biography
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Perkins, Charles E(lliott)
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| male
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| lived:
| (1840–1907)
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| biography:
| Railroad executive, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. In 1859, on the advice of his cousin John Murray Forbes, he became a clerk for the Burlington & Missouri Railroad, worked his way up to superintendent (1865), and became vice-president of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (1876). The two railroads consolidated in 1880 and he became president in 1881. When he resigned (1901), the financially sound system comprised over 7000 miles of track. |
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