Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-27
Recent PROMOTIONS
ARE NOW lNEFFECT
One Harrisburger and Two Former
Residents Go Up Higher
in Pennsy Service

Official notice of promoters and ap-
pointments on the Pennsylvania Rail-
road, in effect Sunday on lines east Of
Pittsburgh, were posted to-day In the
local offices and shops. They include
one native Of Harrisburg, w. e. Dun
bar; two former Harrisburgers, and
two well-known employees who will
come to Harrisburg. The list of ap-
pointments follows:
I, ]. r.. McGray, to be division engi-
neer, Maryland division; e. B. Wise
man, to be division engineer, Buffalo
division; j. B. Hutchinson, Jr., to be
division engineer, Monongahela di-
engineer, Elmira division; c. w.
Montgomery, to be supervisor, Phila-
delphia division; w. e. Brown, to be
supervisor. Middle division; w. e,
Brown, to be supervisor, Middle d.
vision; w. e. Dunbar, to be super
visor, Remove division; J. e. Zul-
linger, to be assistant supervisor,
Philadelphia division; M. L. Smith, to
assitant supervisor, Pittsburgh d.
vision.
w. e. Dunbar
w. L. Dunbar was born at Harris
burg January Is, 1882, and was edu-
Gated in the public schools of this city
and at Lehigh University, where he
graduated in 1904. Mr.. Dunbar work.
ed for the company during his sum-
mer vacations while attending college.
He was permanently employed as rod
man in the construction department
in 1900. In 1907 he went to Altoona
as transitman, and in 1908 he was
made assistant supervisor on the Pitts
burgh division. He was transferred
to the Baltimore division in 1910, and
to the Philadelphia division in 1911.
He was promoted to supervisor of the
Remove division on February IL, this
year. MFR. Dunbar is the son of Mrs.
Catherine S. Dunbar, 21S North Sec
ond street. His father was the late
Henry p. Dunbar, for many years sta
tion agent for the Pennsylvania Rail-
road in Harrisburg.
Supervisor, Philadelphia Division
| C. w. Montgomery, who comes to
Harrisburg, was born in Huntington,
Pa. October 15, 1875. He was edu-
Gated in the public schools of Hunt
ingdon.
| Mr. Montgomery was employed by
the railroad In 1898 as rodman In the
assistant engineers Office of the Pitts
burgh division. He was made transit
man In June, 1900, and in August of
| that year was promoted to assistant
supervisor on the Pittsburgh division.
He was transferred to the Baltimore
division as assistant supervisor In
1902, and in )3 to the Maryland di-
vision. He was promoted to be super
visor on the Middle division In 1905,
and on February II, this year. he was
transferred to the Philadelphia divis-
ion in the same capacity.
Supervisor, Middle Division
| w. e. Brown was born in Elmira,
Y. Y, September 6, 1878. He grad
uated from Ohio Normal University
in 1897, and entered the service of the
railroad in November of that year as
chairman on the Western New York
and Pennsylvania Railroad. In 1898
he was made craftsman, and in 1900
was promoted to rodman on the Buff
falo division. In January, 1902, he
was sent to Altoona as transitman,
and In May of that year he was pro-
NOTED to be assistant supervisor on
the West Penn division. He went to
the Maryland division in that same
capacity in 1908, and in July, 1905, he
was promoted to supervisor on the
Remove division. He was made super
visor of the Middle division on Febru-
airy IL.
| Retrenchment Hits West. Re-
trenShment orders hit the Pensylva-
mia Railroad lines west of Pittsburgh
to-day. Eleven passenger trains run
ming between Pittsburgh and Chicago
and other western points will be with
drawn on March !, 1t was announced.