Reading Company. Office of Secretary-Treasurer.

The Office of Secretary-Treasurer was created under the original by laws of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company in 1834. The offices of Secretary and Treasurer were separated on April 3, 1856, and reunited on July 1, 1938. The Secretary-Treasurer kept the company's books and papers, arranged the annual meetings and prepared the annual reports, handled relations with stockholders and banks, and collected information on company history. Jay V. Hare, the Secretary from 1912 to 1945, was particularly noted as the author of the first in-depth history of the company. Incumbents have been: Alexander Lardner (1834-35), Richard Penn Lardner (1835-38), Samuel Bradford (1838-56), William H. McIlhenny (1856-62), William H. Webb (1862-70), John W. Jones (1870-73), David J. Brown (1873-80), J. Brinton White (1880-81), J. Y. Humphrey (1881-82), Albert Foster (1882-86), William Rice Taylor (1886-1912), Jay V. Hare (1912-45), William W. Rhoads (1945-54), Birkett Howarth (1954-66), and W. Myron Arnold (1966-74).

From the description of Records, 1836-1979 (bulk, 1945-1976). (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122333696