Ellice Islands
a group in the Pacific, discovered in 1819, situated in lat. 8° 30' S., and lon. 179° 13' E. They form, with the Marshall and the Gilbert group, a continuation of the Carolines, and these three archipelagoes, in fact, have sometimes been called the Eastern Carolines. Their discovery, their settlement, and their history, however, all show that they should be considered dis- He was educated at Cambridge High School and the Lawrence Scientific School. After serving in various capacities for several railroads in the West, he became general manager of the Chicago, Burlington and Kansas City, and other roads in 1896, serving until 1902.
He was in succession 2d 2d vice-president of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy; president of the Northern Pacific; and president of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroads. He served in the latter capacity until 1917, when he resigned to become chairman of the board of directors of the New Haven system.
He was president of the Northern Pacific the board of directors of that railroad railway until 1920, and was chairman of from that date. He was a member of many engineering societies. During the World War he acted as a member of the special committee on national defense of the American Railway Association.