Excerpt from General Superintendents of the Pennsylvania Railroad Division: Pennsylvania Railroad Co Railroad was under construction, and when the travel and traffic through the State was being transported over canals, sections of railroads and turnpike roads, the total valuation of real and personal property in those counties for taxable purposes was $247,646,898; in 1899, with the Pennsylvania Railroad having taken the place of the earlier and cruder means of transportation, the valuation had risen to $1,780,601,668 taxable for county, and $508,316,862 for State purposes, making a total of $2,288,918,530. The increased valuation in the 51 years was $2,041,271,632, or a fraction over 824 per cent. These figures show the significant facts that the rates of increase in wealth was 3 2.5 times greater than that of population, and that the wealth of the people had risen from a per capita of $249.71, in 1848, to one of $674.83, in 1899. As the Pennsylvania Railroad Company was a most potent factor in producing these results, so, too, was the genius of its General Superintendents in contributing to them. With inborn force, supplemented by careful training and conscientious application, they were an honor to their times. Whether in the field of the arts or sciences, peace or war, practical affairs or state craft, finance and trade, the home or the church, they have stood in the forefront. Three of them, John Edgar Thomson, Thomas A. Scott, and Alexander J. Cassatt, became President of the far-reaching corporation by whom they were employed; others have distinguished themselves in advanced positions in the Company's service; whilst still others, with the world for the arena of their activities, have carved their names deeply in the tablet of the progressive age in which they have lived. On June 8, 1849, the work of road construction having so far progressed, deeming it advisable to begin practical operations, the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company adopted a resolution providing that the duties of a General Superintendent should be merged with those of the Chief Engineer, the title of the officer holding the dual position to be Chief Engineer and General Superintendent. J. Edgar Thomson immediately assumed the duties and title, and on September 1, 1849, appointed Herman Haupt Superintendent of Transportation, who immediately became the active transportation officer. The duties of the office embraced all matters pertaining to the conduct of transportation, maintenance of way, motive power, freight rates and classifications, and auditing accounts. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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