Engineering reminiscences contributed to "Power" and "American machinist" (1908)
Porter, Charles T. (Charles Talbot), 1826-1910 · New York, J. Wiley · leaf 404
e action of hissuperintendent would be ruinous, except for my interference.I realized that I was absolutely alone, but I felt very muchlike fighting the whole world. The above incident is a fairsample of my constant experience. I was on the watch all thetime. Many times I required the work to be… … Samuel T. Well.man MR. OTIS ENGLXE 311 Dr. Beman, a minister of Troy, N. Y., whose wife was peculiar,to say the least. On a certain occasion the presbytery met in Troy,and one evening he invited its members to his house, and toldhis wife to provide just a light supper. When they were usheredinto…