1932 Who's Who in Railways: Name J
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JACOBS (C. M.), Signal Engineer, Great Western Railway. Mr. Jacobs succeeded the late Mr. R. J. Insell in 1928. He entered Great Western Railway service in the Telegraph Department at Hereford Barton in 1882. In October, 1887, he was transferred to the Chief Office of that Department under the late Mr. C. G. Spagnoletti, and in August, 1896, was appointed Technical Assistant to the late Mr. Goodenough. On the amalgamation of the Telegraph and Signal Departments in 1903, he became Electrical Assistant to the Signal Engineer, Mr. A. T. Blackall, upon whose retirement in June, 1923, he succeeded Mr. R. J. Insell as Assistant Signal Engineer. In 1913 he was one of a small delegation sent to the United States to report on American signalling practice, and in 1918 he read a paper on Electrical Signalling before the Institution of Electrical Engineers. On his own account, and in conjunction with others, Mr. Jacobs has invented, and helped in the development of, various telephone and signalling apparatus and systems, some of which are in extensive use, including the electrical control of engineering occupations on single lines, the Great Western Railway system of automatic train control, and the electric key-token instrument, which has been adopted as the Great Western standard single-line instrument.
JENKIN JONES (C. M.), Superintendent (North Eastern Area), and Freight Rolling Stock Controller, London and North Eastern Railway. Mr. Jenkin Jones was born in 1885, educated at Brighton College and Queen's College. Oxford, and entered the service of the North Eastern Railway in January, 1908. After a few months' training he was transferred to Hull, and attached to the District Superintendent's Office there until December, 1912, when he transferred to the Commercial Department, and, subsequently, became Chief Claims Clerk in the District Goods Manager's Office at Leeds. At the beginning of 1914, Mr. Jenkin Jones was attached to the General Manager's Office for special work in connection with the opening of the King George Dock at Hull, and, in October of that year, was appointed Chief Clerk to the District Goods Manager at Middlesbrough. In August, 1915, he was lent to the Ministry of Munitions, and on being released, returned to the North Eastern Railway in January, 1918, as Dock Agent at Middlesbrough. In July of the following year, Mr. Jenkin Jones was transferred to the Chief Goods Manager's Office, York, for special work in connection with the Goods Managers' Conference in London, and the revision of railway rates, and, in October, 1920, was appointed Assistant Goods Manager and a member of the Goods Managers' Conference. Transferred to the General Superintendent's Office at York in April, 1921, he was, in October of that year, appointed Assistant General Superintendent. In 1923 he was appointed Freight Rolling Stock Controller, taking his present position later in the year.
JEUNE (C. H.), Assistant Stores Superintendent, London and North Eastern Railway. Mr. Jeune entered railway service in the General Manager's Department of the Great Eastern Railway. During 1911, Mr. Jeune acted as Private Secretary to Lord Claud Hamilton, and, in 1914, under Sir Henry Thornton, was deputed to report on the methods of purchasing and storekeeping followed by the various English Railways. In June, 1916, he joined the Ministry of Munitions, and up to the outbreak of the Russian Revolution assisted in purchasing equipment for the Murman Coast Railway. He represented the Wax Department on the Railways Priority Committee during the years 1917 and 1918. He was also charged with the rationing of railway material for the Allies, and became a member of the Centralising Railway Committee of the Commission Internationale de Revitaillement. Mr. Jeune returned to the Great Eastern Railway in May, 1919, and in January, 1920, was appointed to the new post of Purchasing Agent. His present appointment dates from January 1st, 1923.
