Sacramento County
Biographies
NICHOLAS JOSEPH HULLIN
Possessed of a magnetic and pleasing
personality, as well as an intense power of concentration of energy, Mr. Hullin is peculiarly fitted for his duties as
superintendent of the Sacramento Street Railway Company, a position requiring a
high degree of tact, ability and diplomacy, and by his fair judgment and
impartial favor enjoys the esteem of all with whom he is associated. The
youngest son of George and Margaret (Barry) Hullin,
the latter natives of Swansea, Wales, and London, England, respectively,
Nicholas J. Hullin's birth occurred in Onehunga, New Zealand, February 19, 1860. When a babe
he removed with his parents to Australia, and upon reaching school age attended
private school in Sydney, and afterward in the Society Islands, but soon
returned to Sydney. It was in 1879 that he came to San Francisco, Cal.,
where he served for a time as machinist with the Risdon
iron works, and the experience acquired during this employment has proved of
great value to him through life, serving as a stepping stone to increased
success. As a road machinist he was in the service of the Market Street
Railway Company of San Francisco from 1882 until five years later, when he
accepted a position as machinist with the Sutter Street Railway Company of San
Francisco. Resigning the latter position in 1891, he entered the service
of the Piedmont Cable Company of Oakland, Cal., serving first as machinist and
after eight months' service being promoted to master mechanic and superintendent
of track construction. In 1896 he came to Sacramento, having accepted a
position with the Sacramento Street Railway Company, serving first as
construction foreman, and a year later became superintendent of track
construction, filling this position acceptably and faithfully until his
appointment to his present position as general superintendent in August,
1910.
Mr. Hullin's
marriage took place in San Francisco, on April 24, 1884, when he was united
with Miss Marie Menjon, a native of Pau, France, whose parents, Pierre and Claire (Vigneau) Menjon, were natives of
Basses-Pyrenees, France. Five children blessed this marriage.
Claire is the eldest. Nicholas is a machinist for the Pacific Gas and
Electric Company. Albert is timekeeper and construction clerk for the
same organization. Philip and Dorothy are students in the Sacramento
public school.
Mr. Hullin has
been identified with the Masonic fraternity for the past nine years, holding
membership in Sacramento Lodge No. 40, F. & A. M., which in 1909 he served
as master. He is also a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason and a
member of Islam Temple, N. M. S., of San Francisco. He is a past
chancellor commander of the Knights of Pythias, and
is a member of the Confidence Lodge of that order, and is also a member of
Court Twin Peaks, A. O. F., in San Francisco. An ardent Republican in his
political views, he believes in the principles of that party, and in a
broad-minded and practical manner lends his aid to the community, his
citizenship being beyond censure. He is widely known as a stanch
supporter of all enterprises relating to the public good.
Transcribed by Sally Kaleta.
Source: Willis,
William L., History of Sacramento County,
California, Pages 762-763. Historic
Record Company,
© 2006 Sally Kaleta.