Background
Huss, George Morehouse was born on July 14, 1857 in Tiffin, Ohio, United States. Son of John Thomas and Sophronia Gates (Morehouse) Huss.
Huss, George Morehouse was born on July 14, 1857 in Tiffin, Ohio, United States. Son of John Thomas and Sophronia Gates (Morehouse) Huss.
Education high school, Heidelberg College (Tiffin, O.), Ohio Business College (Sandusky). Literature and civil engineering, Cornell Univercity, 1875.
Civil engineer and railway builder in West until 1890. Engineer and builder Deming, Sierra Madre & Pacific Railway, in Mexico, 1890-1894. Construction engineering Basra to Bagdad, and Beira Railway in East Africa, 1894.
Built railway from Haifa to Damascus, Palestine, 1895-1896.
President Northern Electric Railway, Chicago, 1897. Built Cleveland, Painesville & Eastern Railway, Ohio, 1899.
Built rys. in Northern Wisconsin, since 1900, establishing six towns. Chief construction engineer M., Street.P.&South.S.Marie Railroad, 1906-1917.
Built 2000 miles of railway in western states.
With United States Railroad Administration, 1918-1922, in charge additions and betterments, and as assistant director Member United States Real Estate Board, 1920-1922. Vice president Montana Railway and Wyoming North & South Railroad, 1923-1924.
Consulting practice, and farming since 1924.
Expert engineer for C.B.&Q. Railway on Mississippi river dams, 1933-1935. President G. M. Huss Land Company.
Member United States Real Estate Board, 1920-1922. Member American Society of Civil Engineers, American Railway Engineering Association, Sons of the American Revolution Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Congressional Country, Fossils.
Wrote: Syrian Letters, 1897.
Married Ella A. Scranton, January 31, 1883. Children: Grace Scranton, Helen (deceased), Marjorie (deceased), Dorothy (Mistress West. East. Gollan), Genevieve, George M. (deceased).