Carbon County UT Archives Biographies.....Elwood, William J. 1873 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

WILLIAM J. ELWOOD.

    William J. Elwood, superintendent of the coal mine of the Independent Coal &
Coke Company at Kenilworth, Carbon county, was born in Ashland, Kentucky, June
25, 1873, and is a son of Thomas and Elizabeth Elwood. The father had extensive
mine experiences in England and developed a number of coal mines in the state of
Kentucky. The son obtained a common school education in his native state and
afterward attended the National Normal University of Ohio, while still later he
pursued a correspondence course in engineering. He was a youth of sixteen years
when he became identified with the development of the coal deposits of Kentucky,
working as a miner in that state. In 1889 he was employed by the coal department
of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company at Red Lodge, Montana, working as
inside inspector and as mine foreman for about nine years. He was then
recommended by B. F. Bush, former president of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad,
for the position of mine superintendent at Castlegate. After a year spent in
that connection he was transferred to Sunnyside. where he occupied a similar
position. Seven years later he was appointed general mine inspector for all the
properties of the company and thus step by step he was working his way upward
and becoming more widely known as an efficient factor in the development of the
rich coal resources of Utah. After a year spent as general mine inspector he was
elected to the state legislature and on the expiration of his term of service he
accepted a position with the Independent Coal & Coke Company of Kenilworth at an
advanced salary. Later when official changes were made he was promoted to the
general superintendency of the mine at Kenilworth and is now occupying that
position. He invented and obtained a patent on the Elwood automatic de-railing
switch, a number of which are now in use by the Independent Coal & Coke Company
on their locomotive tram, and other useful devices around coal mines, one of
which is the retarding block now in use at the tipples of all mines in the state.

    On the 14th of February. 1901, at Red Lodge, Montana, Mr. Elwood was united
in marriage to Miss Rachel Wood, of that place. Their children are five in
number, namely: Curtis, who was born in 1902; Gladys, whose birth occurred in
1904; James, whose natal year was 1911; William, born in 1912; and Kenneth, who
was born in 1917.

    Mr. Elwood gives his political allegiance to the republican party and it was
upon that ticket that he was chosen a member of the state legislature, in which
he proved a loyal supporter of many measures calculated to benefit the
commonwealth at large. He is a Mason of high rank, having attained the
thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite, and is a most loyal and worthy
follower of the craft. His entire life has been devoted to mining interests and
he has thoroughly qualified by study and experience, recognizing fully the
obligations that come with responsible positions in mining circles. As general
superintendent he is giving uniform satisfaction not only to the corporation
which he represents but also to the men who serve under him and who find him
always just and fair.


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CHICAGO-SALT LAKE: THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1920


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