Background
Weston, Charles Valentine was born on February 14, 1857 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. Son of John and Catherine (Clark) Weston.
Weston, Charles Valentine was born on February 14, 1857 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. Son of John and Catherine (Clark) Weston.
Educational public schools, Kalamazoo.
Florence East.; married second, Olga Thimm, January 10, 1917. Entered employ Texas Trunk Railway Company as transitman in surveying corporations. Assistant engineer M.,K.&T. Railroad in Texas, 1880-1881, Kansas City, Springfield & Memphis Railway, 1881-1882.
Assistant engineer C.&North.-West. Railway, 1882-1884.
Assistant engineer Kansas City, Clinton & Springfield Railway, 1884-1886. Division engineer in charge construction Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad, 1886-1888.
Located in Chicago, 1888. In charge construction of intake crib and water-supply tunnel under Lake Michigan for city of Lake View, and after annexation of that municipality to Chicago, 1889, completed work for the greater city.
In charge construction of tunnel for West. Chicago Saint Railway, 1890-1894.
Chief engineer of Northwestern Elevated Railroad Company, Lake Saint Elevated Railway Company, Union Elevated, et cetera With brother George, in firm of Weston Brothers, consultant and constructing engineers, 1901-1903. Built various electric rys. in Illinois and Michigan.
Chief engineer, 1903-1907, president and general manager, 1908-1911, South Side Elevated Railroad Company, Chicago.
Later in practice as construction engineering. Operating manager Market Saint Elevated Rys., Philadelphia, 1918-1920.
Construction engineering Chicago Surface Lincolnshire, since 1920. Member Board of Supervising Engineers Chicago Traction.
Home: Chicago, Illinois.
Member Board of Supervising Engineers Chicago Traction.
Married Catherine Dyer, November 12, 1889 (died 1914). Married second, Olga Thimm, January 10, 1917. Children: Charles Edward (deceased).