WHO WERE THEY ? - #29 - Arthur C. Needles - N&W

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Abe,
Quoting:  "Supplement to the November, 1936 Issue Norfolk and Western Magazine"
Arthur Needles middle name was "Chase".
He passed away at 12:25pm, October 25, 1936.

Jeff Sanders


   On Thursday, August 23, 2018, 7:18:43 AM EDT, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:  
 
  
NEEDLES, ARTHUR C., Vice-President, Norfolk & Western Ry in 1922. Office: Roanoke, Va.  Born Jan. 10, 1867, at Baltimore, Md.  Educated in the public schools and at Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania. Entered railroad service 1882 as rodman Washington Ohio & Southern R. R., since which he has been consecutively 1883, rodman engineering department Norfolk & Western R. R. and yard clerk and brakeman same road;  1884, night and day yardmaster same road;  April 1887 to Dec. 1, 1889, yardmaster at Pulaski, Va.; Dec. 1, 1889, to Aug. 1, 1890, yardmaster at Bluefield, W. Va.; Aug. 1, 1890, to 1896, assistant trainmaster C. V. division; 1896 to Dec. 25, 1898, assistant trainmaster Pocahontas division; Dec. 25, 1898, to May 22, 1901, trainmaster Radford division;  May 22 to June 22, 1901, assistant superintendent Pocahontas division; June 22, 1901, to Oct. 6, 1902, superintendent Shenandoah division; Oct. 6 to Dec. 1902, superintendent Norfolk division; Dec. 1902 to Feb. 1904, superintendent Pocahontas division;  Feb. 1904 to Dec. 1, 1912, general superintendent; Dec. 1, 1912, to Jan. 1, 1918, general manager; Jan. 1, 1918, to June 1, 1918, vice-president in charge of operation; June 1, 1918, to March 1, 1920, federal manager; March 1, 1920, to Jan. 1, 1921, vice-president in charge of operation;  Jan. 1, 1921, to date, vice-president in charge of operation and traffic; all on the Norfolk & Western Ry.




(NOTE:  Arthur C. Needles was the nephew of Frederick J. Kimball’s wife.)




(NOTE 2:  There has apparently been some controversy about Mr. Needles' middle name.  Some sources have given his middle name as Cushman.  Does anyone have definitive information?)




-- abram burnett


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