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Example sentences for "chief engineer"

  • Table 15, based on the average of all the roads in Michigan, was prepared by James Walker, Chief Engineer of the Michigan Board of State Tax Commissioners, after the completion of the Michigan Appraisal.

  • In a number of cases men were secured who had for some years occupied the position of Chief Engineer of important lines.

  • As chief engineer of the Concord & Portsmouth Railroad, he superintended the construction of a considerable portion of the line, as he subsequently did that of the Suncook Valley Railroad.

  • In the same year, however, he consented to act as chief engineer of the fire department of the young city, and he retained this position till the close of 1848, having a number of leading citizens as his assistants.

  • In 1849 he was promoted to the position of chief engineer, which he held for a long series of years.

  • I should mention that I now had as chief engineer my old chief from the African, and knew that though stubborn as a mule he was a first-class man, and not likely to indulge me with unpleasant surprises.

  • I was rather amused by an observation made by my chief engineer.

  • This, however, was just one of those cases when my chief engineer was at his best.

  • In the latter year he was appointed chief engineer of the western division and further promotion awaited him in his appointment in 1869 to the position of chief engineer of the company.

  • He continued with that firm for four years and then became assistant to Mr. John Page, chief engineer of public works.

  • It was not long before his efficiency as an engineer won him wide recognition and he was offered the position of chief engineer of the Victoria Railway, of which he subsequently became general manager.

  • Chief Engineer of the Ph[oe]nix Bridge Company, and two sisters, Mrs. R.

  • Report of chief engineer, Central Pacific Railroad of California, on his operations in the Atlantic states, 1862.

  • It was to consist of an inspector, superintendent, a chief engineer, a captain and a lieutenant for each company of firemen.

  • Tom Reade had remained with the railroad for several months, still serving as chief engineer, with Harry Hazelton as his trusted and dependable assistant.

  • It was set down before the young chief engineer, and ready hands hoisted him to the upturned end of the barrel.

  • Foreman Payson flung himself between the big, angry human bull and the young chief engineer.

  • Tom tore the envelope open, then stared at the following message: "Reade, Chief Engineer.

  • I may be a fair sort of engineer, but I'm not cut out for a chief engineer.

  • However---you haven't yet accepted the position as chief engineer of the S.

  • Then why should you imagine that I am going to let my chief engineer go before the road is in operations" "But I was acting chief, sir, only of the field work.

  • The committee which had formulated the plan of distribution was in charge, assisted by Chief Engineer Kelly, Architect Neff, and others.

  • Later in the year, a fine, permanent highway to the port was begun by Chief Engineer Kelly, and when completed La Gloria's great drawback will be removed.

  • The first draft was copied in the elegant handwriting of Chief Engineer Kelly, duly signed by President Van der Voort and attested by his secretary, and then conspicuously posted on the flag-staff which graced Central avenue.

  • Chief Engineer, had left Vera Cruz and returned to his duties in Washington City.

  • On the same day I was ordered by Colonel Totten, Chief Engineer, to find and cut off the underground-aqueduct which conveyed water into Vera Cruz.

  • His fame had gone before him, and on his arrival at Chattanooga, although he preferred the command of troops, he was assigned at once to duty as Chief Engineer of the Department and Army of the Cumberland.

  • Smith, Chief Engineer, should be accorded great praise for the ingenuity which conceived and the ability which executed the movements at Brown's Ferry.

  • This is how it chanced that the chauffeur, coming back from Garou's kitchen barrel with the second bucket of water, found his fares changed and the chief engineer waiting to be his passenger over the ten miles of roundabout road.

  • That came in after Braithwaite's death and Sanderson's appointment as chief engineer.

  • He interested Mr. Pelham and a few other Denver capitalists, and they sent him out as chief engineer to stand the project on its feet.

  • A chief engineer appointed by the Management had charge of the construction of each Division.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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