Background
Althouse, Howell Halberstadt was born on June 24, 1869 in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Daniel Seidel and Clara (Whitman) Althouse.
Althouse, Howell Halberstadt was born on June 24, 1869 in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Daniel Seidel and Clara (Whitman) Althouse.
Educated Pottsville High School.
Marie. With Pennsylvania Geological Survey, headquarters Pottsville, 1888-1889. Engineering corps various rys., 1889-1899. With Erie Railroad, as assistant engineer at Galion, O., 1899-1902, Cleveland, 1902-1908, New York, 1908-1912, principal assistant engineer lines west, July-September 1912, chief engineer, 1912-1913.
Consulting practice, New York City, 1913-1919.
Construction engineering for Chamber of Commerce, Reading, Pennsylvania, 1919-1924, for elimination of grade crossings, Philadelphia & Reading Railway main tracks through the City of Reading.
Member Pennsylvania National Guard, 3 years. Member American Railway Engineering Association, Engineers’ Society of Pennsylvania. Club: Harrisburg (Pennsylvania).
Married Elizabeth C. McKenna, of Philadelphia, November 26, 1924.