User:Choess/Railroad people

A

 * Taber Ashton, of Philadelphia. Treasurer of Bald Eagle Valley Railroad (1890). PRR.

B

 * Max Bamberger, of Philadelphia. Director of Wilkes-Barre and Western Railroad (1889, 1890).
 * John T. Banker, of Passaic. Treasurer and director of Adirondack Railway (1889).
 * John L. Barbour, of Saratoga Springs. Director of Adirondack Railway (1889).
 * Charles D. Barney, of C.D. Barney & Co., 122 S 4th St., Philadelphia. Director of Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad and South Mountain Railway (1889), Wilkes-Barre and Western Railroad (1890).
 * William E. Barrows, of NYC. Director of Addison and Pennsylvania Railway (1889).
 * James A. Beaver, of Harrisburg and Bellefonte. President and director of Bellefonte, Buffalo Run and Bald Eagle Railroad (1889).
 * Robert C. Belville, of Philadelphia. Secretary and Treasurer and Auditor of Wilkes-Barre and Western Railroad (1890).
 * Charles D. Berger, of Watsontown. Director of Central Railroad of Pennsylvania. (1890)
 * William W. Betts, of Clearfield. Director Beech Creek Railroad (1890).
 * R.H. Boal, of Bellefonte. Chief engineer of Bellefonte, Buffalo Run and Bald Eagle Railroad (1890).
 * William Hay Bockes, of Saratoga Springs. Director of Adirondack Railway (1889).
 * William Brookfield, of NYC. Vice-president and director of Addison and Pennsylvania Railway (1889).
 * John S. Brown, of Swarthmore. Director of Nittany Valley Railroad (1890).
 * Edward S. Buckley, of Philadelphia. Director of Catawissa Railroad (Reading). (1890)

C

 * Philip Collins, railroad contractor, of Ebensburg. Director of Bellefonte, Buffalo Run and Bald Eagle Railroad. (1889, 1890)
 * W.H. Crissman, of Bellefonte. Director of Bellefonte, Buffalo Run and Bald Eagle Railroad. (1890)
 * Andrew Curtin. Director of Bald Eagle Valley Railroad (1890).

D

 * W.C. DeArmond, of Philadelphia. Director of Wilkes-Barre and Western Railroad (1889, 1890). Purchasing agent Shenandoah Valley Railroad (1889).
 * Henry P. DeGraaf, of NYC. Director of Addison and Pennsylvania Railway (1889).
 * H.J. Delaney, of Walnut St., Philadelphia. Director of Nittany Valley Railroad (1890).
 * Joseph N. DuBarry, of Philadelphia. President of Bald Eagle Valley Railroad (1890). 2nd VP PRR 1886–1892.
 * Hiram Dunkel, of Watsontown. Treasurer and director of Central Railroad of Pennsylvania (1890).
 * William West Durant, of Saratoga Springs. President, general manager, and director of Adirondack Railway (1889).

E

 * William L. Elkins, of Philadelphia. Director of Bald Eagle Valley Railroad, Williamsport & North Branch Railroad (1889, 1890).
 * Enoch Everitt, of Watsontown. Director of Central Railroad of Pennsylvania. (1890)
 * Lorenzo Everitt, of Watsontown. General counsel and director of Central Railroad of Pennsylvania. (1890)

G

 * Joseph M. Gazzam (d. 1927?), of Philadelphia. Director of Beech Creek Railroad (1889, 1890), president and director of Wilkes-Barre and Western Railroad (1890), president and director Chautauqua Lake Railway (1889). Lawyer and Republican, state senator. See Kenilworth Inn and Gazzam, Pennsylvania. President Bridgewater Cordage Co., Vice-President Quaker City Natl. Bank, Dent's Run Coal Co., Deer Creek Coal Co., Bloomington Coke & Coal Co. Philadelphia society, etc. President Williamsport Gas Co. Of Pittsburgh in the 1870s. Helped organize Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corp. but not a director. Trustee for ex-Philadelphia and Chester County Railroad in 1885.
 * John P. Green, of Philadelphia. Director of Bald Eagle Valley Railroad (1890). 1st VP PRR.
 * Jacob Gump, of Philadelphia. Director of Wilkes-Barre and Western Railroad (1889).

