FORTY-NINTH CONGEESS, 1885-1887. 1015 



Petition, from railwdi/ jiresidents, vice-presidents, general managers, engineers, superin- 

 tendents, etc., aski7ig Congress to make an appropriation to perpetuate the history of the 

 railway and steamboat in the U. S. National Museum. 



To the Congress of the United States: 



The undersigned, desirous of perpetuating the history of the birth and develop- 

 ment of steam transportation (by steamboat and railway) in America, respectfully 

 petition your honorable body to appropriate such a sum of money as may be deemed 

 necessary to carry out the plans recently adopted for the organization of the section 

 of steam transportation in the U. S. National Museum, said sum to be expended 

 under the supervision of Prof. Spencer F. Baird, Secretary of the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, and Director of the U. S. National Museum: 



Alabama Great Southern Railroad: Charles Schiff, vice-president. Alle- 

 gheny Valley Railroad: David McCargo, general superintendent. 

 Atlantic and Pacific Railroad: H. C. Nutt, president. Atlantic and 

 AVest Point and Western Alabama Railroad: L. P. Grant, president; 

 Cecil Gabbett, general manager. Baltimore and Delaware Bay Rail- 

 road: J. F. Bingham, president; Fred. Gerker, general manager. Bal- 

 timore and Ohio Railroad: Robert Garrett, president. Bangor and 

 Portland Railroad: C. Miller, president. Boston, Hoosac Tunnel and 

 Western Railroad: A. Kountze, president. Boston and Providence 

 Railroad: Henry A. Whitney, president. Burlington, Cedar Rapids 

 and Northern Railroad: C. J. Ives, president. Buffalo, New York and 

 Philadelphia Railroad: G. Clinton Gardiner, president and receiver. 

 Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg Railroad: Walston H. Brown, presi- 

 dent. Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad: Julius A. Gray, presi- 

 dent. Chicago, Burlington and Northern Railroad: George B. Harris, 

 general manager. Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad: Henry 

 B. Stone, general manager. Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Rail- 

 road: D. J. Whitemore, chief engineer. Cincinnati and Eastern Rail- 

 road: B. F. Coates, president and receiver. Cincinnati, Indianapolis, 

 St. Louis and Chicago Railway: M. E. Ingalls, president. Cincinnati, 

 New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railroad: Frank S. Bond, president. 

 Cleveland, Akron and Columbus Railway: J. Monserrat, president. 

 Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway: N. H. 

 Devereux, president. Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo Rail- 

 way: M. M. Green, president. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western 

 Railroad: Samuel Sloan, president. Detroit, Grand Haven and Mil- 

 waukee Railway and Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway: W. J. 

 Spicer, general manager; J. W. Fortune, assistant general manager; 

 George Masson, chief engineer. Detroit, Lansing and Northern Rail- 

 road: J. B. MuUiken, general manager; F. M. Fish, general superin- 

 tendent; J. J. McVean, chief engineer. Duluth and Iron Range 

 Railroad: C. Tower, president. East Tennessee and Western North 

 Carolina Railroad: A.Pardee, jr., president. Elmira, Cortland and 

 Northern Railroad: A. A. McLeod, general manager. Florida South- 

 ern Railway: James D. Halston, superintendent; Sherman Conent, 

 general manager. Houston and Texas Central Railroad: A. H. Swan- 

 son, general manager. Illinois Central Railroad: J. C. Clarke, presi- 

 dent; R. S. Charles, treasurer; C. M. Sheafe, superintendent. Kansas 

 City, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad: G. H. Nettleton, general manager. 

 Lake Shore and ^Michigan Southern Railroad: Maitland Porter, gen- 

 eral sui:)erintendent; P. P. Wright, general superintendent; G. W. 

 Stevens, superintendent motive power. Lehigh Valley Railroad : E, P. 



