Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Legal Dept.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company's Legal Department was formally established on May 3, 1869, replacing a loosely-structured system of counsels and solicitors hired on retainer. The company's first solicitor at Philadelphia, Job R. Tyson, was engaged on April 13, 1847. Solicitors at outlying points were appointed starting in 1854, and by 1896 there were eighty-one district solicitors located at various state capitals and county seats around the system.

The head of the Legal Department bore the title of General Solicitor (1869-1902), General Counsel (1902-1921), Vice President & General Counsel (1921-1932), General Counsel (1932-1946), Vice President-General Counsel (1946-1952), General Counsel (1952-1955), and Vice President & General Counsel (1955-1968). The incumbents have been: William J. Howard (1869-1877), John Scott (1877-1895), James A. Logan (1895-1902), George V. Massey (1902-1911), Francis I. Gowen (1912-1922), Clarence B. Heiserman (1922-1932), Henry Wolf Bikle (1932-1941), John Dickinson (1941-1952), and John B. Prizer (1952-1968).

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