death_date death_place birth_place parents birth_date spouse image article_title name
17 may 1895 new york waltham , massachusetts oliver hastings wellington charlotte augusta kent 20 december 1847 agnes bates arthur m. wellington.jpg arthur m. wellington
 arthur mellen wellington
arthur m. wellington

arthur mellen wellington -lrb- december 20 , 1847 -- may 17 , 1895 -rrb- was an american civil engineer remembered for his 1887 book `` the economic theory of the location of railways '' .
the saying that `` an engineer can do for a dollar what any fool can do for two '' is attributed to him .
he was involved in the design and construction of new railways in mexico .
he was chief engineer of the toledo and canada southern railroad .
