Word: railroads
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...hand, in order to study, the men of the working classes. Through obstinate disregard of his health he contracted tuberculosis, making it necessary for him to travel. He tried Spain, Italy and Aigiers in turn, but finally returned to America and went to take charge of a newly constructed railroad at Burlington. Coming east again he took charge of some iron mills in Maryland, where he remained till he enlisted. As captain in the sixth Massachusetts cavalry he was ordered to Virginia, where he was given a place in General McClellan's staff. After the battle of Antietam, Colonel Lowell...
Engineering--Thursday, March 11. G. F. Swain, S.B., professor of civil engineering in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, member of the Boston Transit Commission, engineer of the Massachusetts Railroad Commission...
...LECTURE. "Electric Traction on Steam Railroads." (Illustrated by lantern slides.) Mr. Edwin B. Katte, Chief Engineer, Electric Traction, New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, New York. Robinson Hall...
...LECTURE. "The Organization and Functions of a Railroad's Traffic Department." Mr. John B. Thayer, Fourth Vice-President of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Philadelphia. Emerson...
...LECTURE. "Electric Traction on Steam Railroads." (Illustrated by lantern slides.) Mr. Edwin B. Katte, Chief Engineer, Electric Traction, New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, New York Robinson Hall...