The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-26
ELLIOTT BORN
 RAILROAD MAN Long and Varied Career of New Head of Entire New Haven System 10 YEARS A PRESIDENT Succeeded President Me1len On Northern Pacific When
 Latter Game Here
10 YEARS A PRESIDENT

Howard Elliott, new head of the New Haven system. son of Charles
 Wyllps and Mary Cwhite) Elliott. was
 born in New York city. December 6, 1880; entered the Lawrence Scientific
 school in 1878 as a member Of the
 second year class, from the Cambridge
 High school, being then a resident of Cambridge; was graduated in 1881 with
 the degree of civil engineer.
 During the summer of 1880 he was level rodTnan in northwest Missouri in the service of the Chicago, Burl-
 lington and Quincy Railroad company. After graduation he spent three
 mcntts in Maryland making surveys and doing miscellaneous work for the Mount Savage Fire Brick company. Tn October, 1881, he went to Burling- ton, Iowa, and entered the service of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad company as clerk, remain ing there until January 1, 1882, when he was transferred to Keobuk, Iowa, the headquarters of the St. Louis, Keokuk and Northwestern Railway company and of the Chicago, Burling- ton and Kansas City Railway com- pany, two subordinate companies of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad company After serving as a clerk and cashier, he was appoint ed November Is, 1882. assistant audi tor and assistant treasurer of these two companies. On January 1, 1887, he was promoted to the position Of gem eraI freight and passenger agent of the same two companies, holding this position until May. 1891, with head quarters in Keokuk until 1890. when he moved to St. Louis. In May, 1891, he was made general freight agent of what was known as the Missouri lines of the Rurlington-nade up of the Hannibal and St. Joseph railroad, the St Louis, Keokuk and Northwestern railway, the Chicago, Burlington ana Kansas City railway, and the Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Biums railroad something over 1000 miles of road in northern Missouri and southern Iowa, with headquarters in St. Louis. In January, 1896, he was appointed general manager of the same properties, with headquarters in St. Louis and St. Joseph. He was also an officer and director of g. number of companies connected with the rail- road. While holding these positions he travelled extensively through the middle west and south, making one trip to Old Mexico one to California and one to Portland and the North Pacific Coast. Tn 1900 he was offered the position of general manager of the main part of the Chicago, Buriing- ton and Quincy railroad with head quarters at Chicago, but having his home and various interests in St. Louis, he declined the position. In May, 1901, he was elected second vice. president of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad company, in charge of all IinesEabout 8. 300 miles with headquarters in Chicago, all though he continued to make St. Louis his home.
 He held this position until October 21, 1903 when he was elected president of the Northern Pacific Railway com pany fvice c. S. Mellen, elected prest- dent of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railway company, and took charge of the property on that date with headquarters in St. Paul, Minn,, to which place he moved his family. Nov. 1, 1904, where he now re- sides at BOP Summit avenue. He is also president of the following corpor- ations, owned or controlled by the Northern Pacific Railway company; Minnesota and international Railway company; Washington and Columbia River Railway company; Clearwater Short Line Railway company; Mani- toba Railway company; Minneapolis Terminal Railway company; Monte Cristo Railway company: St. Paul and Duluth Railway company; Washington Central Railway company; Northwes- tern Improvement company; Northern Pacific Irrigation company, and di- rector in a mum her of others. He is also a director in the First National Bank of St. Paul He was married in St. Louis on October 12 1892, to Janet, daughter of the late Derich Algernon and Julia (ChurehilD January of St Louis Children. Janet, born at St. Louis. October IT, 1893; Edith, Nov. 2a, 1895; Howard Jr-, Nov 26 1899. While in St. Louis he was interested in the social and business life of the aSf fhA F7Y.if4- cipal organizations retaining his mem- bership since going to St. Paul in the St. Louis club, St. Louis Commercial club, and St. Louis Country club. He served for long time as director of the St, Louis Union Trust company but resigned after removing to St. Paul. He took an active interest in the move ment for celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of the Louisiana purchase, was a delegate from Missouri in the conVention of states that decided to have an exposition or worlds fair, and served on the executive committee of Louisiana Purchase Exposition conn pany; and asked to give up his railway work and associate himself with the active management of the exposition, but declined. He is a member of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, American Forestry as- sociatfon, American Society of Civil Engineers, American Railway assoeia- tion, American Railway Guild, Ameri- can Society of Maintenance of Way, National Geographic society, Sons of the American Revolution, and of the following clubs: University Club of New York, Chicago club, St. Louis, Commercial and Country clubs of St. Louis; Minnesota Commercial Town and Country, Informal and Nushiya Curling and Skating clubs of St. Paul; Harvard club of Minnesota, Spokane club Union and Country clubs of Ia coma, and the Commercial club of Du- 1uth. He is a trustee of the St. Paul Institute of Arts and Sciences, and one of the thirty oversers Of Harvard college, there being only three who live west of the Alleghany Mountains. Does not take an active part in poli- tics, but in a general way is affiliat- ed with the Republican party and at- tends St. Johns Episcopal church.