snscify OF the elevated lines oF Ne-e-Yorx
-, greatly incre ase6 but AZ. Eedies hes 81
- fss; schedules. 2..5 - ,s,tous ways has
,-,nett the elevated rosss Up - airA tate
= perfscrion.
rssef Engineer :. l.. 7. Deyo was bo-- N
cardiae- lister COUNTY. y y ou December Il.
7S5Q After an es'iv school e6uc2tio- he wa
--asua:ed frcr Urion college IN 1879 a-,b ne
sevree u civil engineer. Froru iSI:; 70 iS.G he
vas assistant orsineer on the Fo1rth-ave. .ri-
rroreIrcrt. in charge = wosk between I-tsty-
sixth sud Serer5y-nirfh SIS. NeW-To-S For
The i,e years following 1876 10 res s,perir-
,su6snt Of The American Aie;a.:ne Conps-v. cf
NeE-Tork. After that 3Ir. Des-o entered the
service Of the South Pennsylvania Railroad as
division engineer on surveys being made resi-
dent engineer on construction Of the same road
Il 1855. In 1856 he was principal assistant enz.-
neer on surveys OF the Buffalo and Geneva Rail-
road. and assistant engineer on the Lehigh VAL
ley. in charge OF surveys for branch lines in the
neighborhood OF Wilkesbarre In 1883 he went
70 the New-YoTk, New-Ha1 en- and Hartford as
assistant engineer in charge OF improvement
work between Msmaroneck and Port Chester.
He remained with the company as division ensf-
neer urtn 1895. after which he was district
engineer in charge OF the western district until
his recent change.
To the mechanical eng. .neer. John Van Week.
vas intrusted the design o. the power house.
Fub-stations, carsheas and other buildings OF
issser importance. slong with steam equipment
and other mechanical features required for the
sane Mr. Van Week wGs born IN 1854 al
Napanoch. \. 7. At The age OF sixteen he en-
tered the stevens Institute Of Technology. being
graduated with the class OF 1854. His first occu-
pa;ion was that OF blue printer for the parent
Edison Electric Light Company, which work
soon resulted in his employment - = mechar!,s.l
draughtsn1an. In this capacity he was directly
associated with Mr Edison. and during his en-
ployrnent as a draughtsnan he assisted in the
design Of much Of the carly electrical machinery
and Of The power houses constructed prior TO
1856
Lewis Buckley Stilwell. electrical engineer.
vas born in Scranton on March IL. 1853. He
was graduated al the Scranton High School.
ratrioulated Al Wesleyan University. and after
two years work there took up the study OF
electrical engineering at Lehigh University,
zHtere he completed the electrical course in 1885
king postgraduate course at Lehigh in me-
chanical engineering. 1SS5-'SG. In October, 1885,
he accepted the place OF assistant electrician OF
the Westinghouse Electric Company OF Pitts
burg where he was associated with O. B. Shall
lenberger William Stanley and Nikola Tesla.
particularly IN the Development of alternating
current systems OF lighting and power distribu-
fior In November. 1900 he became electrical
director Of the Rapid Transit Subway Con-
eiruction Company.
Il NJ Fisher. secretary Of the Interborough
Rapid Transit Company, was born near Blooms
burg Penn- IN 1863. After taking the full
course in the BloOnsburg State Normal School
NJ Fisher became a telegraph operator on the
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. He entered
the ofice of the traflc manager OF the Rome
Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad and stud
ied rsilroading in the various departments. He
entered the employ OF August Belmont hve
years ago. and when the IDterboroush Rapid
Transit Company was organized he became sec
rstary.
Daniel " McWIIliams. treasurer OF the In
terborough Rapid Transit Company has served
Elerated Railway Company. On October last
Mr McWillians was made treasurer OF the COM
bined elevated and subway systems.
George Z Thomas, supervising engineer VINO
has been IN charge OF the construction OF the
power house IN Fifty-ninth-st-. has had more
varied experience than any civil engineer IN
New-York. Mr.. Thomas was born in 1S41 in
South Wales. and was IN the construction de-
partment OF the British navy IN the Pembroke
Dock Yards. He came TO this country IN 1853
and for seven years was an engineer on the
Illinois Central Railroad. He then became
sOcated with General Sooy Smith in the build
ing OF the Chicago and Alton Bridge over the
Missouri River. More than twenty OF the largest
railroad bridges in the country were built under
his direction. Mr. Thomas was the flrst engineer
n the United States 20 use the freezing process
when constructing a shaft through quicksan6
and also was the first engineer 70 put pneu-
matte foundations under skyscrapcrs IN this
city. Mr.. Thomas also had charge OF the con-
EtrUction work OF the new buildings al Annapo-
lis Naval Academy for the contractors.