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Jan 1926
The Engineer as a Railroad Executive
Publication: Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Volume 89, Issue 1
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To judge correctly of the qualifications of a man for the position of “Railroad Executive”, a comprehensive survey of the duties devolving on the chief executive officer of a railroad under present-day conditions and of the difficulties which he has to overcome, must be made. Not only must the problems that require solution be considered but the limitations imposed by law on the revenues of railroads and the extent of control of their expenses that the executive is permitted to exercise. It seems appropriate, therefore, to introduce a quite full outline of the problems that confront the responsible managing officer, to show the extent to which so far he has solved them, and to what extent they remain unsolved, and then to show how the engineer has risen to new responsibilities, and what recognition stockholders and directors of railroads have accorded to his fitness to administer their properties.
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© 1926 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Jan 1926
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Julius Kruttschnitt Esp.
Chairman, Executive Committee, Southern Pacific Co., New York, N. Y. Mr. Kruttschnitt died on June 15, 1925.
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