Beach Family Line
Wesley was the son of Lyman Beach and Phoebe Adams.
He graduated from School of Practical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
Note: From Canadian Men and Women of the Times: "He went south and took a position of rodman in connection with construction of the Atchison, Topeka and Sante Fe Railway.
Railroading became his career; he was bridge engineer in 1887 on the Chicago, Sante Fe and Calif Ry at Kansas City; division engineer in 1889 of the A T & S F Ry; assistant construction engineer of the Arizona and Southeastern Ry; division engineer of the Gulf, Colorado & S F Ry at Galveston, Texas, and in March, 1891, chief engineer of the Texas, Louisiana and Eastern Ry; superintendent of the same road in 1894 at the age of 30. Later he moved to Chicago in the Engineering Dept., of the C R I & P Ry"
Wesley was the son of Lyman Beach and Phoebe Adams.
He graduated from School of Practical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
Note: From Canadian Men and Women of the Times: "He went south and took a position of rodman in connection with construction of the Atchison, Topeka and Sante Fe Railway.
Railroading became his career; he was bridge engineer in 1887 on the Chicago, Sante Fe and Calif Ry at Kansas City; division engineer in 1889 of the A T & S F Ry; assistant construction engineer of the Arizona and Southeastern Ry; division engineer of the Gulf, Colorado & S F Ry at Galveston, Texas, and in March, 1891, chief engineer of the Texas, Louisiana and Eastern Ry; superintendent of the same road in 1894 at the age of 30. Later he moved to Chicago in the Engineering Dept., of the C R I & P Ry"
Beach Family Line
Wesley was the son of Lyman Beach and Phoebe Adams.
He graduated from School of Practical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
Note: From Canadian Men and Women of the Times: "He went south and took a position of rodman in connection with construction of the Atchison, Topeka and Sante Fe Railway.
Railroading became his career; he was bridge engineer in 1887 on the Chicago, Sante Fe and Calif Ry at Kansas City; division engineer in 1889 of the A T & S F Ry; assistant construction engineer of the Arizona and Southeastern Ry; division engineer of the Gulf, Colorado & S F Ry at Galveston, Texas, and in March, 1891, chief engineer of the Texas, Louisiana and Eastern Ry; superintendent of the same road in 1894 at the age of 30. Later he moved to Chicago in the Engineering Dept., of the C R I & P Ry"
Wesley was the son of Lyman Beach and Phoebe Adams.
He graduated from School of Practical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
Note: From Canadian Men and Women of the Times: "He went south and took a position of rodman in connection with construction of the Atchison, Topeka and Sante Fe Railway.
Railroading became his career; he was bridge engineer in 1887 on the Chicago, Sante Fe and Calif Ry at Kansas City; division engineer in 1889 of the A T & S F Ry; assistant construction engineer of the Arizona and Southeastern Ry; division engineer of the Gulf, Colorado & S F Ry at Galveston, Texas, and in March, 1891, chief engineer of the Texas, Louisiana and Eastern Ry; superintendent of the same road in 1894 at the age of 30. Later he moved to Chicago in the Engineering Dept., of the C R I & P Ry"
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