Background
Baker, William Edgar was born on October 18, 1856 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Henry Martyn and Susan Virginia (Barnes) Baker.
Baker, William Edgar was born on October 18, 1856 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Henry Martyn and Susan Virginia (Barnes) Baker.
Brother of James Barnes B. Civil Engineer, Lafayette College, Pennsylvania, 1877.
With Saint Paul & Pacific Railway, 1877-1881. Reconnaissance Canadian Pacific Railway, 1881-1883. Chief engineer International & G. North. Railway, 1884-1888.
Chief engineer and general manager Columbia Intermural Railway, 1893-1894.
General manager and chief engineer Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railway, Chicago, 1894-1899. General superintendent Manhattan Railway, New York, 1899-1902.
Senior member West. East. Baker & Company, consultant engineers, since 1902. Trustee Lafayette College Presbyterian
Member West. East. Baker & Company, consultant engineers, since 1902. Trustee Lafayette College Presbyterian
Married Harriet East. Griffin, February 20, 1884.