Re: (erielack) Re: EL Mail List Digest V3 #2506/Benjamin Loder, Charles Minot, Daniel Craig Mccallum . . .

["Gary R. Kazin" <gkazin_@_yahoo.com>]

- --- "Harold R. Brink, PE" <hbrink_@_earthlink.net> wrote:
> Who were Benjamin Loder, Charles Minot, Daniel Craig Mccallum  . .
.
> and how did the cars get named?

Loder was president of the Erie when the line reached Port Jervis, in
1847.

Minot was General Superintendant of the Erie in 1850 and later
instrumental in the use of the telegraph to dispatch trains.

McCallum was General Superintendant of the Erie in 1855.

Gary R. Kazin
DL&W Milepost R35.7
Rockaway, New Jersey


       
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