Background
BUTLER, Matthew Joseph was born on November 19, 1856. Son of Tobias Butler and Elizabeth M‘Vey.
BUTLER, Matthew Joseph was born on November 19, 1856. Son of Tobias Butler and Elizabeth M‘Vey.
Studied at Public School, De La Salle Institut. Toronto University; Kent College of Law, Chicago, Illinois. Ontario Land Survey, 1878.
Dominion Land Survey, 1878. Transitman on Kingston and Pembroke Railway, 1882. Engineer in charge 1000 Islands Railway, 1883.
Bachelor of Laws.
Chief Engineer, N. T. and Q. Ry., 1884-1885. Engineer in charge, Buildings and Water Service, Atcheson, Hoboken, and Santa Fe Ry. in Kansas and Colorado, United States, 1886-1887. Ground Wood Pulp business, 1888-1889.
Chief Engineer, Bay of Quinte Ry. and Navigation Company, and various allied industries from 1690-1900, except for a xeriod of two years. Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law, Illinois Bar, 1900- 1902. Chief Engineer on construction of sub-structure Hillsbury Briefs, P.E. Island Ry.
Chief Engineer, Locomotive and Machine Company of Montreal. Assistant Chief Engineer, National Transcontinent Railway for Canadian Government. Deputy Minister and Chief Engineer, Department of Railways and Canals, and Chairman, Government Railways Managing Board, 1905.
Pxiblications: articles on technical subjects in Proceedings Institute Civil Engineers, American Society Civil Engineers, Canadian Society Civil Engineers. Second Vice-President and General Manager Dominion Iron and Steel Company, Ltd., and Dominion Coal Company, Ltd.
Club : Rideau, Ottawa.