The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-04

the public schools at an early age, AMI
graduated from the Richmond High
School in 1887; attended the Mechan-
les Institute and took the course of
Engineering and kindred studies; first
service with the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railway as assistant draughtsman in
the chief engineers office in 1883; as
sstant engineer Richmond and Chesa-
ipeake Railroad eighth Street tunneD;
assistant engineer on Major enters
improvements in Henrico county: cngi-
incer Bluetield Water Works Company.
Buefield. w. Va; engaged on the new
City Hall and the survey of Lee Dis
trict; engineer in charge OF survey for
the development of the water power In
James River above Richmond In 1892:
made survey for street railway and
| highway bridge connecting Forest Hill
and Rlverview in the same year; engi-
lneer at Curtis Neck, building roads and
land draining; employed In making
miscellaneous surveys In this vicinity;
engineer for the Newport News Gas
Company and the electric railway In
1886 and 1897; engineer on the Rich
mond extension of the Seaboard Air
Line Railway: laid out@a portion OF
neer in charge Of the construction of
tho Virginia Electrical Railway and
development Companys conduit and
| tube system; resident engineer on the
Richmond and Petersburg electric rail-
! way between Manchester and Chester
Va: engineer in charge of construction
| OF the conduit system of the Southern
Bell Telephone and Telegraph Com.
pany; has had charge of the construc-
| ton or has drawn plans for the same
of practically every conduit built In
this city; chief engineer in 1903 Of the
suffolk and Carolina Railway (now the
beth City extension (twenty-three
miles,, and built the terminals at Eden
ten. n. c., including the necessary
dredging at this terminal; engineer ip
charge of survey party for the loca-
ton of the electric line to Ashland, Va;
engineer In charge Of the West End
sas holder in this city, including the
|erection of a new boiler-house and COM
|pression plant at the lower Gas Works;
Iengineer and draughtsnlun in the office
OF Harry Frazier, consulting engineer;
|engineer in charge Of the construction
.|of.the White Oak Coal Company's ter
,|mlnal and storage plant; appointed
! Fourth Assistant City Engineer, Rich
mond city, by the late Colonel W. f..
ICutshaw, then City Engineer, on De-
lcember |, 1905; appointed to the posi-
ton of Third Assistant City Engineer
4 on July l, 1906. by the late City Ensl-
nicer; elected to the position Of Builds
ing Inspector by the Council on July
liz, 1907.
4 From the above. it can be readily
seen that Mr.. Becli's skill and expert
| encc as an engineer was fully ,estab-
!. lshed before he entered sthc service of
B the city.
J. Apparently his capacity must have
| commended itself to tho late CITY En-
j |gineer, as he honored him with, two
!, appointments in his office within the
!, short space of six months
Jackson bolton.
4 Mr.. Jackson Bolton at present First
Assistant City Engineer, Is "a native
; OF this city and the son of Or ianles
! Bolton, who was eminent asa surgeon
and physician in this city. Ills Who!e
> life has been spent here and 2practl-
| cally In the Engineers Department
+ Mr. Bolton attended! first the private
i schools of this city. and then spent y
J, year at Richmond College. followed by
$ two Years at the Episcopal fiig sc hool
Q at Alexandria, Va, and sanother year, az
the University of Virginia.
!. Ills ilrst active service In enGlneer-
: lns was as rolman IN laying onv
! Huntington, w. Va, IrronlslS 7l to lS'2
: he was assistant engineer for 1.-THE. ches-
!, apeakc and Ohio Railroad. IN 1879 ne
was appointed Assistant City El lgineei
~ Captain pimmock, who was tn el
CITY Engineer. After the death OF
J, CAPTAIN Dimmock Mr.. Bolton served as
. hrst assistant TO Mr. s, -. Bates. ActlnG
Gity Engineer. Since the deatl = q MI
bates MI Bolton has been First As
sistant City Engineer, and during ms
last Illness and since the death Of col'