Nash County NcArchives Biographies.....Newell, William K. 
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Source: Biographical Directory of Railway Officials
Author: Harold Francis Lane

Newell, William K.
General Superintendent Atlantic Coast Line Rd.
Office Rocky Mount, NC
Born May 16, 1857.
Entered railway service 1877, as telegraph operator Wilmington & Weldon Rd, a 
part of the Atlantic Coast Line system, since which he has been consecutively 
1878 to 1880, station agent;
1880 to 1882, freight conductor;
1882 to Nov. 1890, passenger conductor;
Nov. 1890 to March 1, 1893, station master at Wilmington, NC;
March 1, 1893 to Nov. 1, 1898, trainmaster at Norfolk, Va;
Nov. 1, 1898 to Oct. 1, 1900, assistant superintendent transportation Norfolk 
& Carolina Rd (Norfolk division Atlantic Coast Line) at Norfolk, Va;
Oct. 1, 1900 to Jan. 1, 1903, assistant superintendent transportation Kinston, 
Washington and Plymouth branches in eastern North Carolina at Norfolk, Va;
Jan. 1, 1903 to April 1, 1905, superintendent Norfolk district at Norfolk;
April 1 to Sept. 10, 1905, superintendent Charleston district at 
Charleston, SC;
Sept 10, 1905 to May 1, 1908, superintendent transportation first division 
at Wilmington, NC;
May 1, 1908 to date, general superintendent first division same road;
entire service with Atlantic Coast Line.

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

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