Education
He came to Canada as a youth and was educated at the McGill Model School and the Montreal Collegiate School.
He came to Canada as a youth and was educated at the McGill Model School and the Montreal Collegiate School.
Upon graduating in 1870, he served in the Engineering Department of the Grand Trunk Railway as an indentured pupil. During this time, he was occupied with the construction of the International Bridge (Fort Erie to Buffalo), the Lewiston and Auburn Railroad (Maine), Union Station (Toronto), and the ferry docks at Point Edward, Ontario. From 1875-1885, he was exclusively engaged in the G.T.R. surveys, including those between Scarborough and Toronto.
The York Yard.
Lincolnshire in Michigan, Ontario, and Quebec. Terminal Station, Montreal. And the Victoria iron tubular bridge across the Saint Lawrence River at Montreal.
In 1887, he became chief draughtsman, and nine years later he became assistant engineer
In 1907, he was appointed principal assistant engineer In 1916, valuation engineer
And in 1918, he became chairman of the valuation committee. Ferry Docks at Point Edward, Ontario
Grand Trunk Railway
International Bridge (Fort Erie to Buffalo)
Lewiston and Auburn Railroad (Maine)
Terminal Station (Montreal)
Union Station (Toronto)
Victoria iron tubular bridge (Montreal).
He was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Railway Association, and the Canadian Railway Club. He was admitted to the EIC in 1887, and became a member of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe in 1900 and 1907. Librarian from 1891 to 1899.
And was active in its yearly proceedings.
He was also a member of the Saint Andrew’s Society, the Caledonia Society and the Montreal Amateur Athletic Society.