H

 * J.S. Harris, of Philadelphia. President of Allentown Terminal Railroad (1890).
 * Charles A. Harte, (or C.H.) of 4037 Powelton Ave., Philadelphia. General manager and director of Nittany Valley Railroad (1890).
 * W.R. Heath, of Utica, NY. Director of Wilkes-Barre and Western Railroad (1889).
 * Albert Hewson, of Philadelphia. Secretary of Bald Eagle Valley Railroad (1890). PRR.
 * Samuel H. Hicks, of Watsontown. President and director of Central Railroad of Pennsylvania, general manager and superintendent of Wilkes-Barre and Western Railroad. (1890) Secretary, superintendent and director of WB&W (1889).
 * James L. Higbee, of Watsontown. Secretary and director of Central Railroad of Pennsylvania. (1890)
 * W.H. Hollis, 110 Bullitt Building, Philadelphia. Director of Bellefonte, Buffalo Run and Bald Eagle Railroad. (1890)
 * Collis P. Huntington, of NYC. Of "Big Four". Director of Adirondack Railway (1889).

J

 * B.K. Jamison Director of Nittany Valley Railroad (1890).
 * James E. Jones, of NYC. Secretary of New York and North Pennsylvania Railroad, secretary and director of Addison and Pennsylvania Railway (1889).

K

 * F.M. Kennedy, of Philadelphia. Director of Wilkes-Barre and Western Railroad (1889, 1890); vice-president, WB&W (1889).
 * John L. Kurtz, of Bellefonte. Treasurer and director of Bellefonte, Buffalo Run and Bald Eagle Railroad. (1890) Secy. and treas. same, 1889.

L

 * Morris Liveright, of Philadelphia. Director of Wilkes-Barre and Western Railroad (1889, 1890); treasurer of WB&W (1889).
 * A. Loeb, of Bellefonte. Director of Bellefonte, Buffalo Run and Bald Eagle Railroad. (1889, 1890)
 * John G. Love, of Bellefonte. General counsel and director of Bellefonte, Buffalo Run and Bald Eagle Railroad (1890).

M

 * George J. Magee, of Watkins, NY. Director of Beech Creek Railroad (1889, 1890). Fall Brook Coal. Co., Fall Brook Railway, etc.
 * Charles A. Mayer, of Lock Haven. (err.: C.H.) Director of Bald Eagle Valley Railroad (1890). Director of Nittany Valley Railroad (1890).
 * Rudolph T. McCabe, of Philadelphia. President and director of Wilkes-Barre and Western Railroad (1889), director Pennsylvania, Poughkeepsie & Boston Railroad (1889), as R.T. McCabe of NYC, director of Syracuse and Baldwinsville Railroad (1889).
 * Rudolph T. McCabe, Jr., of Philadelphia. Director of St. Cloud Sugar Belt Railway (1889).
 * J.P. McLanahan, of Hollidaysburg. Director of Bellefonte, Buffalo Run and Bald Eagle Railroad (1890).
 * P.G. Meek, of Bellefonte. Director of Bellefonte, Buffalo Run and Bald Eagle Railroad (1890).
 * Warner Miller, of Herkimer, NY. Director of Adirondack Railway (1889).
 * Edward L. Molineux, of Brooklyn. Director of Adirondack Railway (1889).
 * Wistar Morris (d. 1891), of Philadelphia. Director of Bald Eagle Valley Railroad (1890). Director PRR 1855–1891.

O

 * Mortimer O'Donohue, of Bellefonte. General superintendent of Nittany Valley Railroad (1890).

P

 * Charles L. Pattison, of Elkland, PA. President of New York and North Pennsylvania Railroad; director of Addison and Pennsylvania Railway (1889).
 * William A. Patton, of Philadelphia. Director of Bald Eagle Valley Railroad (1890). Asst. to the President, PRR.
 * Simon Pfaelzer, of Philadelphia. Director of Wilkes-Barre and Western Railroad (1889).
 * Frank H. Platt, of NYC. Son of Thomas C. Platt. Director of Addison and Pennsylvania Railway (1889).
 * Thomas C. Platt, of NYC. President and director of Addison and Pennsylvania Railway (1889).

