FINISHING SHOP
Bernard P. Seekamp, Foreman 1892 19 years
Charles W. Canary 1864 47 “
William Poeppelmeyer 1868 43 “
David Heister 1869 42 “
Gustave A. Heinrich 1872 39 “
*Amos C. Kesselring 1873 38 “
Henry C. Eichman 1877 34 “
Joseph F. Mourize 1878 33 “
Jno. L. Buvinger 1879 32 “
John A. Brubaker 1880 31 “
Samuel Showalter 1880 31 “
Rudolph B. Wilkie 1880 31 “
William Weber 1880 31 years
Peter Heim 1881 30 “
Gottlieb Lehre 1882 29 “
Benjamin F. Stover 1882 29 “
Peter Barth 1882 29 “
Thomas Wain 1883 28 “
John Neumann 1875 36 “
George H. Schlotterbeck 1883 28 “
UPHOLSTERY SHOP
Jacob D. Heeter, Foreman 1883 28 years
Frederick M. Spengler 1876 35 “
Alfred Frey 1882 29 “
Louise Good, Miss 1886 25 “
STORE ROOM
Martin Erbaugh, Foreman 1883 28 years
Frank Krick 1880 31 “
PAINT SHOP
Archie Baldwin, Foreman 1901 10 years
John Ostenheimer 1860 51 “
William Moore 1861 50 “
Louis Strahler 1864 47 “
Harry Bradford 1869 42 “
Peter Blum 1872 39 “
Christian Vogel 1875 36 “
William Wells 1880 31 “
Henry G. B. Hoffrogge 1878 33 “
TRUCK AND PLATFORM
John Zahn, Foreman 1892 19 years
Louis M. Hildt 1868 43 “
William Kramer 1871 40 “
*Adam Suckfeld 1883 28 “
Henry Willemit 1881 30 “
GENERAL INSPECTOR
John W. Barnhart 1890 21 years
STEEL PLANT
R. M. Mitchell 1906 50 years
Adam Hild, Sr. 1870 38 “
LUMBER
George Fischer, Foreman 1867 44 years
Christian Traud 1877 34 “
MILLWRIGHT
Albert Downer, Foreman 1878 33 years
John Joy 1871 40 “
D. J. Cuttshall 1876 35 “
YARD
James H. Miller, Foreman 1897 14 years
John McClosky 1875 37 “
William N. Stoudt 1880 31 “
Jacob Stumpp 1880 31 “
Joseph Koerner 1880 31 “
Albert G. Bernhard 1881 30 “
John B. Koestner 1881 30 “
Frederick Templehoft 1881 30 “
Gustave Krueger 1882 29 “
Reuben D. Helmer 1882 29 “
WOOD FREIGHT SHOP
William E. Zahn, Foreman 1891 20 years
John Gurklis 1878 33 “
F. Schemilfenig 1882 29 “
O. Ihlenfeld 1882 29 “
G. Loerke 1881 30 “
J. Peterman 1881 30 “
G. Redman 1882 29 “
FREIGHT MILL
Harry Melke, Foreman 1894 17 years
Philip Delacy 1866 45 “
Theodore C. Harn 1867 44 “
Harman H. Tepe 1872 39 “
Ignatz Deuer 1881 30 “
IRONTRUCKERS
William Emonin, Foreman 1865 46 years
John Neff 1881 30 “
On April 10th, 1908, was held in the Ball Room of The Dayton Club, the annual dinner given by the company to the offices, office men and heads of departments. On this occasion the number present was increased to include every employee who had been in the service of the Company twenty-five years or longer, among who were John McBride, who had served fifty-four years, and Tom Bentley, who had served fifty-two years.
John McBride died February 28th, 1911.
Thomas Bentley died February 15th, 1911.
The full account of the dinner and participants appeared in the Dayton Evening News dated April 11th, 1908 and April 13th, 1908.
P. W. KLINGER
Peter W. Klinger entered the service of the Company February 22nd, 1897, and on March 2nd, 1897, was sent to Schenectady, N. Y., to inspect the new electric generators and motors being made for the Company by the General Electric Company. He returned from Schenectady March 29th, 1897, and was placed in charge of the Electric Depart-ment, and having the supervision of the new electrical installation being made at that time.
On March 22nd, 1898, he was appointed Foreman of the machine Shop in addition to having charge of the Electrical Department.
On September 1st, 1902, he was elected Assistant Superintendent, in addition to having general supervision of the Electrical Department.
On December 1st, 1908, he was appointed Superintendent in charge of the Freight Department, with general super-vision of the Electrical Department, Wheel Foundry and Brass Trimming Department, which position he held until June 14th, 1910, when he resigned and retired from the service of the Company. No successor was appointed, Mr. R. M. Mitchell assuming full charge of the entire Freight Car Department.
H. R. VIOT
Harry R. Viot entered the service of the Company as a stenographer January 9th, 1893, in which capacity he served until September 1st, 1893, when he was transferred to the Draughting Room, where he served until February 1st, 1894, when he returned to the office as stenographer, in which capacity he again served until August 1st, 1897, at which time he was given the position of General Correspondent and Clerk, which position he filled until he entered the Purchasing Department, which place he occupied until December 22nd, 1904, when he was appointed Purchasing Agent of the Company, which position he occupied until January 12th, 1909, when he assumed the position of Traffic Manager, which position he held until June 1st, 1909, when he resigned and retired from the service of the Company.
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