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ALLEN, William F: Plaque at Union Station in Washington, D.C.
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1846-1915 FOR MORE THAN FIFTY YEARS IN THE SERVICE OF THE RAILWAYS OF AMERICA AS CIVIL ENGINEER SECRETARY OF THE SOUTHERN AND GENERAL TIME CONVENSTIONS AND GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE AMERICAN RAILWAY ASSOCIATION BY HIS ZEAL WISDOM DEVOTION AND INTEGRITY HE WON A COMMANDING POSITION IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNSELS OF AMERICAN RAILWAYS. HE MAINTAINED CONTINUITY OF THE AMERICAN RAILWAY ASSOCIATION THROUGH WHICH RAILWAY OFFICERS FOR MANY YEARS WERE ENABLED TO TAKE COUNSEL TOGETHER ON PROBLEMS OF COMMON INTEREST AND TO IMPROVE STANDARDIZE AND CODIFY THE METHODS OF RAILWAY OPERATION. AS A MEMBER OF THE PERMANENT COMMISSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY CONGRESS HE AIDED BY HIS TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AND ADMINISTRATIVE ABILITY IN ADVANCING THE SCIENCE OF RAILWAY OPERATION IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. HE DEVISED AND THROUGH THE INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE AMERICAN RAILWAY MANAGERS IN [1885] PUT INTO EFFECT FIRST IN THE UNITED STATES THE SYSTEM OF STANDARD TIME WHICH HAS SINCE BEEN EXTENDED THROUGHOUT THE CIVILIZED WORLD. THIS TABLET IS ERECTED IN MEMORY OF HIS LIFE AND SERVICES BY THE AMERICAN RAILWAY GUILD OF WHICH HE WAS A FOUNDER. |
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