Word: railroads
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...course of his speech mention was made of the progress in electrification made by the railroad. The lines between Philadelphia and New York are to be entirely electrified at a cost of over $100,000,000. The change from the present system to that of electrification will require six or seven years, for its completion. In carrying out this plan the railroad is looking forward to the time when the problem of providing transportation facilities will be an entirely different matter than it is at present. The electrified system will be adequate to supply New York City with transportation facilities...
...County, Vice-President of the Pennsylvania Railroad, in a speech made last night at the Business School, outlined extensive plans for electrified railroads and airplane travel, now being considered by Pennsylvania authorities...
With a vicious criticism of the Interstate Commerce Commission, he mentioned as an instance that the Pennsylvania Railroad is regulated under laws which permit neither advancement nor a fair return on capital invested. A greater degree of freedom would allow the railroad to put its plans through more effectively, since it would be unhampered by restricting laws...
Henry Worth (Hank) Thornton was born in Logansport, Ind., in 1871, went to St. Paul's, then to the University of Pennsylvania. At St. Paul's he met James McCrea, whose father was then president of the Pennsylvania railroad. At Pennsylvania, Student Thornton won fame as a line-plunger, helped Penn beat Princeton (1892) and after graduating became football coach at Vanderbilt. He then (1894) entered the Pennsylvania Railroad offices as a draftsman, remained to become (1911) superintendent of the Long Island Railroad...
...England's famed Great Eastern Railroad needed a new president, desired to incorporate U. S. railroading methods, picked Superintendent Thornton for the job. Then came the War and with it new responsibilities, new titles for Mr. Thornton. He was Deputy Director of Waterways and Docks, Assistant Director General of Movements and Railways, Inspector General of Transportation. In 1916 he gave up his U. S. citizenship, became a British subject; in 1919 was made Sir Henry Thornton, Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire. In 1922 he came to Canada; took over direction of the woebegone Canadian National...