Gaston County NcArchives Biographies.....Hand, Gaston Craig ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Rosie H. Guthrie n/a January 3, 2010, 5:46 pm Source: Biographical Directory of Railway Officials Author: Harold Francis Lane Hand, Gaston Craig Secretary and Transfer Agent Kansas City Southern Ry. Office New York, NY Born July 2, 1870 at Belmont, NC. Educated at St. Mary's College, Philadelphia Law School and New York University. Entered railway service in February 1891, since which he has been consecutively to Sept. 1893, station agent and telegraph operator Atlantic Coast Line Rd; Sept. 1893 to June 1896, dispatcher's apprentice and train dispatcher same road; June 1896 to July 1901, chief clerk traffic and transportation department same road; July 1901 to August 1902, in transportation department Pennsylvania Rd; Aug. 1902 to Sept. 1904, in transportation and other corporate work with bankers; Sept. 1904 to Feb. 1908, statistician to Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co.; Feb. 1908 to Dec. 1909, examiner (auditor) Interstate Commerce Commission; Dec. 1909 to date, secretary and transfer agent Kansas City Southern Ry at New York, NY. Additional Comments: Source: The Biographical Directory of The Railway Officials of America 1918 Edition Edited and Compiled by Harold Francis Lane Associate Editor Railway Age Gazette Published by Simmons-Boardman Publishing Company New York and Chicago File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/gaston/bios/hand153bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb