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HENRY CURTIS NUTT
NUTT, HENRY
CURTIS, Railroad Manager, Los Angeles, California,
was born at Council Bluffs, Iowa,
November 12, 1863. His parents were
Henry Clay Nutt and Eva (Stringham) Nutt, his father
having been President of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, now a part of the
Santa Fe System, up to the time of his death in 1892.
Mr. Nutt received
his early education in the public schools of Council Bluffs
and Chicago, and was graduated from
the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University in the class of 1883 with
the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy.
Within two months
after he left school Mr. Nutt went in for practical railroad work, beginning as
axeman in the engineering department of the Burlington
and Missouri River Railroad, now one of the important units of the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy
line. He remained in the department for
about seven years, working in various positions and in 1890 was appointed to
the position of Trainmaster of the road at Alliance,
Nebraska.
After holding this position for two years,
Mr. Nutt was promoted to be Assistant Superintendent of the road, at Edgemont,
South Dakota. At the end of a year he was transferred to Sheridan,
Wyoming, in the same capacity and held this
place for seven years. In 1900 he was
made Assistant Superintendent of Iowa lines for the Burlington
road, his headquarters being at Burlington, Iowa.
His work in the district so impressed the road’s managers that at the end of
three years he was made Superintendent of Iowa lines, still retaining
headquarters at Burlington.
From this time
forward Mr. Nutt’s career in the railroad business has been a succession of
promotions, each change made by him being to a more important position than its
predecessor. In 1905 he was appointed
Superintendent of the Missouri District for the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy, this being perhaps the
most important division of the road. His
headquarters at this time was at St. Louis
and during the year he was stationed there he was one of the most active men in
railroad business.
In 1906 Mr. Nutt
left his old road, after being with it for nearly a quarter of a century, and
accepted appointment as General Superintendent of the Michigan Central
Railroad, with headquarters at Detroit, Michigan. He held this position for about one year and
in 1907 was chosen General Manager of the Northern Pacific lines west of Paradise,
Montana, making his headquarters at Tacoma,
Washington.
In this office Mr. Nutt carried a large amount of the responsibility
attaching to the road’s work of development in the western part of Canada and
the United States and after he had been there for about two years, he was
elected Fourth Vice President of the road, his rise in the affairs of the
company having been one of the most rapid in its history.
Mr. Nutt was with
the Northern Pacific for about five years and when R. E. Wells, General Manager
of the Los Angeles, San Pedro and Salt Lake Railroad,
resigned his position early in the year 1912, the Clark
interests prevailed upon him to accept the post. He took up the duties of his office on May 1,
1912, and is now in active management of its affairs.
As a practical
railroad man, Mr. Nutt ranks with the leaders of the business. He is of the old school of all-round railroad
men, capable of taking his place in any department of the service, and while
exacting strict discipline, is a kindly and amiable executive.
He is a member of
the St. Louis Club, St. Louis; Alta and Commercial Clubs, Salt
Lake City; University Club, Chicago; Rainier and University Clubs, Seattle;
Union, University and Commercial Clubs, Tacoma; Arlington
Club, Portland; the Gamut and Los Angeles Athletic Clubs, Los
Angeles.
Transcribed 6-5-08
Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: Press
Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 56,
International News Service, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Boston, Atlanta. 1913.
© 2008 Marilyn R. Pankey.
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