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was the course to get on if possible. But to my consternation, I suddenly discovered myself blocked from Anderson's Course by none other than Mr. Anderson himself who didn't know me from Adam. It was all very frustrating and deeply disturbing because the Control people wanted me and Anderson wouldn't let them take me. The explanation of all this will come out later but suffice it to say, I didn't get off test until mid-November, and then went into the office of L.W.Webb working under Roy Dunham on ship-propulsion control application as well as gas-electric car applications. Then, at least, I was really on my way and it was all up from then on.

I found Erie an interesting city as well as its people. I immediately began attending the Unitarian Church which was presided over by the Reverend Charles Judson Dutton, an ex-criminal lawyer turned to the ministry, and a prolific writer of detective stories and novels by which he supplemented his undoubtedly meager income from the church. His wife was a charming little woman and he was a character if ever there was one. I met a number of young people in the church, notably Lenore Sterrett, Marie Elliot, Mercellus Fisher and various GE test men. Herman Lamp, the Father of the Diesel-Electric Locomotive, was a member of the church. Also met Adeline Macloskie, daughter of a GE air-brake engineer, and went often to their home. Renewed acquaintance with Mrs. Stevens of the church, whom I'd met at Star Island. Also became acquainted with many other testmen at the plant. Erie's historic background was very intriguing to me and I loved being located on the water. You did not have that feeling you had in Schenectady of being right at the hub of one of the greatest engineering and manufacturing operations in the world but you did have a feeling of being at the heart of electric railroading and to me, this was a very appealing feeling indeed. The Erie Plant also had a large iron foundry as well as a non-ferrous foundry and both a transformer and a synchronous motor and generator manufacturing operation. I guess there were some 5000 employees when I arrived. In general, mining and small industrial electric locomotives were made complete at Erie but the mechanical portions of the big railroad-type electric locomotives were made by American Locomotive at Schenectady, shipped to Erie, and assembled at the Erie Works. To walk through Bldg.10, the locomotive assembly shop, was a thrilling experience to me and I knew I'd come to the right spot at last. Little did I dream that eventually I would become marketing manager of this entire transportation business doing over 100 million a year, and after that, general manager of the equipment business doing some 50-60 million annually and with some 2400 people in my operation. But there were many years of fun and fascinating experiences lying between me in 1926 and these prestigious jobs where I made a lot more money but really didn't have as interesting a time for the most part.