The general office of the Mount Penn Gravity Railroad was located at 536 Court Street, Reading, Pa. while the superintendent's office was at the Mineral Spring Park Station or Terminus. The original officers of the Gravity Railroad Company were: President Jonathan G. Leinbach , Vice President Matthias Moyer, Secretary/Treasurer Frank S. Livingood, Solicitor H.A Muhlenberg, and Superintendent J. Ashton Parker, Wm. B. Harper, and then Calvin.M. Dechant. The Board of Directors & Stockholders consisted of James Nolan, S.E. Ancona, Thomas P. Merritt, Jesse G. Hawley, M.B. Mc Knight, W.R. Mcllvain, F.S. Livingood, J.G. Leinbach, John Barbey, Ferd Goetz, and James & Charles Rick. The Stockholders included such names as, T.P.Moore, Charles Jackson, Philip Zieber, Wm A. Sands, Wm H. Dechant, J. George Hintz, Charles Lichty, John A. Rigg, Wm Rosenthal and John B. Dampman. The operating crew consisted of Charles Rettew & Charles Kendall – Conductor, Benton Ancona – Engineers, Joseph Firing-Fireman, Franklin Helder, John Thompson & John Snavely – Brakemen, Charles Stout – Ticket Agents and Joseph Johnson – Chief Engineer.
A version of this article, third place winner in the 2008 Hiester Manuscript Competition, originally appeared in the Summer 2009 issue of The Historical Review of Berks County.
A version of this article, third place winner in the 2008 Hiester Manuscript Competition, originally appeared in the Summer 2009 issue of The Historical Review of Berks County.
The general office of the Mount Penn Gravity Railroad was located at 536 Court Street, Reading, Pa. while the superintendent's office was at the Mineral Spring Park Station or Terminus. The original officers of the Gravity Railroad Company were: President Jonathan G. Leinbach , Vice President Matthias Moyer, Secretary/Treasurer Frank S. Livingood, Solicitor H.A Muhlenberg, and Superintendent J. Ashton Parker, Wm. B. Harper, and then Calvin.M. Dechant. The Board of Directors & Stockholders consisted of James Nolan, S.E. Ancona, Thomas P. Merritt, Jesse G. Hawley, M.B. Mc Knight, W.R. Mcllvain, F.S. Livingood, J.G. Leinbach, John Barbey, Ferd Goetz, and James & Charles Rick. The Stockholders included such names as, T.P.Moore, Charles Jackson, Philip Zieber, Wm A. Sands, Wm H. Dechant, J. George Hintz, Charles Lichty, John A. Rigg, Wm Rosenthal and John B. Dampman. The operating crew consisted of Charles Rettew & Charles Kendall – Conductor, Benton Ancona – Engineers, Joseph Firing-Fireman, Franklin Helder, John Thompson & John Snavely – Brakemen, Charles Stout – Ticket Agents and Joseph Johnson – Chief Engineer.
A version of this article, third place winner in the 2008 Hiester Manuscript Competition, originally appeared in the Summer 2009 issue of The Historical Review of Berks County.
A version of this article, third place winner in the 2008 Hiester Manuscript Competition, originally appeared in the Summer 2009 issue of The Historical Review of Berks County.
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