The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-04-26
. APPOINTED TO CHAIR IN
RAILROAD ENGINEERING
U. Of M. Regents Name Henry
Earle Riggs, and H. w. King
VIII Be Under Him

Henry Rarle Riggs was today appoint.
ed bg the regents OF the university to
the chair OF railroad engineering In
the University OF Michigan. This ap-
pointmsnt carries with It tho appoint
msnt Of head OF the school Of civil
engineering.
Mr.. Riggs 10 man Of national rep
utation In his line. He 10 a member
Of the, American Society OF Civil Engi-
nsers. past president OF the Michigan
Society Of Engineers. q member OF
the Toledo Engineers club, the Amer
lean Society OF Political and Social
Science and Of Sigma Xi. the national
honorary society OF engineers.
From 1885 to 1890 he was actively
engaged In railway construction and
maintenance Of way engineering with
the Burlington. Topeka a Santa Fe
railroads, and from 1890 to 1896 he
was chief engineer OF the Toledo, Ann
Arbor and North Michigan railroad,
In charge OF the revision Of line,
change and grade, new construction
and docks. During this time the road
was reconstructed. the terminals at
Toledo and Frankfort were built, and
the system Of car ferries was In
stalled.
From 1895 to the present time Mr..
Riggs has been the senior member
OF the consulting Arm of Riggs q
Sherman, OF Toledo. whose work has
taken them to every part OF the coun-
try. In 1890 Mr.. Riggs was appointed
by Dean Cooley of the engineering
school OF Michigan as assistant In
charge Of civil engineering on the APP
praisal OF railway properties In Mich
igan under the direction OF the state
tar commission. Mr.. Riggs has been
retained In various valuation cases In
Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Indiana,
Vermont, New York and Georgia.
ID. w. King. who was appointed to-
DAY by the regents, as the head of the
departments OF irrigation and hy-
draulic engineering, under Mr.. Riggs,
was graduated from Michigan In 1895,
and from that time for the next three
years he engaged In city engineering
and supervising work at and near Big
Rapids, Mich, as Inspector OF bridge
construction for the city OF Mime
apolis and as rodman on the Sante
Re, Prescott q Phoenix railway, with
headquarters In Arizona.
In 1889 he was the topographic
craftsman or the United States Sur
yeyor Generals Office at Tucson, Ari-
IONA, making maps OF government
surveys OF public lands, computations,
etc. Then for two years he was In
the employ OF the Isthmian Canal
commission. The next year he spent
in the Philippine Islands as superyis-
or or the Province OF Sorogon, in
charge OF the engineering work of the
province and as member OF the pro-
vlncial board. He afterward acted
as assistant engineer of the harbor
work at Manila. p. l., In charge OF
surveys. Then he was appointed a
resident engineer of the Canton and
Hankow railway in China, Il charge
OF construction. This was followed
fy his being again recalled to Man
liza, and put in charge Of the construc-
ton work Of Manila harbor.
From 1906 to 1908 he filed the ap-
pointment Of engineer In the United
states Reclamation service, and was
placed In charge Of the construction
and operation of division works and
supply canal for the Umatilla project
in Oregon. The following year Mr..
King took up private practice In
Pendleton. Ore, and was engineer for
the Western Land q Irrigation COM
pany The United States government
again secured his services for the
purpose OF investigating water rights
on the Umatilla river, Ore. and Sac
ramento, Cal.
Since then, Mr.. King has been as
ISOLATED with the Arnold company, Of
Chicago, as their hydraulic engineer,
having general charge OF all hydraulic
work for that company.