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E W. Pratt PromotedCapacity and Efficiency Always Sure lo 15c RecognizedIt was with sincere regret that we learned this morning that Master Mechanic E. W. Pratt had been promoted to be Assistant Superintendent of Motive Power andMachineryJof the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company, with headquarters in Chicago. His appointment will be effective on January 15th.Mr. Pratt's rapid promotion in the sendee of the company is an object lesson to all, that efficiency is recognized by those in authority.We first hear of him at thirteen years of age as a telegrapher on the Wisconsin Division. Not content with this, he entered the Lehigh University and graduated with honor; fully equipped with the tecni-que necessary, in the various railroad managing departments. He then became connected with the civil engineering department of the Wisconsin Division. Soon he was promoted to be Chief Air Brake Inspector, with headquarters in Chicago. Served there about two years, and still evincing, industry and efficiency, he was again promoted to the Ashland division, as general foreman. From Ashland Division, he was again promoted to Mason City, Iowa, as division master mechanic. Jan. 1, 1003 he was promoted to be master mechanic of the Fremont, Elkhorn Missouri Valley R. R. with headquarters at Missouri Valley. He retainedtlie!* position, and when on March 1,1903, the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company absorbed the old F. E. M. V. and merged it into the Nebraska and Wyoming Division, including all lines west of the Missouri river, he was still the master mechanic, and has remained the Superintendent of Motive Power and Machinery, ever since.Missouri Valley will miss Mr. Pratt and his family. His aid in securing the vast permanent improvements, already built, and those to be erected in the very near future, has probably been underestimated. There was a time, when his adverse advice, regarding their location here, might have been materially disastrous to the prospects of our town. He chose to strenously advocate in the “Councils that be,’’ the just claims of this place as a natural center for the shops.While we regret to have M r. Pratt leave us, we surely wish him “God Speed in his hig her and broader sphere of labor. The ladies will miss Mrs. Pratt and Verona, socially. They have always been regarded as bright, broad and generous members of our social community.
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Missouri Valley Times
Missouri Valley, Iowa, US
Thu, Jan 14, 1909
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