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EVENTS

November events

November 15 - The "golden spike" is driven and construction of the San Diego And Arizona Railway is completed at a cost of $ 18 million.

December events

December 1 - The first Passenger Train of the San Diego & Arizona Railway "arrives" in San Diego from El Centro, California , for the official line opening ceremony.

Unknown date events

Ralph Budd becomes president of the Great Northern Railway and becomes the youngest (40) president of any American railroad to date.

The Federal Trade Commission orders Armour & Co. to sell its produce-hauling subsidiary, Fruit Growers Express (FGE), for anti-trust reasons.

BIRTHS

DEATHS

August deaths

August 3 - Samuel W. Fordyce , president of St. Louis, Arkansas And Texas Railway 1886 - 1889 , St. Louis Southwestern Railway 1890 - 1898 , Kansas City Southern Railway 1900 (b. 1840 ).

August 11 - Andrew Carnegie , Steel magnate and owner of Pittsburgh Locomotive And Car Works (b. 1835 ).

October deaths

October 10 - Anatole Mallet , inventor of the Mallet Locomotive type (b. 1837 ).

REFERENCES

¹

Fordyce, Jim ( 2005 .

²

Kansas City Southern Historical Society, '' The Kansas City Southern Lines ''. Retrieved August 15 2005 .

( 2005 .

President and Fellows of Harvard College ( 2005 .