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LEONOR FRESNEL, railway president, born in Fulton City, Ill., 1858.
Graduating from Rutgers in 1877, he entered the service of the Pa. R. R. as assistant in the engineer corps. Two L'ORIENT years later he became transitman in the Engineers Corps, U. S. A. After two years' service he resumed railroad work.
In 1896 he became general manager of the Pa. R. R. and fourth vice-president in 1901. He was successively president of the B. & O. R. R. (1901-1904); R. I. Co. of N. J. (1904); D. & H. R. R. Co. (1907). From 1899 to 1901 he was president of the American Railway Association. Was a delegate to the International Railway Congress in Paris in 1900.
LORELEI (1ō're-li), or LURLEI (lōr'), a rock which rises perpendicularly from the Rhine, to the height of 427 feet, near St. Goar. It used to be dangerous to boatmen, and has a celebrated echo. But the name is best known from Heine's song.