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REPORT ON NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1886. 



inent of the signers, together with the resolutions passed by the Frank 

 lin Institute of Philadelphia, is to be found below : 



To the Congress of the United States : 



The undersigned, desirous of perpetuating the history of the birth and development 

 of steam transportation (by steam-boat and railway) in America, respectfully petition 

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

 sary 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 

 supervision of Prof. Spencer F. Baird, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and 

 Director of the U. S. National Museum. 



Alabama Great Southern Railroad : 

 Charles Schiff, vice-president. 



Allegheny Valley Eailroad: 



David MeCargo, general supt. 

 T. R. Robinson, treasurer. 



E. H. Utley, G. P. and P. agemfe. 

 Atlantic and Pacific Railroad: 



H. C. Nutt, president. 



H. W. Gardiner, secretary. 



D. L. Gallup, auditor. 



Atlantic and West Point and Western 

 Alabama Railroad : 



L. P. Grant, president. 



Cecil Gabbett, general manager. 



N. M. Abbett, secretary and treasurer. 

 Atchison, Topeka and Santa F6 Railroad : 



P. P, Barr, superintendent. 



Charles Win check, general foreman. 



Edward Flockett, master mechanic. 



R. H. Emerson, master mechanic. 



H. V. Farries, master mechanic. 

 Baltimore and Delaware Bay Railroad : 



J. F. Bingham, president. 



Fred Gerker, general manager. 

 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad : 



Robert Garrett, president. 



F. II. Britton, superintendent. 



B. F. Luther, master mechanic. 



E. T. Affleck, division freight agent. 

 Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia : 



G. Clinton Gardiner, president. 



C. II. Allen, vice-president. 

 G. S. Gatchell, gen. supt. 

 John Dougherty, treasurer. 

 R. D. McCreary, engineer. 



Boston, Hoosac Tunnel and Western : 



A. Kountze, president. 

 BuiFalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh: 



Walston H. Brown, president. 



William E. Hayt, chief engineer. 



George E. Merchant, gen. maugr. 



I. S. Emery, general freight agent. 

 Boston and Providence Railroad : 



Henry A. Whitney, president. 



A. A. Folsom, superintendent. 



Bangor and Portland Railroad : 



C. Miller, president. 



George W. Mackey, secretary. 



E. G. Wire, chief engineer. 



Charles N.Miller, G. F. and P. A. 

 Boston and Bangor Steam-ship Co. : 



W. H. Hill, jr., general manager. 

 Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern 

 Railroad : 



C. J. Ives, president. 



Robert Williams, superintendent. 



S. S. Dorwart, secretary. 



H. F. White, chief engineer. 

 Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad : 



Julius A. Gray, president. 

 Chicago, Burlington and Northern R. R: 



Charles C. Upham, chief engineer. 



J. M. Forbes, treasurer. 

 Cleveland and Canton Railroad : 



J. W. Ward well, gen. supt. 



Albert Rokusck, G. F. and P. A. 

 Cincinnati and Eastern Railroad: 



B. F. Coats, P. and R. 

 H. E. Sawyer, S. T. 



T. D. Rhodes, T. and G. P. A. 

 W. L. King, chief engineer. 

 J. C. Horner, Supt. M. P. 

 Chicago and Alton Railroad : 



J. H. Parsons, superintendent. 



C. A. Smith, supt. water-works. 



J. H. Finney, asst. superintendent. 

 Jacob Johann, master mechanic. 

 C. H. Mead, foreman car-shops. 

 G. D. Brooke, general foreman. 

 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy R. R. : 

 Henry B. Stone, general manager. 

 J. O. Bosler, general superintendent. 

 George C. Smith, chief engineer. 

 F. C. Rice, superintendent. 

 C. N. Rosseguin, superintendent. 

 F. E. Walker, engineer. 

 F. J. Allen, engineer. 

 R. J.McClure, construction engineer. 

 Thomas Gordon, division engineer. 

 J. O. Thorne, brg. and bldg. supt. 



