New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-08-31
BARD0 ASSISTANT
TO PRES. PEARSON
General Manager Of New Haven
Road Wins Promotion
Especial to the Herald.)

meet the requirements Of the service
and the demands on the operating
staff there has been a reassignment
the principal officers of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford rail-
road company.
General Manager c. L. Bardo has
been appointed assistant to it's presi-
dent He continues in general charge
of the operating department and will
handle matters assigned by the pres
ident.
General Mechanical Superintendent
G. w Wildin has been appointed
general manager.
G. O. Hammond, assistant General
Mechanical superintendent. has been
appointed general mechanical super
intendent
w. l.. Bean. who has been acting
as assistant to the president, has
been appointed assistant to general
mechanical superintendent.
These changes take effect Septem-
Der /. Under the new arrangement
the presidents office and the general
managers office will he relieved of
certain details in the interest of ne
cessary matters which will hence
forth receive better attention.
Bardo Railroad Man 50 Years.
Clinton l.. Bardo, who has been
appointed to the position of assistant
to president, was born October "a,
1867. His railroad experience ex-
tends over period of 80 years, his
first position being as a telegraph OPP
orator on the P. & E. division of the
Pennsylvania railroad. He entered
the service of the Pennsylvania on
May so, 1885, remaining with that
road until October 10, 1887 when he
went with the Lehigh Valley railroad
as telegraph operator. In October,
1914, Mr.. Bardo entered the service
of the New Haven railroad as freight
train master at Harlem River. He re-
manned with the New Haven until
March, 1911, when he returned to the
Lehigh Valley as assistant to the gen.
eral manager. On February Is, 1913
Mr.. Bardo was appointed general
manager of the New Haven railroad
which position he has held up to
the present time.
Wildin in Game Since 1892.
George W. Wildin was born Feb
ruary %. 1870 at Decatur, Ill. He
graduated from the Kansas State Ag-
r1cultural College in June, 1892,
with the degree Of B. S. He entered
railway service the same year as me-
chanical craftsman in the Topeka
Shops of the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe. Later he was machinist
and locomotive fireman for the same
road. He served then as LOGON olive
engineer on the Mexican Central
Railway and the Chicago & Alton.
He was machinist for the Plant Sys-
tenn at Savannah, Ca, locomotive and
car inspector and mechanical engineer
same system, now a part of the At
lantic Coast Line. From April 1,
1901 to March /, 1904, he was me-
chanical engineer for the Central
Railroad Of New Jersey, from which
road he went to the Erie as assistant
mechanical superintendent, remaining
in that position until April. 1904.
when he became mechanical super
intendent of the same road at Mead
willie, Pa. In January, 1907, he be-
came assistant superintendent Of mo-
tive power of the Lehigh Valley, and
in July of the same year he came to
the New Haven Railroad as mechan-
Mr. Wildin became general mechan-
ical superintendent, which position he
has held until his present promotion
to that of general manager.
Hammond Joined New Haven in 1913.
G. O. Hammond was born in New
York city, April 20. 1874 He is a
graduate Of the New York Public
Schools and of Stevens Institute Of
Technology, where he received the
degree of mechanical engineer. He
entered railroad work as special ma
chinist on the Erie Railroad. Susque-
hanna shops, Novemb Der, 1893. He
was a special apprentice until Deem
ber 1899, craftsman from 1900 to
1901, engineering clerk 1902. He was
general foreman Of the Meadville
shops until 1903. He was then ma
chinery inspector until 1905 and chief
craftsman from January to July.
1905, when he became mechanical en-
gineer. He was assistant mechanical
superintendent and assistant to gen.
eral mechanical superintendent until
January, 1909, when he became me-
chanical engineer for the New York
Air Brake Co. From February to
April 1913, Mr.. Hammond acted as
assistant superintendent to superin-
tendent of the New York, New Haven
and Hartford From May. 1913, to
May, 1917, he was assistant mechan-
ical superintendent and in May, 1917,
was appointed assistant general me-
chanical superintendent
W. L. Bean was born at Stevens
Point. Wis, January 8. 1878. He
raduated from the University Of
Minnesota with the degree of me-
chanical engineer in 1902. He en-
tered railroad service that year with
the Northern Pacific as special ap-
prentice, and in December, 1904, he
went to the Santa Fee serving sue
cessively as erected shop foreman,