R

 * Charles Raht, of New York City. Director of Wilkes-Barre and Western Railroad (1890).
 * Oliver H. Reighard, of Williamsport. Director of Bald Eagle Valley Railroad (1890).
 * John Reilly, 110 Bullitt Building, Philadelphia. President and director of Bellefonte, Buffalo Run and Bald Eagle Railroad. (1890)
 * Daniel Rhoads, of Bellefonte. Director of Bald Eagle Valley Railroad (1890).
 * H.E. Richter, of Watsontown. Chief Engineer of Central Railroad of Pennsylvania (1890).
 * George B. Roberts. Director of Bald Eagle Valley Railroad (1890).
 * Walter Lewis Ross. (err.: C.M.) Philadelphia banker and broker, sometime associated with Drexel & Co., later (–1914) head of Walter L. Ross & Co. President of Central Railroad of Pennsylvania. Elder brother of Charley Ross.

S

 * James P[atterson] Scott (November 5, 1848 – April 16, 1914), of Philadelphia. Son of Thomas A. Scott. Picture on Flickr. Director of Bellefonte, Buffalo Run and Bald Eagle Railroad. (1890) Director Keystone Coal Company's Railroad (1889), Sterling Mountain Railway and Southfield Branch Railroad (1889), St. Cloud Sugar Belt Railway (1889) [see McCabe].
 * John M. Sharp, of Philadelphia. Director of Wilkes-Barre and Western Railroad (1890).
 * George R. Sheldon, of NYC. Treasurer of New York and North Pennsylvania Railroad; treasurer and director of Addison and Pennsylvania Railway (1889).
 * J.N.M. Shimer, of 4017 Baring St., Philadelphia. Director of Nittany Valley Railroad (1890).
 * J.D. Shugert, of Bellefonte. Director of Bellefonte, Buffalo Run and Bald Eagle Railroad (1889).
 * Thomas A. Shoemaker, railroad contractor, of Bellefonte. General superintendent and director of Bellefonte, Buffalo Run and Bald Eagle Railroad. (1890); genl. supt. same 1889.
 * N. Parker Shortridge, of Wynnewood. Director of Bald Eagle Valley Railroad (1890). Director PRR.
 * F. H. Smith, of Brooklyn. Director of Adirondack Railway (1889).
 * Simpson Smith, of Watsontown. Director of Central Railroad of Pennsylvania. (1890)
 * John B. Stetson, of Philadelphia. Director of Wilkes-Barre and Western Railroad (1890).
 * John D. Stetson, of Philadelphia. President of Atlantic, Gulf and Havana [Florida] (1889).
 * Frank H. Stott, of Stottville, NY. Secretary and director of Adirondack Railway (1889).
 * William Lafayette Strong, of NYC. Vice-president and director of Adirondack Railway (1889).
 * William Sutphen, of Passaic. Director of Adirondack Railway (1889).

W

 * William A. Wallace, of Clearfield. Director of Bellefonte, Buffalo Run and Bald Eagle Railroad (1889), president Beech Creek Railroad (1889).
 * M.W. Walsh, of 4817 Chew St., Philadelphia. Secretary and treasurer of Nittany Valley Railroad (1890).
 * Benjamin G. Welch, of Hughesville. Director of Williamsport Junction Railway (1890), general manager Williamsport and North Branch Railroad (1889, 1890).
 * John Welch, of Philadelphia. Treasurer, various Reading-leased lines (1889).
 * John Lowber Welsh, of Philadelphia. Director of Erie (1889) and leased lines (1890), Denver & Rio Grande Western Railway (1889). Held bonds on Bellefonte Furnace Co. Involved with J.P. Morgan and James Callery in Pittsburgh & Western.
 * Henry D. Welsh (d. 1896). Director Williamsport & North Branch Railroad (1889, 1890). Director PRR.
 * N.P. Welsh, of Philadelphia. Director of Bald Eagle Valley Railroad (1890).
 * William M. Whitney, of Albany. Director of Adirondack Railway (1889).
 * Thomas Williams, of Passaic. Director of Adirondack Railway (1889).
 * Jones Wister . Philadelphia businessman, of prominent Wister family. Member of J & J Wister & Co., which built Wister Furnace in Harrisburg. Furnace bought by Reading in 1883 to acquire r-o-w for South Penn, shut down. Associated with Duncannon Iron Co. President of Nittany Valley Railroad. (1890)
 * Thomas F. Wood, of NYC. Director of Addison and Pennsylvania Railway (1889).