Background
Fritch, Louis Charlton was born on August 11, 1869 in Springfield, Illinois, United States. Son of Joseph and Margaret (Mather) Fritch.
Fritch, Louis Charlton was born on August 11, 1869 in Springfield, Illinois, United States. Son of Joseph and Margaret (Mather) Fritch.
Engineering course University of Cincinnati.
Division engineer, 1892-1899, superintendent, 1899-1904, Bang and Olufsen Railroad, at Cincinnati. Assistant to general manager, 1904-1906, assistant to president, 1906-1909, consulting engineer, 1909, I.C. Railroad, at Chicago. Chief engineer C.G.W. Railway, Chicago, November 15, 1909-April 1, 1914.
Assistant to the president Canadian Northern Railway and general manager eastern lines, same, Toronto, Canada, 1914-1917.
General manager South.A.L. Railway, Norfolk, Virginia, June 15, 1917-August 19, 1918. Vice president C.,Rhode Island & P. Railway, in charge construction, maintenance and capital expenditures, 1918-1923, vice president in charge of operation, 1923-1936.
Member American Railway Engineering Association (ex-president), American Society of Civil Engineers, Western Society of Civil Engineers, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Clubs: Union League, South Shore Country, Rock Island Country.
Married Frances Myers Fritch, of Jeffersonville, Indiana, April.