JOHNSTON. (William), Traffic Superintendent (Northern Scottish Area), London and North Eastern Railway. Mr. Johnston succeeded Mr. Deuchar in 1918 as Superintendent of the Line, Great North of Scotland Railway. He joined the Great North of Scotland Railway as a Boy Clerk, and after serving at general country stations was transferred to the Passenger Superintendent's Office in Aberdeen, where he remained for five years, being subsequently appointed Relief Stationmaster and Clerk in which capacity he spent six years Thereafter, for sixteen years, Mr. Johnston was one of Mr. Deuchar's principal assistants in the Passenger Superintendent's Office, taking charge of the Rates, Fares and Claims Departments, which duties included the looking after competitive and excursion traffic. While in this department he was brought into contact with representatives of other railways, having attended Clearing House and other meetings with or on behalf of the former Superintendent, Mr. A. G. Reid (late General Manager, Dublin and South Eastern Railway) and Mr. Deuchar. For the five years prior to his appointment as Superintendent of the Line, Mr. Johnston was Chief Clerk to Mr. Davidson, General Manager, Great North of Scotland Railway. His office is now, consequent upon grouping, known as above stated.
JONES (A. D.), O.B.E., M.V.O., M.I.Mech.E., M.Inst.T., Locomotive Running Superintendent, Southern Railway. Born in 1871, at Tillord, near Farnham, Mr. Jones was educated at Haileybury College and the Engineering School in Owens College, Manchester. He became a pupil of Mr. Aspinall, at the Harwich Works, Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, and, after having been in charge of locomotive running sheds, outdoor carriage and wagon departments, and as assistant in the running department, was in 1901 appointed Chief Assistant in charge of the running department. In 1912 Mr. Jones was appointed Outdoor Locomotive Superintendent of the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (a new position). On the formation of the Southern Railway in 1923 he received his present appointment. Mr. J ones was President of the Institution of Locomotive Engineers for 1917 and 1918.
JONES (Herbert), M.I.E.E., Electrical Engineer, Southern Railway. Mr. Jones was educated at Monmouth School and Faraday House Electrical Engineering College. After two years in mechanical engineering works, he served his time as a pupil with the City and South London Railway Company, subsequently becoming Technical Assistant to the late Mr. Ludwig Epstein. He returned to railway work as Engineer-in-Charge of the City and South London Railway Company's power-house at Stockwell. In 1898 he transferred to the Waterloo and City Railway as Chief Assistant, until appointed Electrical Engineer of the London and South Western Railway. After studying developments in America and elsewhere, he submitted a scheme for the electrification of the company's London suburban lines, which in December, 1912, was adopted in its entirety. In 1923 Mr. Jones was appointed Electrical Engineer, Southern Railway.
JONES (W. R.), Divisional Signal and Telegraph Engineer, Manchester, London Midland and Scottish Railway. Mr. Jones obtained his early experience at Crewe, where he spent ten years in the drawing office of the London and North Western Railway Signal Engineer's Department. He was then placed in charge of signalling throughout the Stafford and Birmingham District, and five years later went to Watford, to take charge of the signalling, mechanical and electrical, of the London District. During that time he carried out the signalling in connection with the widening between Camden and Watford. After being at Crewe as Assistant to the Signal Engineer in charge of the Western Division, Mr. Jones received his present appointment, in 1919. He is a Member of the Institution of Railway Signal Engineers.
JUDD (L. W.), M.B.E., Indoor Assistant to Traffic Manager, Southern Railway. —Mr. Judd entered London and South Western Railway service at Wool, Dorset, in March, 1886. He performed general relief duties in the Dorsetshire district until June, 1889, when he was stationed at Downton. After further experience at Fordingbridge and Gillingham he was transferred, in February, 1895, to the office of the Superintendent of the Line at Waterloo. After passing through several sections of that office, he was selected, in August, 1899, by Sir (then Mr.) Sam Fay to take charge of the Train Running section. In the following year he was placed in charge of a commission appointed to overhaul and reorganize goods train arrangements throughout the system. In May, 1910, he was placed in charge of the control and distribution of rolling-stock, and, on this section being merged with the Train Running section, was appointed Chief Trains Clerk in February, 1914, taking over also the supervision of time-tables. In July, 1916, Mr. Judd was appointed Chief Clerk to the Superintendent of the Line. He was created M.B.E. in January, 1920. He was appointed Chief Clerk to the Chief Operating Superintendent in 1923. His present appointment was made in 1930.
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