Pennsylvania Lines West of Pittsburgh. Southwest System. Office of General Superintendent.

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The Southwest System of the Lines West organization, the equivalent of a grand division on Lines East, was created on March 1, 1890, as the designation for the lines owned and operated by the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company. It comprised the lines running from Pittsburgh to Indianapolis, with branches to Cincinnati, Louisville, and to Chicago via Logansport. The Southwest System was abolished on March 1, 1920, with the end of the separate Lines West organization, and its territory was divided between the Central and Southwestern Regions. The headquarters of the Southwest System was located at Columbus.

The General Superintendent was the chief line officer of the Southwest System, intermediate between the division superintendents and the Lines West General Manager in Pittsburgh. He monitored all aspects of Operating Dept. functions on the system. The incumbents of the office were: John F. Miller (1890-1900), George L. Peck (1901), Ralph Peters (1901-1905), R. E. McCarty (1905-1917) and I. W. Greer (1917-1920).

From the description of Records, 1903-1920. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122396849

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. corporateBody
associatedWith Geer, I. W., 1873- . person
associatedWith McCarty, Robert E., 1862- . person
associatedWith Meadow Lands and Zediker Railroad Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Ohio Connecting Railway Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen. corporateBody
associatedWith Pennsylvania Lines West of Pittsburgh. Southwest System. corporateBody
associatedWith Pennsylvania Railroad Company. corporateBody
associatedWith United States Railroad Administration. corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Subject
Arbitration, Industrial
Employee rules
Grievance arbitration
Hours of labor
Industrial relations
Labor discipline
Locomotive engineers
Locomotive firemen
Railroad conductors
Railroad police
Railroads
Wages
Occupation
Activity

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Active 1903

Active 1920

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